Quasi-static aberrations induced by laser guide stars in adaptive optics
Optics Express, Vol. 14, Issue 17, pp. 7535-7540 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.007535
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Abstract
Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics (LGS AO) systems use the return from an artificial guide star to measure the wavefront aberrations in the direction of the science object. We observe quasi-static differences between the measured wavefront and the wavefront aberration of the science object. This paper quantifies and explains the source of the difference between the wavefronts measured using an LGS and a natural guide star at the W. M. Keck Observatory, which can be as high as 1000 nm RMS.
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OCIS Codes
(010.1080) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Active or adaptive optics
(010.7350) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Wave-front sensing
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Focus Issue: Adaptive Optics
History
Original Manuscript: March 2, 2006
Revised Manuscript: April 11, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: April 11, 2006
Published: August 21, 2006
Citation
Marcos A. van Dam, Antonin H. Bouchez, David Le Mignant, and Peter L. Wizinowich, "Quasi-static aberrations induced by laser guide stars in adaptive optics," Opt. Express 14, 7535-7540 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-14-17-7535
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