Fasttrac II near-IR adaptive optics system for the Multiple Mirror Telescope: description and preliminary results / Peter M. Gray ; Michael Lloyd-Hart ; J. Roger P. Angel ; Donald W. McCarthy ; David G. Sandler ; Ty Martinez ; Laird M. Close ; Guido Brusa ; Donald G. Bruns ; Brian A. McLeod ; Patrick T. Ryan ; Todd D. Groesbeck ; David M. Wittman ; Bruce P. Jacobsen ; John M. Hughes ; Mark R. Hunten ; Matt Cheselka |
Design analysis and simulations for the Multiple Mirror Telescope's infrared adaptive optics system / Steven M. Stahl |
Performance of laser guide star adaptive optics at Lick Observatory / Scot S. Olivier ; Jong An ; Kenneth Avicola ; Horst D. Bissinger ; James M. Brase ; Herbert W. Friedman ; Donald T. Gavel ; Claire E. Max ; J. Thaddeus Salmon ; Kenneth E. Thaddeus |
Laser beacon system for the UnISIS adaptive optics system at the Mount Wilson 2.5-m telescope / Laird A. Thompson ; Yao-Heng Xiong |
United Kingdom adaptive optics program / Richard M. Myers ; Andrew J. Longmore ; Ronald A. Humphreys ; Gerard F. Gilmore ; A. Bruce Gentles ; Martyn Wells ; Richard W. Wilson |
Visible-wavelength diffraction-limited imaging using low-order adaptive optics / David F. Buscher ; Andrew P. Doel ; Christopher A. Haniff |
Natural guide star AO system for the William Herschel Telescope |
First tests of the Cassegrain adaptive optics system of the Mount Wilson 100-in telescope / J. Christopher Shelton ; T. Schneider ; Daniel McKenna ; Sallie L. Baliunas |
Multisegment coherent beam combining / Daniel R. Neal ; Steve D. Tucker ; R. Morgan ; Tony G. Smith ; Mial E. Warren ; James K. Gruetzner ; R. R. Rosenthal ; A. E. Bentley |
Optical and control modeling for adaptive beam-combining experiments / Kelly Simmons-Potter |
Adaptive beam-combining mirror for the MMT |
Technology, characterization, and applications of adaptive mirrors fabricated with IC-compatible micromachining / Gleb V. Vdovin ; Simon Middelhoek ; Marian Bartek ; Lina Sarro ; Dimitri Solomatine |
Design and prototype tests of an adaptive secondary mirror for the new 6.5-m single-mirror MMT / Buddy Martin |
Techniques for optical fabrication of a 2-mm-thick adaptive secondary mirror / Hubert M. Martin ; David S. Anderson |
Optical measurements of a prototype adaptive-optic secondary mirror / David L. Modisett |
Sodium beacon laser system for the Lick Observatory / Gaylen V. Erbert ; Thomas C. Kuklo ; David A. Smauley ; Gary R. Thompson ; Jody G. Malik ; Nan J. Wong ; Keith Kanz ; Kurt Neeb |
Experiments to assess the effectiveness of multiple laser guide stars for adaptively corrected telescopes / Christopher R. Neyman |
Binary optical correction of wavefront aberration using spatial light modulators / Seth E. Broomfield ; Mark A. Neil ; Edward G. Paige ; I. D. Thomas |
Analysis and calibration of natural guide star adaptive optics data / Eric M. Tessier |
Investigation of wavefront estimators using the Wavefront Control Experiment at Yerkes Observatory / Walter J. Wild ; Edward J. Kibblewhite ; Rodolphe Vuilleumier ; Vijuna Scor ; Fang Shi ; Nestor Farmiga |
Real-time reconstructor for adaptive secondary control of the 6.5-m single-mirror MMT / Todd K. Barrett |
Method for optimizing closed-loop adaptive optics wavefront reconstruction algorithms on the basis of experimentally measured performance data / Troy A. Rhoadarmer ; Brent L. Ellerbroek |
Blind deconvolution post-processing of images corrected by adaptive optics / Julian C. Christou |
Frame selection performance limits for statistical image reconstruction of adaptive optics compensated images / Stephen D. Ford ; Michael C. Roggemann ; Byron M. Welsh |
Profiles of nighttime turbulence above Mauna Kea and isoplanatism extension in adaptive optics / Rene Racine |
Infrared wavefronts on Mauna Kea / Thomas W. Nicholls ; Nicholas J. Wooder ; Ian H. Munro ; J. Christopher Dainty |
Comparison of Shack-Hartmann and curvature sensing for large telescopes |
Shot noise performance of Hartmann and shearing interferometer wavefront sensors / Timothy L. Pennington |
Imaging in turbulence beyond diffraction limits / Mikhail I. Charnotskii |
Atmospheric turbulence-induced phase screen generator for simulating the effects of finite outer scale, time delays, and anisoplanatism / Cynthia A. Hyde |
Pupil-imaging wavefront gradient sensor / William N. Pugh ; Daniel R. Lobb ; David D. Walker ; Tom L. Williams |
Optimum matching of wavefront sensor and wavefront corrector / Zhaohui Hu ; Wenhan Jiang |
Performance measurements of generation III wavefront sensors at the Starfire Optical Range / David Swindle ; Michael Oliker ; James M. Spinhirne |
Specialized wavefront sensors for adaptive optics / J. D. Mansell |
Numerical model of adaptive optical system controlled by a feedforward neural network |
Noise reduction and key atmospheric parameter estimation using artificial neural networks / Dennis A. Montera ; Dennis W. Ruck |
6.5-m MMT infrared adaptive optics system: detailed design and progress report |
Adaptive optics system for direct imaging of extra-solar planets from the ground |
W. M. Keck Observatory adaptive optics program / Anthony D. Gleckler ; Peter L. Wizinowich |
Performance predictions for the Keck telescope adaptive optics system |
Near-infrared astronomy with adaptive optics and laser guide stars at the Keck Observatory |
Fasttrac II near-IR adaptive optics system for the Multiple Mirror Telescope: description and preliminary results / Peter M. Gray ; Michael Lloyd-Hart ; J. Roger P. Angel ; Donald W. McCarthy ; David G. Sandler ; Ty Martinez ; Laird M. Close ; Guido Brusa ; Donald G. Bruns ; Brian A. McLeod ; Patrick T. Ryan ; Todd D. Groesbeck ; David M. Wittman ; Bruce P. Jacobsen ; John M. Hughes ; Mark R. Hunten ; Matt Cheselka |
Design analysis and simulations for the Multiple Mirror Telescope's infrared adaptive optics system / Steven M. Stahl |
Performance of laser guide star adaptive optics at Lick Observatory / Scot S. Olivier ; Jong An ; Kenneth Avicola ; Horst D. Bissinger ; James M. Brase ; Herbert W. Friedman ; Donald T. Gavel ; Claire E. Max ; J. Thaddeus Salmon ; Kenneth E. Thaddeus |