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This paper focuses on the period during which the VLTI evolved from its conceptual phase to the way it is largely implemented now. That phase did not include the VLTI instrumentation, which was defined later and which did not make use of the homothetic beamcombining system that was part of the 1988 – 199 design.
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Beckers, J.M. (2007). 1988–1993: The Final Definition of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer, its Site and Configuration. In: Richichi, A., Delplancke, F., Paresce, F., Chelli, A. (eds) The Power of Optical/IR Interferometry: Recent Scientific Results and 2nd Generation Instrumentation. Eso Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74256-2_3
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