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

Author/creator Duffner, Robert W.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAlbuquerque : University of New Mexico Press,
Descriptionxxviii, 457 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009005843
ISBN9780826346919 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN082634691X (cloth : alk. paper)

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