Principle of equivalency of the phase difference and off-axis tilt sensing technique with a laser guide star

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2828, Issue , 1996, Pages 280-292

  Belen'Kii, Mikhail S ^a  

^a GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Sodium laser beacon; Tilt anisoplanatism; Wavefront tilt

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; STARS; TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

ANISOPLANATISM; ATMOSPHERIC SODIUM; AUXILIARY TELESCOPE; COLLIMATED LASER BEAMS; LASER IRRADIANCE; PHASE DIFFERENCE; SENSING TECHNIQUES; WAVEFRONT TILT;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 33746838155     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.254177     Document Type: Conference Paper

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