The extreme adaptive optics testbed at UCSC: Current results and coronagraphic upgrade

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6272 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Severson, Scott A ^a   Bauman, Brian ^b   Dillon, Daren ^a   Evans, Julia ^b   Gavel, Don ^a   Macintosh, Bruce ^b   Morzinski, Katie ^a   Palmer, Dave ^b   Poyneer, Lisa ^b  

^a University of California at Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Coronagraphy; Deformable mirrors; Extreme adaptive optics; MEMS

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SENSORS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE SHIFT; PLANETS;

CORONAGRAPHY; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; EXTREME ADAPTIVE OPTICS (EXAO); GEMINI PLANET IMAGER (GPI); PHASE SHIFTING DIFFRACTION INTERFEROMETER (PSDI);

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 33749390327     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672341     Document Type: Conference Paper

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