Sensing the atmosphere on the upward path: LGSs without FA for ELTs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5382, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 462-467

  Love, G D ^a   Myers, R M ^a   Wilson, R W ^a   Buscher, D F ^a   Butterley, T ^a   Morris, T J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; ELTs; Laser guide stars

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LASER BEAMS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

ANISOPLANATISM; LASER ARRAYS; LASER GUIDE STAR (LGS); WAVEFRONT SENSORS;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

EID: 5444265068     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.566317     Document Type: Conference Paper

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