Measurement of the optical path difference over an atmospheric turbulence phase plate

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5490, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 805-809

  Tharp, Jeffrey S ^a   Tyson, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Atmospheric turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE PHASE PLATE (ATPP); DESIGN PROFILE; WAVEFRONT SENSING; WAVEFRONT SENSOR CAMERA;

ABERRATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; LASER BEAMS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 11144281215     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.550064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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