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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saha, Swapan K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imaging systems in astronomy.

Telescopes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (633 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 passive methods, speckle interferometry in particular, and active methods such as adaptive optics), are highlighted. Also discussed are high resolution sensors, image processing, and the astronomical results obtained with these techniques.

Contents:

Preface; Principal symbols; List of acronyms; 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 resolution detectors; 9. Image processing; 10. Astronomy fundamentals; 11. Astronomical applications; Appendix A Typical tables; Appendix B Basic mathematics for Fourier optics; Appendix C Bispectrum and phase values using triplecorrelation algorithm; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography (p. 579-594) and index.

ISBN:

9786611121938

9781281121936

1281121932

9789812708885

981270888X

OCLC:

476100201