High-power solid-state sodium beacon laser guidestar for the Gemini North observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5490, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 998-1009

  Tracy, Allen J ^a   Hankla, Allen K ^a   Lopez, Camilo ^a   Sadighi, David ^a   Rogers, Nathan ^a   Groff, Ken ^a   McKinnie, Iain T ^a   Orgeville, Celine D ^b  

^a Division of Coherent Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; REMOTE CONTROL; SODIUM; SOLID STATE LASERS;

BEACON SYSTEMS; COHERENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (CTI); LASER CONTROL SYSTEMS; LASER GUIDE STARS (LGS);

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 11144314765     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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