High-contrast imaging at first-light of the GMT: the wavefront sensing and control architecture of GMagAO-X

Sebastiaan Y. Haffert, Jared R. Males, Laird M. Close, Maggie Y. Kautz, Olivier Durney, Olivier Guyon

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Abstract

The Giant Magellan Adaptive Optics eXtreme (GMagAO-X) instrument is a first-light high-contrast imaging instrument for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). GMagAO-X’s broad wavelength range and the large 25-meter aperture of the GMT creates new challenges: control of all 21.000 actuators; phasing GMT’s segmented primary mirror to nm levels; active control of atmospheric dispersion to sub milli-arcsecond residuals; no chromatic pupil shear to minimize chromatic compensation errors; integrated focal plane wavefront sensing and control (WFS&C). GMagAO-X will have simultaneous visible and infra-red WFS channels to control the 21.000 actuator DM. The infra-red arm will be flexible by incorporating switchable sensors such as the pyramid or Zernike WFS. One innovation that we developed for GMagAO-X is the Holographic Dispersed Fringe Sensor that measures differential piston. We have also developed several integrated coronagraphic wavefront sensors to control non-common path aberrations exactly where we need to sense them. We will discuss the key components of the WFS&C strategies for GMagAO-X that address the challenges posed by the first high-contrast imaging system on the ELTs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAdaptive Optics Systems IX
EditorsKathryn J. Jackson, Dirk Schmidt, Elise Vernet
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510675179
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
EventAdaptive Optics Systems IX 2024 - Yokohama, Japan
Duration: Jun 16 2024Jun 22 2024

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume13097
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceAdaptive Optics Systems IX 2024
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityYokohama
Period6/16/246/22/24

Keywords

  • Coronagraphy
  • exoplanets
  • integrated wavefront sensing and coronagraphy
  • phase induced amplitude apodization complex mask coronagraph
  • PIAACMC
  • Zernike wavefront sensor

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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