Experimental assessment of the matched filter for laser guide star wavefront sensing

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1198-1211

  Conan, Rodolphe ^a   Lardière, Olivier ^a   Herriot, Glen ^b   Bradley, Colin ^a   Jackson, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; MATCHED FILTERS; STARS; WAVEFRONTS;

CLOSED-LOOP ADAPTIVE OPTICS; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXTENDED SOURCES; EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES; LASER GUIDE STAR; OPTICS LABORATORY; SHACK-HARTMANN WAVEFRONT SENSORS; WAVE-FRONT SENSING;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 61449233208     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.001198     Document Type: Article

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