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Study of a MEMS-based Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor with adjustable pupil sampling for astronomical adaptive optics

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We introduce a Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor for adaptive optics that enables dynamic control of the spatial sampling of an incoming wavefront using a segmented mirror microelectrical mechanical systems (MEMS) device. Unlike a conventional lenslet array, subapertures are defined by either segments or groups of segments of a mirror array, with the ability to change spatial pupil sampling arbitrarily by redefining the segment grouping. Control over the spatial sampling of the wavefront allows for the minimization of wavefront reconstruction error for different intensities of guide source and different atmospheric conditions, which in turn maximizes an adaptive optics system’s delivered Strehl ratio. Requirements for the MEMS devices needed in this Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor are also presented.

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