[ATM] Notes on interferometry mathematics and algorithms

[Michael Peck <mpeck1@ix.netcom.com>]

Dear ATMers and interferometrists:

I've written up some notes on interferometry mathematics and 
algorithms, along with some related topics. This isn't intended to be 
a comprehensive review of interferometry: mostly it's applied 
mathematics that I've been able to turn into working algorithms. I've 
also rehashed some data that I've discussed on the interferometry 
group and to a lesser extent the ATM list over the past year or 
so.You can find the article at 
<http://home.earthlink.net/~mlpeck54/astro/imath/imath.pdf>. Comments 
and corrections are welcome.

I've also updated my package of functions for "advanced" 
interferogram analysis. The latest version of the source package is 
at 
<http://home.earthlink.net/~mlpeck54/astro/zernike/zernike_source.zip>. 
Just in case anyone besides me is actually using it there are some 
user visible changes to function calls. I've removed one high level 
function that didn't really work well, and added one to compute 
Zernike coefficients for a conic surface to arbitrary order. I was 
also able to make a major improvement in the efficiency of the low 
level routine for least squares fitting of phase shifted interferometry.

Mike Peck

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Michael Peck
email mpeck1@ix.netcom.com
Wildlife photoblog http://wildlife-pix.com
Amateur telescope making http://home.earthlink.net/~mlpeck54/astro/astro.html 

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