ALTAIR performance and updates at Gemini North

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7736, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Christou, Julian C ^a   Neichel, Benoit ^b   Rigaut, François ^b   Sheehan, Michael ^a   McDermid, Richard M ^a   Trancho, Gelys ^b   Trujillo, Chadwick ^a   Walls, Brian ^a  

^a GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Laser guide star; Natural guide star; Performance; Strehl ratio

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; ALL-SKY; CIRCULAR BUFFER; LASER GUIDE STAR; NATURAL GUIDE STAR; OPERATIONAL MODES; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE MONITORING; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; STREHL RATIO; SYSTEM MODELLING; TIP-TILT;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 77957837227     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.856776     Document Type: Conference Paper

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