ASTR 289 - Adaptive Optics

UC Santa Cruz

Dept of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy 289, Winter 2020

Adaptive Optics and its Applications

FINAL EXAM - CLICK HERE

WHEN AND WHERE:
January 9th 2020 through March 10th, 2020

LECTURES:
Tu Th 9:50 - 11:25 AM
Center for Adaptive Optics
Conference Room (top floor)

UC Santa Cruz

Neptune with and without AO

INSTRUCTOR: CLAIRE MAX

Office: ISB 379
Phone: (831) 459-2991
email: max at ucolick.org

OFFICE HOURS :
Tu Th noon - 1:00 PM

Either in CfAO Conference Room or in my office, Interdisciplinary Science Bldg 379

Required Text:

Field Guide to Astronomical Instrumentation by Keller, Navarro, and Brandl

Available from SPIE

Syllabus: click here

Links to other lectures/tutorials on Adaptive Optics

General Adaptive Optics links

Links to information about Concept Maps

Reading Assignments Obtain from Canvas at UCSC of via email from Professor
	Due
Reading 1	January 9th	"Adaptive Optics for Astronomy" by Richard Davies and Markus Kasper, Annual Reviews of Astronomy and Astrophysics 2012, 50, pages 305-351.
Reading 2	January 14th	Max_Adaptive_Optics_Intro_v1.pdf Quirrenbach.chapter.pdf
Reading 3	January 23rd	Review Reading 2 carefully
Reading 4	January 28th	Read Excerpts from Brandt and McLean (see Canvas or pw protected email). Pay special attention to McLean section 9.9
Reading 5
Reading 6	February 20	Rigaut (MCAO), Hubin (GLAO), Gendron (MOAO)
Reading 7
Reading 8
Reading 9
Reading 10
Reading 11

Homework Assignments
	Due date	PDF Files	WORD Files	Solutions
Homework 1: Tell me a bit about yourself	January 14th		Homework1_2020.docx	n/a
Homework 2: Optics; turbulence parameters	January 30th	Homework2_2020.pdf	Homework2_2020.docx
Homework 3:
Homework 4:
Project Final Report Instructions

Lectures Version 1 (topics, dates, lectures may change) Note: you are welcome to use slides and figures from these lectures in your own presentations, under the condition that you include the words ''Credit: Claire E. Max, UCSC'' somewhere on your slide

	Lecturer	PDF Files	PPT Files	Other Files and notes

January 9 Lecture 1: Introduction to adaptive optics; Overview of course	Max	Lecture 1	Lecture 1

January 14 Lecture 2: Atmospheric Turbulence: Sources, Kolmogorov turbulence	Max	Lecture 2	Lecture 2	Videos and Animated GIFs Kelvin Helmholtz SOR SCIDAR Siding Spring SCIDAR

January 16 Lecture 3: Geometrical Optics	Hinz	Lecture 3

January 21 Lecture 4: Physical Optics and Deformable Mirrors	Hinz	Lecture 4

January 23 Lecture 5: Imaging through Turbulence	Max	Lecture 5	Lecture 5	D=1m D=2m D=8m

January 28 Lecture 6: Signal to Noise Ratio and Detectors	Max	Lecture 6	Lecture 6	D=1m D=2m D=8m

January 30 Lecture 7: Error Budgets, Class Projects Intro	Max	Lecture 7 - Error Budgets Class Projects Intro	Lecture 7 - Error Budgets Class Projects Intro


February 4 Lecture 8: Wavefront Sensing	Max	Lecture 8 - Wavefront Sensing	Lecture 8 - Wavefront Sensing	Solar Granulation from DKIST Full Field Zoomed in

February 6 Lecture 9:: Laser Guide Stars; Class Project Starters (in class)	Max	Lecture 9 - Laser Guide Stars Project Starters	Lecture 9 - Laser Guide Stars Project Starters

February 11 Lecture 10: AO Control Systems; Class Projects Focused Investigation (in class)	Max	Lecture 10 - Control Systems Lecture 10 - Class Projects	Lecture 10 - Control Systems Lecture 10 - Class Projects

February 13 Lecture 11: Wavefront Reconstruction	Jensen-Clem	Lecture 11 - Wavefront Reconstruction v2	Lecture 11 - Wavefront Reconstruction v2

February 18 Lecture 12: Second half of laser lecture; AO Optimization; Class projects: Performance requirements first draft due	Max	Lecture 12 Part1: Laser Guide Stars Lecture 12 Part 2: Optimization	Lecture 12 Part 1 Laser Guide Stars Lecture 12 Part 2: Optimization

February 20 Lecture 13: LGS tomography, LTAO, MCAO, MOAO, GLAO Class Projects: Discuss Performance Requirements, Begin AO System Design	Max	Lecture 13 Part 1 - Tomography Lecture 13 Part 2 - Projects	Lecture 13 Part 1 - Tomography Lecture 13 Part 2 - Projects

February 25 Lecture 14: Extreme AO for High Contrast	Max	Lecture 14 Extreme AO Project Presentations Written Report Instructions Written Report Rubric	Lecture 14 Extreme AO

February 27 Lecture 15: How to be a savvy user and consumer of AO	Max	Lecture 15 Savvy User	Lecture 15 Savvy User

March 3 AO Demonstrator Lab	Hinz

March 5 Lecture 16: AO for Vision Science	Max	Lecture 16 AO for Vision Science	Lecture 16 AO for Vision Science

March 10 Lecture 17: Class Project Presentations in class	Max

March 12: Summarizing main points of class; synthesis of class projects	Max


March 16-20 Exam period: there will be a take-home exam. Written project reports will be due at end of exam period.

This material is based in part upon work supported by the National Science Foundation.

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.