Result: Diluted-aperture mirror with the performance equivalent to that of the Keck

Title:
Diluted-aperture mirror with the performance equivalent to that of the Keck
Source:
Infrared spaceborne remote sensing VII (Denver CO, 21-23 July 1999)SPIE proceedings series. :389-397
Publisher Information:
Bellingham WA: SPIE, 1999.
Publication Year:
1999
Physical Description:
print, 26 ref
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Document Type:
Conference Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
Centro de Investigaciones en Optica, Apdo. Postal 1-948, C. P. 37000, León, Gto., Mexico
Rights:
Copyright 2000 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Astronomy
Accession Number:
edscal.1377389
Database:
PASCAL Archive

Further Information

We analyze the imaging performance of synthetic-aperture optical systems (diluted-aperture, and segmented-aperture) using the modulation transfer function. We select a single figure-of-merit, the functional cutoff frequency, over the traditional cutoff frequency, as the most useful one for assessing the optical performance of an instrument for detection of small details. On the basis of this analysis, a simplified layout of the Keck telescope is proposed with an equivalent performance, but employing a smaller number of segments.