TY  - BOOK
AU  - Duffner,Robert W.
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - The adaptive optics revolution: a history 
AV  - TA1522 .D84 2009
U1  - 621.36/9 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Albuquerque
PB  - University of New Mexico Press
KW  - Optics, Adaptive
KW  - History
KW  - Research
KW  - United States
KW  - Laser guide star adaptive optics
KW  - Lasers
KW  - Military applications
KW  - Space telescopes
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1119018
ER  -