Multi-laser-guided adaptive optics for the large binocular telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6691, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lloyd Hart, M ^a   Angel, R ^a   Green, R ^b   Stalcup, T ^c   Milton, N M ^a   Powell, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Mount Graham International Observatory   (United States)

^c MMT Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND LAYER CORRECTION; LARGE BINOCULAR TELESCOPES (LBT); TOMOGRAPHIC WAVEFRONT RECONSTRUCTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LASER BEAMS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 42249102781     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.734821     Document Type: Conference Paper

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