High order adaptive secondary mirrors: Where are we?

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3353, Issue , 1998, Pages 742-753

  Salinari, Piero ^a   Sandler, David G ^b  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b ThermoTrex Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Adaptive secondary mirrors; Deformable mirrors

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DEFORMATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LASER PULSES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PRIVATIZATION; SENSORS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PERFORMANCE;

ACTUATOR CONTROLS; ADAPTIVE SECONDARY MIRRORS; ADAPTIVE SECONDARY UNITS; COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; ELECTRO-MAGNETIC ACTUATORS; HIGH ORDERS; LARGE GROUND-BASED TELESCOPES; LOW COSTS; MECHANICAL LAYOUTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; POSITION SENSORS; PRIVATE COMPANIES; PUBLIC RESEARCH INSTITUTES; SURFACE DENSITIES; SYSTEM LEVELS; THERMAL CONTROLS; THIN MIRRORS; VIABLE SOLUTIONS; ADAPTIVE CORRECTION; ADAPTIVE SECONDARY MIRROR; DEFORMABLE MIRROR; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; MIRRORS;

EID: 0032279730     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321691     Document Type: Conference Paper

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