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标题：AGILIS: Agile Guided Interferometer for Longbaseline Imaging Synthesis - Demonstration and concepts of reconfigurable optical imaging interferometers
其他标题：Demonstration and concepts of reconfigurable optical imaging interferometers
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作者：Julien Woillez ; Julien Woillez ; Olivier Lai 等
期刊名称：Astronomy & Astrophysics
印刷版ISSN：0004-6361
电子版ISSN：1432-0746
出版年度：2017
卷号：602
页码：1-11
DOI：10.1051/0004-6361/201730500
语种：English
出版社：EDP Sciences
摘要：Context. In comparison to the radio and sub-millimetric domains, imaging with optical interferometry is still in its infancy. Due to the limited number of telescopes in existing arrays, image generation is a demanding process that relies on time-consuming reconfiguration of the interferometer array and super-synthesis. Aims. Using single mode optical fibres for the coherent transport of light from the collecting telescopes to the focal plane, a new generation of interferometers optimized for imaging can be designed. Methods. To support this claim, we report on the successful completion of the ‘OHANA Iki project: an end-to-end, on-sky demonstration of a two-telescope interferometer, built around near-infrared single mode fibres, carried out as part of the ‘OHANA project. Results. Having demonstrated that coherent transport by single-mode fibres is feasible, we explore the concepts, performances, and limitations of a new imaging facility with single mode fibres at its heart: Agile Guided Interferometer for Longbaseline Imaging Synthesis (AGILIS). Conclusions. AGILIS has the potential of becoming a next generation facility or a precursor to a much larger project like the Planet Formation Imager (PFI).
关键词：eninstrumentation: interferometerstechniques: interferometric