ALFA: The MPIA/MPE adaptive optics with a laser for astronomy project

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3353, Issue , 1998, Pages 44-55

  Hippler, Stefan ^a   Glindemann, Andreas ^a,d   Kasper, Markus E ^a   Kalas, Paul R ^a   Rohloff, Ralf Rainer ^a   Wagner, Karl ^a   Looze, Douglas P ^b   Hackenberg, Wolfgang K P ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Laser guide star; Modal correction; Servo loop control

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; LASERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; CLOSED-LOOP OPERATIONS; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; HIGH ORDERS; LASER GUIDE STAR; MODAL CORRECTION; NATURAL GUIDE STARS; SERVO-LOOP CONTROL; SHACK-HARTMANN SENSORS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 60949097887     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321708     Document Type: Conference Paper

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