Status of the GTC adaptive optics: integration in laboratory

M. Reyes García-Talavera; V. J. S. Béjar; J. C. López; R. L. López; C. Martín; Y. Martín; I. Montilla; M. Núñez; M. Puga; L. F. Rodríguez; F. Tenegi; O. Tubío; D. Bello; L. Cavaller; G. Prieto; M. Rosado

doi:10.1117/12.2232881

4 August 2016 Status of the GTC adaptive optics: integration in laboratory

M. Reyes García-Talavera, V. J. S. Béjar, J. C. López, R. L. López, C. Martín, Y. Martín, I. Montilla, M. Núñez, M. Puga, L. F. Rodríguez, F. Tenegi, O. Tubío, D. Bello, L. Cavaller, G. Prieto, M. Rosado

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Proceedings Volume 9909, Adaptive Optics Systems V; 99091C (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232881
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

Since the beginning of the development of the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), an Adaptive Optics (AO) system was considered necessary to exploit the full diffraction-limited potential of the telescope. The GTC AO system designed during the last years is based on a single deformable mirror conjugated to the telescope pupil, and a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor with 20 x 20 subapertures, using an OCAM2 camera. The GTCAO system will provide a corrected beam with a Strehl Ratio (SR) of 0.65 in K-band with bright natural guide stars.

Most of the subsystems have been manufactured and delivered. The upgrade for the operation with a Laser Guide Star (LGS) system has been recently approved. The present status of the GTCAO system, currently in its laboratory integration phase, is summarized in this paper.

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M. Reyes García-Talavera, V. J. S. Béjar, J. C. López, R. L. López, C. Martín, Y. Martín, I. Montilla, M. Núñez, M. Puga, L. F. Rodríguez, F. Tenegi, O. Tubío, D. Bello, L. Cavaller, G. Prieto, and M. Rosado "Status of the GTC adaptive optics: integration in laboratory", Proc. SPIE 9909, Adaptive Optics Systems V, 99091C (4 August 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232881

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