Active optics: Single actuator principle and angular thickness distribution for astigmatism compensation by elasticity

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1401-1409

  Hugot, Emmanuel ^a   Lemaître, Gérard R ^a   Ferrari, Marc ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; THICKNESS CONTROL;

ACTIVE OPTICS; ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; HIGH QUALITY; OPTICAL PATH; OPTICAL QUALITIES; SINGLE ACTUATORS; THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 48949085877     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.001401     Document Type: Article

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