1. ALFA: The MPIA/MPE Laser Guide Star AO System

   • A. Eckart
   • S. Hippler
   • R. Genzel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 3

2. Adaptive Optics on Large Telescopes

   • A. Glindemann
   • S. Hippler
   • W. Hackenberg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 47

3. ALFA: Adaptive Optics for the Calar Alto Observatory Optics, Control Systems, and Performance

   • M. Kasper
   • D. P. Looze
   • A. Wirth

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 73

4. The ALFA Laser and Analysis Tools

   • S. Rabien
   • T. Ott
   • A. Quirrenbach

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 88

5. The ALFA Laser: Beam Relay and Control System

   • T. Ott
   • W. Hackenberg
   • S. Hippler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 101

6. The ALFA Laser Guide Star: Operation and Results

   • R. Davies
   • A. Eckart
   • A. Quirrenbach

   OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 121

7. Rayleigh Scattering and Laser Spot Elongation Problems at ALFA

   • E. Viard
   • F. Delplancke
   • R. Davies

   OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 133

8. Absolute Tilt from a Laser Guide Star: A First Experiment

   • S. Esposito
   • R. Ragazzoni
   • R. Davies

   OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 145

9. Short timescale variability of the mesospheric sodium layer

   • C. O'Sullivan
   • R. M. Redfern
   • A. Eckart

   OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 156