Title :
Development of a Sodium Laser Guide Star for Astronomical Adaptive Optics Systems
Author :
Rutten, Thomas P. ; Veitch, Peter J. ; Munch, Jesper
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide
Abstract :
We describe a new laser design for a 50 W laser guide star source, suitable for large aperture telescopes employing multi conjugate adaptive optics systems. Design verification experiments will be presented showing bandwidth control and progress towards power scaling.
Keywords :
adaptive optics; optical design techniques; astronomical adaptive optics systems; large aperture telescopes; laser guide star source; multiconjugate adaptive optics systems; power 50 W; Adaptive optics; Bandwidth; Laser beams; Laser theory; Optical design; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Power lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Telescopes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453707
