Abstract

In this paper we report the results of compensated speckle imaging experiments conducted at a compensated telescope operated by the US Air Force. The power spectrum signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is used as the metric for evaluating the performance. Comparing the compensated and uncompensated results shows that the compensated power spectrum SNR is significantly higher than the uncompensated power spectrum SNR at low spatial frequencies. A previously derived expression which expressed the power spectrum signal-to-noise ratio in terms of the compensated optical transfer function statistics and object parameters is verified using experimental data.

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