Comparison of LSST and DECam wavefront recovery algorithms

Bo Xin; Aaron Roodman; George Angeli; Chuck Claver; Sandrine Thomas

doi:10.1117/12.2234456

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27 July 2016 Comparison of LSST and DECam wavefront recovery algorithms

Bo Xin, Aaron Roodman, George Angeli, Chuck Claver, Sandrine Thomas

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Proceedings Volume 9906, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI; 99064J (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234456
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

We make a detailed quantitative comparison of the wavefront recovery algorithms between those developed for Dark Energy Camera (DECam) and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). Samples used in this study include images of out of focus stars collected by the DECam at the Blanco 4-meter telescope and artificial simulated donut images. The data from DECam include wavefront images collected by the wavefront sensors and out-of-focus images where the entire DECam sensor array is used. For simulated images, we have used both the forward Fraunhofer diffraction and a LSST-like ZEMAX optical model where the images are convolved with Kolmogorov atmosphere. All samples are analyzed with the forward wavefront retrieval algorithm developed for DECam and the transport of intensity algorithm for LSST. Good quantitative agreement between results by the two implemented algorithms is observed.

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Bo Xin, Aaron Roodman, George Angeli, Chuck Claver, and Sandrine Thomas "Comparison of LSST and DECam wavefront recovery algorithms", Proc. SPIE 9906, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI, 99064J (27 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234456

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