MMT adaptive secondary: First AO closed loop results

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5169, Issue , 2003, Pages 26-36

  Brusa, G ^a,b   Riccardi, A ^b   Wildi, F P ^a   Lloyd Hart, M ^a   Martin, H M ^a   Allen, R ^a   Fisher, D ^a   Miller, D L ^a   Biasi, R ^c   Gallieni, D ^d   Zocchi, F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^c Microgate srl   (Italy)

^d ADS International srl   (Italy)

^e Media Lario Technologies Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Adaptive secondary mirrors; Capacitive sensors; Deformable mirrors; Electromagnetic actuators

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

ADAPTIVE SECONDARY MIRROR; CAPACITIVE SENSOR; DEFORMABLE MIRROR; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 11144357679     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.508411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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