High Density Deformable Mirrors to Enable Coronagraphic Planet Detection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5166, Issue , 2004, Pages 172-179

  Ealey, Mark ^a   Trauger, John ^b  

^a Xinetics Inc   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active optics; Adaptive optics; Coronagraphs; Deformable mirror; Space astronomy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE OPTICS; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS;

ASTRONOMY; DENSITY (OPTICAL); OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PLANETS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACE TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 1842639238     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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