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  • Adaptive optics and its applications 
    Mohan, D; Mishra, S. K; Saha, S. K (National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, 2005-06)
    The adaptive optics (AO) system combines technologies that enable corrections in real time for the deleterious effects of the atmosphere allowing terrestrial telescopes to achieve their near diffraction-limit. Such a system ...
  • Characterization of adaptive optics mirrors using long yrace profilometer 
    Saxena, A. K; Chinnappan, V; Ismail Jabilullah, R (Anita Publications, 2004-12)
    A Long Trace Profilometer (LTP) was designed and fabricated in-house primarily to measure the profile of long, non-circularly symmetric grazing incidence optics. This system was used to calibrate the tip-tilt and deformable ...
  • Design and development of closed-loop AO system for 2-m class telescope at IIA 
    Satya Ranjan Behera (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, 2020)
    Adaptive Optics (AO) is a real time wave-front correction technique, through which the light coming from the stars can be corrected for the effects of atmospheric turbulence. This enables the ground based telescope to reach ...
  • Emerging trends of optical interferometry in astronomy 
    Saha, S. K (Astronomical Society of India, 1999)
    The current status of the high spatial resolution imaging interferometry in optical astronomy is reviewed in the light of theoretical explanation, as well as of experimental constraints that exist in the present day ...
  • Extended use of two crossed Babinet compensators for wavefront sensing in adaptive optics 
    Lancelot, J. P; Saxena, A. K (SPIE, 2010-12)
    An extended use of two crossed Babinet compensators as a wavefront sensor for adaptive optics applications is proposed. This method is based on the lateral shearing interferometry technique in two directions. A single ...
  • Extrapolating Zernike Moments to Predict Future Optical Wave-fronts in Adaptive Optics Using Real Time Data Mining 
    Vyas, A; Roopashree, M. B; Prasad, B. R (David Publishing Company, 2011-03)
    We present the details of predicting atmospheric turbulence by mining Zernike moment data obtained from simulations as well as experiments. Temporally correlated optical wave-fronts were simulated such that they followed ...
  • Generation of a Near Infra-Red Guide Star Catalog for Thirty-Meter Telescope Observations 
    Subramanian, S; Subramaniam, A; Simard, L; Gillies, K; Ramaprakash, A. N; Anupama, G. C; Stalin, C. S; Ravindranath, S; Reddy, B. E (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2013-06)
    The requirements for the production of a near Infra-Red Guide Star Catalog (IRGSC) for Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) observations are identified and presented. A methodology to compute the expected J band magnitude of stellar ...
  • Image Quality Specification for Solar Telescopes 
    Saraswathi Kalyani, S; Sridharan, R (Springer, 2023-01)
    Modern large ground-based solar telescopes are invariably equipped with adaptive optics systems to enhance the high angular resolution imaging and spectroscopic capabilities in the presence of Earth's atmospheric turbulence. ...
  • Influence Function Measurement of Continuous Membrane Deformable Mirror Actuators Using Shack Hartmann Sensor 
    Roopashree, M. B; Vyas, A; Prasad, B. R (American Institute of Physics, 2011-10)
    The characterization of a continuous membrane deformable mirror (CDM) involves the measurement of influence function, which quantifies the response of individual actuators to application of different voltages. In this ...
  • The Multi Application Solar Telescope 
    Venkatakrishnan, P; Mathew, S. K; Srivastava, N; Bayanna, A. R; Kumar, B; Ramya, B; Jain, N; Saradava, M (Current Science Association, 2017-08)
    Multi Application Solar Telescope (MAST), a telescope for the detailed study of solar activity, was operationalized at the Udaipur Solar Observatory (USO) of Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), on 16 June 2015. This ...
  • Performance Evaluation of Adaptive Optics Systems 
    Sridharan, R; Raja Bayanna, A; Srivastava, N; Kumar, B; Ravindra, B; Gupta, S. K; Jain, N; Ambastha, A; Venkatakrishnan, P (Astronomical Society of India, 2003)
    Adaptive Optics (AO) systems improve the resolution of ground based telescopes and allow for long exposure images. Their performance depends on the seeing conditions at the time of observations. In this paper, we evaluate ...
