Numerical versus optical layer oriented: A comparison in terms of SNR

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4839, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 612-622

  Bello, Dolores ^a   Conan, Jean Marc ^a   Rousset, Gerard ^a   Tordi, Massimiliano ^b   Ragazzoni, Roberto ^b   Vernet Viard, Elise ^b   Kasper, Markus ^c   Hippler, Stefan ^d  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Layer oriented; Multiconjugate adaptive optics; Wavefront sensing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DATA PROCESSING; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVEFRONTS;

MULTICONJUGATE ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0038398945     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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