Analysis of the Naval Research Laboratory MEM MCAO test bed

Sergio R. Restaino; Jonathan R. Andrews; Ty Martinez; Christopher C. Wilcox; Freddie Santiago; Don M. Payne; Scott W. Teare

doi:10.1117/12.845692

19 February 2010 Analysis of the Naval Research Laboratory MEM MCAO test bed

Sergio R. Restaino, Jonathan R. Andrews, Ty Martinez, Christopher C. Wilcox, Freddie Santiago, Don M. Payne, Scott W. Teare

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Proceedings Volume 7595, MEMS Adaptive Optics IV; 759509 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.845692
Event: SPIE MOEMS-MEMS, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Our program for the upgrade of the Naval Prototype Optical Interferometer with large telescopes and adaptive optics has produced a test-bed for the in system evaluation and testing of our MEMs adaptive optics components and system performances. We have already reported in recent publications the basic characteristics of the test-bed. In order to improve the capabilities of such laboratory set-up we have started an upgrade that aims at developing a Multi Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCA) test-bed. This test bed is based on the use of multiple Liquid Crystal Spatial Light Modulators (LCSLMs) for producing different phase screens at different spatial locations within the set-up. Details of this new set-up are presented in another paper in these proceedings. This paper specifically deals with the analytic portion of the MCAO test-bed.

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Sergio R. Restaino, Jonathan R. Andrews, Ty Martinez, Christopher C. Wilcox, Freddie Santiago, Don M. Payne, and Scott W. Teare "Analysis of the Naval Research Laboratory MEM MCAO test bed", Proc. SPIE 7595, MEMS Adaptive Optics IV, 759509 (19 February 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.845692

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