A 941 channel, 1500 Hertz frame rate athptive optical (AO) system has been installed and tested in the coudé path of the 3.5m telescope at the USAF Research Laboratoiy Starfire Optical Range. This paper describes the design and measured perfonnance ofthe principal components comprising this system and presents sample results from the first closed-loop tests ofthe system on stars and an artificial source simulator.
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