A preliminary overview of the multiconjugate adaptive optics module for the E-ELT

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7015, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Diolaiti, Emiliano ^a   Conan, Jean Marc ^b   Foppiani, Italo ^c   Lombini, Matteo ^a   Petit, Cyril ^b   Robert, Clélia ^b   Schreiber, Laura ^c   Ciliegi, Paolo ^a   Marchetti, Enrico ^d   Bellazzini, Michele ^a   Busoni, Lorenzo ^e   Esposito, Simone ^e   Fusco, Thierry ^b   Hubin, Norbert ^d   Quiros Pacheco, Fernando ^e   Baruffolo, Andrea ^f   D'Odorico, Sandro ^d   Farinato, Jacopo ^f   Neichel, Benoit ^b   Ragazzoni, Roberto ^f   Arcidiacono, Carmelo ^f   Biliotti, Valdemaro ^e   Bregoli, Giovanni ^a   Cosentino, Giuseppe ^c   Innocenti, Giancarlo ^a   more..

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ONERA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^f INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

E ELT; Extremely large telescopes; Laser guide stars; Multi conjugate adaptive optics; Sky coverage

Indexed keywords

E-ELT; EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES; LASER GUIDE STARS; MULTI-CONJUGATE ADAPTIVE OPTICS; SKY COVERAGE;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; LASERS; MIRRORS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SENSORS; STARS; WAVEFRONTS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 66949153588     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789604     Document Type: Conference Paper

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