Analysis of curvature sensing for VISTA

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4842, Issue , 2002, Pages 231-241

  Patterson, B A ^a   Sutherland, W J ^a  

^a UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active optics; Curvature sensing; VISTA; Wavefront sensing

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL DESIGN; WAVEFRONTS;

WAVEFRONT SENSING;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038185384     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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