Adaptive-optics performance of Antarctic telescopes

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1435-1449

  Lawrence, Jon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; INFRARED IMAGING; MIRRORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WAVEFRONTS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEM; ANISOPLANATIC ERROR; ANTARCTIC TELESCOPE; MULTIPLE LASER GUIDE STAR;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 1542336896     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.001435     Document Type: Article

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