Focal-plane wavefront sensing for active optics in the VST based on an analytical optical aberration model

R. Holzlöhner; S. Taubenberger; A. P. Rakich; L. Noethe; P. Schipani; K. Kuijken

doi:10.1117/12.2234398

8 August 2016 Focal-plane wavefront sensing for active optics in the VST based on an analytical optical aberration model

R. Holzlöhner, S. Taubenberger, A. P. Rakich, L. Noethe, P. Schipani, K. Kuijken

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Proceedings Volume 9906, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI; 99066E (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234398
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

We study a novel focal plane wavefront sensing and active optics control scheme at the VST on Cerro Paranal, an f/5.5 survey telescope with a 1x1 degree field of view and a 2.6m primary mirror. This scheme analyzes the elongation pattern of stellar PSFs across the full science image (256 Mpixels) and compares their second moments with an analytical model based on 5th-order geometrical optics. We consider 11 scalar degrees of freedom in mirror misalignments and deformations (M2 piston, tip/tilt and lateral displacement, detector tip/tilt, plus M1 figure astigmatism and trefoil). Using a numerical optimization method, we extract up to 4000 stars and complete the fitting process in under one minute. We demonstrate successful closed-loop active optics control based on maximum likelihood filtering.

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R. Holzlöhner, S. Taubenberger, A. P. Rakich, L. Noethe, P. Schipani, and K. Kuijken "Focal-plane wavefront sensing for active optics in the VST based on an analytical optical aberration model", Proc. SPIE 9906, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI, 99066E (8 August 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234398

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