A computationally efficient wavefront reconstructor for simulations of multi-conjugate adaptive optics on giant telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4839, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 989-1000

  Ellerbroek, Brent L ^a   Gilles, L ^b   Vogel, C R ^c  

^a GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Extremely large telescopes; Wavefront reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

DEFORMABLE MIRRORS (DM);

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0038398823     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459673     Document Type: Conference Paper

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