Aperture masking behind AO systems

Michael J. Ireland

doi:10.1117/12.926763

13 September 2012 Aperture masking behind AO systems

Michael J. Ireland

Proceedings Volume 8447, Adaptive Optics Systems III; 844727 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926763
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

Sparse Aperture-Mask Interferometry (SAM or NRM) behind Adaptive Optics (AO) has now come of age, with more than a dozen astronomy papers published from several 5-10m class telescopes around the world. I will describe the reasons behind its success in achieving relatively high contrasts ( 1000:1 at lambda/ D) and repeatable binary astronomy at the diffraction limit, even when used behind laser-guide star adaptive optics. Placed within the context of AO calibration, the information in an image can be split into pupil-plane phase, Fourier amplitude and closure-phase. It is the closure-phase observable, or its generalisation to Kernel phase, that is immune to pupil-plane phase errors at first and second-order and has been the reason for the technique's success. I will outline the limitations of the technique and the prospects for aperture-masking and related techniques in the future.

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Michael J. Ireland "Aperture masking behind AO systems", Proc. SPIE 8447, Adaptive Optics Systems III, 844727 (13 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926763

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