MCAO for astronomical and near-to-ground applications

Vincent Michau; Thierry Fusco; Jean-Marc Conan; Clelia Robert; Brice Le Roux; Gerard Rousset

doi:10.1117/12.563832

12 October 2004 MCAO for astronomical and near-to-ground applications

Vincent Michau, Thierry Fusco, Jean-Marc Conan, Clelia Robert, Brice Le Roux, Gerard Rousset

Proceedings Volume 5553, Advanced Wavefront Control: Methods, Devices, and Applications II; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.563832
Event: Optical Science and Technology, the SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, Colorado, United States

Abstract

MCAO is a very promising technique to increase the AO corrected field of view. By now, this method was mainly studied for astronomical purposes. In case of horizontal or slant path propagation, the effects of anisoplanatism and scintillation are quite stronger than for astronomy: MCAO seems specially well-suited in this context. Therefore, many authors propose to use MCAO for laser beam control. Imaging is another potential applications: we have studied the theoretical performance of MCAO for extended source observation. We will present the results of this study.

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Vincent Michau, Thierry Fusco, Jean-Marc Conan, Clelia Robert, Brice Le Roux, and Gerard Rousset "MCAO for astronomical and near-to-ground applications", Proc. SPIE 5553, Advanced Wavefront Control: Methods, Devices, and Applications II, (12 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.563832

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