An infrared optimized AO system for a 15 - 20 m class telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4837, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 514-523

  Brandl, Bernhard R ^a   Eikenberry, Stephen ^a   Herter, Terry ^a   Kulkarni, Jayant ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Adaptive secondary; Infrared telescope

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ASTRONOMY; DUST; INFRARED RADIATION; PLANETS;

ADAPTIVE SECONDARY;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 0037598805     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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