Sodium laser guide star system at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: system description and experimental results

Kenneth Avicola; James M. Brase; James R. Morris; Horst D. Bissinger; Herbert W. Friedman; Donald T. Gavel; Rodney Kiefer; Claire E. Max; Scot S. Olivier; David A. Rapp; J. Thaddeus Salmon; David A. Smauley; Kenneth E. Waltjen

doi:10.1117/12.176067

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31 May 1994 Sodium laser guide star system at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: system description and experimental results

Kenneth Avicola, James M. Brase, James R. Morris, Horst D. Bissinger, Herbert W. Friedman, Donald T. Gavel, Rodney Kiefer, Claire E. Max, Scot S. Olivier, David A. Rapp, J. Thaddeus Salmon, David A. Smauley, Kenneth E. Waltjen

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Proceedings Volume 2201, Adaptive Optics in Astronomy; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176067
Event: 1994 Symposium on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation for the 21st Century, 1994, Kailua, Kona, HI, United States

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The architecture and major system components of the sodium-layer laser guide star system at LLNL will be described, and experimental results reported. The subsystems include the laser system, the beam delivery system including a pulse stretcher and beam pointing control, the beam director, and the telescope with its adaptive-optics package.

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Kenneth Avicola, James M. Brase, James R. Morris, Horst D. Bissinger, Herbert W. Friedman, Donald T. Gavel, Rodney Kiefer, Claire E. Max, Scot S. Olivier, David A. Rapp, J. Thaddeus Salmon, David A. Smauley, and Kenneth E. Waltjen "Sodium laser guide star system at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: system description and experimental results", Proc. SPIE 2201, Adaptive Optics in Astronomy, (31 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176067

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