The ESO Adaptive Optics Facility

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6272 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Strobele S ^a   Arsenault, R ^a   Bacon, R ^d   Biasi, R ^e   Bonaccini Calia, B ^a   Downing, M ^a   Conzelmann, R D ^a   Delabre, B ^a   Donaldson, R ^a   Duchateau, M ^a   Esposito, S ^b   Fedrigo, E ^a   Gallieni, D ^f   Hackenberg, W K P ^a   Hubin, N ^a   Kasper, M ^a   Kissler Patig, M ^a   Le Louarn, M ^a   McDermid, R ^c   Oberti, S ^a   Paufique, J ^a   Riccardi, A ^b   Stuik, R ^c   Vernet, E ^a   more..

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b Osservatorio Astrofisica di Arretri   (Italy)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ASTROPHYSIQUE DE LYON   (France)

^e Microgate srl   (Italy)

^f ADS International srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capacitive sensor; Ground Layer Adaptive Optics; Large Deformable Mirror; Laser Guide Star; Laser Tomography; Secondary Mirror; Voice Coil

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ASTRONOMY; LASERS; TOMOGRAPHY;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS; GROUND LAYER ADAPTIVE OPTICS; LARGE DEFORMABLE MIRROR; LASER GUIDE SATRS; LASER TOMOGRAPHY; SECONDARY MIRRORS; VOICE COILS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 33749380638     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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