Adaptive secondary mirror for the 6.5-m MMT

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3353, Issue , 1998, Pages 754-763

  Barrett, Todd K ^a   Bruns, Donald G ^a   Brinkley, Timothy J ^a   Sandler, David G ^a   FitzPatrick, Bruce C ^b   Angel, James Roger P ^b   Rhoadarmer, Troy A ^b  

^a ThermoTrex Corp   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; GLASS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TESTING; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; ABERRATIONS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; ADAPTIVE SECONDARIES; ADAPTIVE SECONDARY MIRRORS; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; ATMOSPHERIC ABERRATIONS; CLOSED-LOOP BANDWIDTHS; ELECTRO-MAGNETIC FORCES; HEAT DISSIPATIONS; LABORATORY TESTS; LOOP STABILITIES; MECHANICAL INTERFACES; POSITION ACCURACIES; POSITION SENSORS; SECONDARY MIRRORS; SERVO CONTROLS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ADAPTIVE SECONDARY MIRROR; CLOSED LOOP BANDWIDTH; CONTROL LOOP STABILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR; MULTIPLE MIRROR TELESCOPE; POSITION ACCURACY;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; MIRRORS;

EID: 0032255123     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321692     Document Type: Conference Paper

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