The multi-conjugate adaptive optics system of the New Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory

Dirk Schmidt; Nicolas Gorceix; Xianyu Zhang; Jose Marino; Roy Coulter; Sergey Shumko; Phil Goode; Thomas Rimmele; Thomas Berkefeld

doi:10.1117/12.2055146

The multi-conjugate adaptive optics system of the New Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory

Dirk Schmidt, Nicolas Gorceix, Xianyu Zhang, Jose Marino, Roy Coulter, Sergey Shumko, Phil Goode, Thomas Rimmele, Thomas Berkefeld

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We report on the multi-conjugate adaptive optics (MCAO) system of the New Solar Telescope (NST) at Big Bear Solar Observatory which has been integrated in October 2013 and is now available for MCAO experiments. The NST MCAO system features three deformable mirrors (DM), and it is purposely flexible in order to offer a valuable facility for development of solar MCAO. Two of the deformable mirrors are dedicated to compensation of field dependent aberrations due to high-altitude turbulence, whereas the other deformable mirror compensates field independent aberrations in a pupil image. The opto-mechanical design allows for changing the conjugate plane of the two high-altitude DMs independently between two and nine kilometers. The pupil plane DM can be placed either in a pupil image upstream of the high-altitude DMs or downstream. This capability allows for performing experimental studies on the impact of the geometrical order of the deformable mirrors and the conjugate position. The control system is flexible, too, which allows for real-world analysis of various control approaches. This paper gives an overview of the NST MCAO system and reveals the first MCAO corrected image taken at Big Bear Solar Observatory.

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/10.1117/12.2055146
State	Published - 2014
Event	Adaptive Optics Systems IV - Montreal, Canada Duration: Jun 22 2014 → Jun 27 2014

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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

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

KAOS Evo 2
MCAO
New Solar Telescope
multi-conjugate adaptive optics
solar adaptive optics

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Schmidt, D., Gorceix, N., Zhang, X., Marino, J., Coulter, R., Shumko, S., Goode, P., Rimmele, T., & Berkefeld, T. (2014). The multi-conjugate adaptive optics system of the New Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory. In J.-P. Veran, E. Marchetti, & L. M. Close (Eds.), Adaptive Optics Systems IV Article 91482U (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9148). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055146

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Schmidt, D, Gorceix, N, Zhang, X, Marino, J, Coulter, R, Shumko, S, Goode, P, Rimmele, T & Berkefeld, T 2014, The multi-conjugate adaptive optics system of the New Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory. in J-P Veran, E Marchetti & LM Close (eds), Adaptive Optics Systems IV., 91482U, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9148, SPIE, Adaptive Optics Systems IV, Montreal, Canada, 6/22/14. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055146

The multi-conjugate adaptive optics system of the New Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory. / Schmidt, Dirk; Gorceix, Nicolas; Zhang, Xianyu et al.
Adaptive Optics Systems IV. ed. / Jean-Pierre Veran; Enrico Marchetti; Laird M. Close. SPIE, 2014. 91482U (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9148).

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