Aplanatic corrector designs for the extremely large telescope

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2805-2812

  Moretto, Gil ^a,b   Sebring, Thomas A ^a   Ray, Frank B ^c   Ramsey, Lawrence W ^d  

^a NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DIAMONDS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

CORRECTOR DESIGNS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0010933478     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.002805     Document Type: Article

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