Deformable secondary mirrors for the LBT adaptive optics system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6272 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Martin, H M ^a   Zappellini, G Brusa ^a   Cuerden, B ^a   Miller, S M ^a   Riccardi, A ^b   Smith, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Deformable mirrors; Optical fabrication; Optical testing; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTICAL TESTING;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; OPTICAL FABRICATION;

MIRRORS;

EID: 33749247990     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672698     Document Type: Conference Paper

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