Prototype of a laser guide stars wavefront sensor for E-ELT: Design and integration

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7736, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Lombini, Matteo ^a   Bregolia, Giovanni ^a   Cosentino, Giuseppe ^b   Schreiber, Laura ^a   Diolaiti, Emiliano ^a   Foppiani, Italo ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

European Extremely large telescope; Laser guide stars

Indexed keywords

CENTROIDING; CROSS CHECK; EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES; FINITE DISTANCE; LASER GUIDE STAR; LASER GUIDE STARS; LAUNCHING ANGLES; LIGHT INTENSITY; OPTICAL QUALITIES; SHACK-HARTMANN; SKY COVERAGE; SODIUM LAYER; SOURCE INTENSITY; SUBAPERTURE; SYSTEM DESIGN; TIME VARIABILITY; WAVE FRONT SENSORS; WAVE-FRONT SENSING; WAVEFRONT MEASUREMENT;

DESIGN; ELECTRIC APPLIANCES; SENSORS; SODIUM; STARS; WAVEFRONTS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 77957840132     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857975     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

1. Gilmozzi, R., et al. "Status of the European ELT", Science with the VLT in the ELT Era, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, Volume . ISBN 978-1-4020-9189-6. Springer Netherlands, (2009), p. 217
2. Schreiber, L. et al., "Laser guide stars for extremely large telescopes: efficient Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor design using the weighted centrc-of-gravity algorithm", MNRAS 396, 1513 (2009)
3. Schreiber, L. et al., "Prototype of a laser guide stars wavefront sensor for E-ELT: test results", Proc. SPIE 7736, 2010
4. D'Orgeville et al., "The Gemini South MCAO laser guide star facility: getting ready for first light", Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7015, pp. 70152P-70152P-12 (2008)
5. Jones, K., "LGS adaptive optics and integral field spectroscopy", Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7439, pp. 74390L-74390L-10 (2009).
6. Diolaiti , E. et al., "Conceptual design of the multi-conjugate adaptive optics module for the European Extremely Large Telescope" , Proc. SPIE 7736, 2010