Joint MICADO-MAORY SCAO mode: specifications, prototyping, simulations and preliminary design

Date Issued
2016
Author(s)
Clénet, Yann
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Buey, Tristan
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Rousset, Gérard
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Gendron, Eric
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Hubert, Zoltan
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Cohen, Mathieu
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Chapron, Frédéric
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Sevin, Arnaud
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Baudoz, Pierre
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Feautrier, Philippe
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Zins, Gérard
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Gratadour, Damien
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Vidal, Fabrice
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Chemla, Fanny
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Ferreira, Florian
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Doucet, Nicolas
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Durand, Sébastien
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Carlotti, Alexis
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Perrot, Clément
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Schubert, Josef
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Davies, Richard
DOI
Abstract
MICADO is the E-ELT first-light imager, working at the diffraction limit in the near-infrared. Multi-conjugate adaptive optics (MCAO) will be the primary AO mode of MICADO, driving the design of the instrument. It will be provided by MAORY, the E-ELT first-light AO module. MICADO will also come with a SCAO capability, jointly developed by MICADO and MAORY. SCAO will be the first AO mode to be tested at the telescope, in a phased approach of AO integration at the E-ELT. We present in the following the MICADO-MAORY SCAO specifications, the current SCAO prototyping activities at LESIA for E-ELT scale pyramid wavefront sensor (WFS) and real-time computer (RTC), our activities on end-to-end AO simulations and the current preliminary design of SCAO subsystems. We finish by presenting the implementation and current design studies for the high-contrast imaging mode of MICADO, which will make use of the SCAO correction offered to the instrument.
Coverage
Adaptive Optics Systems V
All editors
Marchetti, Enrico; Close, Laird M.; Véran, Jean-Pierre
Series
Volume
9909
Start page
99090A
Conferenece
Adaptive Optics Systems V
Conferenece place
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Conferenece date
26 June - 1 July, 2016
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Issn Identifier
0277-786X
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2016SPIE.9909E..0AC
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