Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 4, 0407001(2024)

Tip-Tilt Error Detection for Segments via Phase Transfer Function

Lu Zhang1,2, Weirui Zhao1,2、*, Yuejin Zhao1,2, and Juan Liu1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 2Beijing Key Laboratory for Precision Optoelectronic Measurement Instrument and Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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    Diagram of tip-tilt error detection for segmented telescope
    tip-tilt error detection model of two segments
    Distributions of PTF side-lobes with different cophase errors. (a) Piston error is 0.2λ,tip-tilt error is 0; (b) Piston error is 0.2λ,tip error is 0.1475(0.1λ), tilt error is 0; (c) Piston error is 0, tip error is 1.1602(0.8λ), tilt error is 0
    Simulation results of small tip-tilt error. (a) Relationship between settled tip-tilt and measured tip-tilt; (b) measured error of tip-tilt
    Simulation results of large tip-tilt error. (a) Comparison between settled tip-tilt and measured tip-tilt; (b) measured error of tip-tilt error
    Experimental platform of cophase imaging with segmented mirrors
    Diagram of redesigned diaphragm configuration
    PSF of three segment system
    PTF distribution and side-lobe. (a) PTF distribution; (b) wavefront of side-lobe b
    • Table 1. tip-tilt errors of segments 2 and 3 measured by centroid detection method

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      Table 1. tip-tilt errors of segments 2 and 3 measured by centroid detection method

      Experiment No.Tip error of segment 2Tilt error of segment 2Tip error of segment 3Tilt error of segment 3
      10.19010.20360.15570.1822
      20.17220.24450.18620.1701
      30.46310.39100.44620.3791
      40.69360.75340.70480.7470
      51.02401.06960.99461.0503
      61.20211.25591.19841.2553
      71.44021.52321.41741.5101
      81.58131.68161.58991.6895
      91.85361.81011.79781.8547
      101.96642.03761.97712.0396
    • Table 2. tip-tilt errors of segments 2 and 3 measured by tip-tilt detection method based on PTF

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      Table 2. tip-tilt errors of segments 2 and 3 measured by tip-tilt detection method based on PTF

      Experiment No.Tip error of segment 2Tilt error of segment 2Tip error of segment 3Tilt error of segment 3
      10.17660.21790.16570.1662
      20.15740.26840.19140.1609
      30.49190.41160.43700.3688
      40.72220.76150.67610.7344
      51.00051.06350.97261.0290
      61.19241.24011.17651.2447
      71.41831.50011.41121.4936
      81.57101.66311.57311.6643
      91.84341.78691.81121.8664
      101.95532.01722.00012.0516
    • Table 3. Error between measured results of two methods

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      Table 3. Error between measured results of two methods

      Experiment No.Tip error of segment 2Tilt error of segment 2Tip error of segment 3Tilt error of segment 3
      10.0135-0.0143-0.00100.0160
      20.0148-0.0239-0.00520.0092
      3-0.0288-0.02060.00920.0103
      4-0.0286-0.00810.02870.0126
      50.02350.00610.00220.0213
      60.00970.01580.02190.0106
      70.02190.02310.00620.0165
      80.01030.01850.01680.0252
      90.01020.0232-0.0134-0.0117
      100.01100.0204-0.0230-0.0120
    • Table 4. Measured error (RMS) of tip under different signal-to-noise ratio of CCD

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      Table 4. Measured error (RMS) of tip under different signal-to-noise ratio of CCD

      Signal-to-noise ratio of CCD /dBRMS of tip error /λRMS of tip error /(''
      100.33430.4848
      150.14890.2159
      200.12280.1781
      250.10510.1524
      300.00340.0049
      353.33×10-44.82×10-4
      402.06×10-42.98×10-4
      454.26×10-56.17×10-5
      501.06×10-51.53×10-5
      552.89×10-64.19×10-6
    • Table 5. Measured RMS of tip error under different segment′s figure RMS error

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      Table 5. Measured RMS of tip error under different segment′s figure RMS error

      RMS of figure error /λRMS of tip error /λ

      RMS of tip

      error /(''

      0.010.00640.0092
      0.020.01270.0184
      0.030.01910.0277
      0.040.02550.0370
      0.050.03190.0463
      0.060.03830.0554
      0.070.04470.0648
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    Paper Information

    Category: Fourier optics and signal processing

    Received: Sep. 21, 2023

    Accepted: Dec. 13, 2023

    Published Online: Feb. 29, 2024

    The Author Email: Zhao Weirui (zwrei@bit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS231592

    CSTR:32393.14.AOS231592

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