Design and testing of a dynamic refocus system for Rayleigh laser beacons

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4839, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 473-483

  Georges III, James A ^a   Mallik, Proteep ^a   Stalcup, Thomas ^a   Angel, J Roger P ^a   Sarlot, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic refocus; Laser guide stars; Multi conjugate adaptive optics; Raleigh beacons

Indexed keywords

EXCIMER LASERS; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

LASER GUIDE STARS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0038398990     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459354     Document Type: Conference Paper

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