What can be retrieved from adaptive optics real-time data?

摘要

In an AO system the correction to be applied to the Deformable Mirror is computed at each loop cycle from the residualslopes on the Wavefront Sensor and the Interaction Matrix of the system DM/WFS.But the a posteriori analysis of the DM commands and WFS slopes can also provide a wealth of information on theclosed loop behavior. In this paper we present a non-exhaustive list of what can be learned from such data. We base ouranalysis on simulated data, on data recorded on ESO’s PEACE test bench, and on data recorded on the NAOS instrumentat the VLT during technical nights in 2010 and 2011, in the framework of the preparation of the algorithms for the AOFacility.The topics presented include the reconstruction of the input turbulence in the WFS domain (pseudo open-loop slopes),the estimation of the seeing, turbulence profile, coherence time, wind speed and direction, the measurement of LGS spotsize, the detection of vibrations via modal transfer functions, the identification of DM/WFS mis-registration and theoptimal loop gain computation.© (2012) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.