Prototype Of An Adaptive Optical System For Astronomical Observation

Pierre Kern; Fritz Merkle; Jean Paul Gaffard; Gerard Rousset; Jean Claude Fontanella; Pierre Lena

doi:10.1117/12.943379

11 April 1988 Prototype Of An Adaptive Optical System For Astronomical Observation

Pierre Kern, Fritz Merkle, Jean Paul Gaffard, Gerard Rousset, Jean Claude Fontanella, Pierre Lena

Proceedings Volume 0860, Real-Time Image Processing: Concepts and Technologies; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.943379
Event: 1987 Symposium on the Technologies for Optoelectronics, 1987, Cannes, France

Abstract

High resolution imaging in ground-based astronomy is limited by the wave front degradation through the turbulent atmosphere. Adaptive optics offers the possibility to overcome these limitations. It employs a real-time phase compensation with a phase shifting optical element, which is usually a deformable mirror. The information for the control of the mirror surface is gained from a wavefront sensor. Thispaper describes an adaptive optics prototype for infrared imaging using a visible wavefront sensor and its expected performances in astronomy.

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Pierre Kern, Fritz Merkle, Jean Paul Gaffard, Gerard Rousset, Jean Claude Fontanella, and Pierre Lena "Prototype Of An Adaptive Optical System For Astronomical Observation", Proc. SPIE 0860, Real-Time Image Processing: Concepts and Technologies, (11 April 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.943379

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