Fundamental limits on isoplanatic correction with multiconjugate adaptive optics

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1949-1957

  Lloyd Hart, Michael ^a   Milton, N Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; MIRRORS; WAVEFRONTS;

MIRROR SHAPES;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0141989688     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.001949     Document Type: Article

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