Tulip form variable curvature mirrors: Interferometry and field compensation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3350, Issue , 1998, Pages 373-379

  Lemaitre, Gérard R ^a   Mazzanti, Silvio P ^a   Ferrari, Marc ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; HELIUM; INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS; NEON; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PROGRAMMING THEORY; TELESCOPES; WAVES;

ACTIVE OPTICS (AO); AIR PRESSURES; CIRCULAR PLATES; CURVATURE MIRRORS; DELAY LINE (DL); DEVELOPMENT PHASE; ELASTICITY THEORY; FIELD COMPENSATION; INTERFEROGRAMS; THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 56249127369     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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