Liquid crystal technology for adaptive optics: Un update

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5003, Issue , 2003, Pages 187-192

  Restaino, Sergio R ^a   Payne, Don M ^b   Baker, Jeff T ^c   Andrews, Jonathan R ^a,d   Teare, Scott W ^d,e   Charmaine Gilbreath, G ^a   Dayton, Dave ^f   Gonglewski, John ^e  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Narrascape   (United States)

^c Baker Adaptive Optics   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PHASE CONTROL; WAVEFRONTS;

WAVEFRONT CONTROL;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 0041667817     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.498690     Document Type: Conference Paper

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