Single-mode optical fibre linkages of large telescopes at visible wavelengths: experimental results
- 1 October 1997
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Measurement Science and Technology
- Vol. 8 (10) , 1105-1111
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/8/10/011
Abstract
In this paper we present results of an experiment in which the link between two 1.2 m telescopes was obtained using single-mode optical fibres with polarization-preserving cores. An additional novelty of this experiment is the use of a tipping - tilting stabilization system on each telescope. We present results for the measured coupling efficiency with and without tip/tilt stabilization. Furthermore, we present white-light fringe-visibility measurements obtained on light from the star Alpha Bootis.Keywords
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