Dr. John M. Telle Profile

Dr. John M. Telle

Senior Research Physicist at Air Force Research Lab

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Sodium Guidestars , Solid State Lasers , Spectroscopy , Remote Sensing , Program Management , Nonlinear optics

Publications (9)

Proceedings Article | 15 February 2008 Paper

Simulations of mesospheric sodium guidestar radiance

John Telle, Jack Drummond, Paul Hillman, Craig Denman

Proceedings Volume 6878, 68780G (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.760528

KEYWORDS: Sodium, Polarization, Sodium guide stars, Seaborgium, Absorption, Magnetism, Chemical species, Doppler effect, Atmospheric propagation, Protactinium

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Proceedings Article | 4 July 2006 Paper

Characteristics of sodium guidestars created by the 50-watt FASOR and first closed-loop AO results at the Starfire Optical Range

Craig Denman, Jack Drummond, Mark Eickhoff, Robert Fugate, Paul Hillman, Steven Novotny, John Telle

Proceedings Volume 6272, 62721L (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.695916

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Sodium, Telescopes, Polarization, Sodium guide stars, Magnetism, Advanced distributed simulations, Stars, Binary data, Chemical species

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Proceedings Article | 17 May 2006 Paper

Studies of a mesospheric sodium guidestar pumped by continuous-wave sum-frequency mixing of two Nd:YAG laser lines in lithium triborate

John Telle, Jack Drummond, Craig Denman, Paul Hillman, Gerald Moore, Steven Novotny, Robert Fugate

Proceedings Volume 6215, 62150K (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.673121

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Chemical species, Sodium, Sodium guide stars, Optical pumping, Telescopes, Estimation theory, Nd:YAG lasers, Absorption, Lithium

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Proceedings Article | 27 April 2005 Paper

Realization of a 50-watt facility-class sodium guidestar pump laser

Craig Denman, Paul Hillman, Gerald Moore, John Telle, Joseph Preston, Jack Drummond, Robert Fugate

Proceedings Volume 5707, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.613370

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Sodium, Nd:YAG lasers, Oscillators, Laser guide stars, Sodium guide stars, Continuous wave operation, Mirrors, Sum-frequency generation, Crystals

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Proceedings Article | 25 October 2004 Paper

Sky tests of a laser-pumped sodium guidestar with and without beam compensation

Jack Drummond, John Telle, Craig Denman, Paul Hillman, James Spinhirne, Julian Christou

Proceedings Volume 5490, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.556869

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Polarization, Stars, Laser guide stars, Sodium guide stars, Sodium, Charge-coupled devices, Photon polarization, Optical filters

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Proceedings Article | 25 October 2004 Paper

Progress toward a 50-watt facility-class sodium guide star pump laser

Robert Fugate, Craig Denman, Paul Hillman, Gerald Moore, John Telle, Imelda De La Rue, Jack Drummond, James Spinhirne

Proceedings Volume 5490, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.556871

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Wavefront sensors, Oscillators, Sodium, Adaptive optics, Sodium guide stars, Mirrors, Electronics, Laser guide stars, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 7 February 2003 Paper

MCAO for Gemini South

Brent Ellerbroek, Francois Rigaut, Brian Bauman, Corinne Boyer, Stephen Browne, Richard Buchroeder, James Catone, Paul Clark, Celine d'Orgeville, Donald Gavel, Glen Herriot, Mark Hunten, Eric James, Edward Kibblewhite, Iain McKinnie, James Murray, Didier Rabaud, Leslie Saddlemyer, Jacques Sebag, James Stillburn, John Telle, Jean-Pierre Veran

Proceedings Volume 4839, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459692

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Gemini Observatory, Control systems, Laser guide stars, Stars, Laser safety, Mirrors, Laser systems engineering, Safety

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Proceedings Article | 7 July 2000 Paper

Update on 589-nm sodium guide star pump laser requirements

John Telle, Peter Milonni, Robert Fugate

Proceedings Volume 4007, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390326

KEYWORDS: Chemical species, Absorption, Sodium, Continuous wave operation, Laser guide stars, Optical pumping, Sodium guide stars, Doppler effect, Voltage controlled current source

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Proceedings Article | 24 June 1998 Paper

Comparison of pump-laser characteristics for producing a mesospheric sodium guidestar for adaptive optical systems on large-aperture telescopes

John Telle, Peter Milonni, Paul Hillman

Proceedings Volume 3264, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.311918

KEYWORDS: Sodium, Sodium guide stars, Telescopes, Laser guide stars, Information operations, Mesosphere, Infrared astronomy, Polarization, Continuous wave operation, Satellite imaging

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