FALCON: A new generation spectrograph with adaptive optics for the ESO VLT

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5237, Issue , 2004, Pages 211-222

  Assémat, François ^a   Hammer, F ^a   Gendron, E ^a   Sayede, F ^a   Laporte, P ^a   Marteaud, M ^a   Puech, M ^a   Conan, J M ^b   Fusco, T ^b   Liotard, A ^c   Zamkotskian, F ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b ONERA   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Integral field spectroscopy; Micro deformable mirrors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GALAXIES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROGRAPHS; WAVEFRONTS;

INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY; MICRO-DEFORMABLE MIRRORS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 11144357552     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.514034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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