Target-in-the-loop wavefront sensing and control with a Collett-Wolf beacon: speckle-average phase conjugation
Applied Optics, Vol. 48, Issue 1, pp. A13-A29 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.48.000A13
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Abstract
Adaptive optical systems for laser beam projection onto an extended target embedded in an optically inhomogeneous medium are considered. A new adaptive optics wavefront control technique—speckle-average (SA) phase conjugation—is introduced. In this technique mitigation of speckle effects related to laser beam scattering off the rough target surface is achieved by measuring the SA wavefront slopes of the target return wave using a conventional Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor. For statistically representative speckle averaging we consider the generation of an incoherent light source, referred to here as a Collett–Wolf beacon, directly on the target surface using a rapid steering (scanning) auxiliary laser beam. Our numerical simulations and experiment show that control of the outgoing beam phase using SA phase conjugation can lead to efficient compensation of turbulence effects and results in an increase of the projected laser beam power density on a remote extended target. The impact of both target anisoplanatism and the Collett–Wolf beacon size on adaptive system performance is studied.
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OCIS Codes
(010.1080) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Active or adaptive optics
(010.1290) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric optics
(140.3290) Lasers and laser optics : Laser arrays
(140.3510) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, fiber
(140.3298) Lasers and laser optics : Laser beam combining
History
Original Manuscript: June 9, 2008
Revised Manuscript: August 27, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: September 11, 2008
Published: October 27, 2008
Citation
Mikhail A. Vorontsov, Valeriy V. Kolosov, and Ernst Polnau, "Target-in-the-loop wavefront sensing and control with a Collett-Wolf beacon: speckle-average phase conjugation," Appl. Opt. 48, A13-A29 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-48-1-A13
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