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Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics on the 1.5 Meter Telescope at the Starfire Optical Range

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

R. Q. Fugate
R. Q. Fugate*
Affiliation:
Starfire Optical Range, Phillips Laboratory/LIG, 3550 Aberdeen Ave, SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5776, USA

Abstract

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The Starfire Optical Range 1.5 m telescope is equipped with a 241 actuator adpative optics system operating at visible wavelengths. The system can use either natural or laser guide star beacons for sensing wavefront distortions induced by atmospheric turbulence. This paper describes the main parameters of the system and presents a few examples of experimental results. The best results are Strehl ratios of 0.64 (star beacon) and 0.48 (laser beacon), both having full-width-half-maximum point spread functions of 0.13 arc second (0.88 μm).

Keywords

adaptive opticslaser guide staratmospheric compensation
Type
Adaptive Optics and Seeing
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 158: Very High Angular Resolution Imaging , 1994 , pp. 293 - 295
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994 

References

Fugate, R.Q. et al., “Two generations of laser guide star adaptive optics experiments at the Starfire Optical Range,” submitted to JOSA A, feature issue on Atmospheric Compensation, 1993.Google Scholar