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

Author/creator Duffner, Robert W.
Format Book
Publication InfoAlbuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2009.
Descriptionxxviii, 457 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Optics, Adaptive--History.
Optics, Adaptive--Research. --United States. --History.
Laser guide star adaptive optics.
Lasers--Military applications.
Space telescopes.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009005843
ISBN9780826346919 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN082634691X (cloth : alk. paper)