title: Search-based active optic systems for aberration correction in time-independent applications.
abstract: We describe a protocol for the use of a control feedback loop incorporating an iterative optimization routine for a range of time-independent adaptive optics applications. These applications are characterized by the quasi steady state of the aberrative effects (>0.1 s) and contrast, for instance, to astronomical applications where the aberrations constantly vary at frequencies above 10 Hz. For optimal performance in such time-independent applications, the control systems typically require specialized tailoring. A typical example of two different types of time-independent adaptive optics applications--an adaptive optic microscope and an adaptive optic laser platform--are detailed and compared. It is shown that implementing a number of minor, but crucial, application-specific modifications to the control system results in an improved efficiency of an already extremely successful technique for aberration compensation. We present a description of the crucial parameters to consider in a search-based adaptive optics system.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Photonics, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA), University of Strathclyde, 106 Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 0NW, UK. walter.lubeigt@strath.ac.uk
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lubeigt
authors.forename: Simon P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Poland
authors.forename: Gareth J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Valentine
authors.forename: Amanda J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Girkin
authors.forename: David
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authors.lastname: Burns