UNC-Charlotte ADAPTIVE OPTICS LABORATORY

The Adaptive Optics Laboratory is located within the Physics and Optical Science Department at UNC-Charlotte. It is housed in Grigg Hall in the Charlotte Research Institute campus. The Adaptive Optics Lab is a fully-equipped optical laboratory with isolated optical tables, lasers, power supplies, amplifiers, optical mounts, and an assortment of refractive and reflective optics. In addition to the general purpose optical equipment, the Laboratory is equipped with a multiple Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensors, various micromachined deformable mirrors, and assorted CCD cameras, monitors, computers, and diagnostics.

Text Box: Research grants from L3 Communications - Brashear (Pittsburgh, PA), Block MEMS LLC (Marlborough, MA), and equipment from AgilOptics (Albuquerque, NM), provide support for graduate students.

 

Recent publications from the Adaptive Optics Lab …

  • R. K. Tyson, D. E. Canning, J. S. Tharp, “Measurement of the bit-error rate of an adaptive-optics, free-space laser communications system. Part 1: tip-tilt configuration, diagnostics, and closed-loop results,” Opt. Engr. 44, 9, 096002-1-6, 2005.

  • R. K. Tyson, J. S. Tharp, D. E. Canning, “Measurement of the bit-error rate of an adaptive-optics, free-space laser communications system. Part 2: multichannel configuration, aberration characterization, and closed-loop results,” Opt. Engr. 44, 9, 096003-1-6, 2005.

  • B. W. Frazier, R. K. Tyson, M. Smith, J. Roche, "Theory and operation of a robust controller for a compact adaptive optics system," Opt. Eng. 43 2912-2920, 2004.

  • B. W. Frazier, M. Smith, R. K. Tyson, "Performance of a compact adaptive-optics system," Appl. Opt. 43 4281-4287, 2004.

  • R. K. Tyson, D. E. Canning, "Indirect measurement of a laser communications bit-error-rate reduction with low-order adaptive optics," Appl. Opt. 42 No. 21, 2003.

  • R. K. Tyson, "Bit-error rate for free-space, adaptive optics, laser communications,"
    J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 19 , April 2002.

  • B. W. Frazier, R. K. Tyson, "Robust control of an adaptive optics system," Proc. IEEE, Southeast. Symp. Syst. Theo. , March 2002.