Real-time atmospheric turbulence profile estimation using modal covariance measurements from multiple guide stars

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6691, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Milton, N Mark ^a   Lloyd Hart, Michael ^a   Bernier, Jessica A ^a   Baranec, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Atmospheric turbulence; Tomography

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE MEASUREMENTS; LASER TOMOGRAPHY; WAVEFRONT SENSOR (WFS);

ACTUATORS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; SENSORS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 42449133460     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.734377     Document Type: Conference Paper

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