The FLUOR interferometric beam combiner

Authors
Du Foresto, VC Chagnon, G Lacasse, M Mennesson, B Morel, S Perrin, G Ridgway, S Traub, W
Citation
Vc. Du Foresto et al., The FLUOR interferometric beam combiner, CR AC S IV, 2(1), 2001, pp. 45-55
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary
Journal title
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE IV PHYSIQUE ASTROPHYSIQUE
ISSN journal
12962147 → ACNP
Volume
2
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
45 - 55
Database
ISI
SICI code
1296-2147(200101/02)2:1<45:TFIBC>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
FLUOR stands for Fibered Linked Unit for Optical Recombination and is an in terferometric instrument which started out as a technology demonstrator, de monstrated the potential of single-mode fiber optics fur high precision vis ibility measurements, and has been operated as a focal instrument of the IO TA interferometer since 1995. After a presentation of the instrument, the p rograms carried out with FLUOR are reviewed, as well as the perspectives in troduced by interferometric observations with a high dynamic range. (C) 200 1 Academie des sciences/Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.