Noise free detectors in the visible and infrared: Implications for the design of next-generation AO systems and large telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4840, Issue , 2002, Pages 436-442

  Mackay, Craig D ^a   Baldwin, John E ^b   Tubbs, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ASTRONOMY; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DETECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SPECTROSCOPY; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

NOISE FREE DETECTORS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0037847399     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457980     Document Type: Conference Paper

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