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The giant magellan telescope laser tomography adaptive optics system

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2012

Authors

Conan, Rodolphe
Bennet, Francis
Bouchez, A
van Dam, Marcos Alejandro
Espeland, Brady
Gardhouse, William
d'Orgeville, Celine
Parcell, Simon
Piatrou, Piotr
Price, Ian

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SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Abstract

The Giant Magellan Telescope presents a unique optical design with seven 8.4 m diameter primary mirrors matched by seven adaptive secondary mirrors (ASM). The ASMs can be controlled in several different Adaptive Optics (AO) observing modes coupled to the

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Keywords: Adaptive optics systems; Adaptive secondary mirrors; Deformable mirrors; Giant magellan telescopes; K bands; Laser guide star; Laser tomography; Natural guide star; Off-axis; Performance requirements; Preliminary design phase; Primary mirrors; Shack-Hartm

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/71425

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ANU Research Publications

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

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Conference paper

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Open Access

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10.1117/12.924865

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