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1Deformable mirror — A deformable mirror can be used to correct wavefront errors in an astronomical telescope …
2Mirror — looking glass redirects here. For other uses, see Looking Glass (disambiguation). This article is about wave reflectors (mainly, specular reflection of visible light). For other uses, see Mirror (disambiguation). A mirror, reflecting a vase A… …
3Monolithic Mirror Telescope — Observatoire MMT L observatoire MMT (en anglais MMT Observatory ou MMTO) est un observatoire astronomique situé sur le site de l observatoire Fred Lawrence Whipple (code observatoire UAI 696). L observatoire Whipple est situé sur le Mount Hopkins …
4Multiple Mirror Telescope — Observatoire MMT L observatoire MMT (en anglais MMT Observatory ou MMTO) est un observatoire astronomique situé sur le site de l observatoire Fred Lawrence Whipple (code observatoire UAI 696). L observatoire Whipple est situé sur le Mount Hopkins …
5Adaptive optics — (AO) is a technology used to improve the performance of optical systems by reducing the effects of rapidly changing optical distortion. It is used in astronomical telescopes and laser communication systems to remove the effects of atmospheric… …
6Tilt (optics) — In optics, the term tilt is a deviation in the direction a beam of light propagates. Tilt quantizes the average slope in both the X and Y directions of a wavefront or phase profile across the pupil of an optical system. In conjunction with Piston …
7Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy — Retinal image of a left eye via Optos Optomap. Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) is a method of examination of the eye. It uses the technique of confocal laser scanning microscopy for diagnostic imaging of retina or cornea of the human eye. As… …
8Compagnie industrielle des lasers — Création 1966 …
9History of the telescope — The earliest known working telescopes appeared in 1608 and are credited to Hans Lippershey and Zacharias Janssen, spectacle makers in Middelburg, and Jacob Metius of Alkmaar. The design of these early refracting telescopes consisted of a convex… …
10Digital micromirror device — DLP chip A digital micromirror device, or DMD, is an optical semiconductor that is the core of DLP projection technology[1], and was invented by Dr. Larry Hornbeck and Dr. William E. Ed Nelson of Texas Instruments (TI) in 1987. The DMD project… …
