1. Design of a fieldable laser system for a sodium guide star
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Jen Nan Wong, G. Erbert, Gary R. Thompson, Thomas C. Kuklo, Herbert W. Friedman, David A. Smauley, and J. Thaddeus Salmon
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Optical amplifier ,Physics ,Dye laser ,business.industry ,Sodium layer ,Laser ,law.invention ,Telescope ,Laser guide star ,Optics ,law ,Optoelectronics ,Guide star ,Adaptive optics ,business - Abstract
The design and background data for a sodium layer laser guide star system to be installed on the 3 meter telescope at Lick Observatory is presented. A 30 W dye laser at 589 nm and 10 kHz will be mounted on the telescope and will be pumped by fiber coupled, frequency doubled YAG laser located in a separate room.© (1994) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
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- 1994
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