MAD the ESO multi-conjugate adaptive optics demonstrator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4839, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 317-328

  Marchetti, Enrico ^a   Hubin, Norbert ^a   Fedrigo, Enrico ^a   Brynnel, Joar ^a   Delabre, Bernard ^a   Donaldson, Rob ^a   Franza, Francis ^a   Conan, Rodolphe ^a   Le Louarn, Miska ^a   Cavadore, Cyril ^a   Balestra, Andrea ^a   Baade, Dietrich ^a   Lizon, Jean Louis ^a   Gilmozzi, Roberto ^a   Monnet, Guy ^a   Ragazzoni, Roberto ^b   Arcidiacono, Carmelo ^c   Baruffolo, Andrea ^d   Diolaiti, Emiliano ^e   Farinato, Jacopo ^b   Viard, Elise ^b   Butler, David ^f   Hippler, Stefan ^f   Amorim, Antonio ^g   more..

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Layer oriented MCAO; Multi Conjugate Adaptive Optics systems; Wavefront sensors

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

WAVEFRONT SENSORS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0038613103     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458859     Document Type: Conference Paper

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