The METIS AO system: Bringing Extreme Adaptive Optics to the mid-IR

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7736, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Stuik, R ^a   Jolissaint, L ^b   Kendrew, S ^a   Hippler, S ^b   Brandl, B ^a   Venema, L ^c   Lenzen, R ^b   Pantin, E ^d   Blommaert, J ^e   Glasse, A ^f  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Aquila Optics ^*  (Germany)

^c ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^d CEA SACLAY   (France)

^e KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; E ELT; METIS; Mid IR; PWV; Refraction

Indexed keywords

10 MICRON; ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; COMPOSITION FLUCTUATIONS; CURRENT GENERATION; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; E-ELT; EXTREME ADAPTIVE OPTICS; EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES; HIGHER ORDER EFFECTS; IR INSTRUMENTATION; METIS; MID-IR; MIDINFRARED; OBSERVATION CONDITION; PRELIMINARY DESIGN PHASE; PWV; STREHL RATIO; SYSTEM DESIGN; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; INFRARED DEVICES; INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; REFRACTION;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 77957848365     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.856948     Document Type: Conference Paper

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