MACAO and its application for the VLT interferometer

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作者
Donaldson, R [1 ]
Bonaccini, D [1 ]
Brynnel, J [1 ]
Buzzoni, B [1 ]
Close, L [1 ]
Delabre, B [1 ]
Dupuy, C [1 ]
Farinato, J [1 ]
Fedrigo, E [1 ]
Hubin, N [1 ]
Marchetti, E [1 ]
Ströbele, S [1 ]
Tordo, S [1 ]
机构
[1] European So Observ, D-85748 Garching, Germany
关键词
adaptive optics; adaptive optics for interferometry; curvature wavefront sensing;
D O I
10.1117/12.390306
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
The European Southern Observatory is developing a medium order curvature adaptive optics system designed to be operable with minimal modification at any focus of the Very Large telescope (VLT). The first application of this AO system (MACAO) is to equip all four VLT Unit Telescope (UT) Coude foci with 60 element AO systems capable of delivering to the VLT Interferometer (VLTI) >50% K band Strehl. The AO system being used by an interferometer is constrained to introduce minimal piston and operating as a sub-system of a large and complex instrument to have a robust architecture and simple operation. Installation of the first AO system is scheduled to begin 1(st) Quarter 2002 with completion of all four UTs by early 2004. Other applications of the MACAO system will be for use by the CRIRES and SPIFFI spectrographs.
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页码:82 / 93
页数:12
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