Features of formation of wave front slopes on the telescope aperture at different vertical profiles of optical atmospheric turbulence
A.Yu. Shikhovtsev1, P.G. Kovadlo1, L.A. Bolbasova2, V.P. Lukin2
1Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS, Irkutsk, Russia 2V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Tomsk, Russia
Keywords: оптическая турбулентность, волновой фронт, астрономический телескоп, optical turbulence, wavefront, astronomical telescope
Abstract
Possibilities of retrieving the vertical profiles of atmospheric turbulence from measurements of local wavefront slopes are discussed. The estimates of characteristics of amplitudes of the wavefront distortions for different atmospheric altitudes are given. The height of atmospheric layer when maximum angles of light arrival correspond to mean image jitter from total atmosphere is found.
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