Control and alignment of segmented-mirror telescopes: Matrices, modes, and error propagation

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1223-1232

  Chanan, Gary ^a   MacMartin, Douglas G ^b   Nelson, Jerry ^c   Mast, Terry ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of California at Santa Cruz   (United States)

^d University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MIRRORS; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DESIGN;

KECK TELESCOPE DESIGN; MIRROR TELESCOPE; NOISE PROPAGATION; OPTICAL ALIGNMENT;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 1542276734     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.001223     Document Type: Article

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