Identification of the registration of a deformable mirror to a Schack Hartmann wavefront sensor in an adaptive optical system

Jeffrey D. Barchers; Troy A. Rhoadarmer; David J. Lee

doi:10.1117/12.454792

4 February 2002 Identification of the registration of a deformable mirror to a Schack Hartmann wavefront sensor in an adaptive optical system

Jeffrey D. Barchers, Troy A. Rhoadarmer, David J. Lee

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Proceedings Volume 4494, Adaptive Optics Systems and Technology II; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454792
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A method for determining the registration of an adaptive optical system is presented. Three deformable mirror actuators are sinusoidally driven at a high rate and the resulting gradients are measured using a Hartmann sensor. The gradient measurements are used to determine the translational, rotational, and magnificational registration of the deformable mirror relative to the Hartmann wavefront sensor. Two configurations are presented. The first is not effected by the compensation system but requires the use of auxiliary beams outside the clear aperture of the adaptive optical system. In the second configuration, the dithering actuators are within the clear aperture of the adaptive optical system. Simulation results are presented that show that the method can be used reliably in either configuration. In the second configuration, the method can be used reliably even in the presence of residual amplitude and phase aberrations.

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Jeffrey D. Barchers, Troy A. Rhoadarmer, and David J. Lee "Identification of the registration of a deformable mirror to a Schack Hartmann wavefront sensor in an adaptive optical system", Proc. SPIE 4494, Adaptive Optics Systems and Technology II, (4 February 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454792

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