PARSEC, the laser for the VLT

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4494, Issue , 2002, Pages 325-335

  Rabien, S ^a   Davies, R I ^a   Ott, T ^a   Hippler, S ^b   Neumann, U ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b Max Planck Institut Für extratterrestrische   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Laser guide star

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH; LASER GUIDE STARS ASTRONOMY; MULTIGUIDE STAR SYSTEMS;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0036397259     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454807     Document Type: Article

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