Practical high-order adaptive optics systems for extrasolar planet searches

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4494, Issue , 2002, Pages 60-68

  Macintosh, Bruce A ^a   Olivier, Scot ^a   Bauman, Brian ^a   Brase, James ^a   Carr, Emily ^a   Carrano, Carmen J ^a   Gavel, Donald ^a   Max, Claire E ^a   Patience, Jennifer ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Astronomy; Extrasolar planets

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; PLANETS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WAVEFRONTS;

EXTRASOLAR PLANET; KECK-LIKE TELESCOPE; LYOT CORONAGRAPHY; SEGMENT ABERRATIONS; WAVEFRONT SENSING NOISE;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0036395095     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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