Integrating MATLAB and IDL: adding adaptive optics to the TMT/VLOT integrated model

Malcolm J. Smith; Eric Steinbring; Glen Herriot; Jennifer Dunn; Jean-Pierre Veran; Dan Kerley

doi:10.1117/12.552399

16 September 2004 Integrating MATLAB and IDL: adding adaptive optics to the TMT/VLOT integrated model

Malcolm J. Smith, Eric Steinbring, Glen Herriot, Jennifer Dunn, Jean-Pierre Veran, Dan Kerley

Proceedings Volume 5497, Modeling and Systems Engineering for Astronomy; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552399
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

The next generation of ground-based telescopes will have apertures of 20 meters or more and will be increasingly dependent on active and adaptive optics (AO) to deliver good image quality. A numerical model of the complete telescope system, including optical, mechanical, and atmospheric seeing effects, will be a vital tool during the design process. The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) / Very Large Optical Telescope (VLOT) Integrated Model (IM) is written in MATLAB and runs on a Windows PC. One goal of the IM is to study the interaction of various AO designs with several telescope configurations. This requires the inclusion of an AO simulation engine; the IDL-based CAOS code was chosen as a starting point. Socket based software was developed to allow MATLAB MEX functions called from the IM to control the CAOS code running on a Linux PC. Software was also developed to allow MATLAB MEX functions to interact with IDL on the same Windows computer using callable IDL.

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Malcolm J. Smith, Eric Steinbring, Glen Herriot, Jennifer Dunn, Jean-Pierre Veran, and Dan Kerley "Integrating MATLAB and IDL: adding adaptive optics to the TMT/VLOT integrated model", Proc. SPIE 5497, Modeling and Systems Engineering for Astronomy, (16 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552399

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