Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1994 · 22 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsInstrumentationOptical AstronomyOpticsAdaptive OpticsObservatory InstrumentationOptical InstrumentationOptical InstrumentsTelescope OpticsAdaptive Optics InstrumentationAdaptive Optics System DesignCurvature Wavefront SensingCurvature Wavefront SensorsDeformable MirrorsOptical Telescope SystemsOptical TelescopesTelescopes
The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope is developing an Adaptive Optics Instrument Adaptor for general use at its 3.6 m telescope. It consists of a 19 electrode, bimorph deformable mirror (1:6:12) used with a 19 sub-aperture, curvature wavefront sensor.