A laboratory interferometer simulator for integrated optics combiners qualification
| Autor: | Laurent Jocou, Jean-Philippe Berger, Pierre Kern, Pierre Haguenauer, Etienne LeCoarer, Karine Rousselet-Perraut, Fabien Malbet, Myriam Benisty |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
Physics
business.industry Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Reconfigurable array law.invention Telescope Interferometry Optics law Binary star Astronomical interferometer Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Integrated optics Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics business Simulation |
| Zdroj: | New Frontiers in Stellar Interferometry. |
| ISSN: | 0277-786X |
| DOI: | 10.1117/12.551308 |
| Popis: | We present a laboratotry interferometer simulator specifically designed to characterize prototype integrated optics combiners. In the current configuration it allows to simulate a complex object made of luminous points and observe it with a reconfigurable array made of three telescopes. We used a three-way integrated optics similar to the one used at IOTA to combine the beams. We describe it in detail and present first validation measurements and the first measurements of a binary star. This work paves the way for an up-to eight telescope simulator capable of simulating the VLTI and the VITRUV focal instrument. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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