  • A road map for the generation of a near-infrared guide star catalog for thirty meter telescope observations 
    Subramanian, S; Subramaniam, A; Sivarani, T; Simard, Luc; Anupama, G. C; Gillies, Kim; Ramaprakash, A. N; Reddy, B. E (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2016-09)
    The near-infrared instruments in the upcoming Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) will be assisted by a multi conjugate Adaptive Optics (AO) system. For the efficient operation of the AO system, during observations, a near-infrared ...
  • Scalable platform for adaptive optics real-time control, part 1: concept, architecture, and validation 
    Surendran, Avinash; Burse, Mahesh P.; Ramaprakash, A. N; Paul, Jyotirmay; Das, Hillol K.; Parihar, P. S (SPIE-Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 2018-07)
    We demonstrate an architecture for adaptive optics (AO) control based on field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), making active use of their configurable parallel processing capability. The unique capabilities of scalable ...
  • Scalable platform for adaptive optics real-time control, part 2: field programmable gate array implementation and performance 
    Surendran, Avinash; Burse, Mahesh P.; Ramaprakash, A. N; Parihar, P. S (SPIE-Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 2018-07)
    The next generation of adaptive optics (AO) systems on large telescopes will require immense computation performance and memory bandwidth, both of which are challenging with the technology available today. The objective ...
  • SCALES on Keck: optical design 
    Kupke, Renate; Stelter, R. Deno; Hasan, Amirul; Surya, Arun; Kain, Isabel; Briesemeister, Zackery; Li, Jialin; Hinz, Phil; Skemer, Andrew; Gerard, Benjamin; Dillon, Daren; Ratliff, Christopher (SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2022-08)
    SCALES is a high-contrast, infrared coronagraphic imager and integral field spectrograph (IFS) to be deployed behind the W.M. Keck Observatory adaptive optics system. A reflective optical design allows diffraction-limited ...
  • W. M. Keck observatory instrumentation status and future direction 
    Kassis, Marc; Allen, Steven L; Alverez, Carlos; Baker, Ashley; Banyal, Ravinder K; Bertz, Robert; Beichman, Charles; Brown, Aaron; Brown, Matthew; Bundy, Kevin; Cabak, Gerald; Cetre, Sylvain; Chin, Jason; Chun, Mark R; Cooke, Jeff; Delorme, Jacques; Deich, William; Dekany, Richard G; Devenot, Mark; Doppmann, Greg; Edelstein, Jerry; Fitzgerald, Michael P; Fucik, Jason R; Gao, Maodong; Gibson, Steve; Gillingham, Peter R; Gomez, Percy; Gottschalk, Colby; Halverson, Sam; Hill, Grant; Hinz, Philip; Holden, Bradford P; Howard, Andrew W; Jones, Tucker; Jovanovic, Nemanja; Kirby, Evan; Krishnan, Shanti; Kupke, Renate; Lanclos, Kyle; Larkin, James E; Leifer, Stephanie D; Lewis, Hilton A; Lilley, Scott; Lu, Jessica R; Lyke, James E; MacDonald, Nicholas; Martin, Christopher; Mather, John; Matuszewski, Mateusz; Mawet, Dimitri; McCarney, Ben; McGurk, Rosalie; Marin, Eduardo; Millar-Blanchaer, Maxwell A; Nance, Craig; Nash, Reston B; Neill, James D; O'Meara, John M; Peretz, Eliad; Poppett, Claire; Konopacky, Quinn; Radovan, Matthew V; Ragland, Sam; Rider, Kodi; Roberts, Mitsuko; Rockosi, Constance; Rubenzahl, Ryan; Sallum, Stephanie; Sandford, Dale; Savage, Maureen; Simha, Sunil; Skemer, Andy J; Steidel, Charles C; Stelter, Richard D; Surendran, Avinash; Walawender, Josh; Westfall, Kyle B; Wizinowich, Peter; Wright, Shelley; Yeh, Sherry (Wiley-VCH GmbH, 2023-10)
    Since the start of science operations in 1993, the twin 10-m W. M. Keck Observatory (WMKO) telescopes have continued to maximize their scientific impact and to produce transformative discoveries that keep the observing ...
  • Wind speed measurement from Shack Hartmann Wavefront Sensor data: An experimental review of cross-correlation peak detection 
    Roopashree, M. B; Vyas, A; Prasad, B. R (ACEEE, USA, 2011)
    The mean velocity of the atmospheric wind is an important parameter in characterizing the turbulence above an astronomical telescope. Real-time wind velocity measurement is exceedingly essential to update the design metrics ...

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