An atmospheric turbulence and telescope simulator for the development of AOLI

Marta Puga; Roberto López; David King; Alejandro Oscoz

doi:10.1117/12.2055489

28 July 2014 An atmospheric turbulence and telescope simulator for the development of AOLI

Marta Puga, Roberto López, David King, Alejandro Oscoz

Proceedings Volume 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V; 91477V (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055489
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

AOLI, Adaptive Optics Lucky Imager, is the next generation of extremely high resolution instruments in the optical range, combining the two more promising techniques: Adaptive optics and lucky imaging. The possibility of reaching fainter objects at maximum resolution implies a better use of weak energy on each lucky image. AOLI aims to achieve this by using an adaptive optics system to reduce the dispersion that seeing causes on the spot and therefore increasing the number of optimal images to accumulate, maximizing the efficiency of the lucky imaging technique. The complexity of developments in hardware, control and software for in-site telescope tests claim for a system to simulate the telescope performance. This paper outlines the requirements and a concept/preliminary design for the William Herschel Telescope (WHT) and atmospheric turbulence simulator. The design consists of pupil resemble, a variable intensity point source, phase plates and a focal plane mask to assist in the alignment, diagnostics and calibration of AOLI wavefront sensor, AO loop and science detectors, as well as enabling stand-alone test operation of AOLI.

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Marta Puga, Roberto López, David King, and Alejandro Oscoz "An atmospheric turbulence and telescope simulator for the development of AOLI", Proc. SPIE 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 91477V (28 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055489

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