Field tests of dynamic refocus of Rayleigh laser beacons

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5169, Issue , 2003, Pages 137-148

  Georges III, James A ^a   Stalcup, Thomas ^a   Angel, Roger ^a   Mallik, Proteep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric tomography; Dynamic refocus; Laser guide stars; Multi conjugate adaptive optics; Rayleigh beacon

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FOCUSING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; Q SWITCHING; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SPACE TELESCOPES; TOMOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC TOMOGRAPHY; DYNAMIC REFOCUS; LASER GUIDE STARS; MULTI-CONJUGATE ADAPTIVE OPTICS; RAYLEIGH LASER BEACONS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 1842608603     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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