UnISIS adaptive optics system at the Mt. Wilson 2.5-m telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4839, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 44-54

  Thompson, Laird A ^a,e   Teare, Scott W ^b   Neyman, Christopher R ^c   Sandler, David G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d TREX ENTERPRISES CORPORATION   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; CCD cameras; Rayleigh laser guide stars; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXCIMER LASERS; FOCUSING; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MIRRORS; PHOTONS; PROJECTION SYSTEMS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; TELESCOPES;

PRIMARY MIRRORS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0038399024     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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