Phasing the Mirror Segments of the Keck Telescopes: The Broadband Phasing Algorithm
Applied Optics, Vol. 37, Issue 1, pp. 140-155 (1998)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.37.000140
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Abstract
To achieve its full diffraction limit in the infrared, the primary mirror of the Keck telescope (now telescopes) must be properly phased: The steps or piston errors between the individual mirror segments must be reduced to less than 100 nm. We accomplish this with a wave optics variation of the Shack–Hartmann test, in which the signal is not the centroid but rather the degree of coherence of the individual subimages. Using filters with a variety of coherence lengths, we can capture segments with initial piston errors as large as ∓30 μm and reduce these to 30 nm—a dynamic range of 3 orders of magnitude. Segment aberrations contribute substantially to the residual errors of ~75 nm.
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OCIS Codes
(010.7350) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Wave-front sensing
(040.1240) Detectors : Arrays
(120.5050) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Phase measurement
Citation
Gary Chanan, Mitchell Troy, Frank Dekens, Scott Michaels, Jerry Nelson, Terry Mast, and David Kirkman, "Phasing the Mirror Segments of the Keck Telescopes: The Broadband Phasing Algorithm," Appl. Opt. 37, 140-155 (1998)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-37-1-140
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