Multi-conjugation adaptive optics（MCAOs） have been investigated and used in the large aperture optical telescopes for high-resolution imaging with large field of view（FOV）.The atmospheric tomographic phase reconst...Multi-conjugation adaptive optics（MCAOs） have been investigated and used in the large aperture optical telescopes for high-resolution imaging with large field of view（FOV）.The atmospheric tomographic phase reconstruction and projection of three-dimensional turbulence volume onto wavefront correctors,such as deformable mirrors（DMs） or liquid crystal wavefront correctors（LCWCs）,is a very important step in the data processing of an MCAO＇s controller.In this paper,a method according to the wavefront reconstruction performance of MCAO is presented to evaluate the optimized configuration of multi laser guide stars（LGSs） and the reasonable conjugation heights of LCWCs.Analytical formulations are derived for the different configurations and are used to generate optimized parameters for MCAO.Several examples are given to demonstrate our LGSs configuration optimization method.Compared with traditional methods,our method has minimum wavefront tomographic error,which will be helpful to get higher imaging resolution at large FOV in MCAO.展开更多
Adaptive optics（AO） systems are widespread and considered as an essential part of any large aperture telescope for obtaining a high resolution imaging at present.To enlarge the imaging field of view（FOV）,multi-las...Adaptive optics（AO） systems are widespread and considered as an essential part of any large aperture telescope for obtaining a high resolution imaging at present.To enlarge the imaging field of view（FOV）,multi-laser guide stars（LGSs） are currently being investigated and used for the large aperture optical telescopes.LGS measurement is necessary and pivotal to obtain the cumulative phase distortion along a target in the multi-LGSs AO system.We propose a high precision phase reconstruction algorithm to estimate the phase for a target with an uncertain turbulence profile based on the interpolation.By comparing with the conventional average method,the proposed method reduces the root mean square（RMS） error from 130 nm to 85 nm with a 30% reduction for narrow FOV.We confirm that such phase reconstruction algorithm is validated for both narrow field AO and wide field AO.展开更多
In this paper, we propose and demonstrate an elementary non-mechanical beam aiming and steering system with a single liquid crystal optical phase array （LC-OPA） and charge-coupled device （CCD）. With the convention...In this paper, we propose and demonstrate an elementary non-mechanical beam aiming and steering system with a single liquid crystal optical phase array （LC-OPA） and charge-coupled device （CCD）. With the conventional method of beam steering control, the LC-OPA device can realize one dimensional beam steering continuously. An improved beam steering strategy is applied to realize two dimensional beam steering with a single LC-OPA. The whole beam aiming and steering system, including an LC-OPA and a retroreflective target, is controlled by the monitor. We test the feasibility of beam steering strategy both in one dimension and in two dimension at first, then the whole system is build up based on the improved strategy. The experimental results show that the max experimental pointing error is 56 μrad, and the average pointing error of the system is 19 t.trad.展开更多
在空间激光通信、组网过程中,为了能够实现一颗卫星终端对多颗卫星终端的物理光束接入,从而使得一颗卫星能与多颗卫星实现数据分发、路由、交换等组网功能,对卫星激光通信捕跟过程中存在的多终端物理接入方法进行了研究。在基于液晶光...在空间激光通信、组网过程中,为了能够实现一颗卫星终端对多颗卫星终端的物理光束接入,从而使得一颗卫星能与多颗卫星实现数据分发、路由、交换等组网功能,对卫星激光通信捕跟过程中存在的多终端物理接入方法进行了研究。在基于液晶光学相控阵多波束生成能力和多波束赋形的理论基础上,设计了一种新型的多终端接入方法。该方法的核心是利用液晶光学相控阵的多波束生成与控制能力实现对多个终端的接入。对光束在远场光斑的位置信息以及接入过程中的衍射效率和能量损耗情况进行仿真来验证该方案是否满足空间激光通信终端接入要求。仿真结果发现接入过程中的衍射效率大于80%,能量损耗小于1 d B,表明该方案有效可行。展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11174274,11174279,61205021,11204299,61475152,and 61405194)the State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics,Changchun Institute of Optics,Fine Mechanics and Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘Multi-conjugation adaptive optics（MCAOs） have been investigated and used in the large aperture optical telescopes for high-resolution imaging with large field of view（FOV）.The atmospheric tomographic phase reconstruction and projection of three-dimensional turbulence volume onto wavefront correctors,such as deformable mirrors（DMs） or liquid crystal wavefront correctors（LCWCs）,is a very important step in the data processing of an MCAO＇s controller.In this paper,a method according to the wavefront reconstruction performance of MCAO is presented to evaluate the optimized configuration of multi laser guide stars（LGSs） and the reasonable conjugation heights of LCWCs.Analytical formulations are derived for the different configurations and are used to generate optimized parameters for MCAO.Several examples are given to demonstrate our LGSs configuration optimization method.Compared with traditional methods,our method has minimum wavefront tomographic error,which will be helpful to get higher imaging resolution at large FOV in MCAO.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11174274,11174279,61205021,11204299,61475152,and 61405194)State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics,Changchun Institute of Optics,Fine Mechanics and Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘Adaptive optics（AO） systems are widespread and considered as an essential part of any large aperture telescope for obtaining a high resolution imaging at present.To enlarge the imaging field of view（FOV）,multi-laser guide stars（LGSs） are currently being investigated and used for the large aperture optical telescopes.LGS measurement is necessary and pivotal to obtain the cumulative phase distortion along a target in the multi-LGSs AO system.We propose a high precision phase reconstruction algorithm to estimate the phase for a target with an uncertain turbulence profile based on the interpolation.By comparing with the conventional average method,the proposed method reduces the root mean square（RMS） error from 130 nm to 85 nm with a 30% reduction for narrow FOV.We confirm that such phase reconstruction algorithm is validated for both narrow field AO and wide field AO.
文摘In this paper, we propose and demonstrate an elementary non-mechanical beam aiming and steering system with a single liquid crystal optical phase array （LC-OPA） and charge-coupled device （CCD）. With the conventional method of beam steering control, the LC-OPA device can realize one dimensional beam steering continuously. An improved beam steering strategy is applied to realize two dimensional beam steering with a single LC-OPA. The whole beam aiming and steering system, including an LC-OPA and a retroreflective target, is controlled by the monitor. We test the feasibility of beam steering strategy both in one dimension and in two dimension at first, then the whole system is build up based on the improved strategy. The experimental results show that the max experimental pointing error is 56 μrad, and the average pointing error of the system is 19 t.trad.
文摘在空间激光通信、组网过程中,为了能够实现一颗卫星终端对多颗卫星终端的物理光束接入,从而使得一颗卫星能与多颗卫星实现数据分发、路由、交换等组网功能,对卫星激光通信捕跟过程中存在的多终端物理接入方法进行了研究。在基于液晶光学相控阵多波束生成能力和多波束赋形的理论基础上,设计了一种新型的多终端接入方法。该方法的核心是利用液晶光学相控阵的多波束生成与控制能力实现对多个终端的接入。对光束在远场光斑的位置信息以及接入过程中的衍射效率和能量损耗情况进行仿真来验证该方案是否满足空间激光通信终端接入要求。仿真结果发现接入过程中的衍射效率大于80%,能量损耗小于1 d B,表明该方案有效可行。
