Solutions to the issue

1. Small apertures with tip-tilt correction (D<r0)

poor sensitivity

2. Adaptive optics to restore wavefronts (D>>r0)

visibility fluctuations are Strehl ratio fluctuations

3. Beam cleaning by single-mode fiber optics

Phase fluctuations are traded against intensity fluctuations which can be measured

Best solution = AO + beam cleaning

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