An active optics concept for the multi-object spectrograph EAGLE

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7018, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Madec, Fabrice ^a   Hugot, Emmanuel ^a   Gimenez, Jean Luc ^a   Tracol, Fanny ^a   Ferrari, Marc ^a   Vola, Pascal ^a   Vivès, Sébastien ^a   El Hadi, Kacem ^a   Moreaux, Gabriel ^a   Prieto, Eric ^a   Cuby, Jean Gabriel ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Active optic; Astigmatism; Beam steering mirror; BSM; E ELT; EAGLE; ELT; Focus; Target acquisition system; TAS; Variable curvature mirror; VCM

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; INSTRUMENTS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MILITARY EQUIPMENT; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADAR; RELIABILITY; SPECTROGRAPHS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TELESCOPES;

ACTIVE OPTIC; ASTIGMATISM; BEAM STEERING MIRROR; BSM; E-ELT; EAGLE; ELT; TARGET ACQUISITION SYSTEM; TAS; VARIABLE CURVATURE MIRROR; VCM;

OPTICAL TESTING;

EID: 56249085623     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.788335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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