A compact modular scalable versatile laser guidestar system architecture for 8-100 m telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6272 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tracy, Allen J ^a   Hobbs, John ^a   McKinnie, Lain ^a   Lopez, Camilo ^a   Jalali, Munib ^a   Hankla, Allen ^a   Alford, Joe ^a  

^a Division of Coherent Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Astronomy; Guidestar; Laser; Observatory

Indexed keywords

GUIDESTARS; LOCKHEED MARTIN COHERENT TECHNOLOGIES (LMCT) (CO); MULTI-CONJUGATE ADAPTIVE OPTICS (MCAO); POWER AMPLIFICATION; SELF-IMAGING WAVEGUIDES;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ASTRONOMY; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33749398823     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.670073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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