Tilt angular correlation and tilt sensing techniques with a laser guide star

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2956, Issue , 1997, Pages 206-217

  Belen'kii, Mikhail S ^a  

^a GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser guide star; Lateral and longitudinal wave front tilts; Tilt anisopalantism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SENSORS; SODIUM; TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

ANGULAR CORRELATIONS; AUXILIARY TELESCOPES; IMAGE MOTIONS; LASER GUIDE STAR; LASER IRRADIANCES; LATERAL AND LONGITUDINAL WAVE-FRONT TILTS; MESOSPHERIC SODIUM LAYERS; OPTICAL TRAINS; PRIMARY MIRRORS; PROPAGATION PATHS; SENSING TECHNIQUES; SMALL APERTURES; TILT ANISOPALANTISM; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS;

LASERS;

EID: 58049168936     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.263169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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