Optics in Astrophysics: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Optics in Astrophysics, Cargese, France from 16 to 28 September 2002 - NATO Science Series II 2005 edition

Marc Notes: Title from e-book title screen (viewed June 27, 2008).; Includes bibliographical references.; Electronic reproduction.; UK: MyiLibrary; 2006. Table of Contents: Preface. Acknowledgments. Constraints of Ground-Based Observations: The Atmosphere; C. Paterson. Interferences; C. Paterson. A brief history of astronomical telescopes; Ph. Dierickx. Modern Optical Design; J. Nelson and A. Sheinis. Structural Mechanics; J. Nelson. Segmented Mirror Telescopes; J. Nelson. Hectometric Optical Telescopes OWL; Ph. Dierickx. Optical fabrication; R. E. Parks. Optical Testing for the Next Generation Optical Telescopes; R. E. Parks. MOEMS, micro-optics for astronomical instrumentation; F. Zamkotsian. Optical and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy; J. W Beletic. Spectroscopy; J. Allington-Smith. Adaptive Optics; principles, performance and challenges; N. Devaney. Laser Technologies for Laser Guided Adaptive Optics; D. M. Pennington. Laser Guide Stars: principle, cone effect and tilt measurement; R. Foy. Interferometry; O. von der Luhe. Guided Optics for Stellar Interferometry; F. Reynaud and L. Delage. An introduction to gravitational-wave astronomy; V. Loriette. Coatings Principles; J-M. Mackowski. Classical Properties of Continuous Wave Optical Parametric Oscillators; Th. Coudreau et al. An introduction to Quantum Optics; Th. Coudreau et al. Atom Interferometry; A. Landragin et al. Amplitude and Phase Detection of Incoherent Source; J-C. Lehureau. Statistical Wavefront Sensing; R. G. Lane et al. Introduction to Image Reconstruction and Inverse Problems; E. Thiebaut."