Dr. Fritz Merkle Profile

Dr. Fritz Merkle

Business Development and Chief Marketing Officer at OHB-System AG

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Publications (19)

Proceedings Article | 29 April 2009 Paper

The new German high-resolution SAR reconnaissance system started its 10-year operations

Hans Martin Braun, Fritz Merkle

Proc. SPIE. 7330, Sensors and Systems for Space Applications III

KEYWORDS: Radar, Calibration, Satellites, Synthetic aperture radar, Image segmentation, Image processing, Satellite imaging, Antennas, Spatial resolution, Reconnaissance systems

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2000 Paper

Contributions to German and international x-ray and EUV missions in the past 25 years

Wilhelm Egle, Juergen Altmann, Wolfgang Hasselmann, Fritz Merkle, Klaus-Friedrich Beckstette, Michael Schmidt

Proc. SPIE. 4012, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions III

KEYWORDS: Gold, Mirrors, X-ray optics, Polishing, Metrology, Metals, X-rays, Nickel, X-ray telescopes, Zerodur

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Proceedings Article | 15 April 1993 Paper

Principles of adaptive optics

Fritz Merkle

Proc. SPIE. 1780, Lens and Optical Systems Design

KEYWORDS: Computing systems, Wavefronts, Laser beam propagation, Adaptive optics, Image quality, Phase compensation, Atmospheric turbulence, Laser communications, Atmospheric propagation, Atmospheric optics

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 1993 Paper

Principles of adaptive optics

Fritz Merkle

Proc. SPIE. 1782, Thin Films for Optical Systems

KEYWORDS: Thin films, Diffraction, Telescopes, Mirrors, Astronomy, Sensors, Wavefront sensors, Wavefronts, Adaptive optics, Atmospheric optics

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Proceedings Article | 1 February 1993 Paper

Adaptive optics

Fritz Merkle

Proc. SPIE. 2088, Laser Dimensional Metrology: Recent Advances for Industrial Application

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Proceedings Article | 1 February 1992 Paper

Telescope pointing and tracking with optical gyros

Werner Schroeder, H. Dahlmann, B. Huber, L. Schuessele, Fritz Merkle, Martin Ravensbergen

Proc. SPIE. 1585, Fiber Optic Gyros: 15th Anniversary Conf

KEYWORDS: Human-machine interfaces, Telescopes, Electronics, Modulation, Fiber optic gyroscopes, Sensors, Computing systems, Computer programming, Space telescopes, Gyroscopes

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Proceedings Article | 1 December 1991 Paper

Adaptive optics system tests at the ESO 3.6-m telescope

Fritz Merkle, G. Gehring, Francois Rigaut, Pierre Lena, Gerard Rousset, Jean-Claude Fontanella, Jean-Paul Gaffard

Proc. SPIE. 1542, Active and Adaptive Optical Systems

KEYWORDS: Infrared imaging, Diffraction, Telescopes, Stars, Cameras, Wavefront sensors, Wavefronts, Adaptive optics, Infrared radiation, K band

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Proceedings Article | 1 December 1991 Paper

Adaptive optics for the European very large telescope

Fritz Merkle, Norbert Hubin

Proc. SPIE. 1542, Active and Adaptive Optical Systems

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Telescopes, Mirrors, Wavefront sensors, Wavefronts, Adaptive optics, Control systems, Deformable mirrors, Large telescopes, Active optics

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Proceedings Article | 1 December 1991 Paper

Latest developments of active optics of the ESO NTT and the implications for the ESO VLT

Lothar Noethe, G. Andreoni, Francis Franza, Paul Giordano, Fritz Merkle, Raymond Wilson

Proc. SPIE. 1542, Active and Adaptive Optical Systems

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Stars, Wavefront aberrations, Adaptive optics, Image analysis, Image quality, Optical calibration, Active optics, Atmospheric optics

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Proceedings Article | 1 December 1991 Paper

Come-on-plus project: an upgrade of the come-on adaptive optics prototype system

Eric Gendron, Jean Gabriel Cuby, Francois Rigaut, Pierre Lena, Jean-Claude Fontanella, Gerard Rousset, Jean-Paul Gaffard, Corinne Boyer, Jean-Claude Richard, M. Vittot, Fritz Merkle, Norbert Hubin

Proc. SPIE. 1542, Active and Adaptive Optical Systems

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Mirrors, Astronomy, Sensors, Wavefront sensors, Wavefronts, Adaptive optics, Turbulence, Active optics, Prototyping

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