Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Sep 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011amos.confe..42a&link_type=abstract
Proceedings of the Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, held in Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, September
Physics
Optics
Scientific paper
We have created a new adaptive optics system using a holographic modal wavefront sensing method with the autonomous (computer-free) closed-loop control of a MEMS deformable mirror (DM). A multiplexed hologram is recorded using the maximum and minimum actuator positions on the deformable mirror as the “modes”. On reconstruction, an input beam is diffracted into pairs of focal spots and the ratio of the intensities of certain pairs determines the absolute wavefront phase at a particular actuator location. The wavefront measurement is made using fast, sensitive silicon photomultiplier arrays with the parallel outputs directly controlling individual actuators in the MEMS DM.
In this talk, we will present the results from an all-optical, ultra-compact system that runs in closed-loop without the need for a computer. The speed is limited only by the response time of any given DM actuator and not the number of actuators. In our case, our 32-actuator prototype device already operates at 10 kHz and our next generation system is being designed for > 100 kHz. As a modal system, it is largely insensitive to scintillation and obscuration and is thus ideal for extreme adaptive optics applications. We will present information on how HALOS can be used for image correction and beam propagation as well as several other novel applications.
Andersen Graham
Ghebremichael F.
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