First results from the UCSC Laboratory for Adaptive Optics multi-conjugate and multi-object adaptive optics testbed

S. Mark Ammons; Renate Kupke; Edward A. Laag; Donald T. Gavel; Daren R. Dillon; Marco R. Reinig; Brian J. Bauman; Claire E. Max; Jess A. Johnson

doi:10.1117/12.672452

27 June 2006 First results from the UCSC Laboratory for Adaptive Optics multi-conjugate and multi-object adaptive optics testbed

S. Mark Ammons, Renate Kupke, Edward A. Laag, Donald T. Gavel, Daren R. Dillon, Marco R. Reinig, Brian J. Bauman, Claire E. Max, Jess A. Johnson

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Proceedings Volume 6272, Advances in Adaptive Optics II; 627202 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672452
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2006, Orlando, Florida , United States

Abstract

We present first results from the Multi-Conjugate and Multi-Object Adaptive Optics (MCAO and MOAO) testbed, at the UCO/Lick Laboratory for Adaptive Optics (LAO) facility at U.C. Santa Cruz. This testbed is constructed to simulate a 30-m telescope executing MCAO and/or open loop MOAO atmospheric compensation and imaging over 5 arcminutes. It is capable of performing Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing on up to 8 natural or laser guide stars and 2-3 additional tip/tilt stars. In this paper, we demonstrate improved on-axis correction relative to ground layer adaptive optics (~ 15% Strehl relative to ~ 12%) with a simulated 28-m aperture at a D/r₀ corresponding to a science wavelength of 2.6 microns using three laser guide stars on a simulated 41 arcsec radius with a central science object and one deformable mirror at the ground layer.

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S. Mark Ammons, Renate Kupke, Edward A. Laag, Donald T. Gavel, Daren R. Dillon, Marco R. Reinig, Brian J. Bauman, Claire E. Max, and Jess A. Johnson "First results from the UCSC Laboratory for Adaptive Optics multi-conjugate and multi-object adaptive optics testbed", Proc. SPIE 6272, Advances in Adaptive Optics II, 627202 (27 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672452

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