3 papers
astro-ph.IM2020
Measuring line-of-sight sodium density structure using laser guide stars
Joschua A. Hellemeier, Domenico Bonaccini Calia, Paul Hickson +2
The performance of adaptive optics systems employing sodium laser guide stars can be improved by continuously monitoring the vertical density structure of mesospheric sodium along…
astro-ph.IM2019
Rotational and rotational-vibrational Raman spectroscopy of air to characterize astronomical spectrographs
F. P. A. Vogt, F. Kerber, A. Mehner +14
Raman scattering enables unforeseen uses for the laser guide-star system of the Very Large Telescope. Here, we present the observation of one up-link sodium laser beam acquired wit…
astro-ph.IM2011
Using Site Testing Data for Adaptive Optics Simulations
Glen Herriot, David Andersen, Rod Conan +8
Astronomical Site testing data plays a vital role in the simulation, design, evaluation and operation of adaptive optics systems for large telescope. We present the example of TMT…