A new approach to wave-front sensing for adaptive optics systems is presented. The method, which explicitly accounts for measurement errors, is based on a phase-retrieval algorithm whose performance with respect to trapping and stagnation problems is improved by use of a suitable mathematical formulation. The algorithm allows the determination of the expansion coefficients of the wave front in terms of Zernike polynomials. A numerical analysis shows the effectiveness of the algorithm even when the maximum optical path disturbance value is greater than two wavelengths and the measurement error is quite significant.
New technique for wave-front reconstruction in optical telescopes / Bucci, OVIDIO MARIO; Capozzoli, Amedeo; D'Elia, Giuseppe. - In: JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION. - ISSN 1084-7529. - STAMPA. - 14:12(1997), pp. 3394-3401. [10.1364/JOSAA.14.003394]
New technique for wave-front reconstruction in optical telescopes
BUCCI, OVIDIO MARIO;CAPOZZOLI, AMEDEO;D'ELIA, GIUSEPPE
1997
Abstract
A new approach to wave-front sensing for adaptive optics systems is presented. The method, which explicitly accounts for measurement errors, is based on a phase-retrieval algorithm whose performance with respect to trapping and stagnation problems is improved by use of a suitable mathematical formulation. The algorithm allows the determination of the expansion coefficients of the wave front in terms of Zernike polynomials. A numerical analysis shows the effectiveness of the algorithm even when the maximum optical path disturbance value is greater than two wavelengths and the measurement error is quite significant.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.