A ground-layer adaptive optics system with multiple laser guide stars

Nature

Volumn 466, Issue 7307, 2010, Pages 727-729

  Hart, M ^a   Milton, N M ^a   Baranec, C ^b   Powell, K ^a   Stalcup, T ^c   McCarthy, D ^a   Kulesa, C ^a   Bendek, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; IMAGE RESOLUTION; NEAR INFRARED; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; SENSOR; TURBULENCE; VISIBLE SPECTRUM; WAVELENGTH;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; GROUND LAYER ADAPTIVE OPTICS; LASER; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

EID: 77955486418     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09311     Document Type: Article

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