Design and performance of a laser guide star system for the Keck II telescope

Autor: Herbert W. Friedman, Jen Nan Wong, Holger E. Jones, Michael J. Newman, J. Thaddeus Salmon, Donald T. Gavel, Sherman L. Jenkins, Mark Feldman, R. W. Presta, Gary R. Thompson, Jeffrey B. Cooke, Thomas C. Kuklo, V.K. Kanz, Pamela M. Danforth, Edward L. Pierce, G. Erbert
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: SPIE Proceedings.
ISSN: 0277-786X
DOI: 10.1117/12.321681
Popis: A laser system to generate sodium-layer guide stars has been designed, built and delivered to the Keck Observatory in Hawaii. The system uses frequency doubled YAG lasers to pump liquid dye lasers and produces 20 W of average power. The design and performance results of this laser system are presented.
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