Large binocular telescope adaptive optics system: New achievements and perspectives in adaptive optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8151, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Esposito, S ^a   Riccardi, A ^a   Pinna, E ^a   Puglisi, A ^a   Quiros Pacheco F ^a   Arcidiacono, C ^a   Xompero, M ^a   Briguglio, R ^a   Agapito, G ^a   Busoni, L ^a   Fini, L ^a   Argomedo, J ^a   Gherardi, A ^a   Brusa, G ^b   Miller, D ^b   Guerra, J C ^b   Stefanini, P ^a   Salinari, P ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive secondary mirror; high order adaptive optics; Large Binocular Telescope; pyramid sensor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; ADAPTIVE SECONDARY MIRRORS; EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES; GROUND BASED; HIGH-ORDER; HIGH-ORDER ADAPTIVE OPTICS; KEY COMPONENT; LARGE BINOCULAR TELESCOPE; LASER GUIDE STAR; NATURAL GUIDE STAR; OPTICAL TRAIN; PRIMARY MIRRORS; PYRAMID SENSOR; PYRAMID WAVE-FRONT SENSORS; SKY COVERAGE; STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY; STREHL RATIO;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; BINOCULARS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SENSORS; STARS;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 80053466737     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.913633     Document Type: Conference Paper

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