TMT NFIRAOS - adaptive optics for the Thirty Meter Telescope

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2012

Authors

Herriot, G (Author) Other; Andersen, D (Author) Other; Atwood, J (Author) Other; Byrnes, P (Author) Other; Boucher, MA (Author) Other; Boyer, C (Author) Other; Caputa, K (Author) Other; Correia, C (Author) Other; Dunn, J (Author) Other; Ellerbroek, B (Author) Other; Fitzsimmons, J (Author) Other; Gilles, L (Author) Other; Hickson, P (Author) Other; Hill, A (Author) Other; Kerley, D (Author) Other; Pazder, J (Author) Other; Reshetov, V (Author) Other; Robert s, S (Author) Other; Smith, M (Author) Other; Véran, JP (Author) Other; Wang, LQ (Author) Other; Wevers, I (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Adaptive Optics Systems III

Amsterdam, 1 July 2012 through 6 July 2012

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Authenticus ID: P-009-GDM

DOI: 10.1117/12.925087

Abstract (EN): NFIRAOS is the first-light adaptive optics system planned for the Thirty Meter Telescope, and is being designed at the National Research Council of Canada's Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics. NFIRAOS is a laser guide star multi-conjugate adaptive optics system - a practical approach to providing diffraction limited image quality in the NIR over a 30" field of view, with high sky coverage. This will enable a wide range of TMT science that depends upon the large corrected field of view and high precision astrometry and photometry. We review recent progress developing the design and conducting performance estimates for NFIRAOS. © 2012 SPIE.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 9