Loki: A ground-layer adaptive optics high-resolution near-infrared survey camera

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6691, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Baranec, Christoph ^a   Lloyd Hart, Michael ^a   Meyer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Infrared instrumentation; Multi object spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

INFRARED INSTRUMENTATION; MULTIOBJECT SPECTROSCOPY;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CAMERAS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; SPACE TELESCOPES;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 42249103612     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.733144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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