Uplink wavefront corrector system: from paper to reality
| Autor: | L. F. Rodríguez Ramos, Zoran Sodnik, N. Martinez Rey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Computer science
Aperture Optical communication 02 engineering and technology 01 natural sciences Deformable mirror law.invention 010309 optics Telescope symbols.namesake Optics law 0103 physical sciences Rayleigh scattering Adaptive optics Wavefront business.industry Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Laser Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics symbols Guide star 0210 nano-technology business Beam (structure) Free-space optical communication |
| Zdroj: | Optics express. 28(5) |
| ISSN: | 1094-4087 |
| Popis: | The Uplink Wavefront Corrector System (UWCS) is a pathfinder instrument to demonstrate the uplink correction by Adaptive Optics techniques; this novel application can be directly usable in two fields: Free-Space Optical Communications and the generation of Laser Guide Stars. A Rayleigh LGS is propagated to the sky while the atmospheric wavefront aberrations are measured by a Shack-Hartmann WFS with 12 x 12 sub-apertures using a Natural Guide Star as a reference. The laser upwards propagation path is then pre-compensated by a 97-actuator deformable mirror. A scoring camera is attached to the finder telescope, next to the main aperture, in order to show the overall result, which is assessed in terms of beam power concentration. Present paper described the design process of the UWCS and its integration and testing in the Optical Ground Station telescope, at Teide Observatory (Spain). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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