Metrology for the adaptive optics system at the Palomar 200″ telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3353, Issue , 1998, Pages 638-648

  Bloemhof, Eric E ^a   Dekany, Richard G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Astronomy; Metrology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; CAMERAS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SENSORS; TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; COMMON PATHS; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTIONS; DIFFRACTION LIMITEDS; DIRECT IMPACTS; GRAVITY LOADS; IMAGE SIZES; LIGHT PATHS; LOW BANDWIDTHS; METROLOGY; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE; OPTO-MECHANICS; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; PRECISE REGISTRATIONS; RE CALIBRATIONS; REAL-WORLD; TELESCOPE PUPILS; VISIBLE LASERS; WAVE-FRONT SENSORS; WAVEFRONT SENSOR CAMERAS;

LIGHT;

EID: 0007247473     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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5. F. Roddier, M. Northcott, and J. E. Graves, "A Simple Low-order Adaptive Optics System for Near-infrared Applications", Pub. Astron. Soc. Pac., vol. 103, pp. 131-149, 1991.