Simulations of adaptive optics systems on 30-m-class telescopes

Matthew C. Britton; Richard G. Dekany

doi:10.1117/12.489822

30 July 2002 Simulations of adaptive optics systems on 30-m-class telescopes

Proceedings Volume 4757, Integrated Modeling of Telescopes; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.489822
Event: Workshop on Integrated Modeling of Telescopes, 2002, Lund, Sweden

Abstract

In this paper we describe the development of a C++ class library for the simulation of adaptive optics systems. This library includes functionality to simulate the propagation of electromagnetic waves through a randomly generated turbulent atmosphere and through an adaptive optical system. It includes support for extended emitters and laser guide stars, and for different types of wavefront sensors and reconstructors. The library also aims to support parallelization of simulations across symmetric multiprocessor and cluster supercomputers.

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Matthew C. Britton and Richard G. Dekany "Simulations of adaptive optics systems on 30-m-class telescopes", Proc. SPIE 4757, Integrated Modeling of Telescopes, (30 July 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.489822

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