MEMs based adaptive optics systems: The naval research laboratory program

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6113, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Restaino, Sergio R ^a   Andrews, Jonathan ^a   Martinez, Ty ^a   Payne, Don ^b   Wick, Dave ^c   Wilcox, Christopher ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Narrascape Inc   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; MEM; Wavefront compensation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPENSATION; MEM; WAVEFRONT COMPENSATION;

MIRRORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; WAVEFRONTS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 33646137573     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.649286     Document Type: Conference Paper

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