Adaptive secondary mirrors for the large binocular telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5169, Issue , 2003, Pages 159-168

  Riccardi, A ^a   Brusa, G ^a,b   Salinari, P ^a   Busoni, S ^a   Lardiere, O ^a   Ranfagni, P ^a   Gallieni, D ^c   Biasi, R ^d   Andrighettoni, M ^d   Miller, S ^b   Mantegazza, P ^e  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c ADS International Srl   (Italy)

^d Microgate srl   (Italy)

^e POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Adaptive secondary; Wavefront correctors

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BINOCULARS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSORS;

ADAPTIVE SECONDARY MIRRORS; CO-LOCATED CAPACITIVE SENSORS; ELECTRO-MAGNETIC FORCE ACTUATORS; LARGE BINOCULAR TELESCOPE; ON-BOARD CONTROL ELECTRONICS; WAVEFRONT CORRECTORS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 11144353599     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.511374     Document Type: Conference Paper

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