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Modeling the adaptive optics systems on the Giant Magellan Telescope

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2010

Authors

van Dam, Marcos Alejandro
Hinz, Philip
Codona, Johanan L
Hart, Michael
Garcia-Rissman, Aurea
Johns, Matt W
Shectman, Stephen
Bouchez, Antonin H
McLeod, Brian A
Rigaut, Francois

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SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Abstract

Modeling adaptive optics (AO) systems is crucial to understanding their performance and a key aid in their design. The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is planning three AO modes at first light: natural guide star AO, ground-layer AO and laser tomography AO. This paper describes how a modified version of YAO, an open-source general-purpose AO simulation tool written in Yorick, is used to simulate the GMT AO modes. The simulation tool was used to determine the piston segment error for the GMT. In addition, we present a comparison of different turbulence simulation approaches.

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Keywords: Adaptive optics systems; Giant magellan telescopes; IS planning; Laser tomography; Natural guide star; Open-source; Simulation tool; Simulations; Turbulence simulation; Wavefront sensing; Adaptive optics; Tomography; Tools; Wavefronts; Optical telescopes Adaptive optics; Giant magellan telescope; Simulations; Wavefront sensing

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/83816

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ANU Research Publications

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

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Conference paper

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10.1117/12.856771

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2037-12-31

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