The adaptive optics revolution
Subtitle: a history
By: Robert W. Duffner ; foreword by Robert Q. Fugate.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 485
ISBN-13: 9780826346919
Subjects: Optics, Adaptive -- History; Optics, Adaptive -- Research -- United States -- History; Laser guide star adaptive optics; Lasers -- Military applications; Space telescopes
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sputnik, reality, and technology; title: Early days : the Romans; title: Rome and Itek : first adaptive optics systems; title: Laser guide stars; title: Fugate's Rayleigh guide star experiments; title: Lincoln laboratory; title: Sharing the gold : astronomical nuggets; title: Strategic defense initiative; title: Airborne laser; title: 3.5-meter military telescope complex : Starfire Optical Range, New Mexico; title: 3.67-meter military telescope complex : Maui, Hawaii; title: Sodium guide star laser : the future.