• DocumentCode
    347759
  • Title

    Compensator design for the ALFA adaptive optics system

  • Author

    Looze, Douglas P. ; Beker, Orhan ; Kaspar, Markus ; Hippler, Stephan

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    291
  • Abstract
    Presents the existing compensation designs for the ALFA adaptive optics system that is implemented on the 3.5 m telescope at the Calar Alto observatory (operated by the Max-Planck Institut f¨ur Astronomie (MPIA) in Spain). The ALFA system uses a modal compensation architecture. This architecture is presented with the objective of highlighting the modal compensation design problem. The compensator design is developed. The paper presents both comparative-and scientific results obtained with the compensator designs
  • Keywords
    adaptive optics; astronomical telescopes; compensation; feedback; ALFA adaptive optics system; Calar Alto observatory; astronomical telescopes; compensation designs; modal compensation architecture; Adaptive optics; Apertures; Control systems; Mirrors; Observatories; Optical design; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Shape control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Control Applications, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kohala Coast, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5446-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CCA.1999.806645
  • Filename
    806645
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=347759