Status of the ARGOS ground layer adaptive optics system

Wolfgang Gässler; Sebastian Rabien; Simone Esposito; Michael Lloyd-Hart; Lothar Barl; Udo Beckmann; Thomas Bluemchen; Marco Bonaglia; José Luis Borelli; Guido Brusa; Joar Brynnel; Peter Buschkamp; Lorenzo Busoni; Luca Carbonaro; Claus Connot; Richard Davies; Matthias Deysenroth; Olivier Durney; Richard Green; Hans Gemperlein; Victor Gasho; Marcus Haug; Pete Hubbard; Sebastian Ihle; Martin Kulas; Reinhard Lederer; Jason Lewis; Christina Loose; Michael Lehmitz; Jamison Noenickx; Edmund Nussbaum; Gilles Orban De Xivry; Diethard Peter; Andreas Quirrenbach; Matt Rademacher; Walfried Raab; Jesper Storm; Christian Schwab; Vidhya Vaitheeswaran; Julian Ziegleder

doi:10.1117/12.926167

Status of the ARGOS ground layer adaptive optics system

Wolfgang Gässler^*, Sebastian Rabien, Simone Esposito, Michael Lloyd-Hart, Lothar Barl, Udo Beckmann, Thomas Bluemchen, Marco Bonaglia, José Luis Borelli, Guido Brusa, Joar Brynnel, Peter Buschkamp, Lorenzo Busoni, Luca Carbonaro, Claus Connot, Richard Davies, Matthias Deysenroth, Olivier Durney, Richard Green, Hans GemperleinVictor Gasho, Marcus Haug, Pete Hubbard, Sebastian Ihle, Martin Kulas, Reinhard Lederer, Jason Lewis, Christina Loose, Michael Lehmitz, Jamison Noenickx, Edmund Nussbaum, Gilles Orban De Xivry, Diethard Peter, Andreas Quirrenbach, Matt Rademacher, Walfried Raab, Jesper Storm, Christian Schwab, Vidhya Vaitheeswaran, Julian Ziegleder

^*Corresponding author for this work

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

9 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

ARGOS the Advanced Rayleigh guided Ground layer adaptive Optics System for the LBT (Large Binocular Telescope) is built by a German-Italian-American consortium. It will be a seeing reducer correcting the turbulence in the lower atmosphere over a field of 2′ radius. In such way we expect to improve the spatial resolution over the seeing of about a factor of two and more and to increase the throughput for spectroscopy accordingly. In its initial implementation, ARGOS will feed the two near-infrared spectrograph and imager - LUCI I and LUCI II. The system consist of six Rayleigh lasers - three per eye of the LBT. The lasers are launched from the back of the adaptive secondary mirror of the LBT. ARGOS has one wavefront sensor unit per primary mirror of the LBT, each of the units with three Shack-Hartmann sensors, which are imaged on one detector. In 2010 and 2011, we already mounted parts of the instrument at the telescope to provide an environment for the main sub-systems. The commissioning of the instrument will start in 2012 in a staged approach. We will give an overview of ARGOS and its goals and report about the status and new challenges we encountered during the building phase. Finally we will give an outlook of the upcoming work, how we will operate it and further possibilities the system enables by design.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Adaptive Optics Systems III
Editors	Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Veran
Place of Publication	Bellingham, WA
Publisher	SPIE
Pages	1-10
Number of pages	10
Volume	8447
ISBN (Print)	9780819491480
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926167
Publication status	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	Adaptive Optics Systems III - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 1 Jul 2012 → 6 Jul 2012

Other

Other	Adaptive Optics Systems III
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	1/07/12 → 6/07/12

Keywords

Ground layer adaptive optics
Large binocular telescope
Laser guide star

Access to Document

10.1117/12.926167

Cite this

Gässler, W., Rabien, S., Esposito, S., Lloyd-Hart, M., Barl, L., Beckmann, U., Bluemchen, T., Bonaglia, M., Borelli, J. L., Brusa, G., Brynnel, J., Buschkamp, P., Busoni, L., Carbonaro, L., Connot, C., Davies, R., Deysenroth, M., Durney, O., Green, R., ... Ziegleder, J. (2012). Status of the ARGOS ground layer adaptive optics system. In B. L. Ellerbroek, E. Marchetti, & J.-P. Veran (Eds.), Adaptive Optics Systems III (Vol. 8447, pp. 1-10). Article 844702 SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926167

@inproceedings{c34a8c8b844e4771ab6968d22adf4a68,

title = "Status of the ARGOS ground layer adaptive optics system",

abstract = "ARGOS the Advanced Rayleigh guided Ground layer adaptive Optics System for the LBT (Large Binocular Telescope) is built by a German-Italian-American consortium. It will be a seeing reducer correcting the turbulence in the lower atmosphere over a field of 2′ radius. In such way we expect to improve the spatial resolution over the seeing of about a factor of two and more and to increase the throughput for spectroscopy accordingly. In its initial implementation, ARGOS will feed the two near-infrared spectrograph and imager - LUCI I and LUCI II. The system consist of six Rayleigh lasers - three per eye of the LBT. The lasers are launched from the back of the adaptive secondary mirror of the LBT. ARGOS has one wavefront sensor unit per primary mirror of the LBT, each of the units with three Shack-Hartmann sensors, which are imaged on one detector. In 2010 and 2011, we already mounted parts of the instrument at the telescope to provide an environment for the main sub-systems. The commissioning of the instrument will start in 2012 in a staged approach. We will give an overview of ARGOS and its goals and report about the status and new challenges we encountered during the building phase. Finally we will give an outlook of the upcoming work, how we will operate it and further possibilities the system enables by design.",

