Th Starfire Optical Range 3.5m telescope adaptive optical system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3353, Issue , 1998, Pages 22-33

  Spinhirne, James M ^a   Allen, Jeff G ^b   Ameer, George A ^a   Brown II, James M ^c   Christou, Julian C ^c   Duncan, Terry S ^c   Eager, R J ^a   Ealey, Mark A ^d   Ellerbroek, Brent L ^c   Fugate, Robert Q ^c   Jones, Gary W ^a   Kuhns, R M ^c   Lee, David J ^c   Lowrey, William H ^a   Oliker, Michael D ^b   Ruane, Raymond E ^a   Swindle, David W ^b   Voas, Joshua K ^c   Wild, Walter J ^e   Wilson, Keith B ^b   Wynia, John L ^a   more..

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b Adaptive Optics Associates   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Xinetics   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Atmospheric compensation; Deformable mirror; Starfire Optical Range

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; DEFORMATION; LASER PULSES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; TELESCOPES;

ADAPTIVE-OPTICAL SYSTEMS; ARTIFICIAL SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC COMPENSATION; CLOSED LOOPS; DEFORMABLE MIRROR; FRAME RATES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; STARFIRE OPTICAL RANGE;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 62249207996     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321689     Document Type: Conference Paper

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