Experimental verification of the virtual wavefront sensor concept

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6267 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Goncharov, Alexander ^a   Devaney, Nicholas ^a   Dainty, Chris ^a   Esposito, Simone ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Extremely Large Telescopes; Laser guide star; Wavefront sensor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; GALAXIES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; WAVEFRONTS;

EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES; LASER GUIDE STAR; LASER GUIDE STARS (LGS); WAVEFRONT SENSORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 33749029262     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.671902     Document Type: Conference Paper

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