Flicker, Ralf and Rigaut, François and Ellerbroek, Brent (2000) Comparison of multiconjugate adaptive optics configurations and control algorithms for the Gemini South 8-m telescope. In: Adaptive Optical Systems Technology. Proceedings of SPIE. No.4007. Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) , Bellingham, WA, pp. 442-453. ISBN 9780819436320. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190118-124024105
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Abstract
This paper focuses on two main categories of the multiconjugate adaptive optics (MCAO) parameter space for performance optimization: the geometrical configuration of guide stars and deformable mirrors (DMs), and the wavefront reconstructors. From the first category it is shown how, for a fixed reconstructor and imaging wavelength, the performance metrics with a few important exceptions improve with an increasing number of (1) DMs, (2) actuators per DM and (3) guide stars. The metrics are seen to degrade with (1) an increasing field of compensation and (2) DM conjugation altitude mismatch with the significant turbulent atmospheric layers. In the second category, this study also compares the performance with a fixed MCAO configuration using the least- square estimator (LSE) and the maximum a posteriori estimator (MAP) for wavefront reconstruction. The MAP is shown to perform significantly better than the LSE at low or intermediate signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs), and somewhat better even in the absence of noise due to its a priori knowledge of the phase statistics.
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Additional Information: | © 2000 Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). The Gemini 8-m Telescopes Project and Observatory is managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, for the National Science Foundation and the Gemini Board, under an international partnership agreement. The authors wish to thank Mark Chun for producing the layered turbulence profile used in the simulations, and Alexander Gontcharov for helpful comments and fruitful discussions. | ||||||||
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Subject Keywords: | Multiconjugate adaptive optics, control algorithms , wavefront reconstruction | ||||||||
Series Name: | Proceedings of SPIE | ||||||||
Issue or Number: | 4007 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1117/12.390347 | ||||||||
Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20190118-124024105 | ||||||||
Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190118-124024105 | ||||||||
Official Citation: | Ralf Flicker, Francois J. Rigaut, Brent L. Ellerbroek, "Comparison of multiconjugate adaptive optics configurations and control algorithms for the Gemini South 8-m telescope," Proc. SPIE 4007, Adaptive Optical Systems Technology, (7 July 2000); doi: 10.1117/12.390347 | ||||||||
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Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | ||||||||
Deposited On: | 21 Jan 2019 23:25 | ||||||||
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