ARGOS - The laser guide star system for the LBT

S. Rabien; N. Ageorges; L. Barl; U. Beckmann; T. Blümchen; M. Bonaglia; J. L. Borelli; J. Brynnel; L. Busoni; L. Carbonaro; R. Davies; M. Deysenroth; O. Durney; M. Eiberich; S. Esposito; V. Gasho; W. Gässler; H. Gemperlein; R. Genzel; R. Green; M. Haug; M. Lloyd Hart; P. Hubbard; S. Kanneganti; E. Masciadri; J. Noenickx; G. De Orban Xivry; D. Peter; A. Quirrenbach; M. Rademacher; H. W. Rix; P. Salinari; C. Schwab; J. Storm; L. Strüder; M. Thiel; G. Weigelt; J. Ziegleder

doi:10.1117/12.857210

ARGOS - The laser guide star system for the LBT

S. Rabien, N. Ageorges, L. Barl, U. Beckmann, T. Blümchen, M. Bonaglia, J. L. Borelli, J. Brynnel, L. Busoni, L. Carbonaro, R. Davies, M. Deysenroth, O. Durney, M. Eiberich, S. Esposito, V. Gasho, W. Gässler, H. Gemperlein, R. Genzel, R. GreenM. Haug, M. Lloyd Hart, P. Hubbard, S. Kanneganti, E. Masciadri, J. Noenickx, G. De Orban Xivry, D. Peter, A. Quirrenbach, M. Rademacher, H. W. Rix, P. Salinari, C. Schwab, J. Storm, L. Strüder, M. Thiel, G. Weigelt, J. Ziegleder

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ARGOS is the Laser Guide Star adaptive optics system for the Large Binocular Telescope. Aiming for a wide field adaptive optics correction, ARGOS will equip both sides of LBT with a multi laser beacon system and corresponding wavefront sensors, driving LBT's adaptive secondary mirrors. Utilizing high power pulsed green lasers the artificial beacons are generated via Rayleigh scattering in earth's atmosphere. ARGOS will project a set of three guide stars above each of LBT's mirrors in a wide constellation. The returning scattered light, sensitive particular to the turbulence close to ground, is detected in a gated wavefront sensor system. Measuring and correcting the ground layers of the optical distortions enables ARGOS to achieve a correction over a very wide field of view. Taking advantage of this wide field correction, the science that can be done with the multi object spectrographs LUCIFER will be boosted by higher spatial resolution and strongly enhanced flux for spectroscopy. Apart from the wide field correction ARGOS delivers in its ground layer mode, we foresee a diffraction limited operation with a hybrid Sodium laser Rayleigh beacon combination.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Adaptive Optics Systems II
Edition	PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857210
State	Published - 2010
Event	Adaptive Optics Systems II - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Jun 27 2010 → Jul 2 2010

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Number	PART 1
Volume	7736
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Adaptive Optics Systems II
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	6/27/10 → 7/2/10

Keywords

Ground layer adaptive optics
Large binocular telescope
Laser guide stars

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

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Rabien, S., Ageorges, N., Barl, L., Beckmann, U., Blümchen, T., Bonaglia, M., Borelli, J. L., Brynnel, J., Busoni, L., Carbonaro, L., Davies, R., Deysenroth, M., Durney, O., Eiberich, M., Esposito, S., Gasho, V., Gässler, W., Gemperlein, H., Genzel, R., ... Ziegleder, J. (2010). ARGOS - The laser guide star system for the LBT. In Adaptive Optics Systems II (PART 1 ed.). Article 77360E (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7736, No. PART 1). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857210

Rabien, S, Ageorges, N, Barl, L, Beckmann, U, Blümchen, T, Bonaglia, M, Borelli, JL, Brynnel, J, Busoni, L, Carbonaro, L, Davies, R, Deysenroth, M, Durney, O, Eiberich, M, Esposito, S, Gasho, V, Gässler, W, Gemperlein, H, Genzel, R, Green, R, Haug, M, Lloyd Hart, M, Hubbard, P, Kanneganti, S, Masciadri, E, Noenickx, J, De Orban Xivry, G, Peter, D, Quirrenbach, A, Rademacher, M, Rix, HW, Salinari, P, Schwab, C, Storm, J, Strüder, L, Thiel, M, Weigelt, G & Ziegleder, J 2010, ARGOS - The laser guide star system for the LBT. in Adaptive Optics Systems II. PART 1 edn, 77360E, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, no. PART 1, vol. 7736, Adaptive Optics Systems II, San Diego, CA, United States, 6/27/10. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857210

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