From Clear to DKIST: Advancing solar MCAO from 1.6 to 4 meters

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Abstract

The MCAO pathfinder Clear on the 1.6-meter Goode Solar Telescope has been enabling us to advance solar MCAO from early conceptual demonstrations to science grade wide-field image correction. We report on recent improvements to the control loop and we comment on issues such as the co-aligning of wavefront sensors and deformable mirrors and the sensitivity of wavefront sensor gains. Further, we comment on the challenges to wavefront sensing and the control system architecture faced when scaling up to a 4-meter aperture. Finally, we present an early concept of the future MCAO upgrade for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope.

Identifier

85053539997 (Scopus)

ISBN

[9781510619593]

Publication Title

Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313787

e-ISSN

1996756X

ISSN

0277786X

Volume

10703

Grant

NSF-AST-1710809

Fund Ref

National Science Foundation

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