Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager (GSAOI)

Peter McGregor; John Hart; Dejan Stevanovic; Gabe Bloxham; Damien Jones; Jan Van Harmelen; Jason Griesbach; Murray Dawson; Peter Young; Mark A. Jarnyk

doi:10.1117/12.550288

30 September 2004 Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager (GSAOI)

Peter McGregor, John Hart, Dejan Stevanovic, Gabe Bloxham, Damien Jones, Jan Van Harmelen, Jason Griesbach, Murray Dawson, Peter Young, Mark A. Jarnyk

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Proceedings Volume 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550288
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

The Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager (GSAOI) is the science camera and commissioning instrument for the Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) system on the Gemini South telescope. GSAOI is required to deliver diffraction-limited performance at near-infrared wavelengths over a 85"×85" field of view. It must be delivered on a short timescale commensurate with MCAO delivery. GSAOI will use a high throughput, all-refractive optical design and a mosaic of four HAWAII-2RG detectors to form an imager focal plane of 4080x4080 pixels with a fixed scale of 0.02"/pixel. The On-Detector Guide Window (ODGW) capability of the HAWAII-2RG detectors will be used for flexure monitoring and as near-infrared substitutes for MCAO natural guide star wave front sensors. The imager will include a pupil viewer for accurate alignment to MCAO and defocus lenses to measure wave front phase errors at the science detector using the curvature technique. Non-common path wave front errors will be nulled by setting the base shapes of the three MCAO deformable mirrors. The science drivers, performance predictions, optical design issues, and detector system for the instrument are described.

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Peter McGregor, John Hart, Dejan Stevanovic, Gabe Bloxham, Damien Jones, Jan Van Harmelen, Jason Griesbach, Murray Dawson, Peter Young, and Mark A. Jarnyk "Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager (GSAOI)", Proc. SPIE 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy, (30 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550288

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