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Ghez, P.; Monin, J.-L.; Mariotti, J.-M.; Perrier, C.; Dainty, C.; Fuensalida, J. J.
Bibliographical reference
IN: Digital image synthesis and inverse optics; Proceedings of the Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 9-13, 1990 (A92-18776 05-74). Bellingham, WA, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 1990, p. 689-697. Research supported by INSU.
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1990
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Description
An experiment aimed at diffraction-limited imaging of astronomical
sources in the 2-5-micron range is presented. It is based on a rotation
shearing interferometer that produces fringes in the pupil plane that
can be scanned through the zero optical path difference. The
two-dimensional interferograms are recorded with an infrared camera
looking at the recombined pupil image. The modulus and the phase of the
Fourier transform of the object intensity distribution are derived from
these interferograms. The main advantage of this technique is its
constant transfer function that makes it independent of seeing
variations and instrumental aberrations.