Science with laser guide stars at lick observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4494, Issue , 2002, Pages 336-342

  Gavel, Donald T ^a   Max, Claire E ^a   Olivier, Scot S ^a   Bauman, Brian ^a   Pennington, Deanna M ^a   Macintosh, Bruce A ^a   Patience, Jennifer ^a   Brown, Curtis G ^a   Danforth, Pamela M ^a   Hurd, Randy L ^a   Gates, Elinor L ^b   Severson, Scott A ^b   Lloyd, James P ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; GALAXIES; LASERS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

LASER GUIDE STARS; NATURAL GUIDE STAR MODE;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 18644383316     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454808     Document Type: Article

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