Methods for correcting tilt anisoplanatism in laser-guide-star-based multiconjugate adaptive optics

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

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2539-2547

  Ellerbroek, Brent L ^a   Rigaut, François ^a  

^a GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTORTION (WAVES); HEURISTIC METHODS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

ANISOPLANATISM;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0012480657     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.002539     Document Type: Article

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