Using DARC in a Multi-Object AO Bench and in a Dome Seeing Instrument

Saez N.; Basden A.; Guzman D.; Dubost, N; Berdja, A.

Keywords: adaptive optics, multi-object adaptive optics, Real-time control, DARC, Charge Coupled Device

Abstract

The Durham adaptive Optics Real Time Controller (DARC)(1) is a real-time system for astronomical adaptive optics systems originally developed at Durham University and in use for the CANARY instrument. One of its main strengths is to be a generic and high performance real-time controller running on an off-the-shelf Linux computer. We are using DARC for two different implementations: BEAGLE,(2) a Multi-Object AO (MOAO) bench system to experiment with novel tomographic reconstructors and LOTUCE2,(3) an in-dome turbulence instrument. We present the software architecture for each application, current benchmarks and lessons learned for current and future DARC developers.

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Título según WOS: Using DARC in a Multi-Object AO Bench and in a Dome Seeing Instrument
Título según SCOPUS: Using DARC in a multi-object AO bench and in a dome seeing instrument
Título de la Revista: 18TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS
Volumen: 9152
Editorial: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
Fecha de publicación: 2014
Idioma: English
DOI:

10.1117/12.2055590

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS