AO Workbench Activities

The goal for this activity is demonstrate the functions and system components of an Adaptive Optics bench.

Relevant references and links:

• Mark Ammons (UCSC) provided this PDF write-up describing potential activites with the AO Workbench. It can be used to teach about types of optics, optical alignment, stability of control systems, and AO operation.
• Link to the HCC AO workbench

Planning for the AO Bench Activity:

• Turbulence produces optical distortions in the light path
  • Demo with water/projector
  • Demo with CD case
• Use large 5x5 lenslet array to demonstrate how to re-image different part of an aperture
• Demonstration on correction using lenses