Adaptive optics system for Cassegrain focus of Subaru 8.2 m telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3353, Issue , 1998, Pages 500-507

  Takami, Hideki ^a   Takato, Naruhisa ^a   Otsubo, Masashi ^a   Kanzawa, Tomio ^a   Kamata, Yukiko ^a   Nakashima, Koji ^a   Iye, Masanori ^a  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Bimorph mirror; Curvature sensor; Laser guide star; Natural guide star

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; BUILDINGS; DEFORMATION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LASER PULSES; LASERS; LIGHT; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SENSORS; TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES; BIMORPH DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; BIMORPH MIRROR; CLOSED LOOPS; CURVATURE SENSOR; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; DIFFRACTION LIMITEDS; GUIDE STARS; K BANDS; LASER GUIDE STAR; LOOP CONTROLS; NATURAL GUIDE STAR; PHOTON-COUNTING; PROTOTYPE SYSTEMS; R EQUALS; STREHL RATIOS; SUB APERTURES; SUBARU TELESCOPES; WAVE-FRONT CURVATURES; WAVE-FRONT SENSING; WAVEFRONT TILTS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 62249093050     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321685     Document Type: Conference Paper

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