Abstract
Laser guide stars can be produced by Rayleigh scattering of light emitted by a pulsed excimer laser. The necessary laser output power is calculated to be 78 watts for an adaptively corrected 2 meter telescope working in conditions where ro≈18.5 cm. Because an array of laser guide stars must be used in the system, the required power increases as the square of the telescope aperture.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 184-190 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Volume | 1114 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 20 1989 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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