Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2000 · 19 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsInstrumentationOptical AstronomyOpticsInterferometryMid-infrared AstronomyMidi TechnologyOptical InstrumentationOptical InstrumentsTelescope OpticsInterferometer DesignInterferometric Mid-infrared ObservationsOptical InterferometersTelescopesVery Long Baseline Interferometry (Vlbi)
We describe principles, design and present status of MIDI, the mid-infrared interferometric instrument for the VLTI, which is planned to come into operation at the ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer during the second half of 2001.