On the use of dual frequency nematic material for adaptive optics systems: First results of a closed -loop experiment

Optics Express

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 2-6

  Restaino, Sergio R ^a   Dayton, David ^b   Browne, Steve ^c   Gonglewski, John ^a   Baker, Jeff ^d   Rogers, Sam ^e   McDermott, Scott ^f   Gallegos, Joe ^d   Shilko, Mike ^g  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b APPLIED TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c Optical Sciences Company   (United States)

^d BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^e Willow Systems   (United States)

^f Logicon RDA ^*

^g ITT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PERMITTIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEFRONTS;

DEFORMABLE MIRRORS (DM); OPTICAL PATHS (OP); WAVEFRONT CONTROL;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0003094914     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.6.000002     Document Type: Article

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