Modelling astronomical adaptive optics - I. The software package caos

• Published in: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol. 356; no. 4; pp. 1263 - 1275
• Main Authors: Carbillet, M., Vérinaud, C., Femenía, B., Riccardi, A., Fini, L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.02.2005; Blackwell Science; Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy P - Oxford Open Option A
• Subjects: Astrophysics; instrumentation: adaptive optics; instrumentation: high angular resolution; methods: numerical; Sciences of the Universe; telescopes; instrumentation: adaptive optics; Adaptive systems; Turbulence; Wave front; Atmosphere model; telescopes; Adaptive optics; Astronomical optics; instrumentation: high angular resolution -methods: numerical; Corrections; Interferometry

The software package caos (code for adaptive optics systems) described in this paper is a software ensemble of modules designed for end-to-end simulation of generic astronomical adaptive optics (AO) systems, including a complete atmosphere turbulence model, sodium laser-guide star upward and downwar...