Effectiveness of high-order adaptive optics in ground-based stellar interferometry

Chueh Ting; Michael Kent Giles; David G. Voelz

doi:10.1117/1.2167108

1 February 2006 Effectiveness of high-order adaptive optics in ground-based stellar interferometry

Chueh Ting, Michael Kent Giles, David G. Voelz

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 45, Issue 2, 026001 (February 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2167108

Abstract

The ground-based optical interferometer with large apertures is a potential research tool for the study of stellar astrophysics and the synthesis of high-resolution stellar images. However, atmospheric turbulence can impose a significant limitation on the interferometer's performance. In order to reduce those degrading effects, we investigate the effectiveness of high-order adaptive optics in ground-based optical interferometry. The purposes of this paper are (1) to evaluate the performance with and without using high-order adaptive optics in a ground-based optical interferometer with large-aperture telescopes, and (2) to investigate the possibility of using the Strehl ratio to estimate visibility. The theoretical methodology and computer simulation results used to evaluate the performance of a ground-based stellar interferometer with high-order adaptive optics are presented, and a numerical computational method that uses the Strehl ratio to estimate the mean squared atmospheric coherence loss factor is developed.

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Chueh Ting, Michael Kent Giles, and David G. Voelz "Effectiveness of high-order adaptive optics in ground-based stellar interferometry," Optical Engineering 45(2), 026001 (1 February 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2167108

Published: 1 February 2006

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