Optical Performance Of Synthetic Aperture Telescope Configurations

James E. Harvey; Peter R. Silverglate; Alan B. Wissinger

doi:10.1117/12.976099

20 November 1985 Optical Performance Of Synthetic Aperture Telescope Configurations

James E. Harvey, Peter R. Silverglate, Alan B. Wissinger

Proceedings Volume 0540, Southwest Conf on Optics '85; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.976099
Event: 1985 Albuquerque Conferences on Optics, 1985, Albuquerque, United States

Abstract

The optical performance of synthetic aperture arrays of independent telescopes, used for coherent imaging or beam transmission, is degraded by various design, manufacturing, and operational errors. Diffraction-limited performance will be presented in terms of point spread function (PSF) profiles and encircled energy plots. On-axis optical performance degradation due to RMS phase errors, RMS pointing errors, and RMS focus errors will then be presented as will off-axis optical performance degradation due to pupil mapping errors and field curvature of the individual telescopes.

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James E. Harvey, Peter R. Silverglate, and Alan B. Wissinger "Optical Performance Of Synthetic Aperture Telescope Configurations", Proc. SPIE 0540, Southwest Conf on Optics '85, (20 November 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.976099

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