Bibcode
Chueca Urzay, Sergio; Fuensalida, J. J.
Bibliographical reference
Proc. SPIE Vol. 4007, p. 341-348, Adaptive Optical Systems Technology, Peter L. Wizinowich; Ed.
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2000
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Description
The monitoring of the column density of atmospheric sodium could be
crucial for the efficiency of LGS systems. However, its detection is
affected by the presence of water lines around the sodium doublet lines;
this is really dramatic in the D2 line. We have developed a
new method to detect the D2 sodium telluric line, obtaining
previously the solar spectrum clean of telluric contamination. This
method does not need any theoretical supposition on the solar line
profile. We analyze the influence of the water lines in the detection of
the D2 line and discuss the effects on the efficiency of
LGSs.