Sky tests of a laser-pumped sodium guidestar with and without beam compensation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5490, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 12-22

  Drummond, Jack ^a   Telle, John ^a   Denman, Craig ^a   Hillman, Paul ^a   Spinhirne, Jim ^b   Christou, Julian ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive Optics; Sodium Guidestar; Sodium Guidestar Pump Laser

Indexed keywords

INJECTION-LOCKED LASERS; MESOPHERIC FOOTPRINT; SODIUM GUIDESTAR PUMP LASER; TIP-TILT CORRECTED LAUNCH BEAM;

IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER BEAMS; POLARIZATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SODIUM; TELESCOPES; TESTING;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 11144305216     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.556869     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. J. Drummond, J. Telle, C. Denman, P. Hillman, and A. Tuffli, "Photometry of a sodium laser guide star at the Starfire Optical Range," PASP, 116 , pp. 278-289, 2004a.
2. J. Drummond, J. Telle, C. Denman, P. Hillman, J. Spinhirne, and J. Christou, "Photometry of a sodium laser guide star at the Starfire Optical Range 2. Compensating the beam," PASP , Submitted, 2004b.
3. R. Q. Fugate, C. A. Denman, P. D. Hillman, G. T. Moore, J. M. Telle, I. A. De La Rue, J. D. Drummond, and J. M. Spinhirne, "Progress toward a 50-watt facility-class sodium guidestar pump laser2C" Proc SPIE 5490, in press, 2004.
4. P. W. Milonni, Private communication, 2004.