Effects of misalignment errors on the optical transfer functions of synthetic aperture telescopes.
Appl Opt
; 43(32): 5926-32, 2004 Nov 10.
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A segmented or diluted aperture optical system will undergo phase errors as a result of errors in the positioning of the segments. The errors associated with a segmented primary mirror limit the image quality obtainable with synthetic aperture telescopes. Here we study the effects of segmentation errors on image quality, considering both the phase angle and the amplitude of the optical transfer function (OTF). We show that, in these kinds of telescope, phasing and alignment errors among segments reduce the amplitude and distort the phase angle of the OTF.
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Appl Opt
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2004
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México
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Estados Unidos