Title :
Development of a sodium laser guide star for astronomical adaptive optics systems
Author :
Rutten, Thomas P. ; Veitch, Peter J. ; Munch, Jesper
Author_Institution :
Department of Physics, The University of Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
Adaptive optics; Bandwidth; Laser beams; Laser theory; Optical design; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Power lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Telescopes;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431484
