Integrated High-Resolution Observing through Turbulence

This research projects develops an integrated approach of
optimization of overall image quality, in which the actions of a
deformable mirror and a post-facto reconstruction algorithm are
combined. The optimized approach will use the wavefront sensor
signal data and deformable mirror signal data as input to
post-facto reconstruction, introduce known phase aberrations
during the real-time correction with the AO system to improve the
performance of the post-facto reconstruction, and the wavefront
aberration information deduced by post-facto reconstruction will
be fed back into the adaptive optics system.

Funding provided by STW