Phasing the mirror segments of the Keck telescopes: The broadband phasing algorithm

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 140-155

  Chanan, Gary ^a,b   Troy, Mitchell ^a   Dekens, Frank ^a   Michaels, Scott ^a   Nelson, Jerry ^c   Mast, Terry ^c   Kirkman, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALCULATIONS; CAMERAS; DIFFRACTION; MIRRORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL TESTING; OPTICS;

BROADBAND PHASING ALGORITHM; KECK TELESCOPES; MIRROR SEGMENTS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0031700995     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.000140     Document Type: Article

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