Differential focal anisoplanatism in laser guide star wavefront sensing on extremely large telescopes

Laser guide stars (LGSs) aim at increasing the sky coverage of adaptive optics (AO) as this is highly restricted when using only natural guide stars. With such three-dimensional extended objects, spot elongation may limit the measurement accuracy of wavefronts. We evaluate the effect of differential focal anisoplanatism, induced solely by the longitudinal extension of a side-launched LGS, on the slope measurements performed by a Shack-Hartmann for a 40?m class telescope. We also take this effect into account in the wavefront reconstruction and derive estimations of the resulting wavefront error in a multi-LGS AO system. We find an error of 100?nm in the worst case at the subaperture level and a small error of the order of 10?nm for six LGSs after wavefront reconstruction.     

重复高压脉冲产生与成形一体化装置研制

介绍了脉冲变压器与分布参量形成线相结合的高功率脉冲产生与成形一体技术,简要阐述了采用该技术的高压脉冲发生器的基本设计思想。研制的脉冲变压器与形成线一体化装置利用变压器的同轴开环铁芯来充当分布电参量脉冲形成线的内外导体,将脉冲功率源中最重要的两个独立部件有机结合起来,实现了结构的紧凑性。高压脉冲发生器在重复频率100 Hz、变压器工作电压1.65 MV时能够稳定运行,输出脉冲电压760 kV,峰值功率23 GW,脉冲宽度大于40 ns。     

基于同步探测的脉冲钠导星聚焦非等晕性实验研究

本文提出在大气Greenwood时间常数内采用同步探测技术实现钠导星聚焦非等晕性测量, 开展了脉冲体制钠导星探测实验, 实现了对大气平流层顶端钠导星和同路径自然星可见光波段的哈特曼点阵的同步探测, 并获得钠导星回光单帧波面, 从波面一致性对比、Zernike系数比较、模拟成像校正等方面对实验结果进行较全面分析. 实验结果表明, 在当前实验条件下, 虽然脉冲钠导星的单帧哈特曼点阵的成像对比度较低, 制约了波面恢复精度, 但同步测量的两组波面始终能保持相似性, 其Zernike系数在前36阶一致性较好, 模拟结果表明钠导星探测波面有助于实现对自然星成像的有效校正, 扣除波面恢复误差后的聚焦非等晕性方差小于0.1 rad², 十分接近理论结果.     

Experimental validation of single-iteration multigrid wavefront reconstruction at the Palomar Observatory

Single-iteration multigrid (SIMG) wavefront reconstruction schemes were implemented and validated on the adaptive optics system at the Hale 5.1 m telescope at the Palomar Observatory. Results indicate that even the simplest such method produces a performance indistinguishable from that of the standard least-squares reconstructor for both bright and dim guide stars. SIMG provides a dramatic reduction in computational cost when compared to vector-matrix multiplication and can be implemented in parallel, making it the obvious choice for reconstruction in future large-scale adaptive optics systems.     

用于非完全校正自适应光学系统的人造导星

讨论了使用激光导星的非完全补偿自适应光学望远镜性能与导星亮度之间的关系,给出子孔径上剩余波前误差均方根值大于0.10λ,子孔径直径大于大气相关长度r_o时为产生瑞利导星和Na导星分别需要的激光能量.     

大口径望远镜波像差的外场检验方法

为在外场环境下对大口径望远镜进行系统波像差的检验,研制了一套具有高探测能力的Shack-Hartmann波前传感器.利用恒星作为光源,对口径1 m、焦距11 m的大口径望远镜进行了波像差检验实验,测量结果为系统波像差在0.39λ~ 0.46λ RMS之间,且随着俯仰角的增加而增大,主要像差形式为3阶0°像散,与星点检验的结果一致.     

Active optical compensation of low-quality optical system aberrations

We describe a method for the correction of slowly varying wavefront aberrations of low-quality telescope mirrors by using a DM in an active optical compensation system. Our goal is to reduce the surface wavefront error of low-cost multimeter-diameter mirrors from approximately 10 waves peak-to-valley (P-V), at a 1 microm wavelength, to approximately 1 wave or less. In a proof-of-concept demonstration using a 0.3m telescope at a wavelength of 633 nm, the rms wavefront error improved to 0.05 waves (0.26 waves P-V) from the original value of 1.4 waves rms (6.5 waves P-V). The Strehl ratio improved to 89% from the original value of 0.08%. The types of aberrations corrected include astigmatism, coma, defocus, trefoil, and higher-order aberrations.     

A high precision phase reconstruction algorithm for multi-laser guide stars adaptive optics

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.     

