ALFA: Adaptive optics for the calar alto observatory optics, control systems, and performance

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-73

  Kasper, M ^a   Looze, D P ^b   Hippler, S ^a   Herbst, T ^a   Glindemann, A ^c   Ott, T ^d   Wirth, A ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^e Adaptive Optics Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Modal aliasing; Modal control; Wavefront sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037776267     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008165402336     Document Type: Article

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