Adaptive Optics at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Gavel, D.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Adaptive optics;    Astronomy;    Telescopes;    Optical systems;    Turbulence;   

RP-ID  :  DE200415006844

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

Adaptive optics enables high resolution imaging through the atmospheric by correcting for the turbulent air's aberrations to the light waves passing through it. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for a number of years has been at the forefront of applying adaptive optics technology to astronomy on the world's largest astronomical telescopes, in particular at the Keck 10-meter telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The technology includes the development of high-speed electrically driven deformable mirrors, high-speed low-noise CCD sensors, and real-time wavefront reconstruction and control hardware. Adaptive optics finds applications in many other areas where light beams pass through aberrating media and must be corrected to maintain diffraction-limited performance. We describe systems and results in astronomy, medicine (vision science), and horizontal path imaging, all active programs in our group.