First results from the NSO/NJIT solar adaptive optics system

Thomas R. Rimmele; Kit Richards; Stephen Hegwer; Stephen Fletcher; Scott Gregory; Gilberto Moretto; Leonid V. Didkovsky; Carsten J. Denker; Alexander Dolgushin; Philip R. Goode; Maud Langlois; Jose Marino; William Marquette

doi:10.1117/12.508513

4 February 2004 First results from the NSO/NJIT solar adaptive optics system

Thomas R. Rimmele, Kit Richards, Stephen Hegwer, Stephen Fletcher, Scott Gregory, Gilberto Moretto, Leonid V. Didkovsky, Carsten J. Denker, Alexander Dolgushin, Philip R. Goode, Maud Langlois, Jose Marino, William Marquette

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Proceedings Volume 5171, Telescopes and Instrumentation for Solar Astrophysics; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.508513
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The National Solar Observatory and the New Jersey Institute of Technology have developed two 97 actuator solar adaptive optics (AO) systems based on a correlating Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor approach. The first engineering run was successfully completed at the Dunn Solar Telescope (DST) at Sacramento Peak, New Mexico in December 2002. The first of two systems is now operational at Sacramento Peak. The second system will be deployed at the Big Bear Solar Observatory by the end of 2003. The correlating Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor is able to measure wavefront aberrations for low-contrast, extended and time-varying objects, such as solar granulation. The 97-actuator solar AO system operates at a loop update rate of 2.5 kHz and achieves a closed loop bandwidth (0dB crossover error rejection) of about 130 Hz. The AO system is capable of correcting atmospheric seeing at visible wavelengths during median seeing conditions at both the NSO/Sacramento Peak site and the Big Bear Solar Observatory. We present an overview of the system design. The servo loop was successfully closed and first AO corrected images were recorded. We present first results from the new, high order AO system.

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Thomas R. Rimmele, Kit Richards, Stephen Hegwer, Stephen Fletcher, Scott Gregory, Gilberto Moretto, Leonid V. Didkovsky, Carsten J. Denker, Alexander Dolgushin, Philip R. Goode, Maud Langlois, Jose Marino, and William Marquette "First results from the NSO/NJIT solar adaptive optics system", Proc. SPIE 5171, Telescopes and Instrumentation for Solar Astrophysics, (4 February 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.508513

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