DocumentCode
2789882
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
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; 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
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431484
Filename
4431484
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