UnISIS: A laser guided adaptive optics system for the Mt. Wilson 2.5-m telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3353, Issue , 1998, Pages 282-289

  Thompson, Laird A ^a   Castle, Richard M ^a   Teare, Scott W ^a   McCullough, Peter R ^a   Crawford, Samuel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Atmospheric dispersion corrector; CCD cameras; Laser guide stars

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CAMERAS; CCD CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DEFORMATION; DIGITAL CAMERAS; EXCIMER LASERS; GAS LASERS; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; STARS; TELESCOPES;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION CORRECTOR; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSIONS; CAMERA CONFIGURATIONS; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; DSP-BASED; FEED-BACK LOOPS; HIGH-SPEED CCDS; LARGE OPTICS; LASER GUIDE STARS; LASER GUIDED; NEAR-IR; PRINCIPLE COMPONENTS; RAYLEIGH LASER GUIDE STARS; UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 62249111347     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321707     Document Type: Conference Paper

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