Optical Beam Control Testbeds

Abstract

This paper discusses two optical beam control testbeds developed at the Spacecraft Research and Design Center, Naval Postgraduate School, to evaluate and develop control techniques for jitter and adaptive optics control. The first testbed, a Jitter Control Testbed is used to develop control techniques for optical beam jitter. In the second testbed, the Adaptive Optics Testbed, adaptive optics control techniques are used to control the surfaces of a segmented mirror with the objective of minimizing aberrations in the images. This paper will also discuss the evaluation of different control techniques used in jitter and adaptive optics control.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA601087

Entities

People

  • Brij N. Agrawal
  • Ty Martinez

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Optics
  • Algorithms
  • Astronautics
  • Control Systems
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Deformable Mirrors
  • Detectors
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Notch Filters
  • Space Based
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Surfaces

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
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  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers