Multiple-aperture optical telescopes: cophasing sensor testbed

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Jun 2004

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In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO 2004), 30 March - 2 April 2004, Toulouse, France. Ed.:

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Optics

Earth Observation, Interferometry, Synthetic Aperture Optics, Phased Array Imaging Systems, Cophasing Sensor, Phase Measurement, Phase Diversity

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The goal of a cophasing sensor (CS) is to measure the phase disturbances between the sub-apertures or inside each aperture of a telescope. Three CSs are currently studied at ONERA. A first CS for Earth imaging is based on phase diversity on extended sources (cf companion paper by L. Mugnier). A second CS for intercalibration uses phase retrieval on a point source. The third CS for nulling interferometry ("DWARF", for the ESA/DARWIN mission) is based on similar algorithms. To test performance of these CSs, ONERA has defined and integrated a multipurpose bench, "BRISE". Its main features are the simultaneous imaging of a point source and of an extended source, the minimisation of absolute and differential disturbances, the use of any aperture configuration and the generation of pure calibrated piston/tip/tilt aberrations on three sub-apertures by a dedicated PZT-based device. Preliminary experimental results are consistent with numerical simulations and confirm nanometric performance.

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