Numerical simulation studies for the first-light adaptive optics system of the Large Binocular Telescope

Marcel Carbillet; Armando Riccardi; Simone Esposito

doi:10.1117/12.551448

25 October 2004 Numerical simulation studies for the first-light adaptive optics system of the Large Binocular Telescope

Marcel Carbillet, Armando Riccardi, Simone Esposito

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Proceedings Volume 5490, Advancements in Adaptive Optics; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551448
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

We present our latest results concerning the simulation studies performed for the first-light adaptive optics (AO) system of the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), namely WLBT. After a brief description of the "raw" performance evaluation results, in terms of Strehl ratios attained in the various considered bands (from V to K), we focus on the "scientific" performance that will be obtained when considering the subsequent instrumentation that will benefit from the correction given by the AO system WLBT and the adaptive secondary mirrors LBT 672. In particular, we discuss the performance of the coupling with the instrument LUCIFER, working at near-infrared bands, in terms of signal-to-noise values and limiting magnitudes, and in both the cases of spectroscopy and photometric detection. We also give the encircled energies that are expected in the visible bands, result relevant in one hand for the instrument PEPSI, and in other hand for the "technical viewer" that will be on board the WLBT system itself.

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Marcel Carbillet, Armando Riccardi, and Simone Esposito "Numerical simulation studies for the first-light adaptive optics system of the Large Binocular Telescope", Proc. SPIE 5490, Advancements in Adaptive Optics, (25 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551448

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