Scientific programs in adaptive optics - An overview and commentary

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3353, Issue , 1998, Pages 438-446

  Ridgway, Stephen T ^a  

^a NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; High angular resolution; Imaging; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; RESEARCH; SOLAR SYSTEM; TELESCOPES;

HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGERIES; IMAGING; LARGE TELESCOPES; NATURAL GUIDE STARS; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTIONS; RESEARCH AREAS; RESEARCH PAPERS; RESEARCH TOPICS; SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS; SIMILAR NUMBERS; STAR-FORMING REGIONS; SYSTEM STUDIES; YOUNG STARS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0043230491     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321741     Document Type: Conference Paper

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