MCAO for Gemini-South

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4839, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-66

  Ellerbroek, Brent L ^a   Rigaut, François ^a   Bauman, Brian ^b   Boyer, Corinne ^a   Browne, Steven ^e   Buchroeder, Richard ^e   Catone, James ^a   Clark, Paul ^c   D'Orgeville, Céline ^a   Gavel, Donald ^b   Herriot, Glen ^e   Hunten, Mark R ^a   James, Eric ^a   Kibblewhite, Edward ^d   McKinnie, Iain ^e   Murray, James ^e   Rabaut, Didier ^e   Saddlemyer, Leslie ^e   Sebag, Jacques ^a   Stillburn, James ^e   Telle, John ^e   Veran, Jean Pierre ^e   more..

^a GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Adaptive optical systems; Laser guide stars; Multi conjugate adaptive optics

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DIFFRACTION; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSORS; TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

MULTI-CONJUGATE ADPATIVE OPTICS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0037936865     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459692     Document Type: Conference Paper

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