Optimization with numerical simulations of the conjugate altitudes of deformable mirrors in an MCAO system

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 404, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1165-1176

  Femenia B ^a   Devaney, N ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intrumentation: adaptive optics; Intrumentation: high angular resolution; Methods: numerical atmospheric effects; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; TELESCOPES;

MULTI-CONJUGATE ADAPTIVE OPTICS (MCAO);

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0038342003     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030538     Document Type: Article

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