Evaluation of a MEMS deformable mirror for an adaptive optics test bench

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 10132-10138

  Wallace, Brian P ^a   Hampton, Peter J ^a   Bradley, Colin H ^a   Conan, Rodolphe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; CAMERAS; INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SENSORS; WAVEFRONTS;

DEFORMABLE MIRROR; QUADRATIC RELATIONSHIP; TURBULENCE GENERATOR; WAVE FRONT SENSOR;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33750718797     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.010132     Document Type: Article

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