Hydrodynamics of rotating liquid mirrors. I. Synchronous disturbances

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 31, 2006, Pages 8052-8062

  Hickson, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOCUSING; HYDRODYNAMICS; ROTATION; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SYNCHRONOUS MACHINERY;

FOCAL LENGTH; LIQUID MIRRORS; SURFACE DISTORTION; SYNCHRONOUS DISTURBANCES;

MIRRORS;

EID: 33845588559     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.008052     Document Type: Article

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