First light adaptive optics system for large binocular telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4839, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 164-173

  Esposito, S ^a   Tozzi, A ^a   Ferruzzi, D ^a   Carbillet, M ^a   Riccardi, A ^a   Fini, L ^a   Verinaud, C ^a   Accardo, M ^a   Brusa, G ^a   Gallieni, D ^b   Biasi, R ^c   Baffa, C ^a   Biliotti, V ^a   Foppiani, I ^d   Puglisi, A ^a   Ragazzoni, R ^a   Ranfagni, P ^a   Stefanini, P ^a   Salinari, P ^a   Seifert, W ^e   Storm, J ^f   more..

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b ADS International   (Italy)

^c Microgate srl   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achromatic Pyramid; First Light LBT; Pyramid Wavefront Sensor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

REFRACTIVE OPTICS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0038737161     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458866     Document Type: Conference Paper

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