Residual misalignments of the Keck Telescope primary mirror segments: Classification of modes and implications for adaptive optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3352, Issue , 1998, Pages 307-317

  Troy, Mitchell ^a   Chanan, Gary ^a   Sirko, Edwin ^a   Leffert, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Keck telescope; Optical alignment; Segmented optics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIFFRACTION; FOCUSING; MIRRORS; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL SENSORS; POLYNOMIALS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WAVEFRONTS;

ACTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM; KECK TELESCOPE; NOISE PROPAGATION; OPTICAL ALIGNMENT; ZERNIKE POLYNOMIALS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0032402031     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319318     Document Type: Conference Paper

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