Hexapod control for an active secondary mirror: General concept and test results

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 28, 1998, Pages 6816-6821

  Pernechele, Claudio ^a   Bortoletto, Favio ^a   Reif, Klaus ^b  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 0041518976     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.006816     Document Type: Article

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