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100 1 _aDuffner, Robert W.
245 1 4 _aThe adaptive optics revolution
_h[electronic resource] :
_ba history /
_cRobert W. Duffner ; foreword by Robert Q. Fugate.
260 _aAlbuquerque :
_bUniversity of New Mexico Press,
_c2009.
300 _axxviii, 457 p. :
_bill.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aSputnik, 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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2011.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aOptics, Adaptive
_xHistory.
650 0 _aOptics, Adaptive
_xResearch
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aLaser guide star adaptive optics.
650 0 _aLasers
_xMilitary applications.
650 0 _aSpace telescopes.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10492336
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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