We report on development of the first commercial solid-state sodium laser guidestar (LGS): a critical step towards a robust turn-key LGS that can be upgraded for different observatories and for multi-conjugate adaptive optics and future extra-large telescopes.


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    Title :

    High-power solid-state sodium laser guidestar for the Gemini North Observatory


    Contributors:
    Tracy, A.J. (author) / Hankia, A.K. (author) / Lopez, C.A. (author) / Sadighi, D. (author) / Rogers, N. (author) / McKinnie, I.T. (author) / d'Orgeville, C. (author)


    Publication date :

    2004-01-01


    Size :

    377552 byte



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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