title: A liquid crystal atmospheric turbulence simulator.
abstract: In the paper, a method to calculate the time evolution turbulence wavefronts based on the covariance method is theoretically presented in detail. According to it, the time-evolution wavefronts disturbed by atmospheric turbulence were experimentally generated by our LC atmospheric turbulence simulator (ATS) based on liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) with high pixel density, and measured with a wavefront sensor. The advantage of such a LC ATS over a conventional one is that it is flexible with considering the weather parameters of wind speed and C(n) (2), and is relatively easy to control.
authors.forename: Lifa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xuan
authors.forename: Zhaoliang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Quanquan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: Dayu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yonggang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu