The Gemini Planet Imager: from science to design to construction

Bruce A. Macintosh; James R. Graham; David W. Palmer; René Doyon; Jennifer Dunn; Donald T. Gavel; James Larkin; Ben Oppenheimer; Les Saddlemyer; Anand Sivaramakrishnan; J. Kent Wallace; Brian Bauman; Darren A. Erickson; Christian Marois; Lisa A. Poyneer; Remi Soummer

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11 July 2008 The Gemini Planet Imager: from science to design to construction

Bruce A. Macintosh, James R. Graham, David W. Palmer, René Doyon, Jennifer Dunn, Donald T. Gavel, James Larkin, Ben Oppenheimer, Les Saddlemyer, Anand Sivaramakrishnan, J. Kent Wallace, Brian Bauman, Darren A. Erickson, Christian Marois, Lisa A. Poyneer, Remi Soummer

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Proceedings Volume 7015, Adaptive Optics Systems; 701518 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788083
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) is a facility instrument under construction for the 8-m Gemini South telescope. It combines a 1500 subaperture AO system using a MEMS deformable mirror, an apodized-pupil Lyot coronagraph, a high-accuracy IR interferometer calibration system, and a near-infrared integral field spectrograph to allow detection and characterization of self-luminous extrasolar planets at planet/star contrast ratios of 10-7. I will discuss the evolution from science requirements through modeling to the final detailed design, provide an overview of the subsystems and show models of the instrument's predicted performance.

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Bruce A. Macintosh, James R. Graham, David W. Palmer, René Doyon, Jennifer Dunn, Donald T. Gavel, James Larkin, Ben Oppenheimer, Les Saddlemyer, Anand Sivaramakrishnan, J. Kent Wallace, Brian Bauman, Darren A. Erickson, Christian Marois, Lisa A. Poyneer, and Remi Soummer "The Gemini Planet Imager: from science to design to construction", Proc. SPIE 7015, Adaptive Optics Systems, 701518 (11 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788083

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