Infrared adaptive optics system at the 2.16m telescope and its wave front detecting error and performance analysis

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2828, Issue , 1996, Pages 322-331

  Jiang, Wenhan ^a   Li, Mingquan ^a   Tang, Guomao ^a   Rao, Changhui ^a   Ling, Ning ^a   Guan, Chunhn ^a   Qiu, Jie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND ELECTRONICS   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Atmosphere turbulence; Effectiveness; Performance analysis; Shot noise

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BANDWIDTH; CCD CAMERAS; ERROR COMPENSATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEMS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES; ATMOSPHERE TURBULENCE; CLOSED-LOOP BANDWIDTH; EFFECTIVENESS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SHEARING INTERFEROMETER;

SHOT NOISE;

EID: 85079323613     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.254181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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