Development of a sodium laser guide star for astronomical adaptive optics systems

Autor: Thomas P. Rutten, P. J. Veitch, Jesper Munch
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: 2007 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference.
DOI: 10.1109/qels.2007.4431484
Popis: We describe a new laser design for a 50 W laser guide star source, suitable for large aperture telescopes employing multi conjugate adaptive optics systems. Design verification experiments will be presented showing bandwidth control and progress towards power scaling.
Databáze: OpenAIRE