MEMS development for astronomical instrumentation at the lick observatory laboratory for adaptive optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6467, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gavel, Donald ^a  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomical adaptive optics; Atmospheric wavefront control; Deformable mirrors

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC WAVEFRONT CONTROL; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; LASER GUIDESTAR SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ASTRONOMY; MIRRORS; WAVEFRONTS;

MEMS;

EID: 34248513093     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.710419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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