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Stabilization of Astronomic Images Using a Controlled Flat Mirror

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A prototype of a key element of adaptive-optics systems — a controlled flat mirror used to correct light beam tilts — was designed. An algorithm for correcting atmospheric distortions of low-intensity light waves and real-time software were developed. In laboratory experiments, a value of 100 Hz was achieved for the bandwidth of a closed-loop system. The efficiency of the developed software was confirmed by daytime observations of stars.

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  1. Research Institute of the Luch Research and Production Association, ul. Zheleznodorozhnaya 24, Podolsk 142100 Moscow Region, Russia

    S. Yu. Bokalo, I. M. Bokashov, D. M. Lyakhov, S. V. Pikulev & A. V. Chernykh

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Original Russian Text © S.Yu. Bokalo, I.M. Bokashov, D.M. Lyakhov, S.V. Pikulev, A.V. Chernykh, 2018, published in Avtometriya, 2018, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 54–60.

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Bokalo, S.Y., Bokashov, I.M., Lyakhov, D.M. et al. Stabilization of Astronomic Images Using a Controlled Flat Mirror. Optoelectron.Instrument.Proc. 54, 46–51 (2018). https://doi.org/10.3103/S8756699018010089

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