Implementation of the Altair optimization processes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4839, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 964-971

  Smith, Malcolm J ^a   Véran, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Centroid gain; Modal control; Optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISPLAY DEVICES; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTIMIZATION; TURBULENCE; WAVEFRONTS;

CENTROID GAIN OPTIMIZERS (CGO);

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0038398841     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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