MACAO and its application for the VLT interferometer

Robert Donaldson; Domenico Bonaccini; Joar Brynnel; Bernard Buzzoni; Laird Miller Close; Bernard Delabre; C. Dupuy; Jacopo Farinato; Enrico Fedrigo; Norbert N. Hubin; Enrico Marchetti; Stefan Stroebele; Sebastien Tordo

doi:10.1117/12.390306

7 July 2000 MACAO and its application for the VLT interferometer

Robert Donaldson, Domenico Bonaccini, Joar Brynnel, Bernard Buzzoni, Laird Miller Close, Bernard Delabre, C. Dupuy, Jacopo Farinato, Enrico Fedrigo, Norbert N. Hubin, Enrico Marchetti, Stefan Stroebele, Sebastien Tordo

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Proceedings Volume 4007, Adaptive Optical Systems Technology; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390306
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2000, Munich, Germany

Abstract

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 first 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.

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Robert Donaldson, Domenico Bonaccini, Joar Brynnel, Bernard Buzzoni, Laird Miller Close, Bernard Delabre, C. Dupuy, Jacopo Farinato, Enrico Fedrigo, Norbert N. Hubin, Enrico Marchetti, Stefan Stroebele, and Sebastien Tordo "MACAO and its application for the VLT interferometer", Proc. SPIE 4007, Adaptive Optical Systems Technology, (7 July 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390306

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