PALM-3000: Visible-light AO on the 5.1-meter telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6272 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Dekany, Richard ^a   Bouchez, Antonin ^a   Britton, Matthew ^a   Velur, Viswa ^a   Troy, Mitchell ^b   Shelton, J Chris ^b   Roberts, Jennifer ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Ground based telescopes; Instrumentation; Laser guide star; Sodium laser; Visible adaptive optics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ASTRONOMY; DIFFRACTION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

GROUND BASED TELESCOPES; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER GUIDE STAR; SODIUM LASERS; VISIBLE ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 33749345316     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.674496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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