Correction Of Static Aberrations Research Articles

Advanced Phase Diversity Method for telescope static aberration compensation

Accurate calibration is essential for high-performance Adaptive Optics (AO) systems in astronomy. This paper presents a novel methodology for AO systems calibration that preserves the optical path integrity while achieving high-quality results. By eliminating the need for optical modifications, this approach simplifies system complexity and accounts for all static aberrations. The main novelty of this proposal is an advanced Phase Diversity (PD) method for estimating static optical aberrations. Unlike conventional PD techniques, this approach uses the AO system’s deformable mirror to introduce different diversities, eliminating the need for additional calibration hardware. Furthermore, the optimizer Adam is introduced for the first time in this field to estimate the optical aberrations. To evaluate the performance of this new methodology, a set of experiments under varying operating conditions and optimization parameters has been conducted. Results demonstrated that the presented methodology is capable of providing diffraction-limited corrected images with a Strehl Ratio (SR) exceeding 0.80 within 2 min. Furthermore, employing a Manhattan distance-based error function effectively balanced estimation speed and accuracy. The method demonstrated effectiveness across a wide range of aberration magnitudes, achieving an error of 3 nm in the best scenarios. This proposal represents an advancement in the identification and correction of static aberrations in telescope optical systems, directly improving the acquisition of high-quality references for AO sensing.

Staticaberration correction technique for adaptive optics system based on focal-plane copy approach

The predecessor of China Optics was China Optics and Applied Optics Digest, which was founded in 1985. At that time, it was the only retrieval journal in the field of optics in China. At the end of 2008, China Optics and Applied Optics Digest was renamed

Staticaberration correction technique for adaptive optics system based on focal-plane copyapproach

Staticaberration correction technique for adaptive optics system based on focal-plane copyapproach

High speed wavefront sensorless aberration correction in digital micromirror based confocal microscopy.

The quality of fluorescence microscopy images is often impaired by the presence of sample induced optical aberrations. Adaptive optical elements such as deformable mirrors or spatial light modulators can be used to correct aberrations. However, previously reported techniques either require special sample preparation, or time consuming optimization procedures for the correction of static aberrations. This paper reports a technique for optical sectioning fluorescence microscopy capable of correcting dynamic aberrations in any fluorescent sample during the acquisition. This is achieved by implementing adaptive optics in a non conventional confocal microscopy setup, with multiple programmable confocal apertures, in which out of focus light can be separately detected, and used to optimize the correction performance with a sampling frequency an order of magnitude faster than the imaging rate of the system. The paper reports results comparing the correction performances to traditional image optimization algorithms, and demonstrates how the system can compensate for dynamic changes in the aberrations, such as those introduced during a focal stack acquisition though a thick sample.

A 45-element continuous facesheet surface micromachined deformable mirror for optical aberration correction

A 45-element continuous facesheet surface micromachined deformable mirror (DM) is presented and is fabricated using the PolyMUMPs multi-user micro-electro-mechanical system processes. The effects of the structural parameters on the characteristics of the DM, such as its stroke, frequency and actuator coupling, are analyzed. In addition, the DM design has also been verified through experimental testing. This DM prototype has a surface figure of 0.5 μm and a fill factor of 95%. The DM can provide a 0.6 μm stroke with 5.9% actuator coupling. A static aberration correction based on this DM is also demonstrated, which acts as a reference for the potential adaptive optics (AO) applications of the device.

Diffraction theory analysis and numerical simulation of non-modulation two-sided pyramid wavefront sensor

Two-sided pyramid wavefront sensor (TSPWFS) is a kind of wavefront sensor with high spatial resolution and light energy utilization. To deeply study the principle of wavefront reconstruction of this wavefront sensor using wave optics theory, this paper deduces the diffraction theory of non-modulation TSPWFS and gives the analytic solution of linear reconstruction matrix for wavefront reconstruction. With numerical simulation the optimal distance between adjacent pupil image centers was determined. Also, wavefront reconstruction and closed-loop correction of static aberrations by using non-modulation TSPWFS as a wavefront sensor were simulated. The results show that non-modulation TSPWFS has three main advantages. i.e., it does not require measuring the response matrix in real optical setup, and can correct the optical systemic aberration, and can achieve stable closed-loop correction result. Additionally, non-modulation TSPWFS can be applied to a real adaptive optics system to detect wavefront.

Conformal optical design with combination of static and dynamic aberration corrections

Conformal domes that are shaped to meet aerodynamic requirements can increase range and speed for the host platform. Because these domes typically deviate greatly from spherical surface descriptions, a variety of aberrations are induced which vary with the field-of-regard (FOR) angle. A system for correcting optical aberrations created by a conformal dome has an outer surface and an inner surface. Optimizing the inner surface is regard as static aberration correction. A deformable mirror is placed at the position of the secondary mirror in the two-mirror all reflective imaging system, which is the dynamic aberration correction. An ellipsoidal MgF2 conformal dome with a fineness ratio of 1.0 is designed as an example. The FOR angle is 0°− 30°, and the design wavelength is 4 μm. After the optimization at 7 zoom positions by using the design tools Code V, the root-mean-square (RMS) spot size is reduced to approximately 0.99 to 1.48 times the diffraction limit. The design results show that the performances of the conformal optical systems can be greatly improved by the combination of the static correction and the dynamic correction.

Closed-loop adaptive optics in the human eye

We have developed a prototype apparatus for real-time closed-loop measurement and correction of aberrations in the human eye. The apparatus uses infrared light to measure the wave-front aberration at 25 Hz with a Hartmann-Shack sensor. Defocus is removed by a motorized optometer, and higher-order aberrations are corrected by a membrane deformable mirror. The device was first tested with an artificial eye. Correction of static aberrations takes approximately five iterations, making the system capable of following aberration changes at 5 Hz. This capability allows one to track most of the aberration dynamics in the eye. Results in living eyes showed effective closed-loop correction of aberrations, with a residual uncorrected wave front of 0.1microm for a 4.3-mm pupil diameter. Retinal images of a point source in different subjects with and without adaptive correction of aberrations were estimated in real time. The results demonstrate real-time closed-loop correction of aberration in the living eye. An application of this device is as electro-optic "spectacles" to improve vision.