TY - JOUR
T1 - The use of the Multiple Mirror Telescope as a phased array
AU - Beckers, Jacques M.
AU - Keith Hege, E.
AU - Low, Frank J.
AU - McCarthy, Don W.
AU - Strittmatter, Peter A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Many have contributed to the MMT project. We acknowledge the help of MMT telescops operators in helping us acquire the data reported here, and of W. Davison and C. Poland in producing the mechanical and electronic systems to make the measurements shown in Figures 8 and 9. This work was supported by NSF grants AST 8201092 and AST 8113212.
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PY - 1984/3/2
Y1 - 1984/3/2
N2 - We summarize the experiments which have used the Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT) subapertures as a phased array in the optical, infrared, and submillimeter spectrum regions. Those experiments exploit the unique, very high angular resolution of the MMT being equivalent to that of a conventional telescope 6 86 cm in diameter. The operation of the MMT as a phased array is not only important for obtaining high angular resolution but also for obtaining the higher detection sensitivity which results from the better discrimination against the sky emission background for infrared diffraction limited images. We describe future plans to make the MMT into a phased telescope.
AB - We summarize the experiments which have used the Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT) subapertures as a phased array in the optical, infrared, and submillimeter spectrum regions. Those experiments exploit the unique, very high angular resolution of the MMT being equivalent to that of a conventional telescope 6 86 cm in diameter. The operation of the MMT as a phased array is not only important for obtaining high angular resolution but also for obtaining the higher detection sensitivity which results from the better discrimination against the sky emission background for infrared diffraction limited images. We describe future plans to make the MMT into a phased telescope.
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U2 - 10.1117/12.937584
DO - 10.1117/12.937584
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0021593124
SN - 0277-786X
VL - 440
SP - 136
EP - 142
JO - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
JF - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
T2 - Synthetic Aperture Systems I 1983
Y2 - 23 August 1983 through 25 August 1983
ER -