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Interference in astronomical speckle patternsAstronomical speckle patterns are examined in an atmospheric-optics context in order to determine what kind of image quality is to be expected from several different imaging techniques. The model used to describe the instantaneous complex field distribution across the pupil of a large telescope regards the pupil as a deep phase grating with a periodicity given by the size of the cell of uniform phase or the refractive index structure function. This model is used along with an empirical formula derived purely from the physical appearance of the speckle patterns to discuss the orders of interference in astronomical speckle patterns.
Document ID
19770030809
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Breckinridge, J. B.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson Ariz., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1976
Publication Information
Publication: Optical Society of America
Subject Category
Astronomy
Accession Number
77A13661
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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