Liquid-crystal prisms for tip-tilt adaptive optics
- 1 August 1994
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 19 (15) , 1170-1172
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.19.001170
Abstract
Results from an electrically addressed liquid-crystal cell producing continuous phase profiles are presented. The adaptive deflection of a beam of light for use in a tip-tilt adaptive optics system is demonstrated. We compare the optical performance of liquid-crystal prisms with experimental data on atmospheric seeing at the William Herschel Telescope.Keywords
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