Implementation of MACAO for SINFONI at the Cassegrain focus of VLT, in NGS and LGS modes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4839, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 329-343

  Bonnet, H ^a   Strobele S ^a   Biancat Marchet, F ^a   Brynnel, J ^a   Conzelmann, R ^a   Delabre, B ^a   Donaldson, R ^a   Farinato, J ^b   Fedrigo, E ^a   Hubin, N ^a   Kasper, M ^a   Kissler Patig, M ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive Optics; Curvature Wavefront Sensing; Laser Guide Star; VLT

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; LASER OPTICS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPECTROGRAPHS; SPECTROMETRY;

LASER GUIDED STARS (LGS); WAVEFRONT SENSORS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0038613102     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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