Large amplitude wavefront generation and correction with membrane mirrors

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 509-517

  Kurczynski, Peter ^a   Dyson, Harold M ^a   Sadoulet, Bernard ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; MIRRORS;

ELECTRODE ARRAY; LOW STRESS MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE MIRROR DEVICES; WAVEFRONT GENERATION;

WAVEFRONTS;

EID: 31144445364     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.14.000509     Document Type: Conference Paper

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