The Simulation Platform of Adaptive Optics for the Extremely Large Telescope

Author

Wu, Zhiwen ; Wang, Ningfei ; Andersen, Torben

Author_Institution

Sch. of Aerosp. Eng., Beijing Inst. of Technol., Beijing, China

fYear

2010

fDate

19-21 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Adaptive optics system is the necessary facility for the large telescope in order to obtain the clear image. Due to the complexity and cost, the simulation of adaptive optics is important. In the paper, a simulation platform is built up, which includes the wavefront sensor, deformable mirror, tip/tilt mirror and a controller with a reconstructor. Based on the platform, an adaptive optics system potentially for a 42m telescope is simulated. The simulation result show that the simulation platform can be used to predict the performance and simulate the effect of the components on the system. In addition, the simulation platform is generic and can be widely used in most of adaptive optics systems in all kinds of fields.

Keywords

adaptive optics; astronomical image processing; astronomical telescopes; wavefront sensors; adaptive optics system; deformable mirror; extremely large telescope; simulation platform; wavefront sensor; Adaptive optics; Atmosphere; Atmospheric modeling; Costs; Mirrors; Optical design; Optical sensors; Predictive models; Telescopes; Ultraviolet sources;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics and Optoelectronic (SOPO), 2010 Symposium on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4963-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4964-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SOPO.2010.5504315

Filename

5504315