Optimal reconstruction for closed-loop ground-layer adaptive optics with elongated spots

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Béchet, Clémentine ^a   Tallon, Michel ^b,c,d,e   Tallon Bosc, Isabelle ^b,c,d,e   Thiébaut, Éric ^b,c,d,e   Le Louarn, Miska ^a   Clare, Richard M ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ASTROPHYSIQUE DE LYON   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; LAUNCHING; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; STARS; WAVEFRONTS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; CLASSICAL NOISE; CLOSED-LOOP; END-TO-END SIMULATION; EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES; GROUND-LAYER ADAPTIVE OPTICS; LASER GUIDE STAR; NOISE MODELS; NONUNIFORMITY; SHACK-HARTMANN WAVEFRONT SENSORS; WAVE FRONT RECONSTRUCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 77957827348     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.27.0000A1     Document Type: Article

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