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Lighter side of adaptive optics / Robert K. Tyson

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: SPIE press monograph ; PM 191Publisher: Bellingham, Washington : SPIE Press, [2009]Copyright date: © 2009Description: 1 Online-RessourceISBN:
  • 9780819491145
  • 0819475610
  • 9780819475619
Other title:
  • Adaptive optics
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9780819475619 | Erscheint auch als: Lighter side of adaptive optics. Druck-Ausgabe Bellingham, Wash. : SPIE Press, 2009. IX, 111 S. | Print version: No title DDC classification:
  • 621.36/9
RVK: RVK: UH 6700LOC classification:
  • TA1522
DOI: DOI: 10.1117/3.2054334Online resources: Additional physical formats: Also available in print version.Summary: Adaptive optics has been under development for well over 40 years. It is an indisputable necessity for all major ground-based astronomical telescopes and is the foundation for laser and wavefront sensor design. 'Lighter Side of Adaptive Optics' is a nontechnical explanation of optics, the atmosphere, and the technology for "untwinkling" the stars. While interweaving a fictional romantic relationship as an analogy to adaptive optics, and inserting satire, humor, and philosophical rants, Tyson makes a difficult scientific topic understandable. The "why" and "how" of adaptive optics has never been more enjoyableSummary: Foreword -- 1. Love is in the air -- 2. The atmosphere has gas -- 3. Adaptive optics systems and some cool things about light beams -- 4. Clever wavefront sensors -- 5. Laser guide stars, the beacons in the night -- 6. Mirrors that get bent out of shape -- 7. Computers that shouldn’t crash -- 8. Other ways to do it -- 9. Putting the system together -- 10. Getting the blasted thing to work right or even work at all -- 11. Fun with shining lasers into your eyes -- 12. A happy ending -- Bibliography (Some other books about adaptive optics that aren’t nearly as funny as this one) -- IndexPPN: PPN: 101819133XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-50-SPI | ZDB-50-SPI
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