The giant magellan telescope laser tomography adaptive optics system
Date
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
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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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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
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