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Paper Abstract
In this article, we present the VLT second generation instruments and
we summarize the concept and capabilities of the Very Large Telescope
(VLT) Adaptive Optics (AO) Facility. This Facility, composed mainly
of a deformable secondary mirror and four laser guide stars (LGSs),
aims at providing an adaptive optics infrastructure to feed multiple
instruments. These instruments can range from wide or narrow field
visible light correction (for example MUSE, X-Shooter) to wide field
infra-red correction (Hawk-I, possibly K-MOS) and it could also
provide a high Strehl mid-infrared system. In this article we analyze
the performance of this AO facility in these various modes of
operation.
Paper Details
Date Published: 25 October 2004
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 5490, Advancements in Adaptive Optics, (25 October 2004); doi: 10.1117/12.551075
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 5490:
Advancements in Adaptive Optics
Domenico Bonaccini Calia; Brent L. Ellerbroek; Roberto Ragazzoni, Editor(s)
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 5490, Advancements in Adaptive Optics, (25 October 2004); doi: 10.1117/12.551075
Show Author Affiliations
Miska Le Louarn, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Norbert N. Hubin, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Norbert N. Hubin, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Robin Arsenault, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 5490:
Advancements in Adaptive Optics
Domenico Bonaccini Calia; Brent L. Ellerbroek; Roberto Ragazzoni, Editor(s)
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