• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 45, Issue 12, 1218002 (2016)
Zhang Zhicheng1、*, Zhang Xiaofang1, Gao Xue2, Song Jie3, and Wang Xiao4
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    DOI: 10.3788/irla201645.1218002 Cite this Article
    Zhang Zhicheng, Zhang Xiaofang, Gao Xue, Song Jie, Wang Xiao. Research of multi conjugate adaptive optics performance[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2016, 45(12): 1218002 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Multi conjugate adaptive optics (MCAO) has been widely used in the large ground-base astronomy telescope, since it can enlarge the field-of view(FOV) and reduce the effect of atmospheric anisoplanatism. Only considering the anisoplanatism, with the assistance of the multi-thread adaptive optics simulator (MAOS), the difference of a conventional adaptive optics(CAO) and a MCAO system at the wavelength of 0.6 μm and 2 μm was studied respectively, it is quite obviously that in the visible band there is a significant improvement of the MCAO system than the conventional AO system. The influence of the second deformable mirror(DM) conjugate height was also discussed which had a key influence on the performance in the visible band, while the first one conjugated at the entrance pupil, and a preliminary study of the effect of DM order in the single adaptive optics system was provided in the end.
    Zhang Zhicheng, Zhang Xiaofang, Gao Xue, Song Jie, Wang Xiao. Research of multi conjugate adaptive optics performance[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2016, 45(12): 1218002
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