Toward on-sky adaptive optics control using reinforcement learning-model-based policy optimization for adaptive optics

J Nousiainen, C Rajani, M Kasper, T Helin… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. The direct imaging of potentially habitable exoplanets is one prime science case for
the next generation of high contrast imaging instruments on ground-based, extremely large …

Confusion in differential piston measurement with the pyramid wavefront sensor

A Bertrou-Cantou, E Gendron, G Rousset… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. The pyramid was proven to be a highly sensitive and versatile wave-front sensor
(WFS) and has been selected to be installed on the single conjugate adaptive optics (AO) …

Non-modulated pyramid wavefront sensor-Use in sensing and correcting atmospheric turbulence

G Agapito, E Pinna, S Esposito, CT Heritier… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. The diffusion of adaptive optics systems in astronomical instrumentation for large
ground-based telescopes is rapidly increasing and the pyramid wavefront sensor is …

Nonlinear wave front reconstruction from a pyramid sensor using neural networks

AP Wong, BRM Norris, V Deo, PG Tuthill… - Publications of the …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The pyramid wave front sensor (PyWFS) has become increasingly popular to use in
adaptive optics (AO) systems due to its high sensitivity. The main drawback of the PyWFS is …

Integrating supervised and reinforcement learning for predictive control with an unmodulated pyramid wavefront sensor for adaptive optics

B Pou, J Smith, E Quinones, M Martin, D Gratadour - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We propose a novel control approach that combines offline supervised learning to address
the challenges posed by non-linear phase reconstruction using unmodulated pyramid …

The MICADO first light imager for the ELT: overview of the SCAO module at its final design

Y Clénet, T Buey, E Gendron, S Karkar… - … Optics Systems VIII, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
MICADO is the ELT first light instrument, an imager working at the diffraction limit of the
telescope thanks to two adaptive optics (AO) modes: a single conjugate one (SCAO) …

Numerical simulations for the SAXO+ upgrade: Performance analysis of the adaptive optics system

C Goulas, R Galicher, F Vidal, J Mazoyer… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. SPHERE, operating at the VLT since 2014, is currently one of the high-contrast
instruments with a higher performance. Its adaptive optics system, known as SAXO, will be …

Making the unmodulated Pyramid wavefront sensor smart-Closed-loop demonstration of neural network wavefront reconstruction with MagAO-X

R Landman, SY Haffert, JR Males, LM Close… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Almost all current and future high-contrast imaging instruments will use a Pyramid wavefront
sensor (PWFS) as a primary or secondary wavefront sensor. The main issue with the PWFS …

Petalometry for the ELT: dealing with the wavefront discontinuities induced by the telescope spider

A Bertrou-Cantou, E Gendron… - … Optics Systems VII, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The presence of a six legged 50cm-wide spider supporting the secondary mirror of the
Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) breaks the spatial continuity of the incoming wave-front …

Model-free reinforcement learning with a non-linear reconstructor for closed-loop adaptive optics control with a pyramid wavefront sensor

B Pou, J Smith, E Quinones, M Martin… - … Optics Systems VIII, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We present a model-free reinforcement learning (RL) predictive model with a supervised
learning non-linear reconstructor for adaptive optics (AO) control with a pyramid wavefront …