Concept for the keck next generation adaptive optics system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7015, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gavel, Donald ^a   Dekany, Richard ^c   Max, Claire ^a   Wizinowich, Peter ^b   Adkins, Sean ^b   Bauman, Brian ^d   Bell, Jim ^b   Johansson, Erik ^b   Kupke, Renate ^a   Lockwood, Chris ^a   Moore, Anna ^c   Neyman, Chris ^b   Reinig, Marc ^a   Velur, Viswa ^c  

^a University of California at Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b Keck Observatory   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive Optics; Keck; MEMS; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; ASTRONOMICAL IMAGING; CONE EFFECTS; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; FIELD OF VIEWS; HIGH RESOLUTION; KECK; KECK OBSERVATORY; MEMSDEVICES; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE CHANNELS; MULTIPLE LASERS; NEAR INFRARED; OPERATING MODES; SINGLE LASERS; SYSTEM DESIGN; WAVEFRONT CORRECTION;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; LIGHT; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 66949171383     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.790250     Document Type: Conference Paper

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