A portable solar adaptive optics system

Deqing Ren; Matt Penn; Haimin Wang; Gary Chapman; Claude Plymate

doi:10.1117/12.824457

23 September 2009 A portable solar adaptive optics system

Deqing Ren, Matt Penn, Haimin Wang, Gary Chapman, Claude Plymate

Proceedings Volume 7438, Solar Physics and Space Weather Instrumentation III; 74380P (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.824457
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2009, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We are developing a portable adaptive optics system for solar telescopes. The adaptive optics has a small physical size and is optimized for diffraction-limited imaging in the 1.0 ~ 5.0-μm infrared wavelength range for 1.5-m class solar telescopes. By replacing a few optical components, it can be used with a solar telescope of any aperture size that is currently available. The software is developed by LabVIEW. LabVIEW's block diagram based programming makes it suitable for rapid development of a prototype system. The portable adaptive optics will be used with a 1.5-meter solar telescope for high-resolution magnetic field investigation in the infrared. We discuss the design philosophy for such a portable, low-cost, and high-performance system. Estimated performances are also presented.

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Deqing Ren, Matt Penn, Haimin Wang, Gary Chapman, and Claude Plymate "A portable solar adaptive optics system", Proc. SPIE 7438, Solar Physics and Space Weather Instrumentation III, 74380P (23 September 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.824457

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