We are developing an optics laboratory for rapid prototyping and testing of instruments that have been developed and validated using numerical simulations. Once the performance of an instrument has been practically validated, the laboratory also serves as a testing and calibration facility for the field version of the instrument.
Our group has received two awards from the Department of Defense DURIP program to build an advanced atmospheric simulator and testbed for the validation of novel methods for high-resolution imaging through atmospheric turbulence (ARES: a simulator for the Advanced Reconnaissance of Earth-orbiting Satellites).
