Active zoom imaging for operationally responsive space

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6467, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bagwell, Brett E ^a   Wick, David V ^a   Cowan, William D ^a   Spahn, Olga Blum ^a   Sweatt, William C ^a   Martinez, Ty ^b   Restaino, Sergio R ^b   Andrews, Jonathan R ^b   Wilcox, Christopher C ^b   Payne, Don M ^c   Romeo, Robert ^d  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Narrascape   (United States)

^d Composite Mirror Applications Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Active optics; Deformable mirrors; MEMS; Zoom lenses

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE OPTICS; APERTURE SYSTEMS; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; ZOOM LENSES;

ABERRATIONS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; LENSES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34248575971     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.706820     Document Type: Conference Paper

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