title: Fast & Furious focal-plane wavefront sensing.
abstract: We present two complementary algorithms suitable for using focal-plane measurements to control a wavefront corrector with an extremely high-spatial resolution. The algorithms use linear approximations to iteratively minimize the aberrations seen by the focal-plane camera. The first algorithm, Fast & Furious (FF), uses a weak-aberration assumption and pupil symmetries to achieve fast wavefront reconstruction. The second algorithm, an extension to FF, can deal with an arbitrary pupil shape; it uses a Gerchberg-Saxton (GS)-style error reduction to determine the pupil amplitudes. Simulations and experimental results are shown for a spatial-light modulator controlling the wavefront with a resolution of 170×170  pixels. The algorithms increase the Strehl ratio from ∼0.75 to 0.98-0.99, and the intensity of the scattered light is reduced throughout the whole recorded image of 320×320  pixels. The remaining wavefront rms error is estimated to be ∼0.15  rad with FF and ∼0.10  rad with FF-GS.
authors.forename: Visa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Korkiakoski
authors.forename: Christoph U
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: Niek
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Doelman
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kenworthy
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Otten
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verhaegen