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Bonaccini Calia, D.
Centrone, M.
Pinna, E.
Alaluf, D.
Martinez, N.
Osborn, J.
Hackenberg, W.
Townson, M.
Faccini, M.
Di Paola, A.
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We report on the visible LGS-AO experimental facility which we are building to be installed at the Im ESA Optical Ground Station at Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife, Canary Islands. We focus on the system aspects related to optics. The instrument will be a novel facility to perform strategic LGS-AO technology R&D in future years, demonstrating a 50+ W CW 589nm laser, uplink laser beam pre-compensation on sodium LGS in pulsed laser operation. The rationale for the LGS-AO facility is to have a synergy between astronomical and space awareness adaptive optics, to perform experiments related to LGS-AO technologies for astrophysics and optical communication with satellites (Optical Feeder Links), including daytime LGS-AO, for future OGS systems.
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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
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