Active and adaptive optical components: the technology and future trends

Mark A. Ealey

doi:10.1117/12.51166

13 January 1992 Active and adaptive optical components: the technology and future trends

Mark A. Ealey

Proceedings Volume 1543, Active and Adaptive Optical Components; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.51166
Event: San Diego, '91, 1991, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Though the exact origins of active and adaptive optics are unknown, recent history can be traced by the development of components. Earnest development of active and adaptive optical components began in the early 1970s with two areas of emphasis: (1) compensated imaging and (2) laser beam propagation. Typical for defense driven research and development programs, much of the evolutionary successes and pitfalls will forever remain undisclosed. Recent declassification of adaptive optics technology including laser guide star use has opened the way for exploitation by astronomers and others of the component development. It is the sole purpose of this paper to show those that would be users that the technology is mature.

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Mark A. Ealey "Active and adaptive optical components: the technology and future trends", Proc. SPIE 1543, Active and Adaptive Optical Components, (13 January 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.51166

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