Laser guide star in the atmospheric partial correction system

Jixiang Yan; Xin Yu; Dazun Zhao

doi:10.1117/12.255112

12 October 1996 Laser guide star in the atmospheric partial correction system

Jixiang Yan, Xin Yu, Dazun Zhao

Proceedings Volume 2807, Space Telescopes and Instruments IV; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.255112
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

The relationship between the performance of a partial correction adaptive telescope using laser guide stars and the star brightness is discussed. The laser energy requirements for Rayleigh guide star as well as sodium guide star are presented in cases where the diameter d of a subaperture of the telescope is larger than the atmospheric coherence length r₀ and the residual rms phase error across the subaperture is larger than 0.63.

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Jixiang Yan, Xin Yu, and Dazun Zhao "Laser guide star in the atmospheric partial correction system", Proc. SPIE 2807, Space Telescopes and Instruments IV, (12 October 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.255112

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