Correcting surface figure error in imaging satellites using a deformable mirror
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Authors
Watson, James J.
Subjects
Segmented mirror telescope
adaptive optics
deformable mirror
surface figure error
adaptive optics
deformable mirror
surface figure error
Advisors
Agrawal, Brij
Kim, Jae Jun
Date of Issue
2013-12
Date
Dec-13
Publisher
Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
A deformable mirror is proposed as a solution to correct aberrations on a satellite primary mirror surface. The deformable mirror is used in a double-pass configuration with an interferometer and a mirror segment on the Naval Postgraduate School Segmented Mirror Telescope to test the ability of a deformable mirror to correct inherent surface figure aberrations of an imaging satellite mirror surface. Manual, iterative feedback, and constrained optimization control methods are used to control the deformable mirror to correct surface figure error on the Segmented Mirror Telescope mirror segments to achieve 55% root mean square improvement for the primary mirror segment surface.
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Thesis
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NPS Outstanding Theses and Dissertations
Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.