Gallery of Aberrations
Below images are of various Zernike modes as applied to the DM in the Lick AO system.
 Perfect PSF |
 Best Lick PSF |
 Mode 1 Focus -30 |
 Mode 1 Focus +30 |
 Mode 2 Astig -20 |
 Mode 2 Astig +20 |
 Mode 3 Astig45 -20 |
 Mode 3 Astig45 +20 |
 Mode 4 Coma -20 |
 Mode 4 Coma +20 |
 Mode 5 Coma90 -10 |
 Mode 5 Coma90 +10 |
 Mode 6 TriComa -20 |
 Mode 6 TriComa +20 |
 Mode 7 TriComa90 -20 |
 Mode 7 TriComa90 +20 |
 Mode 8 Spherical -15 |
 Mode 8 Spherical +15 |
 Mode 9 Astig5th -15 |
 Mode 9 Astig5th +15 |
 Mode 10 Astig5th45 -10 |
 Mode 10 Astig5th45 +10 |
 Mode 11 Ashtray -20 |
 Mode 11 Ashtray +20 |
 Mode 12 Ashtray45 -20 |
 Mode 12 Ashtray45 +20 |
 Mode 13 -15 |
 Mode 13 +15 |
 Mode 14 -10 |
 Mode 14 +10 |
 Mode 15 -15 |
 Mode 15 +15 |
 Mode 16 -10 |
 Mode 16 +10 |
 Mode 17 -20 |
 Mode 17 +20 |
 Mode 18 -20 |
 Mode 18 +20 |
 Mode 19 -20 |
 Mode 19 +20 |
 Mode 20 -20 |
 Mode 20 +20 |
Elinor Gates Last modified: Tue Apr 29 14:45:04 PDT 2008