Adaptive optics for astronomy

R Davies, M Kasper - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Adaptive optics is a prime example of how progress in observational astronomy can be
driven by technological developments. At many observatories it is now considered to be part …

[CARTE][B] Principles of adaptive optics

RK Tyson, BW Frazier - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Principles of Adaptive Optics describes the foundations, principles, and applications of
adaptive optics (AO) and its enabling technologies. This leading textbook addresses the …

First on-sky SCAO validation of full LQG control with vibration mitigation on the CANARY pathfinder

G Sivo, C Kulcsár, JM Conan, HF Raynaud… - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Adaptive optics provides real time correction of wavefront disturbances on ground based
telescopes. Optimizing control and performance is a key issue for ever more demanding …

Minimum variance prediction and control for adaptive optics

C Kulcsár, HF Raynaud, C Petit, JM Conan - automatica, 2012 - Elsevier
Adaptive Optics (AO) systems enable to compensate the adverse effects of atmospheric
turbulence on ground-based telescopes' images in real time, using a deformable mirror …

Fast computation of an optimal controller for large-scale adaptive optics

P Massioni, C Kulcsár, HF Raynaud… - Journal of the Optical …, 2011 - opg.optica.org
The linear quadratic Gaussian regulator provides the minimum-variance control solution for
a linear time-invariant system. For adaptive optics (AO) applications, under the hypothesis of …

ATLAS: the E-ELT laser tomographic adaptive optics system

T Fusco, S Meimon, Y Clenet, M Cohen… - … Optics Systems II, 2010 - spiedigitallibrary.org
ATLAS: the E-ELT laser tomographic adaptive optics system Thierry Fusco*a,f, Serge
Meimona,f, Yann Clenetb,f, Mathieu Cohenc,f, Page 1 ATLAS: the E-ELT laser tomographic …

Performance modeling for the raven multi-object adaptive optics demonstrator

DR Andersen, KJ Jackson, C Blain… - Publications of the …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT RAVEN will be a Multi-Object Adaptive Optics (MOAO) technology and science
demonstrator on the Subaru telescope. The baseline design calls for three natural guide star …

Multi-line-of-sight Hartmann-Shack wavefront sensing based on image segmentation and K-means sorting

Y Zhang, Z Gao, R **, W Zhao, L Zhu, H Ye… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Multi-line-of-sight wavefront sensing, crucial for next-generation astronomy and laser
applications, often increases system complexity by adding sensors. This research …

[PDF][PDF] Are integral controllers adapted to the new era of ELT adaptive optics?

JM CONAN1a, HF Raynaud, CK AR, S Meimon, G Sivo - 2011 - ao4elt2.lesia.obspm.fr
Entering the ELT era implies reconsidering adaptive optics concepts at all levels, including
controller design. Concentrating mainly on temporal aspects, one may wonder if integral …

Local ensemble transform Kalman filter, a fast non-stationary control law for adaptive optics on ELTs: theoretical aspects and first simulation results

M Gray, C Petit, S Rodionov, M Bocquet, L Bertino… - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We propose a new algorithm for an adaptive optics system control law, based on the Linear
Quadratic Gaussian approach and a Kalman Filter adaptation with localizations. It allows to …