Diffraction-limited imaging with large and moderate telescopes

Diffraction-limited imaging with large and moderate telescopes / Swapan K. Saha.

This book deals with the fundamentals of wave optics, polarization, interference, diffraction, imaging, and the origin, properties, and optical effects of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere. Techniques developed during the last few decades to overcome atmospheric image degradation (including...

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Main Author: Saha, Swapan K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2007.
Subjects:
Imaging systems in astronomy.
Telescopes.
Reflecting telescopes.
NATURE > Sky Observation.
Reflecting telescopes
Imaging systems in astronomy
Telescopes
image processing.
diffraction.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to electromagnetic theory
  • 2. Wave optics and polarization
  • 3. Interference and diffraction
  • 4. Image formation
  • 5. Theory of atmospheric turbulence
  • 6. Speckle imaging
  • 7 Adaptive optics
  • 8. High resoulution detectors
  • 9. Image processing
  • 10. Astronomy fundamentals
  • 11. Astronomical applications.

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