Successful completion of SIM-PlanetQuest technology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6268 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Laskin, Robert A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Interferometry; Lasers; Metrology; Nanometer; Optics; Picometer; Pointing

Indexed keywords

LASER METROLOGY SYSTEMS; NANOMETERS; PICOMETER; POINTING;

ACTUATORS; ASTROPHYSICS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; MEASUREMENTS; PLANETS; SPACE OPTICS; VIBRATION CONTROL; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33749243462     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.670849     Document Type: Conference Paper

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