Adaptive Optics Engineering Handbook

by Robert Tyson

Overview

This handbook supplies analytical tools for the design and development of adaptive optics systems to enhance their ability to adjust for atmospheric turbulence, optical fabrication errors, thermally induced distortions, and laser device aberrations. It provides recommendations for selecting, testing and installing a wavefront compensation system.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135569815
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	11/10/1999
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	16 MB
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About the Author

Robert Tyson

Table of Contents

From the Series Editor, Preface, Contributors, 1. Introduction, 2. System Design and Optimization, 3. Guide Star System Considerations, 4. Wavefront Sensors, 5. Deformable Mirror Wavefront Correctors, 6. Innovative Wavefront Estimators for Zonal Adaptive Optics Systems, 7. Micromachined Membrane Deformable Mirrors, 8. Surface Micromachined Deformable Mirrors, 9. Liquid Crystal Adaptive Optics, 10. Wavefront Sensing and Compensation for the Human Eye, 11. Wide Field-of-View Wavefront Sensing, Index