Phasing segmented mirrors: A modification of the keck narrow–band technique and its application to extremely large telescopes

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1297-1307

  Schumacher, Achim ^a   Devaney, Nicholas ^a   Montoya, Luzma ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b Lab de Police Sci de Marseille   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

PHASING SEGMENTED MIRRORS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0036507811     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.001297     Document Type: Article

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