Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/23372
Title: | Laboratory prototype for the demonstration of sodium laser guide star wavefront sensing on the E-ELT | Authors: | Patti, Mauro LOMBINI, MATTEO SCHREIBER, LAURA Bregoli, G. ARCIDIACONO, CARMELO Cosentino, G. DIOLAITI, EMILIANO FOPPIANI, ITALO |
Issue Date: | 2015 | Journal: | MEMORIE DELLA SOCIETA ASTRONOMICA ITALIANA | Number: | 86 | First Page: | 441 | Abstract: | The new class of Extremely Large Telescopes (ELT) relies on Sodium Laser Guide Stars (LGS) to improve the Adaptive Optics performance in terms of correction quality and sky coverage. The time instability and the vertical extension of the atmospheric Sodium layer density have a potential significant impact on the wavefront sensing accuracy. We describe a laboratory prototype which has been developed with the goal to investigate specific algorithms for wavefront sensing with these artificial sources under different conditions of sodium layer density profile, parallactic effects due to laser launch geometry and atmospheric turbulence. The prototype can emulate realistic elongated spots on the focal plane of a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor (SHWFS), including their intensity variations due to the time variability of the Sodium density vertical profile. In addition, multiple LGSs can be simulated, one at a time, and a two-layer atmospheric turbulence model is available. Herein we report the verification of prototype performances, including optical performance, accuracy of emulated Sodium density profiles and atmospheric turbulence features. <P /> | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/23372 | URL: | http://sait.oat.ts.astro.it/MSAIt860315/index.html | ISSN: | 0037-8720 | Bibcode ADS: | 2015MmSAI..86..441P | Fulltext: | open |
Appears in Collections: | 1.01 Articoli in rivista |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015MmSAI..86..441P.pdf | pdf editoriale | 1.63 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Page view(s)
114
checked on Sep 11, 2024
Download(s)
36
checked on Sep 11, 2024
Google ScholarTM
Check
Items in DSpace are published in Open Access, unless otherwise indicated.