An analytic model for the study of the impact of mirror segmentation on AO performance, and application to a 30 m segmented telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5497, Issue , 2004, Pages 349-360

  Jolissaint, Laurent ^a   Lavigne, Jean Francois ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Extremely large segmented telescopes

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; POLYNOMIALS;

ENCIRCLED ENERGY (EE) RADIUS; EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES (ELT); MONOLITHIC MIRRORS; PRIMARY MIRRORS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 12344309346     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552551     Document Type: Conference Paper

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