Open-loop control of liquid-crystal spatial light modulators for vertical atmospheric turbulence wavefront correction

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-89

  Liu, Chao ^a,b   Hu, Lifa ^a   Mu, Quanquan ^a   Cao, Zhaoliang ^a   Xuan, Li ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; LIGHT; LIGHT MODULATION; LIQUIDS; PROFITABILITY; WAVEFRONTS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; ASTRONOMICAL APPLICATION; CLOSED LOOPS; CONTROL ALGORITHMS; HIGH PRECISION; OPEN LOOP CONTROL; OPEN LOOPS; OPTICAL BAND WIDTH; OPTICAL LAYOUTS; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; SYSTEM-BASED; TOTAL TIME DELAY; WAVEFRONT CORRECTION; WAVEFRONT GENERATION;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 78650932527     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.000082     Document Type: Article

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