Characterization of adaptive optics at Keck Observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5169, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-10

  Van Dam, Marcos A ^a   Macintosh, Bruce A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Keck observatory; Shack Hartmann; Wavefront sensing

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CALCULATIONS; CAMERAS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL SENSORS; WAVEFRONTS;

DEFORMABLE MIRROR; KECK OBSERVATORY; WAVEFRONT SENSING;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 1842451803     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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