National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO) IR adaptive optics program. III - Criteria for the wavefront sensor selection

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Adaptive Optics, Astronomical Observatories, Infrared Astronomy, Infrared Imagery, Sensors, Wave Fronts, Algorithms, Karhunen-Loeve Expansion, Microprocessors, Orthogonality, Signal To Noise Ratios

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The NOAO IR Adaptive Optics Program has elected to develop a system using the visual light from an object to sense the wavefront errors and generate the corrections required to give diffraction-limited imaging in the near-IR (2-10 microns). The performance of a variety of possible sensors systems has been evaluated, computing both their ideal performance and their expected performance with available detectors. A major consideration in this evaluation is the ability of the sensor to measure mean wavefront tilts of the visual wavefront over subapertures corresponding to the (larger) IR wavefront scale lengths. A Hartmann-Shack sensor with red-sensitive image intensifiers and a Reticon detector are used.

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