Design of pulse stretching cell for a sodium guide star optical system
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Source
- Conference: OPTCON `92: optical fabrication and testing workshop,Boston, MA (United States),17 Nov 1992; Other Information: PBD: 10 Nov 1992
- Subject
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION OPTICAL SYSTEMS
DESIGN
TELESCOPES
DYE LASERS
LASER GUIDANCE
ASTRONOMY 440600
OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION
- Language
- English
A pulse stretcher has been designed for the LLNL sodium guide star experiment to lower the laser flux and avoid saturation effects. The optical design, mechanical layout and wavefront error analysis are presented.