Conceptual design and performance of the multi-conjugate adaptive optics module for the European Extremely Large Telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7736, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Diolaiti, Emiliano ^a   Conan, Jean Marc ^b   Foppiani, Italo ^a,c   Marchetti, Enrico ^d   Baruffolo, Andrea ^e   Bellazzini, Michele ^a   Bregoli, Giovanni ^a   Butler, Christopher R ^a   Ciliegi, Paolo ^a   Cosentino, Giuseppe ^c   Delabre, Bernard ^d   Lombini, Matteo ^a,c   Petit, Cyril ^b   Robert, Clélia ^b   Rossettini, Pierfrancesco ^f   Schreiber, Laura ^c   Tomelleri, Raffaele ^f   Biliotti, Valdemaro ^g   D'Odorico, Sandro ^d   Fusco, Thierry ^b   Hubin, Norbert ^d   Meimon, Serge ^b   more..

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ONERA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^f Tomelleri Srl   (Italy)

^g INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (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; MULTICONJUGATE ADAPTIVE OPTICS; SKY COVERAGE;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; MIRRORS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; SODIUM; STARS; WAVEFRONTS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 77957837409     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857634     Document Type: Conference Paper

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