2005/07/10 by Fabien Malbet, F. Malbet, Jean-Philippe Berger +35
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing #Advanced optical system design #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0507233
In "The Power of Optical/IR Interferometry: Recent Scientific Results and 2nd Generation VLTI Instrumentation", Allemagne (2005) in press
arxiv created 2005/07/10 · arxiv updated 2016/08/16
The VITRUV project has the objective to deliver milli-arcsecond spectro-images of the environment of compact sources like young stars, active galaxies and evolved stars to the community. This instrument of the VLTI second generation based on the integrated optics technology is able to combine from 4 to 8 beams from the VLT telescopes. Working primarily in the near infrared, it will provide intermediate to high spectral resolutions and eventually polarization analysis. This paper summarizes the result from the concept study led within the Joint Research Activity advanced instruments of the OPTICON program.