Gemini MCAO control system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4494, Issue , 2002, Pages 167-180

  Boyer, Corinne ^a   Sebag, Jacques ^a   Hunten, Mark ^a   Saddlemyer, Les ^b  

^a GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b Gemini Observatory   (Canada)

Author keywords

Control system, real time system; Multi conjugate adaptive optics; Safety system

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; ALGORITHMS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; LASER BEAMS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

BEAM TRASNFER OPTICS; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; LASER GUIDE STARS; MULTI CONJUGATE ADAPTIVE OPTICS; NATURAL GUIDE STARS; OPTOMECHANICAL DEVICES; WAVEFRONT SENSORS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0036398082     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454790     Document Type: Article

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