SUPA lecture series: Milli-arcsecond Imaging with Infrared Interferometers
SUPA lecture series: Milli-arcsecond Imaging with Infrared Interferometers
- Event time: Starts on 14th June 2011. Runs until 16th June 2011
- Event dates: 14th June 2011 to 16th June 2011
- Speaker: Professor John Monnier (associate Professor of Astronomy at the University of Michigan)
- Location: Heriot-Watt University
Event details
Professor John Monnier will give three lectures on the science and technology of optical and infrared long baseline interferometry that will be broadcast to all SUPA institutions.
14/06/2011 at 15:30 (Glasgow):
Principles of Optical Interferometry
Introduction to stellar interferometry
Specific implementation at visible and infrared wavelengths
Summary of recent results in the field
15/06/2011 at 10:00 (St Andrews):
Recent Imaging Results from CHARA/MIRC
Imaging and modelling surfaces of rapidly-rotating stars
The peculiar eclipsing binary Epsilon Aurigae
16/06/2011 at 14:30 (Heriot-Watt):
Enabling Technologies for Optical Beam Combination
Astrophotonics: Optical Fibers and Integrated Optics in Interferometry
Design of the Michigan infrared combiner (MIRC)
New lithium niobate integrated optics combiner with electro-optic modulation
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