MACAO and its application for the VLT Interferometer

R. Donaldson; D. Bonaccini; J. Brynnel; B. Buzzoni; L. Close; B. Delabre; C. Dupuy; J. Farinato; E. Fedrigo; N. Hubin; E. Marchetti; S. Stroebele; S. Tordo

MACAO and its application for the VLT Interferometer

R. Donaldson, D. Bonaccini, J. Brynnel, B. Buzzoni, L. Close, B. Delabre, C. Dupuy, J. Farinato, E. Fedrigo, N. Hubin, E. Marchetti, S. Stroebele, S. Tordo

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The European Southern Observatory is developing a medium order curvature adaptive optics system designed to be operable with minimal modification at any focus of the Very Large telescope (VLT). The first application of this AO system (MACAO) is to equip all four VLT Unit Telescope (UT) Coude foci with 60 element AO systems capable of delivering to the VLT Interferometer (VLTI) >50% K band Strehl. The AO system being used by an interferometer is constrained to introduce minimal piston and operating as a sub-system of a large and complex instrument to have a robust architecture and simple operation. Installation of the first AO system is scheduled to begin 1^st Quarter 2002 with completion of all four UTs by early 2004. Other applications of the MACAO system will be for use by the CRIRES and SPIFFI spectrographs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	I/-
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4007
State	Published - 2000
Externally published	Yes
Event	Adaptive Optical Systems Technology - Munich, Ger Duration: Mar 29 2000 → Mar 31 2000

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