Abstract

We present a simplified solution to phase diversity when the observed object is a point source. It utilizes an iterative linearization of the point spread function (PSF) at two or more diverse planes by first-order Taylor expansion to reconstruct the initial wavefront. To enhance the influence of the PSF in the defocal plane which is usually very dim compared to that in the focal plane, we build a new model with the Tikhonov regularization function. The new model cannot only increase the computational speed, but also reduce the influence of the noise. By using the PSFs obtained from Zemax, we reconstruct the wavefront of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) at the edge of the field of view (FOV) when the telescope is in either the nominal state or the misaligned state. We also set up an experiment, which consists of an imaging system and a deformable mirror, to validate the correctness of the presented model. The result shows that the new model can improve the computational speed with high wavefront detection accuracy.

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