Real-time control system for the Keck Interferometer Nuller: Methods and maintenance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6274, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Garcia, Jean I ^a   Colavita, M Mark ^a   Booth, Andrew J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Control systems; Interferometry; Nulling; Real time control

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; NULLING; REAL-TIME CONTROL;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SERVOMECHANISMS;

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33749639486     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.670618     Document Type: Conference Paper

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