Alternative guide stars for adaptive optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3353, Issue , 1998, Pages 320-329

  Ribak, Erez N ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Artificial air glow; Artificial guide stars; Atmospheric plasma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; HEATING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OXYGEN; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PLASMAS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SODIUM; STARS;

ARTIFICIAL AIR GLOW; ARTIFICIAL GUIDE STARS; ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA; IONOSPHERIC HEATING; LASER GUIDE STARS; LONG BASE LINES; MULTI-CONJUGATE ADAPTIVE OPTICS; OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRIES; RADIO BEAMS; SODIUM LAMPS; WIDE FIELDS;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

EID: 0005179533     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321724     Document Type: Conference Paper

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