An Updated Preliminary Optical Design and Performance analysis of the Planetary Systems Imager Adaptive Optics System

Rebecca Jensen-Clem, Philip M. Hinz, M. A.M. van Kooten, Michael P. Fitzgerald, Steph Sallum, Benjamin A. Mazin, Mark Chun, Maxwell A. Millar-Blanchaer, Andy Skemer, Ji Wang, R. Deno Stelter, Olivier Guyon

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Abstract

The Planetary Systems Imager (PSI), a proposed instrument suite for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), enables a broad range of extreme-AO, high-contrast observations. PSI is specifically optimized for high contrast exoplanet science from 0.5 to 13 µm and to that end includes a core near-IR AO system that feeds multiple AO+science instrument subsystems. In this paper, we present a preliminary optical design for the full PSI-AO system, feeding the PSI-Red (2-5 µm), PSI-Blue (0.5-1.8 µm), and PSI-10 (8-13 µm) subsystems. We discuss an initial concept of testing and operations for the system that feeds into the conceptual design. We build on our preliminary end-to-end PSI-Red AO simulation to estimate the raw planet-to-star contrast ratios associated with PSI-Red and extrapolate these results to represent the effects of a PSI-Blue deformable mirror.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAdaptive Optics Systems VIII
EditorsLaura Schreiber, Dirk Schmidt, Elise Vernet
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510653511
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
EventAdaptive Optics Systems VIII 2022 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: Jul 17 2022Jul 22 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume12185
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceAdaptive Optics Systems VIII 2022
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period7/17/227/22/22

Keywords

  • Adaptive Optics
  • Coronagraphy
  • Exoplanets

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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