Keck laser guide star adaptive optics: Science verification results

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5490, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 321-330

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

^a W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Laser guide star

Indexed keywords

LASER GUIDE STAR; LOW-BANDWIDTH WAVEFRONT SENSORS (LBWFS); TIP-TILT SENSORS (TTS);

ASTRONOMY; BANDWIDTH; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; OBSERVATORIES; SENSORS; SPECTROGRAPHS; TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 19944395826     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552503     Document Type: Conference Paper

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