Solar MCAO with a single sensor: simulating tomographic reconstruction with the plenoptic camera

Noelia Martínez; Luis Fernando Rodríguez Ramos

doi:10.1117/12.2310087

11 July 2018 Solar MCAO with a single sensor: simulating tomographic reconstruction with the plenoptic camera

Noelia Martínez, Luis Fernando Rodríguez Ramos

Proceedings Volume 10703, Adaptive Optics Systems VI; 107035G (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2310087
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

Abstract

The Sun is an ideal object for the development of Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) since solar structure provides multiple “guide stars” in any desired configuration. Current MCAO systems imply a number of wavefront sensors, each of them sensing an area of the Sun. The plenoptic camera is a novel concept for wavefront sensing, capable of measuring the tomography of the atmospheric turbulence. By using it, the possibility of a MCAO system with a single sensor becomes a reality. This paper describes the functionality of the plenoptic camera as a tomographic wavefront sensor after implementing it into the OOMAO simulator. Simulation results demonstrate the potential of this sensor to reconstruct atmospheric turbulence in different layers by using a synthetic solar image as a reference.

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Noelia Martínez and Luis Fernando Rodríguez Ramos "Solar MCAO with a single sensor: simulating tomographic reconstruction with the plenoptic camera", Proc. SPIE 10703, Adaptive Optics Systems VI, 107035G (11 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2310087

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