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Forming a dynamic adjustment algorithm for the radio-optical system of a large terrestrial fully steerable radio telescope

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Сударчиков С.А., Ушаков А.В. Формирование алгоритма динамической юстировки радиооптической системы большого наземного полноповоротного радиотелескопа // Оптический журнал. 2015. Т. 82. № 6. С. 52–57.

Sudarchikov S.A., Ushakov A.V. Forming a dynamic adjustment algorithm for the radio-optical system of a large terrestrial fully steerable radio telescope [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2015. V. 82. № 6. P. 52–57.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

S. A. Sudarchikov and A. V. Ushakov, "Forming a dynamic adjustment algorithm for the radio-optical system of a large terrestrial fully steerable radio telescope," Journal of Optical Technology. 82(6), 369-373 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.82.000369

Abstract:

This article discusses the problem of forming a dynamic adjustment algorithm for the radio-optical system of a large terrestrial fully steerable radio telescope that can be carried out in its operating regime under conditions of deformation of the elements of the metallic structures of the radio telescope, generated by external effects. The adjustment algorithm is based on the concept of an equivalent radio lens whose optical parameters are formed by the methods of matrix optics in Kogel’nik’s basis. These results are illustrated, using as an example a terrestrial fully steerable radio telescope with a primary reflector 64 m in diameter, produced in this country.

Keywords:

radio telescope, radio-optical system, equivalent radio lens, deformation, dynamic adjustment algorithm

OCIS codes: 208.5600, 150.1135

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