An analytic model for natural guide star wide field adaptive optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5490, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 713-720

  Stoesz, Jeff A ^a,b   Jolissaint, Laurent ^a   Véran, Jean Pierre ^a   LeDue, Jeff ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive Optics; Ground layer; Pyramid sensor; Sky coverage; Wavefront sensing; Wide Field

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ACTUATORS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; FOURIER OPTICS; GALAXIES; IMAGE QUALITY; MIRRORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSORS; TELESCOPES;

GROUND LAYER; PYRAMID SENSOR; SKY COVERAGE; WAVEFRONT SENSING; WIDE-FIELD ADAPTIVE OPTICS (WFAO);

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 11144307810     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552508     Document Type: Conference Paper

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