Demonstration of new technology MEMS and liquid crystal adaptive optics on light astronomical objects and satellites

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 1508-1519

  Dayton, David ^a   Gonglewski, John ^b   Restaino, Sergio ^b   Martin, Jeffrey ^b   Phillips, James ^b   Hartman, Mary ^b   Browne, Stephen ^c   Kervin, Paul ^b   Snodgrass, Joshua ^b   Heimann, Nevin ^a   Shilko, Michael ^d   Pohle, Richard ^e   Carrion, Bill ^e   Smith, Clint ^e   Thiel, Daniel ^f  

^a APPLIED TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Optical Sciences Company   (United States)

^d ITT Systems   (United States)

^e Textron Systems   (United States)

^f Boeing Maui   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ALGORITHMS; COSTS; ELECTROSTATICS; HOLOGRAPHY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER BEAMS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

LASER BEAM CONTROL; LASER CAVITY MODE CONTROL; LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICES; LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO);

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 1842620468     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.001508     Document Type: Article

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