MAD: Practical implementation of MCAO concepts

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1118-1128

  Marchetti, Enrico ^a   Brast, Roland ^a   Delabre, Bernard ^a   Donaldson, Rob ^a   Fedrigo, Enrico ^a   Frank, Christoph ^a   Hubin, Norbert ^a   Kolb, Johann ^a   Le Louarn, Miska ^a   Lizon, Jean Louis ^a   Oberti, Sylvain ^a   Quirós Pacheco, Fernando ^a   Reiss, Roland ^a   Santos, Joana ^a   Tordo, Sebastien ^a   Vernet, Elise ^a   Ragazzoni, Roberto ^b   Arcidiacono, Carmelo ^b   Bagnara, Paolo ^c   Baruffolo, Andrea ^c   Diolaiti, Emiliano ^d   Farinato, Jacopo ^b   Lombini, Matteo ^b   more..

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^d OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ground layer adaptive optics; Layer oriented; Multi Conjugate adaptive optics; Wavefront sensors

Indexed keywords

EID: 31444445599     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2005.11.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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