Decoupled Object-Independent Image Features for Fine Phasing of Segmented Mirrors Using Deep Learning

Abstract

A segmented primary mirror is very important for extra-large astronomical telescopes, in order to detect the phase error between segmented mirrors. Traditional iterative algorithms are hard to detect co−phasing aberrations in real time due to the long-time iterative process. Deep learning has shown large potential in wavefront sensing, and it gradually focuses on detecting piston error. However, the current methods based on deep learning are mainly applied to coarse phase sensing, and only consider the detection of piston error with no tip/tilt errors, which is inconsistent with reality. In this paper, by innovatively designing the form of pupil mask, and further updating the OTF in the frequency domain, we obtain a new decoupled independent feature image that can simultaneously detect the piston error and tilt/tilt error of all sub-mirrors, which is effectively decoupled, and eliminates the dependence of the data set on the imaging object. Then, the Bi−GRU network is used to recover phase error information with high accuracy from the feature image proposed in this paper. The network’s detection accuracy ability is verified under single wavelength and broadband spectrum in simulation. This paper demonstrates that co−phasing errors can be accurately decoupled and extracted by the new feature image we proposed and will contribute to the fine phasing accuracy and practicability of the extended scenes for the segmented telescopes.