近红外瞬态脉冲波前高精度干涉检测技术

惯性约束聚变(ICF)系统中高能瞬态脉冲激光由于脉冲时间短、能量高、波前畸变大,通常的检测方法难于检测脉冲激光波前。提出了一种基于空间相位调制技术可用于近红外瞬态波前高精度检测的环形径向剪切干涉仪。该系统可以以30~150 mm的圆瞳和方瞳口径、对波长为1064 nm的近红外纳秒级脉宽的脉冲激光波前实现共路、无参考面的瞬态、高精度的检测。系统的波前重构理论经过计算机仿真验证,精度达1/1000λ以上;检测结果与ZYGO数字波面干涉仪进行了比对,峰谷值、均方根值均优于1/15λ,并具有很好的可重复性。该系统目前已用于惯性约束聚变系统的脉冲检测,并且该技术适用于各种可见光和红外波段激光。     

Shack-Hartmann波前传感器在光学检验中的应用

介绍用于光学检测的Shack-Hartmann(S-H)波前传感器,以及相应的检测实验结果。在实验室内,通过与Zygo干涉仪的测量结果对比,得出传感器的测量精度优于/50 RMS(=632.8 nm)。在外场利用星光作为光源,对口径1 m、焦距11 m的望远镜进行了系统波像差检验,测量结果为0.39~0.46RMS之间,并随着俯仰角的增加而增大,主要像差形式为三阶像散。     

Optimizing Rayleigh laser guide star range-gate depth during initial loop closing

The use of a Rayleigh laser guide star (LGS) as a wavefront reference for adaptive optics (AO) allows complete control over the distance to, and depth of, the slice of the Rayleigh plume that is selected. By altering the LGS range-gate depth (RGD) and distance at three defined stages during closed-loop operations, the LGS performance can be optimized. For the given example of a 20 km LGS on a 4.2 m telescope the application of this technique would increase the permissible RGD from 200to930 m after optimization. This can allow either an increase in LGS altitude or an increase in wavefront sensor frame rate, thereby increasing AO system performance.     

Ф750mm口径望远镜光学系统的检测(英文)

为了探测更高轨道的空间目标,研制了一台通光口径为Ф750mm的望远镜.该望远镜为主焦点光学系统,由一片二次非球面反射元件和四片透射元件组成,具有大视场(4°),大相对孔径(1∶1.32)和宽光谱(500～800nm)的特点.本文以该望远镜的研制为基础,介绍了其光学系统各个元件的单独检测和系统装调完成后的整体检测方法和过程.采用样板法对系统中的球面透射元件进行了单独检测,采用透射无像差补偿器法对二次非球面反射镜进行了单独检测,采用反射无像差补偿器法对组合起来的透射校正镜组进行了检测,并且对系统装调对准之后的光学系统进行室内平行光管和室外对星观测两种方法进行检测.测量结果均满足设计要求,其中球面透镜的面形误差小于0.1个光圈,反射元件和透射元件非球面表面的面形误差均优于λ/30(λ=632.8nm),透射校正镜组的波像差优于λ/30(λ=632.8nm).光学系统整体检测结果表明,室内和室外检测结果一致,其像面的80%能量集中度直径在4°的全视场范围内均小于2个像元,达到了设计的成像要求.     

贝塞尔高斯涡旋光束在大气湍流中的传输特性

为了探测更高轨道的空间目标,研制了一台通光口径为Ф750 mm的望远镜.该望远镜为主焦点光学系统,由一片二次非球面反射元件和四片透射元件组成,具有大视场(4°),大相对孔径(1∶1.32)和宽光谱(500~800 nm)的特点.本文以该望远镜的研制为基础,介绍了其光学系统各个元件的单独检测和系统装调完成后的整体检测方法和过程.采用样板法对系统中的球面透射元件进行了单独检测,采用透射无像差补偿器法对二次非球面反射镜进行了单独检测,采用反射无像差补偿器法对组合起来的透射校正镜组进行了检测,并且对系统装调对准之后的光学系统进行室内平行光管和室外对星观测两种方法进行检测.测量结果均满足设计要求,其中球面透镜的面形误差小于0.1个光圈,反射元件和透射元件非球面表面的面形误差均优于λ/30(λ=632.8 nm),透射校正镜组的波像差优于λ/30(λ=632.8nm).光学系统整体检测结果表明,室内和室外检测结果一致,其像面的80% 能量集中度直径在4°的全视场范围内均小于2个像元,达到了设计的成像要求.     

