Sub-nanometric optics stabilization in view of the GAIA astrometric mission

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 569-578

  Canuto, Enrico ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Control optics structure interaction (COSI); Dimensional stabilization; Robust control; Space telescope

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETERS; TELESCOPES;

MIRROR MOVEMENTS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT;

EID: 0037404902     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0661(02)00044-8     Document Type: Article

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