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In-laboratory ALOHA mid-infrared up-conversion interferometer in the photon counting regime at λ= 3.39 μm

Szemendera et al., 2017

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Szemendera L
Grossard L
Delage L
Reynaud F
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Abstract Astronomical Light Optical Hybrid Analysis (ALOHA@ 3.39 μm) is a new instrumental concept designed for high angular resolution astronomical imaging in the L band. The originality of our experimental device is to include a frequency conversion …
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