Review of astronomical adaptive optics systems and plans

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6584, Issue , 2007, Pages 658407-

  Devaney, Nicholas ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Deformable mirror; Laser guide star; Wavefront sensor

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; LASER GUIDE STAR; WAVEFRONT SENSORS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 36048935970     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.723350     Document Type: Conference Paper

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