Contents

• Introduction

  • Outputs of the AO configuration tools

  • Customizing the AO configuration process

• Setting the Matlab Path

• Coordinate Systems

  • WFS/DM space and object space

  • Relations among WaveTrain propagation and AO meshes

  • Overall rescaling of an AO configuration

• Background:  AO Geometry, Influence Functions and Reconstructors

  • Actuator-subaperture geometry

    • Geometry specification when no DM is present

  • Vector representation of subaperture, actuator and wavefront meshes

  • Subaperture slopes, reconstructed wavefronts and DM actuator commands

  • Reconstruction of a wavefront (no DM) from subaperture slopes

    • Zonal reconstructor for wavefront

      • Least-squares solution and singular-value decomposition

    • Modal reconstructor for wavefront

    • Zonal 2 (Southwell) reconstructor for wavefront

  • Reconstruction of DM actuator commands from subaperture slopes

    • Deformable mirror influence functions (OPD and slope)

      • Choice of influence function shape

    • Zonal reconstructor for DM actuator commands

      • Refinement of influence matrix:  master and slaves actuators, actuator voltages

      • Tilt removal option

      • Waffle-mode removal option

    • Modal reconstructor for DM actuator commands

• Matlab Function Details:  Defining AO Geometry

  • aogeom - Overview

    • Specifying actuator and subaperture geometry

      • Actuator and subaperture numbering convention

    • Specifying the actuator influence function and its parameters

    • Saving the results of aogeom

  • aogeom - Details

    • Actuator geometry entries

    • Subaperture geometry entries

    • Influence function entries

    • Review of control buttons

    • Pictorial elements of the AO geometry diagram

• Matlab Function Details:  Computing Influence Function and Reconstructor Matrices

  • aoinf

  • lsfptos

  • aorecon

    • Application to zonal reconstruction of wavefront (no DM)

    • Application to zonal reconstruction of DM actuator commands

  • lsfptosw

  • slope2mod

  • mod2opd

    • Zernike normalization and ordering convention

• Importing AO Configuration Data into WaveTrain:  DMModel and TasatDMModel

  • "Methods" of DMModel

• .mat Interface File Contents

• Utility m-Files for Visualizing AO Quantities

• Working with Asymmetric and/or Misregistered Systems