Laser guide star adaptive optics at the Keck Observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4839, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 370-380

  Contos, Adam R ^a   Wizinowich, Peter L ^a   Hartman, Scott K ^a   Le Mignant, David ^a   Neyman, Christopher R ^a   Stomski Jr , Paul J ^a   Summers, Douglas ^a  

^a W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Laser; Laser guide star; Telescope; Wavefront sensing

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

LASER GUIDED STARS (LGS); WAVEFRONT SENSORS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0037936863     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459500     Document Type: Conference Paper

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