First adaptive optics control of laser beam based on interferometric phase-front detection

Year: 2005

Authors: Avino S., Calloni E., Baker J.T., Barone F., De Rosa R., Di Fiore L., Milano L., Restaino S.R.

Autors Affiliation: Università Federico II di Napoli, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant’Angelo, via Cinthia, Naples, Italy;
INFN, sez. di Napoli, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant’Angelo, via Cinthia, Naples, Italy;
Boeing-LTS, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico 87117, USA;
Università degli Studi di Salerno, Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, via Ponte don Melillo, Fisciano Salerno, Italy;
Naval Research Laboratory, Remote Sensing Division Code 7215 c/o AFRL/DEBS KAFB, New Mexico 87117, USA;

Abstract: We present an adaptive optics (AO) system for the control of geometrical fluctuations in a laser beam based on the interferometric detection of phase front. By comparison with the usual Shack-Hartmann and phase diversity based AO systems, we show that this technique is of particular interest when high sensitivity and high bandpass are required for correction of small perturbations like, for instance, the control of the input laser beam of gravitational waves interferometric detectors. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.

Journal/Review: REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Volume: 76 (8)      Pages from: 083119-1  to: 083119-4

KeyWords: Gravitational waves; Adaptive optics; Laser interferometry
DOI: 10.1063/1.2010625

Citations: 7
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