Adaptive secondary mirror demonstrator: Design and simulation

Optical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1456-1461

  Lee, J H ^a   Walker, D D ^a   Doel, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; WAVEFRONTS;

MIRROR DEMONSTRATORS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0032597663     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602197     Document Type: Article

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