Adaptive Beaming and Imaging in the Turbulent AtmosphereDue to the wide application of adaptive optical systems, an understanding of optical wave propagation in randomly inhomogeneous media has become essential, and several numerical models of individual AOS components and of efficient correction algorithms have been developed. This monograph contains detailed descriptions of the mathematical experiments that were designed and carried out during more than a decade's worth of research. |
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aberrations adaptive correction adaptive optics systems adaptive system algorithm altitude angular anisoplanatism aperture aperture diameter approximation atmospheric turbulence auxiliary telescopes B.V. Fortes Beam Propagation bistatic scheme calculated coefficients coherence length complex amplitude considered correlation function corresponding cross section D/ro diffraction diffraction-limited dislocations efficiency emitting aperture entrance pupil estimate focused Fourier transform Gaussian beam integral intensity distribution jitter Kmax laser beam laser guide star main telescope method mirror modal corrector nonlinear numerical experiment numerical simulation obtained optical transfer function optical wave optimal outer scale parameters path phase conjugation phase correction phase distortions problem PSF width radiation radius reference beam reference source reference wave refractive index residual resolution scale of turbulence Shack-Hartmann spatial spectral spectrum Strehl ratio subaperture thermal blooming thermal lens tilt turbulent atmosphere turbulent distortions V.P. Lukin variance vector wave propagation wavefront sensor Xobj Xref Zernike polynomials