A laser guide star adaptive optics system of subaru telescope

Yutaka Hayano,Hideki Takami,Shin Oya,Masayuki Hattori,Yoshihiko Saito,Makoto Watanabe,Yosuke Minowa,Sebastian Egner,Olivier Guyon,Meguru Ito,Vincent Garrel,Stephen Colley,Matthew Dinkins,Golota Taras,Tomio Kurakami,Yoshitake Nabeshima,Norihito Saito,Satoshi Wada,Takatoshi Shibuya,Masanori Iye

A laser guide star adaptive optics system of subaru telescope

2009

Adaptive opticssystem with a laser guide starat Subaru Telescopeis under commission. Characteristics of laser guide star, which is produced by all-solid state sum frequency laser at 589 nm, are presented.

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Astronomy
Laser
Adaptive optics
Subaru Telescope
Laser guide star
Active optics
Physics
Optics
laser beams
laser light
Photonic-crystal fiber

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