Friday, July 20, 2012

1207.4581 (Juliette Voyez et al.)

Accurate measurement of Cn2 profile with Shack-Hartmann data    [PDF]

Juliette Voyez, Clélia Robert, Vincent Michau, Jean Marc Conan, Thierry Fusco
The precise reconstruction of the turbulent volume is a key point in the development of new-generation Adaptive Optics systems. We propose a new Cn2 profilometry method named CO-SLIDAR (COupled Slope and scIntillation Detection And Ranging), that uses correlations of slopes and scintillation indexes recorded on a Shack-Hartmann from two separated stars. CO-SLIDAR leads to an accurate Cn2 retrieval for both low and high altitude layers. Here, we present an end-to-end simulation of the Cn2 profile measurement. Two Shack-Hartmann geometries are considered. The detection noises are taken into account and a method to subtract the bias is proposed. Results are compared to Cn2 profiles obtained from correlations of slopes only or correlations of scintillation indexes only.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.4581

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