Interferometric control of fiber lengths for a coherent telescope array

Appl Opt. 1992 Jul 1;31(19):3736-43. doi: 10.1364/AO.31.003736.

Abstract

Single-mode fibers have been proposed for connecting telescopes to mixing stations in coherent telescope arrays intended for image synthesis. We describe a laser-controlled servosystem that keeps the fiber-optical length differences stable and permits passage of wide-bandwidth astronomical beams from an unlimited number of telescopes. Initial laboratory results are presented.