Solar adaptive optics at the Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife

Dirk Soltau; Thomas Berkefeld; Dirk Schmidt; Oskar von der Lühe

doi:10.1117/12.2032382

17 October 2013 Solar adaptive optics at the Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife

Dirk Soltau, Thomas Berkefeld, Dirk Schmidt, Oskar von der Lühe

Proceedings Volume 8890, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XVIII; and Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems XVI; 88901D (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2032382
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2013, Dresden, Germany

Abstract

Observing the Sun with high angular resolution is difficult because the turbulence in the atmosphere is strongest during day time. In this paper we describe the principles of solar adaptive optics exemplified by the two German solar telescopes VTT and GREGOR at the Observatorio del Teide. With theses systems we obtain near diffraction limited images of the Sun. Ways to overcome the limits of conventional AO by applying multiconjugate adaptive optics (MCAO) are shown.

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Dirk Soltau, Thomas Berkefeld, Dirk Schmidt, and Oskar von der Lühe "Solar adaptive optics at the Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife", Proc. SPIE 8890, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XVIII; and Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems XVI, 88901D (17 October 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2032382

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