The sodium laser guide star system of ALFA

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3126, Issue , 1997, Pages 35-43

  Quirrenbach, Andreas ^a   Hackenberg, Wolfgang ^a   Holstenberg, Hans Christoph ^a   Wilnhammer, Norbert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; cw dye lasers; Laser beam projection; Laser guide stars; Sodium lasers

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CAMERAS; COMPUTER CONTROL; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DYE LASERS; LASER BEAMS; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTICAL TESTING; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS;

SODIUM LASER GUIDE STAR SYSTEM;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0031289120     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.279051     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (2)

1. Adaptive optics at MPE: Astronomical results and future plans
2. 3D: The next generation near-infrared imaging spectrometer