Focus and pointing adjustments necessary for laser guide star adaptive optics at the W. M. Keck Observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5490, Issue PART 3, 2004, Pages 1117-1128

  Summers, Douglas ^a   Bouchez, Antonin ^a   Chin, Jason ^a   Contos, Adam ^b   Hartman, Scott ^a   Johansson, Erik ^a   Lafon, Robert ^a   Le Mignant, David ^a   Stomski, Paul ^b   Van Dam, Marcos ^c   Wizinowich, Peter ^a  

^a W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Laser control software; Laser guide star

Indexed keywords

LASER CONTROL SOFTWARE; LASER GUIDE STAR; TELESCOPE CONTROL SYSTEM (TCS); WAVEFRONT SENSOR;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTIMIZATION; WAVEFRONTS;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 19944374759     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.553060     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. A. Gleckler, "Focus errors, and their correction, in an adaptive optics system utilizing a laser guide star," Keck Adaptive Optics Note 034, June 1995.
2. A. Contos, P. Wizinowich, D. Le Mignant, "Low Bandwidth Wavefront Sensor (LBWFS) Technical Description & Requirements," Keck Adaptive Optics Note 245, March 2002.
3. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, "Keck Laser System: General Description document," February 2001.
4. D. S. Acton, "L3-L4 Flexure Measurements for the AO Laser Guide Star Subsystem," Keck Adaptive Optics Note 210, May 2001.
5. Microgate Company, "STRAP Electronics Hardware Manual," June 2000.