Overview of adaptive optics technology
Abstract
Adaptive optics technology is surveyed with particular reference to lasers. Consideration is given to: (1) sources of aberration, (2) methods of mechanization for linear adaptive optics, and (3) detection/information gathering and control logic for linear systems. The performance and limitations of dynamic adaptive optics are reviewed, and attention is given to two special topics: (1) adaptive corrections within an optical resonator, and (2) nonlinear adaptive optics.
- Publication:
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Adaptive Optics and Short Wavelength Sources
- Pub Date:
- 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978aosw.book....1A
- Keywords:
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- Adaptive Optics;
- Laser Outputs;
- Optical Correction Procedure;
- Technology Assessment;
- Aberration;
- Interferometry;
- Linear Systems;
- Nonlinear Optics;
- Phase Deviation;
- Thermal Blooming;
- Turbulence Effects;
- Lasers and Masers