Design of the extreme AO system, for SPHERE, the planet-finder instrument of the VLT

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6272 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Fusco, T ^a   Petit, C ^a   Rousset, G ^a,b   Sauvage, J F ^a   Dohlen, K ^c   Mouillet, D ^d   Charton, J ^d   Baudoz, P ^b   Kasper, M ^e   Fedrigo, E ^e   Rabou, P ^d   Feautrier, P ^d   Downing, M ^e   Gigan, P ^b   Conan, J M ^a   Beuzit, J L ^d   Hubin, N ^e   Wildi, F ^f   Puget, P ^b  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^e EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; High angular resolution

Indexed keywords

EXOPLANET DETECTION; GLOBAL SYSTEMS; HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION; VINICITY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PLANETS; SPACE RESEARCH;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 33749345840     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.670794     Document Type: Conference Paper

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