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5 September 2017 Control code for laboratory adaptive optics teaching system
Moonseob Jin, Ryan Luder, Lucas Sanchez, Michael Hart
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Proceedings Volume 10401, Astronomical Optics: Design, Manufacture, and Test of Space and Ground Systems; 104011K (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2276176
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2017, San Diego, California, United States
Abstract
By sensing and compensating wavefront aberration, adaptive optics (AO) systems have proven themselves crucial in large astronomical telescopes, retinal imaging, and holographic coherent imaging. Commercial AO systems for laboratory use are now available in the market. One such is the ThorLabs AO kit built around a Boston Micromachines deformable mirror. However, there are limitations in applying these systems to research and pedagogical projects since the software is written with limited flexibility. In this paper, we describe a MATLAB-based software suite to interface with the ThorLabs AO kit by using the MATLAB Engine API and Visual Studio. The software is designed to offer complete access to the wavefront sensor data, through the various levels of processing, to the command signals to the deformable mirror and fast steering mirror. In this way, through a MATLAB GUI, an operator can experiment with every aspect of the AO system’s functioning. This is particularly valuable for tests of new control algorithms as well as to support student engagement in an academic environment. We plan to make the code freely available to the community.
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Moonseob Jin, Ryan Luder, Lucas Sanchez, and Michael Hart "Control code for laboratory adaptive optics teaching system", Proc. SPIE 10401, Astronomical Optics: Design, Manufacture, and Test of Space and Ground Systems, 104011K (5 September 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2276176
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KEYWORDS
Adaptive optics
MATLAB
Wavefronts
Control systems
Software development
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