Adaptive secondary P30 prototype: Laboratory results

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3353, Issue , 1998, Pages 764-775

  Brusa Zappellini, Guido ^a   Riccardi, Armando ^a   Ragland, Sam D ^a   Esposito, Simone ^a   Del Vecchio, Ciro ^a   Fini, Luca ^a   Stefanini, Paolo ^a   Biliotti, Valdemaro ^a   Ranfagni, Piero ^a   Salinari, Piero ^a   Gallieni, Daniele ^b   Biasi, Roberto ^c   Mantegazza, Paolo ^d   Sciocco, G ^d   Noviello, G ^d   Invernizzi, S ^d  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b Media Lario srl   (Italy)

^c Microgate srl   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Adaptive secondary mirrors; Capacitive sensors; Deformable mirrors; Electromagnetic actuators

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTROMAGNETS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LASER PULSES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SENSORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ADAPTIVE SECONDARIES; ADAPTIVE SECONDARY MIRRORS; CAPACITIVE SENSORS; CLOSED-LOOP CONTROLS; COMMERCIAL INTERFEROMETERS; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; DYNAMIC TESTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATORS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS; POSITION SENSORS; REDUCED SCALE; REDUCED SIZES; STATIC MEASUREMENTS; ADAPTIVE SECONDARY MIRROR; CAPACITIVE SENSOR; DEFORMABLE MIRROR; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR;

OPTICAL TESTING; MIRRORS;

EID: 0032266955     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321693     Document Type: Conference Paper

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