The application of MEMS technology for adaptive optics in vision science

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 629-635

  Doble, Nathan ^a,b   Williams, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Iris AO Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics (AO); Deformable mirror (DM); Microelectromechanical devices; Micromachining; Optical aberrations; Optical imaging; Optics

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; FORMABILITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROMACHINING; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SENSORS; VISION; WAVEFRONTS;

DEFORMABLE MIRRORS (DM); OPTICAL IMAGING; WAVEFRONT SENSORS (WFS);

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 4344572067     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2004.829202     Document Type: Article

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