Performance evaluation of the SAAO adaptive optics system

Rene Abreu; Sarma N. Gullapalli; William M. Rappoport; Ralph Pringle Jr.; William P. Zmek

doi:10.1117/12.384292

4 May 2000 Performance evaluation of the SAAO adaptive optics system

Rene Abreu, Sarma N. Gullapalli, William M. Rappoport, Ralph Pringle Jr., William P. Zmek

Proceedings Volume 3931, Gas, Chemical, and Electrical Lasers and Intense Beam Control and Applications; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.384292
Event: Symposium on High-Power Lasers and Applications, 2000, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes laboratory evaluations of the SAAO Adaptive Optics (AO) System, which is installed at the Air Force AEOS facility at Haleakala on the island of Maui in Hawaii. The AO system includes a 32 by 32 channel wavefront sensor, a high-speed wavefront reconstructor, a 941-actuator deformable mirror, a high-bandwidth steering mirror, and a tracking sensor for tilt control. The performance metrics discussed include track bandwidth, track jitter vs. target brightness, AO system temporal response, and the resulting Strehl ratios and MTF for a range of target brightness. Test methods and results are described.

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Rene Abreu, Sarma N. Gullapalli, William M. Rappoport, Ralph Pringle Jr., and William P. Zmek "Performance evaluation of the SAAO adaptive optics system", Proc. SPIE 3931, Gas, Chemical, and Electrical Lasers and Intense Beam Control and Applications, (4 May 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.384292

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