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Imaging with an Array of Adaptive Subapertures
Optics Letters
  • Mathieu Aubailly, University of Maryland at College Park
  • Mikhail Vorontsov, University of Dayton
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Abstract

An imaging system composed of an array of adaptive optics subapertures referred to as a conformal imaging system is considered. A conformal image of an object viewed through atmospheric turbulence is obtained using the following sequential steps: adaptive compensation of phase distortions through optimization of image quality metrics at each subaperture, measurements of the phase and intensity distributions corresponding to the compensated subaperture images, digital combining and processing of the obtained data, computation of a conformal image using arbitrary phase shifts between subapertures, and correction of these phase shifts through conformal image quality optimization using the stochastic parallel gradient descent algorithm. Numerical simulation results of a dual-star conformal image through atmospheric turbulence are presented.

Inclusive pages
10-12
ISBN/ISSN
0146-9592
Comments

© 2008 Optical Society of America. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modifications of the content of this paper are prohibited.

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Publisher
Optical Society of America
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Citation Information
Mathieu Aubailly and Mikhail Vorontsov. "Imaging with an Array of Adaptive Subapertures" Optics Letters Vol. 33 Iss. 1 (2008)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mikhail_vorontsov/37/