A New Sodium Guidestar Adaptive Optics System for the Starfire Optical Range 3.5 m Telescope (Postprint)

Abstract

A new adaptive optics is being installed on the Starfire 3.5 m telescope. Its uses the existing 50 watt pump to create a sodium guidestar. Transmission to the wavefront sensor is improved from 0.16 to 0.75.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 18, 2009
Accession Number
ADA506260

Entities

People

  • Dennis Montera
  • James Spinhirne
  • Robert Johnson
  • Timothy Schneeberger

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Optics
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Bandwidth
  • C Programming Language
  • Charge Coupled Devices
  • Computer Programming
  • Deformable Mirrors
  • Detectors
  • Electronics
  • Guidestar Lasers
  • Lasers
  • Optics
  • Programming Languages
  • Telescopes
  • Wavefronts

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects