Status of the ARGOS project

Sebastian Rabien; Lothar Barl; Udo Beckmann; Marco Bonaglia; José Luis Borelli; Joar Brynnel; Peter Buschkamp; Lorenzo Busoni; Julian Christou; Claus Connot; Richard Davies; Matthias Deysenroth; Simone Esposito; Wolfgang Gässler; Hans Gemperlein; Michael Hart; Martin Kulas; Michael Lefebvre; Michael Lehmitz; Tommaso Mazzoni; Edmund Nussbaum; Gilles Orban De Xivry; Diethard Peter; Andreas Quirrenbach; Walfried Raab; Gustavo Rahmer; Jesper Storm; Julian Ziegleder

doi:10.1117/12.2055932

Status of the ARGOS project

Sebastian Rabien, Lothar Barl, Udo Beckmann, Marco Bonaglia, José Luis Borelli, Joar Brynnel, Peter Buschkamp, Lorenzo Busoni, Julian Christou, Claus Connot, Richard Davies, Matthias Deysenroth, Simone Esposito, Wolfgang Gässler, Hans Gemperlein, Michael Hart, Martin Kulas, Michael Lefebvre, Michael Lehmitz, Tommaso MazzoniEdmund Nussbaum, Gilles Orban De Xivry, Diethard Peter, Andreas Quirrenbach, Walfried Raab, Gustavo Rahmer, Jesper Storm, Julian Ziegleder

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Abstract

ARGOS is the Laser Guide Star and Wavefront sensing facility for the Large Binocular Telescope. With first laser light on sky in 2013, the system is currently undergoing commissioning at the telescope. We present the overall status and design, as well as first results on sky. Aiming for a wide field ground layer correction, ARGOS is designed as a multi- Rayleigh beacon adaptive optics system. A total of six powerful pulsed lasers are creating the laser guide stars in constellations above each of the LBTs primary mirrors. With a range gated detection in the wavefront sensors, and the adaptive correction by the deformable secondary's, we expect ARGOS to enhance the image quality over a large range of seeing conditions. With the two wide field imaging and spectroscopic instruments LUCI1 and LUCI2 as receivers, a wide range of scientific programs will benefit from ARGOS. With an increased resolution, higher encircled energy, both imaging and MOS spectroscopy will be boosted in signal to noise by a large amount. Apart from the wide field correction ARGOS delivers in its ground layer mode, we already foresee the implementation of a hybrid Sodium with Rayleigh beacon combination for a diffraction limited AO performance.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Adaptive Optics Systems IV
Editors	Jean-Pierre Veran, Enrico Marchetti, Laird M. Close
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9780819496164
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055932
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	Adaptive Optics Systems IV - Montreal, Canada Duration: Jun 22 2014 → Jun 27 2014

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9148
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	Adaptive Optics Systems IV
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	6/22/14 → 6/27/14

Keywords

ground layer adaptive optics
large binocular telescope
Laser guide star

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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Rabien, S., Barl, L., Beckmann, U., Bonaglia, M., Borelli, J. L., Brynnel, J., Buschkamp, P., Busoni, L., Christou, J., Connot, C., Davies, R., Deysenroth, M., Esposito, S., Gässler, W., Gemperlein, H., Hart, M., Kulas, M., Lefebvre, M., Lehmitz, M., ... Ziegleder, J. (2014). Status of the ARGOS project. In J-P. Veran, E. Marchetti, & L. M. Close (Eds.), Adaptive Optics Systems IV [91481B] (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9148). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055932

Status of the ARGOS project. / Rabien, Sebastian; Barl, Lothar; Beckmann, Udo; Bonaglia, Marco; Borelli, José Luis; Brynnel, Joar; Buschkamp, Peter; Busoni, Lorenzo; Christou, Julian; Connot, Claus; Davies, Richard; Deysenroth, Matthias; Esposito, Simone; Gässler, Wolfgang; Gemperlein, Hans; Hart, Michael; Kulas, Martin; Lefebvre, Michael; Lehmitz, Michael; Mazzoni, Tommaso; Nussbaum, Edmund; Orban De Xivry, Gilles; Peter, Diethard; Quirrenbach, Andreas; Raab, Walfried; Rahmer, Gustavo; Storm, Jesper; Ziegleder, Julian.

Adaptive Optics Systems IV. ed. / Jean-Pierre Veran; Enrico Marchetti; Laird M. Close. SPIE, 2014. 91481B (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9148).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Rabien, S, Barl, L, Beckmann, U, Bonaglia, M, Borelli, JL, Brynnel, J, Buschkamp, P, Busoni, L, Christou, J, Connot, C, Davies, R, Deysenroth, M, Esposito, S, Gässler, W, Gemperlein, H, Hart, M, Kulas, M, Lefebvre, M, Lehmitz, M, Mazzoni, T, Nussbaum, E, Orban De Xivry, G, Peter, D, Quirrenbach, A, Raab, W, Rahmer, G, Storm, J & Ziegleder, J 2014, Status of the ARGOS project. in J-P Veran, E Marchetti & LM Close (eds), Adaptive Optics Systems IV., 91481B, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9148, SPIE, Adaptive Optics Systems IV, Montreal, Canada, 6/22/14. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055932

Rabien, Sebastian ; Barl, Lothar ; Beckmann, Udo ; Bonaglia, Marco ; Borelli, José Luis ; Brynnel, Joar ; Buschkamp, Peter ; Busoni, Lorenzo ; Christou, Julian ; Connot, Claus ; Davies, Richard ; Deysenroth, Matthias ; Esposito, Simone ; Gässler, Wolfgang ; Gemperlein, Hans ; Hart, Michael ; Kulas, Martin ; Lefebvre, Michael ; Lehmitz, Michael ; Mazzoni, Tommaso ; Nussbaum, Edmund ; Orban De Xivry, Gilles ; Peter, Diethard ; Quirrenbach, Andreas ; Raab, Walfried ; Rahmer, Gustavo ; Storm, Jesper ; Ziegleder, Julian. / Status of the ARGOS project. Adaptive Optics Systems IV. editor / Jean-Pierre Veran ; Enrico Marchetti ; Laird M. Close. SPIE, 2014. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).

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