Design and optimization of aberration and error invariant space telescope systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5524, Issue , 2004, Pages 54-65

  Kubala, Kenneth ^a   Dowski, Edward ^a   Kobus, James ^b   Brown, Bob ^b  

^a CDM Optics Inc   (United States)

^b BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberration theory; Adaptive optics; Computational imaging; Image formation theory; Lens design; Telescopes; Wavefront Coding

Indexed keywords

ABERRATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL IMAGING; IMAGE FORMATION THEORY; LENS DESIGN; WAVEFRONT CODING;

ABERRATIONS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FUNCTIONS; LENSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL DESIGN; WAVEFRONTS;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 13444256387     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.560305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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