Sky coverage and SR uniformity in layer-oriented MCAO

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5169, Issue , 2003, Pages 169-180

  Arcidiacono, Carmelo ^a   Diolaiti, Emiliano ^c   Ragazzoni, Roberto ^b   Baruffolo, Andrea ^d   Brindisi, Angela ^b   Farinato, Jacopo ^b   Vernet, Elise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Layer oriented MCAO; Multi conjugate adaptive optics systems; Sky coverage; Wavefront sensors

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GALAXIES; MIRRORS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVEFRONTS;

GROUND LAYER CORRECTION; LAYER ORIENTED MULTI-CONJUGATE ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE FIELD OF VIEW; NATURAL GUIDE STAR; SKY COVERAGE; STREHL RATIO UNIFORMITY; WAVEFRONT SENSORS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 1842504088     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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