Status of the VLT Nasmyth adaptive optics system (NAOS)

被引：75

作者：

Rousset, G ^{[1
]}

Lacombe, F ^{[1
]}

Puget, P ^{[1
]}

Gendron, E ^{[1
]}

Arsenault, R ^{[1
]}

Kern, P ^{[1
]}

Rabaud, D ^{[1
]}

Madec, PY ^{[1
]}

Hubin, N ^{[1
]}

Zins, G ^{[1
]}

Stadler, E ^{[1
]}

Charton, J ^{[1
]}

Gigan, P ^{[1
]}

Feautrier, P ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Off Natl Etud & Rech Aerosp, F-92322 Chatillon, France

来源：

ADAPTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, PTS 1 AND 2 | 2000年 / 4007卷

关键词：

adaptive optics; high resolution imaging; astronomy; atmospheric turbulence; wave front sensing;

D O I：

10.1117/12.390304

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

NAOS is the adaptive optics system to be installed at one of the Nasmyth focus of the VLT. It was designed and manufactured by a french Consortium to provide compensated images to the high angular resolution IR spectro-imaging camera (CONICA) in the 1 to 5 mu m spectral range. For bright sources, NAOS will achieve a Strehl ratio of 70% under average seeing conditions. It is equipped with a 185 actuator deformable mirror, a tip/tilt mirror and two wavefront sensors, one in the visible and one in the near IR. All the components of NAOS have been delivered and the integration phase is in progress since the beginning of 2000. After extensive tests and performance verifications in France, the system will be shipped to Chile by the end of 2000. The first light at the VLT is forseen in the beginning of 2001.

引用

页码：72 / 81

页数：10

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