MACAO-VLTI: An adaptive optics system for the ESO interferometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4839, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 174-185

  Arsenault, R ^a   Alonso, J ^a   Bonnet, H ^a   Brynnel, J ^a   Delabre, B ^a   Donaldson, R ^a   Dupuy, C ^a   Fedrigo, E ^a   Farinato, J ^b   Hubin, N ^a   Ivanescu, L ^a   Kasper, M ^a   Paufique, J ^a   Rossi, S ^a   Tordo, S ^a   Stroebele, S ^a   Lizon, J L ^a   Gigan, P ^c   Delplancke, F ^a   Silber, A ^a   Quattri, M ^a   Reiss, R ^a   more..

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive Optics; Bimorph; Curvature; Piston; Real Time Computer

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHOTODIODES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; WAVEFRONTS;

REAL-TIME-COMPUTERS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0037723105     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458836     Document Type: Conference Paper

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