Ground Layer Adaptive Optics Performance in Antarctica

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5490, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 934-942

  Travouillon, T ^a   Lawrence, J S ^a   Jolissaint, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Antarctica; Simulation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFRARED RADIATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PERFORMANCE;

ANTARCTICA; INFRARED TELESCOPE; MULTI-CONJUGATE ADAPTIVE OPTICS (MCAO); SURFACE LAYER;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 11144250170     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.550271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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