Brandoch Calef (Boeing LTS Maui), Eric Therkildsen (Boeing LTS Maui)
Keywords: Imaging
Abstract:
We describe a generalization of aperture masking interferometry that improves the speckle imaging performance of a telescope in the large D=r0 regime while making use of all collected photons. Our approach is to partition the aperture into annuli, form the bispectra of the focal plane images formed from each annulus, recombine them into a synthesized bispectrum, and use that to retrieve the object. This may be implemented using multiple cameras and special mirrors, or with a single camera and a suitable pupil phase mask.
Date of Conference: September 16-19, 2008
Track: Imaging