Laboratory results of the AOF system testing

Johann Kolb; Pierre-Yves Madec; Robin Arsenault; Sylvain Oberti; Jérôme Paufique; Paolo La Penna; Stefan Ströbele; Robert Donaldson; Christian Soenke; Marcos Suárez Valles; Mario Kiekebusch; Javier Argomedo; Miska Le Louarn; Elise Vernet; Pierre Haguenauer; Philippe Duhoux; Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier; Jose Javier Valenzuela; Juan Carlos Guerra

doi:10.1117/12.2232788

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27 July 2016 Laboratory results of the AOF system testing

Johann Kolb, Pierre-Yves Madec, Robin Arsenault, Sylvain Oberti, Jérôme Paufique, Paolo La Penna, Stefan Ströbele, Robert Donaldson, Christian Soenke, Marcos Suárez Valles, Mario Kiekebusch, Javier Argomedo, Miska Le Louarn, Elise Vernet, Pierre Haguenauer, Philippe Duhoux, Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier, Jose Javier Valenzuela, Juan Carlos Guerra

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Proceedings Volume 9909, Adaptive Optics Systems V; 99092S (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232788
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

For two years starting in February 2014, the AO modules GRAAL for HAWK-I and GALACSI for MUSE of the Adaptive Optics Facility project have undergone System Testing at ESO's Headquarters. They offer four different modes: NGS SCAO, LGS GLAO in the IR, LGS GLAO and LTAO in the visible. A detailed characterization of those modes was made possible by the existence of ASSIST, a test bench emulating an adaptive VLT including the Deformable Secondary Mirror, a star simulator and turbulence generator and a VLT focal plane re-imager. This phase aimed at validating all the possible components and loops of the AO modules before installation at the actual VLT that comprises the added complexity of real LGSs, a harsher non-reproducible environment and the adaptive telescope control.

In this paper we present some of the major results obtained and challenges encountered during the phase of System Tests, like the preparation of the Acquisition sequence, the testing of the Jitter loop, the performance optimization in GLAO and the offload of low-order modes from the DSM to the telescope (restricted to the M2 hexapod). The System Tests concluded with the successful acceptance, shipping, installation and first commissioning of GRAAL in 2015 as well as the acceptance and shipping of GALACSI, ready for installation and commissioning early 2017.

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Johann Kolb, Pierre-Yves Madec, Robin Arsenault, Sylvain Oberti, Jérôme Paufique, Paolo La Penna, Stefan Ströbele, Robert Donaldson, Christian Soenke, Marcos Suárez Valles, Mario Kiekebusch, Javier Argomedo, Miska Le Louarn, Elise Vernet, Pierre Haguenauer, Philippe Duhoux, Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier, Jose Javier Valenzuela, and Juan Carlos Guerra "Laboratory results of the AOF system testing", Proc. SPIE 9909, Adaptive Optics Systems V, 99092S (27 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232788

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