Abstract
Spectral-bandwidth constraints to ensure controlled amounts of redundancy are established for a class of two-dimensional partially redundant arrays (PRA’s). In the IR, where speckle statistics are poor, the telescope–atmosphere modulation transfer function is determined solely by the PRA geometry. Signal-to-noise-ratio estimates, an optimum aperture criterion, and a six-element PRA example are presented.
© 1981 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
Christopher A. Haniff and David F. Buscher
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 9(2) 203-218 (1992)
Richard Barakat and Peter Nisenson
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 71(11) 1390-1402 (1981)
Jennifer E. Ward, William T. Rhodes, and John T. Sheridan
Appl. Opt. 48(1) A63-A70 (2009)