基于波长330nm激光激发多色激光导星回波光子数的数值计算与探讨

采用无模激光器发射波长为330 nm的激光激发多色激光导星,需要考虑脉冲激光重频率、激光带宽、激光初始光斑直径以及大气透过率对回波光子数的影响.通过数值模拟,计算了高斯光束的脉冲激光和连续激光激发多色激光导星在实际大气中后向辐射330 nm和2207 nm波长的回波光子数.数值计算结果表明,在垂直发射和接收的情况下,当到达大气中间层的激光能量为1 W时,连续激光能够获得更多的回波光子数,并且回波光子数几乎无起伏.对于脉冲激光,提高脉冲激光重频率达到50 kHz以上时,多色激光导星330 nm的回波光子数随脉冲重频率的增加趋于有限值;当大气能见度小于5 km且大气相干长度为12.8 cm时,大约需要34 W以上的激光发射能量,才能获得满足使用自然星全倾斜探测的330 nm回波光子数.对于连续激光,相同情况下,大约需要20 W以上的激光发射能量.     

Configuration optimization of laser guide stars and wavefront correctors for multi-conjugation adaptive optics

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.     

Reduction of laser spot elongation in adaptive optics

Adaptive optics systems measure the wave front to be corrected by use of a reference source, a star, or a laser beacon. Such laser guide stars are a few kilometers long, and when observed near the edges of large telescopes they appear elongated. This limits their utility significantly. However, with more sophisticated launch optics their shape and length can be controlled. We propose to string around the rim of a telescope a number of small telescopes that will add laser beams in the scattering medium to create a compact spot. The method could also be adapted for ocular adaptive optics.     

Measurement of transient near-infrared laser pulse wavefront with high precision by radial shearing interferometer

It is hard to measure the transient near-infrared pulse laser wavefront in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) system by conventional methods for its short pulse width, large energy, high power and large distortion. A circular radial shearing interferometer based on spatial phase modulation is proposed to measure the transient near-infrared laser pulse wavefront with high precision. Transient, highly precise measurement for near-infrared laser pulse wavefront, with pulse width of nanometer scale and central wavelength of 1064 nm, can be carried out with common path, no reference plane. The theory of wavefront reconstruction has been validated by the computer simulation, and an error less than 1/1000λ is obtained. Comparing with the results of ZYGO interferometer, an error less than 1/15λ for both peak valley and root mean square value, is gained with good repeatability. The system has already been used in the ICF system to test the pulsed laser wavefront, and can also be applied to other lasers of visible and infrared wavelengths.     

自适应光学系统波前校正残余误差的功率谱分析方法

采用比较自适应光学系统闭环校正前后时间功率谱人方法,对自适应光学系统的波前校正残余误差进行了分析。在注意噪块时,实测的闭环波前复原相位误差与「实际波前校正残余误差是有区别的,分析了两者功率谱的差别之后,提出了一种估计实际波前校正残余误差的方法,应用这种方法对１．２米望远镜高分辨力自适应光学系统所采集的复原相位数据方差和波前校正残余误差进行了对比。     

模拟双星的液晶自适应校正分辨

研究了液晶自适应光学系统对模拟双星的校正.首先测定了LCOS液晶波前校正器的位相调制特性.结果表明其可以实现一个波长的调制量.同时,利用Gamma校正实现了位相和灰度级的线性调制关系.然后把液晶波前校正器和哈特曼波前传感器组成自适应光学系统,并和口径220 mm的望远镜对接,实现了对模拟双星的探测和校正分辨.     

自动聚焦激光诱导击穿光谱远程测量系统

激光诱导击穿光谱(LIBS)技术具有非接触测量、无需样品预处理以及快速多元素同时分析等特点,适合于高温、高压、真空、有毒以及敌对环境等仪器和操作人员无法靠近观测对象的应用中。LIBS技术结合望远镜系统可以实现物质成分的远距离检测与分析。搭建了一套可自动聚焦的LIBS远程测量系统。该系统中的望远镜采用Schwarzschild结构,由一块凹球面反射镜和一块凸球面反射镜组成。两块球面反射镜共轴安装。其中凸面反射镜安装在电控精密平移台上,电动平移台可带动凸面反射镜沿光轴移动。通过调整凸面反射镜的位置,改变凸面反射镜和凹面反射镜的间距,进而改变系统的焦距,实现对不同距离的样品进行光谱测量。该结构的优点在于：激光聚焦光路与信号光采集光路相同,便于安装和调试;望远镜系统采用全反射式光路,适用于紫外波段检测;只包括两个球面反射镜,结构紧凑,元件容易加工。望远镜系统调焦距离为1.5～3.6 m,聚焦光斑直径约为0.5~1.0 mm。使用该系统对铜样品进行了LIBS实验,确认了Cu元素的特征谱线。通过测量Cu元素的LIBS特征谱线(Cu Ⅰ 223.01 nm, Cu Ⅰ 224.43 nm)峰面积和反射镜间距之间关系,得到了激光的最优聚焦位置。实验结果表明,该系统能够完成样品的远程激发和LIBS光谱测量,并能够对不同距离的样品进行自动聚焦。