Ms. Magen Olivia Byrd Profile

Magen Olivia Byrd

Associate Research Physicist

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Publications (4)

Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Australia’s first laser guide star: design and telescope integration at Mount Stromlo Observatory

Noelia Martinez, Céline d'Orgeville, David Ashworth, Michael Copeland, Antony Galla, Doris Grosse, Sowmya Hassan Krishna, Marcus Lingham, Ian Price, Tony Travouillon, Greg Fetzer, Steve Rako, Cory Baumgarten, James Webb, Mark Blundell, Yue Gao, Andrew Gray, Ian Ritchie, Craig Smith, Yanjie Wang, Olivia Byrd, Robert Johnson

Proceedings Volume 11448, 114481U (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563374

KEYWORDS: Laser guide stars, Observatories, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Semiconductor lasers, Imaging systems, Laser systems engineering, Laser development, Projection systems, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster

Recent progress in sodium beacon development

Robert Johnson, Megan Byrd, Keith Wyman, Lee Kann

Proceedings Volume 11448, 114486P (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562590

KEYWORDS: Sodium guide stars, Adaptive optics, Geometrical optics, Rayleigh guide stars, Laser development, Semiconductor lasers, Nd:YAG lasers, Oscillators, Raman spectroscopy, Photonics

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