The VLT Laser Guide Star Facility

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4839, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 381-392

  Bonaccini, D ^a   Allaert, E ^a   Araujo, C ^a   Branetto, E ^a   Buzzoni, B ^a   Comin, M ^a   Cullum, M ^a   Davies, R ^b   Dichirico, C ^a   Dierickx, P ^a   Dimmler, M ^a   Duchateau, M ^a   Egedal, C ^a   Hackenberg, W ^a   Hippler, S ^c   Kellner, S ^b   Van Kesteren, A ^a   Koch, F ^a   Neumann, U ^c   Ott, T ^b   Quattri, M ^a   Quentin, J ^a   Rabien, S ^b   Tamai, R ^a   Tapia, M ^a   Tarenghi, M ^a   more..

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Large telescopes; Sodium laser guide star

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

LASER GUIDED STARS (LGS); VERY LARGE TELESCOPES (VLT);

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0037723084     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459277     Document Type: Conference Paper

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