W. M. keck observatory's next generation adaptive optics facility

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7736, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Wizinowich, P ^a   Adkins, S ^a   Dekany, R ^b   Gavel, D ^c   Max, C ^c   Bartos, R ^d   Bell, J ^a   Bouchez, A ^b   Chin, J ^a   Conrad, A ^a   Delacroix, A ^a   Johansson, E ^a   Kupke, R ^c   Lockwood, C ^c   Lyke, J ^a   Marchis, F ^e   McGrath, E ^c   Medeiros, D ^a   Morris, M ^f   Morrison, D ^a   Neyman, C ^a   Panteleev, S ^a   Pollard, M ^a   Reinig, M ^c   Stalcup, T ^a   Thomas, S ^c   Troy, M ^d   Tsubota, K ^a   Velur, V ^b   Wallaces, K ^d   Wetherell, E ^a   more..

^a W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of California at Santa Cruz   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Keck observatory; Laser guide star

Indexed keywords

CONE EFFECTS; DARK MATTER; DESIGN FEATURES; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; FORMATION OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS; GALACTIC CENTER; GENERAL RELATIVITY; HIGH CONTRAST; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH ORDER; INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY; KECK OBSERVATORY; LASER GUIDE STAR; LASER TOMOGRAPHY; MEMS DEFORMABLE MIRROR; MEMS DM; NEAR-IR; OPEN LOOPS; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTIONS; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; SKY COVERAGE; STATIC ERROR; THERMAL BACKGROUND; TIP-TILT SENSORS;

BUILDINGS; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; MIRRORS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; RELATIVITY; SOLAR SYSTEM; STARS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 77957827166     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857628     Document Type: Conference Paper

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