Alignment of the Secondary Mirror of a Space Telescope Based on Holographic Modal Wavefront Sensor

Ming Liu, Bing Dong*

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Abstract

On-orbit wavefront sensing is essential for a space telescope to align the mirror. For a space telescope with an active second mirror (SM), we propose an automated alignment method based on the holographic modal wavefront sensor (HMWFS). Compared with the traditional alignment methods that require either an intricate instrument or a lot of iterations to optimize a metric function, only a single-shot image is captured for rapid measurement of the misalignment of the SM in five freedom of degree. The HMWFS is realized by a computer-generated hologram (CGH) into which all aberrations modes caused by the misalignment are encoded. Furthermore, the improved HMWFS applies to both point and extended objects. A kinoform CGH is adopted and the optimization is analyzed. Numerical simulation has been taken to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 7th International Symposium of Space Optical Instruments and Applications - ISSOIA 2022
EditorsH. Paul Urbach, Huilin Jiang
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages355-363
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9789819940974
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event7th International Symposium of Space Optical Instruments and Applications, ISSOIA 2022 - Beijing, China
Duration: 21 Oct 202223 Oct 2022

Publication series

NameSpringer Proceedings in Physics
Volume295
ISSN (Print)0930-8989
ISSN (Electronic)1867-4941

Conference

Conference7th International Symposium of Space Optical Instruments and Applications, ISSOIA 2022
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period21/10/2223/10/22

Keywords

  • Computer-generated hologram
  • Space telescope
  • Wavefront sensing

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