The adaptive optics revolution: a history

by Duffner, Robert W.

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Title Statements

Full title :The adaptive optics revolution : a history / Robert W. Duffner ; foreword by Robert Q. Fugate.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of New Mexico Press
Place of Publication:Albuquerque
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

Description:xxviii, 457 pages : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780826346919, 082634691X
oclc:ocn468166124
LC Classification:TA1522
Dewey Decimal:621.36/9

Sputnik, reality, and technology -- Early days : the Romans -- Rome and Itek : first adaptive optics systems -- Laser guide stars -- Fugate's Rayleigh guide star experiments -- Lincoln laboratory -- Sharing the gold : astronomical nuggets -- Strategic defense initiative -- Airborne laser -- 3.5-meter military telescope complex : Starfire Optical Range, New Mexico -- 3.67-meter military telescope complex : Maui, Hawaii -- Sodium guide star laser : the future.

Subjects

Étoiles laser guide pour l'optique adap… History Laser guide star adaptive optics Lasers -- Applications militaires Lasers -- Military applications Optics, Adaptive Optics, Adaptive -- History Optics, Adaptive -- Research -- United … Optique adaptative -- Histoire Optique adaptative -- Recherche Optique adaptative -- Recherche -- État… Space telescopes Télescopes spatiaux United States