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Real-time adaptive optics for high-power laser beam correction in the strong turbulence
A.L. Rukosuev 1, A.N. Nikitin 1, I.V. Galaktionov 1, Y.V. Sheldakova 1, A.V. Kudryashov 1,2

1 M.A. Sadovsii Institute of Geoshpere Dynamics RAS,
119334, Russia, Moscow, Leninsii prospect 38, bld. 1;
2 Moscow Polytechnical University,
107334, Russia, Moscow, Bolshaya Semenovskaya str. 38

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DOI: 10.18287/2412-6179-CO-1352

Pages: 511-518.

Abstract:
A combined adaptive optical system designed to correct the wavefront of light radiation distorted by the influence of strong atmospheric turbulence is presented. The system consists of a beam position stabilizer and a fast adaptive optical system operating in real time. Stabilization of the beam position is carried out by two electronically controlled tilt mirrors. The control loop includes two quadrant sensors and an FPGA (field-programmable gate array) that closes the feedback loop. Using information received from Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor, a bimorph-based adaptive mirror, controlled by another FPGA, is able to compensate for wavefront aberrations for up to 23-th Zernike polynomial in real time. The system was tested under the laboratory turbulence conditions created by a fan heater. The bandwidth of the artificial turbulence in the experiments did not exceed 100 Hz, which corresponds to the average statistical state of the real atmosphere. Results of the correction of the wave front distorted by the artificial turbulence are presented. It is shown that when only a bimorph corrector is used, the value of wavefront tilt angles increases. This presents a certain problem, since a significant part of the turbulence energy falls on the wave front tilts. To address this problem, it is proposed additionally using a system for stabilizing the position of the light beam.

Keywords:
adaptive optical system, atmospheric turbulence, wavefront corrector, Zernike polynomials, computer optics.

Citation:
Rukosuev AL, Nikitin AN, Galaktionov IV, Sheldakova JV, Kudryashov AV. Real-time adaptive optics for high-power laser beam correction in the strong turbulence. Computer Optics 2024; 48(4): 511-518. DOI: 10.18287/2412-6179-CO-1352.

Acknowledgements:
Work on the stabilization of the laser beam (Chapter 1) was funded by the Russian Science Foundation under grant No. 20-19-00597, experiments on the study of artificial turbulence (Chapter 2) were funded from the state assignment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (No. 122032900183-1), experiments with adaptive mirrors were funded under the program of the National Center for Physics and Mathematics, Project “Physics of high energy density”. Stage 2023-2025.

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