Infrared wavefronts on Mauna Kea

Martyn Wells; Thomas W. Nicholls; Nicholas J. Wooder; Ian H. Munro; Christopher Dainty

doi:10.1117/12.217744

25 August 1995 Infrared wavefronts on Mauna Kea

Martyn Wells, Thomas W. Nicholls, Nicholas J. Wooder, Ian H. Munro, Christopher Dainty

Proceedings Volume 2534, Adaptive Optical Systems and Applications; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.217744
Event: SPIE's 1995 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A novel form of Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor is described which can be used in existing infrared and visible cameras with only minimal disturbance to their optics. Such a device has been installed in IRCAM3, the common-user IR camera on UKIRT (United Kingdom Infrared Telescope). The camera's fast readout electronics and a purpose built data storage system allows the wavefront slopes to be measured in 25 sub-apertures at frame rates of between 30 and 100 per second. The first spatially and temporally resolved IR wavefront measurements are presented and an outline is given of the use of this wavefront sensor for long term monitoring on both Mauna Kea, Hawaii and La Palma, Canary Islands.

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Martyn Wells, Thomas W. Nicholls, Nicholas J. Wooder, Ian H. Munro, and Christopher Dainty "Infrared wavefronts on Mauna Kea", Proc. SPIE 2534, Adaptive Optical Systems and Applications, (25 August 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.217744

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