Multi-cascade image correction system for the Large Solar Vacuum Telescope

V. P. Lukin; N. N. Botygina; L. V. Antoshkin; A. G. Borzilov; O. N. Emaleev; P. A. Konyaev; P. G. Kovadlo; D. Yu. Kolobov; A. Yu. Schikhovtcev; S. A. Chuprakov

doi:10.1117/12.2561888

13 December 2020 Multi-cascade image correction system for the Large Solar Vacuum Telescope

V. P. Lukin, N. N. Botygina, L. V. Antoshkin, A. G. Borzilov, O. N. Emaleev, P. A. Konyaev, P. G. Kovadlo, D. Yu. Kolobov, A. Yu. Schikhovtcev, S. A. Chuprakov

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Proceedings Volume 11448, Adaptive Optics Systems VII; 114485E (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561888
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2020, Online Only

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A multi-cascade adaptive optical system for imaging and image stabilization for the Large Solar Vacuum Telescope is described. This system was created in 2017 by specialists of the V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS, Tomsk, with the technical support of the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SB RAS, Irkutsk. The system has been tested at the Large Solar Vacuum Telescope (Baikal Astrophysical Observatory) and demonstrated its efficiency. Along with the first cascade of adaptive image stabilization by a tip-tilt corrected mirror, this system employs the second imaging cascade based on correction with a flexible mirror controlled by a specialized wavefront sensor, as well as the third cascade for real-time post-detector processing of video camera frames. Reliable experimental data confirming the efficiency of the multi-cascade adaptive system for image formation and stabilization have been obtained. Three highrate digital video cameras recording simultaneously digital images with rates from 300 to 980 frames per second were used to test the system. The mirror correcting wavefront tilts and operating in a closed optical feedback loop was controlled by the specially developed software including the fast correlation tracking algorithm. The post-detector digital imaging was performed with a special software for processing of video camera frames in real time with the use of modern high-speed parallel algorithms based on the Intel MKL and IPP libraries.

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V. P. Lukin, N. N. Botygina, L. V. Antoshkin, A. G. Borzilov, O. N. Emaleev, P. A. Konyaev, P. G. Kovadlo, D. Yu. Kolobov, A. Yu. Schikhovtcev, and S. A. Chuprakov "Multi-cascade image correction system for the Large Solar Vacuum Telescope", Proc. SPIE 11448, Adaptive Optics Systems VII, 114485E (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561888

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