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The adaptive optics revolution a history

Title
The adaptive optics revolution [electronic resource] : a history / Robert W. Duffner ; foreword by Robert Q. Fugate.
Author
Duffner, Robert W.
Publication
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2009.

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Description
1 online resource (xxviii, 457 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Adaptive optics revolution (Online)
Alternative Title
Adaptive optics revolution (Online)
Subject
  • Optics, Adaptive > History
  • Optics, Adaptive > Research > History. > United States
  • Laser guide star adaptive optics
  • Lasers > Military applications
  • Space telescopes
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
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.
LCCN
2009005843
OCLC
ssj0000533708
Author
Duffner, Robert W.
Title
The adaptive optics revolution [electronic resource] : a history / Robert W. Duffner ; foreword by Robert Q. Fugate.
Imprint
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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