Author Affiliations
1The Key Laboratory on Adaptive Optics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China2Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China4School of Electronic, Electrical and Commutation Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China5National Key Laboratory of Optical Field Manipulation Science and Technology, Chengdu 610209, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. The sketch of the 1.8-m adaptive telescope.
Fig. 2. (a) The sketch of the PDSM-241. (b) Actuator layout (clear aperture: 270 mm). (c) The uncompensated aberration of PDSM-241.
Fig. 3. The sub-aperture layout of the SHWFS (effective diameter: 16 mm) and the image of a collimated wave.
Fig. 4. Control strategy of the AOS.
Fig. 5. (a) Flowchart of calibration of the interaction matrix. (b) Closed-loop wavefront control.
Fig. 6. Temporal high order RMS error with AO system on and off at the time (UT) 14:00 on April 28, 2022. (HIP–49669, altitude angle: 71 degrees, azimuth: 217 degrees).
Fig. 7. Residual wavefront error distribution at the time (UT) between 13:30 and 16:15 on April 28, 2022.
Fig. 8. Closed-loop wavefront noise error distribution at the time (UT) between. 13:30 and 16:15 on April 28, 2022.
Fig. 9. Image motion comparison with the AO system on and off. x-tilt: Open-loop: 0.4", Closed-loop: 0.015" (left panel); y-tilt: Open-loop: 0.21", Closed-loop: 0.017" (right panel)
Fig. 10. PSD of tracking error in open-loop and closed-loop with the AO system on and off. x-tilt (left panel) and y-tilt (right panel).
Fig. 11. PSD of AO system in open-loop and closed-loop (left panel), error transfer function (right panel).
Fig. 12. Comparison of the Zernike RMS error in open-loop (circle) and closed-loop (square). The solid curve is the fitting of the Kolmogorov turbulence model to the open-loop data.
Fig. 13. The distribution of r0 at the time (UT) between 13:51 and 14:08 on April 28, 2022.
Fig. 14. The visible short exposure images of the star HIP49669 (2022-04-28), the images are displayed in linear scale and the peaks are normalized to 1. (a) R-band, SR=0.491, FWHM = 0.0937”. (b) R-band, SR=0.481, FWHM = 0.0953”. (c) I-band, SR=0.574, FWHM=0.113”. (d) I-band, SR = 0.582, FWHM=0.111”.
Fig. 15. Comparison of I-band closed-loop (left) and open-loop (right) image of the star HIP63418 (V-magnitude: 8.16).
Fig. 16. R band (~640 nm) closed-loop Strehl ratios with guide stars of different magnitudes.
Fig. 17. I band (~860 nm) closed-loop Strehl ratios with guide stars of different magnitudes.
System | Parameter | Value | Visible imaging | Wavelength | 600~1000 nm (R, I) | Camera | PI 1024B | Pixel FoV | 0.04 arcsec | Size | 1024×1024 |
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Table 0. Main parameters of the Imaging cameras.
Parameter | Value | Wavelength (nm) | 400–600 | Effective diameter (mm) | 16 | Number of pixels in a sub-aperture | 14×14 | Field of view (arcsec) | 14 | Pixel size (µm) | 24 | Frame rate (Hz) | Up to 2000 | Pixel Format | 240×240 | Microlens array | 15×17 |
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Table 0. Main parameters of the SHWFS.
Parameter | Value | Reflecting surface | Convex hyperboloid | Spacing (mm) | 19.3 | Number of actuators | 241 | Maximum stroke (µm) | ±6 | Actuator configuration | Triangle | Clear aperture (mm) | 270 | Coupling | 10% | Weight (kg) | 15 |
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Table 0. Details about the PDSM-241.
Magnitude | Frame rate (Hz) (WFS) | Tracking accuracy (") (AO-off) | Tracking accuracy (") (AO-on) | Higher-order RMS (nm) (AO-off) | Higher-order RMS (nm) (AO-on) | Closed-loop wavefront noise RMS (nm) | 0.4 | 2000 | 0.5188 | 0.0387 | 348.7 | 88.1 | 7.5 | 1.36 | 2000 | 0.4506 | 0.0323 | 304.7 | 72.3 | 12.3 | 2.14 | 2000 | 0.4420 | 0.0236 | 251.8 | 73.0 | 15.3 | 2.89 | 2000 | 0.7081 | 0.0520 | 329.6 | 87.1 | 24.8 | 4.24 | 2000 | 0.5950 | 0.0543 | 293.6 | 92.0 | 42.4 | 5.01 | 2000 | 0.6065 | 0.0528 | 323.5 | 112.0 | 52.9 | 6.03 | 2000 | 0.5324 | 0.0433 | 360.0 | 100.0 | 112.4 | 7.15 | 1200 | 0.5518 | 0.0736 | 300.7 | 145.8 | 141.2 | 8.16 | 500 | 0.4758 | 0.1178 | 308.0 | 190.4 | 176.2 | 9.52 | 150 | 0.3411 | 0.2331 | 317.9 | 243.1 | 235.9 |
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Table 0. The performance of the adaptive telescope with different magnitudes.