Adaptive secondary mirror for the Large Binocular Telescope: results of acceptance laboratory test

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7015, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Riccardi, A ^a   Xompero, M ^a   Zanotti, D ^a   Busoni, L ^a   Del Vecchio, C ^a   Salinari, P ^a   Ranfagni, P ^a   Zappellini, G Brusa ^b   Biasi, R ^c   Andrighettoni, M ^c   Gallieni, D ^d   Anaclerio, E ^d   Martin, H M ^b   Miller, S M ^b  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Microgate srl   (Italy)

^d ADS International srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Adaptive secondary mirror; Deformable secondary mirror; Wavefront correctors

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE TESTS; ADAPTIVE SECONDARY MIRROR; ADAPTIVE SECONDARY MIRRORS; CO-LOCATED CAPACITIVE SENSORS; COMPUTATIONAL POWER; DEFORMABLE SECONDARY MIRROR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES; FULLY INTEGRATED; INTERNAL CONTROLS; LABORATORY TEST; LARGE BINOCULAR TELESCOPE; MIRROR FIGURE; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; POSITION FEEDBACK; WAVE FRONT RECONSTRUCTION; WAVEFRONT CORRECTORS; ZERODUR;

ACTUATORS; BINOCULARS; DEFORMATION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTICAL TESTING; REAL TIME CONTROL; VISION AIDS; WAVEFRONTS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 66749154096     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.790527     Document Type: Conference Paper

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