Design and performance of a laser guide star system for the Keck II telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3353, Issue , 1998, Pages 260-276

  Friedman, Herbert W ^a   Cooke, Jeffrey B ^a   Danforth, Pamela M ^a   Erbert, Gaylen V ^a   Feldman, Mark ^a   Gavel, Donald T ^a   Jenkins, Sherman L ^a   Jones, Holger E ^a   Kanz, Vernon K ^a   Kuklo, Thomas C ^a   Newman, Michael J ^a   Pierce, Edward L ^a   Presta, Robert W ^a   Salmon, J Thaddeus ^a   Thompson, Gary R ^a   Wong, Jen Nan ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Guide star; Sodium laser

Indexed keywords

DYE LASERS; LASERS; LIQUID LASERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SODIUM;

AVERAGE POWER; GUIDE STAR; KECK OBSERVATORIES; LASER GUIDE STARS; LASER SYSTEMS; LIQUID DYES; SYSTEM USE; YAG LASERS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 62249189590     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321681     Document Type: Conference Paper

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