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Durham adaptive optics real-time controller

Basden, Alastair; Geng, Deli; Myers, Richard; Younger, Eddy

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Authors

Deli Geng

Richard Myers

Eddy Younger



Abstract

The Durham adaptive optics (AO) real-time controller was initially a proof of concept design for a generic AO control system. It has since been developed into a modern and powerful central-processing-unit-based real-time control system, capable of using hardware acceleration (including field programmable gate arrays and graphical processing units), based primarily around commercial off-the-shelf hardware. It is powerful enough to be used as the real-time controller for all currently planned 8 m class telescope AO systems. Here we give details of this controller and the concepts behind it, and report on performance, including latency and jitter, which is less than 10 μs for small AO systems.

Citation

Basden, A., Geng, D., Myers, R., & Younger, E. (2010). Durham adaptive optics real-time controller. Applied optics, 49(32), 6354-6363. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.49.006354

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Nov 10, 2010
Deposit Date Jan 30, 2012
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Applied Optics
Print ISSN 0003-6935
Publisher The Optical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 49
Issue 32
Pages 6354-6363
DOI https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.49.006354

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© 2010 The Optical Society. This paper was published in Applied optics and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.49.006354. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.





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