The adaptive optics revolution [electronic resource] : a history / Robert W. Duffner ; foreword by Robert Q. Fugate.

By: Duffner, Robert WContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2009Description: xxviii, 457 p. : illISBN: 9780826346933 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Optics, Adaptive -- History | Optics, Adaptive -- Research -- United States -- History | Laser guide star adaptive optics | Lasers -- Military applications | Space telescopesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 621.36/9 LOC classification: TA1522 | .D84 2009Online resources: Click to View
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.
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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.

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