Layer oriented multi-conjugate adaptive optics systems: Performance analysis by numerical simulations

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4839, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 524-535

  Verinaud C ^a   Arcidiacono, C ^c   Carbillet, M ^a   Diolaiti, E ^b   Ragazzoni, R ^a   Vernet Viard, E ^a   Esposito, S ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Astronomia   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Layer Oriented; Multi Conjugate Adaptive Optics; Multiple Field of View; Numerical simulations; Pyramid wavefront sensor

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; IMAGE SENSORS; TOMOGRAPHY;

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0038398987     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458965     Document Type: Conference Paper

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