NFIRAOS: TMT narrow field, near-infrared facility adaptive optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6272 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Herriot, Glen ^a   Hickson, Paul ^b   Ellerbroek, B L ^c   Andersen, D A ^a   Davidge, T ^a   Erickson, D A ^a   Powell, P ^a   Clare, R ^c   Gilles, L ^c   Boyer, C ^c   Smith, M ^a   Saddlemyer, L ^a   Veran J P ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Thirty Meter Telescope   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive Optics; Thirty Meter Telescope; TMT

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR DENSITY; FIELD OF VIEW (FOV); NASMYTH PLATFORM; THIRTY METER TELESCOPE (TMT);

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; INFRARED DEVICES; MIRRORS; SPECTROGRAPHS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 33748992421     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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