DocumentCode
3026460
Title
Development of a Sodium Laser Guide Star for Astronomical Adaptive Optics Systems
Author
Rutten, Thomas P. ; Veitch, Peter J. ; Munch, Jesper
Author_Institution
Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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; optical design techniques; astronomical adaptive optics systems; large aperture telescopes; laser guide star source; multiconjugate adaptive optics systems; power 50 W; Adaptive optics; Bandwidth; Laser beams; Laser theory; Optical design; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Power lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Telescopes;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453707
Filename
4453707
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