The Durham adaptive optics real-time controller: capability and Extremely Large Telescope suitability

Basden, A.G.; Myers, R.M.

Abstract

The Durham adaptive optics real-time controller is a generic, high-performance real-time control system for astronomical adaptive optics systems. It has recently had new features added as well as performance improvements, and here we give details of these, as well as ways in which optimizations can be made for specific adaptive optics systems and hardware implementations. We also present new measurements that show how this real-time control system could be used with any existing adaptive optics system, and also show that when used with modern hardware, it has high enough performance to be used with most Extremely Large Telescope adaptive optics systems.

Citation

Basden, A., & Myers, R. (2012). The Durham adaptive optics real-time controller: capability and Extremely Large Telescope suitability. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 424(2), 1483-1494. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21342.x

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 18, 2012
• Online Publication Date: Aug 1, 2012
• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2012
• Deposit Date: Mar 13, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 22, 2016
• Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• Print ISSN: 0035-8711
• Electronic ISSN: 1365-2966
• Publisher: Royal Astronomical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 424
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 1483-1494
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21342.x
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1495810