The LINC-NIRVANA testbed Fizeau interferometer

David R. Andersen; Thomas Bertram; Peter Bizenberger; Sebastian Egner; Thomas M. Herbst; Roberto Ragazzoni; Christian Straubmeier

doi:10.1117/12.551283

20 October 2004 The LINC-NIRVANA testbed Fizeau interferometer

David R. Andersen, Thomas Bertram, Peter Bizenberger, Sebastian Egner, Thomas M. Herbst, Roberto Ragazzoni, Christian Straubmeier

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Proceedings Volume 5491, New Frontiers in Stellar Interferometry; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551283
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

We present a 1:3 scale model of the LINC-NIRVANA interferometer. This laboratory Fizeau, or image plane, interferometer allows us to test many aspects of LINC-NIRVANA before the final instrument is integrated. We have used this testbed interferometer to practice alignment procedures, verify the optical design, show that point spread functions with low (10\%) Strehl ratio can maintain high fringe contrast, and test the fringe tracking algorithm by running the interferometer in a closed piston loop.

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David R. Andersen, Thomas Bertram, Peter Bizenberger, Sebastian Egner, Thomas M. Herbst, Roberto Ragazzoni, and Christian Straubmeier "The LINC-NIRVANA testbed Fizeau interferometer", Proc. SPIE 5491, New Frontiers in Stellar Interferometry, (20 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551283

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