Preliminary design and performance verification of the MICADO Standalone Relay Optics

G. Rodeghiero; C. Cárdenas Vázquez; S. Barboza; R. J. Harris; P. Bizenberger; M. Hartl; N. Geis; J.-U. Pott; R. Hofferbert; J. R. Ramos; F. Müller; R.-R. Rohloff; U. Neumann; D. Kampf; S. Rabien; V. Hörmann; R. Davies; E. Gendron; M. Cohen; Y. Clénet

doi:10.1117/12.2576162

13 December 2020 Preliminary design and performance verification of the MICADO Standalone Relay Optics

G. Rodeghiero, C. Cárdenas Vázquez, S. Barboza, R. J. Harris, P. Bizenberger, M. Hartl, N. Geis, J.-U. Pott, R. Hofferbert, J. R. Ramos, F. Müller, R.-R. Rohloff, U. Neumann, D. Kampf, S. Rabien, V. Hörmann, R. Davies, E. Gendron, M. Cohen, Y. Clénet

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Proceedings Volume 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII; 1144734 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2576162
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2020, Online Only

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The paper reports an overview of the preliminary optical design for the MICADO Relay Optics (RO) to enable early science observations of the instrument at the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) with single-conjugate adaptive optics (SCAO). MICADO, the Multi-AO Imaging Camera for Deep Observations, is a first light imager, astrometric camera and spectrograph operating between 0.8 µm and 2.4 µm. The RO are based on a six mirror (6M) optical assembly that relays the telescope focal plane to an accessible position for the MICADO cryostat. The system includes three powered mirrors in a three-mirror-anastigmat configuration and three piston and tip- tilt flat mirrors for the alignment and the beam folding at the interfaces with the ELT and MICADO. This design represents an interesting example of optical performance optimization to achieve high performances optics both for the direct imaging channel and the pupil interface towards MICADO and the SCAO. The RO performances are analyzed and verified at a design level showing the compliance with the requirement specifications and the reliability of the design is assessed with an extended tolerance study and a minimization of the vignetting factor at the MICADO cold stop. The manuscript also contains a demonstration of the optical alignability of a 6M system in terms of pupil and focal plane steering that are essential to cope with the interface tolerances of the next generation of instrument at the foci of the extremely large telescopes.

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G. Rodeghiero, C. Cárdenas Vázquez, S. Barboza, R. J. Harris, P. Bizenberger, M. Hartl, N. Geis, J.-U. Pott, R. Hofferbert, J. R. Ramos, F. Müller, R.-R. Rohloff, U. Neumann, D. Kampf, S. Rabien, V. Hörmann, R. Davies, E. Gendron, M. Cohen, and Y. Clénet "Preliminary design and performance verification of the MICADO Standalone Relay Optics", Proc. SPIE 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 1144734 (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2576162

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