Focus anisoplanatism effects on tip–tilt compensation for adaptive optics with use of a sodium laser beacon as a tracking reference

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1916-1923

  Esposito, S ^a   Riccardi, A ^a   Ragazzoni, R ^b  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 0005296440     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.13.001916     Document Type: Article

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