Wavefront reconstruction algorithms and simulation results for multi-conjugate adaptive optics on giant telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5382, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 478-489

  Ellerbroek, Brent L ^a  

^a AURA New Initiatives Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremely large telescopes; Multi conjugate adaptive optics; Wavefront reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES; LASER GUIDE STAR (LGS); MULTI-CONJUGATE ADAPTIVE OPTICS; WAVEFRONT RECONSTRUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR ALGEBRA; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 5444223570     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.566342     Document Type: Conference Paper

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