Optical design of Gemini "Altair"

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3353, Issue , 1998, Pages 600-610

  Richardson, Eric H ^a   Fletcher, J Murray ^b   Morbey, Christopher L ^b   Oschmann, Jacobus M ^c   Pazder, John S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c International Gemini Project Office   (United States)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Atmospheric dispersion; Distortion; Flat focal plane; Laser star; Pinhole; Wavefront sensor

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DEFORMATION; FOCUSING; LASER PULSES; LASERS; LIGHT; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SENSORS; SODIUM; TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DISTORTION; FLAT FOCAL PLANE; PINHOLE; WAVEFRONT SENSOR;

MIRRORS;

EID: 11144263373     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321718     Document Type: Conference Paper

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