keywords = "Ground layer adaptive optics, Large binocular telescope, Laser guide star",

author = "Wolfgang G{\"a}ssler and Sebastian Rabien and Simone Esposito and Michael Lloyd-Hart and Lothar Barl and Udo Beckmann and Thomas Bluemchen and Marco Bonaglia and Borelli, {Jos{\'e} Luis} and Guido Brusa and Joar Brynnel and Peter Buschkamp and Lorenzo Busoni and Luca Carbonaro and Claus Connot and Richard Davies and Matthias Deysenroth and Olivier Durney and Richard Green and Hans Gemperlein and Victor Gasho and Marcus Haug and Pete Hubbard and Sebastian Ihle and Martin Kulas and Reinhard Lederer and Jason Lewis and Christina Loose and Michael Lehmitz and Jamison Noenickx and Edmund Nussbaum and {De Xivry}, {Gilles Orban} and Diethard Peter and Andreas Quirrenbach and Matt Rademacher and Walfried Raab and Jesper Storm and Christian Schwab and Vidhya Vaitheeswaran and Julian Ziegleder",

year = "2012",

doi = "10.1117/12.926167",

language = "English",

isbn = "9780819491480",

volume = "8447",

pages = "1--10",

editor = "Ellerbroek, {Brent L.} and Enrico Marchetti and Jean-Pierre Veran",

booktitle = "Adaptive Optics Systems III",

publisher = "SPIE",

address = "United States",

note = "Adaptive Optics Systems III ; Conference date: 01-07-2012 Through 06-07-2012",

}

Gässler, W, Rabien, S, Esposito, S, Lloyd-Hart, M, Barl, L, Beckmann, U, Bluemchen, T, Bonaglia, M, Borelli, JL, Brusa, G, Brynnel, J, Buschkamp, P, Busoni, L, Carbonaro, L, Connot, C, Davies, R, Deysenroth, M, Durney, O, Green, R, Gemperlein, H, Gasho, V, Haug, M, Hubbard, P, Ihle, S, Kulas, M, Lederer, R, Lewis, J, Loose, C, Lehmitz, M, Noenickx, J, Nussbaum, E, De Xivry, GO, Peter, D, Quirrenbach, A, Rademacher, M, Raab, W, Storm, J, Schwab, C, Vaitheeswaran, V & Ziegleder, J 2012, Status of the ARGOS ground layer adaptive optics system. in BL Ellerbroek, E Marchetti & J-P Veran (eds), Adaptive Optics Systems III. vol. 8447, 844702, SPIE, Bellingham, WA, pp. 1-10, Adaptive Optics Systems III, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1/07/12. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926167

Status of the ARGOS ground layer adaptive optics system. / Gässler, Wolfgang; Rabien, Sebastian; Esposito, Simone et al.
Adaptive Optics Systems III. ed. / Brent L. Ellerbroek; Enrico Marchetti; Jean-Pierre Veran. Vol. 8447 Bellingham, WA: SPIE, 2012. p. 1-10 844702.

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

TY - GEN

T1 - Status of the ARGOS ground layer adaptive optics system

AU - Gässler, Wolfgang

AU - Rabien, Sebastian

AU - Esposito, Simone

AU - Lloyd-Hart, Michael

AU - Barl, Lothar

AU - Beckmann, Udo

AU - Bluemchen, Thomas

AU - Bonaglia, Marco

AU - Borelli, José Luis

AU - Brusa, Guido

AU - Brynnel, Joar

AU - Buschkamp, Peter

AU - Busoni, Lorenzo

AU - Carbonaro, Luca

AU - Connot, Claus

AU - Davies, Richard

AU - Deysenroth, Matthias

AU - Durney, Olivier

AU - Green, Richard

AU - Gemperlein, Hans

AU - Gasho, Victor

AU - Haug, Marcus

AU - Hubbard, Pete

AU - Ihle, Sebastian

AU - Kulas, Martin

AU - Lederer, Reinhard

AU - Lewis, Jason

AU - Loose, Christina

AU - Lehmitz, Michael

AU - Noenickx, Jamison

AU - Nussbaum, Edmund

AU - De Xivry, Gilles Orban

AU - Peter, Diethard

AU - Quirrenbach, Andreas

AU - Rademacher, Matt

AU - Raab, Walfried

AU - Storm, Jesper

AU - Schwab, Christian

AU - Vaitheeswaran, Vidhya

AU - Ziegleder, Julian

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - ARGOS the Advanced Rayleigh guided Ground layer adaptive Optics System for the LBT (Large Binocular Telescope) is built by a German-Italian-American consortium. It will be a seeing reducer correcting the turbulence in the lower atmosphere over a field of 2′ radius. In such way we expect to improve the spatial resolution over the seeing of about a factor of two and more and to increase the throughput for spectroscopy accordingly. In its initial implementation, ARGOS will feed the two near-infrared spectrograph and imager - LUCI I and LUCI II. The system consist of six Rayleigh lasers - three per eye of the LBT. The lasers are launched from the back of the adaptive secondary mirror of the LBT. ARGOS has one wavefront sensor unit per primary mirror of the LBT, each of the units with three Shack-Hartmann sensors, which are imaged on one detector. In 2010 and 2011, we already mounted parts of the instrument at the telescope to provide an environment for the main sub-systems. The commissioning of the instrument will start in 2012 in a staged approach. We will give an overview of ARGOS and its goals and report about the status and new challenges we encountered during the building phase. Finally we will give an outlook of the upcoming work, how we will operate it and further possibilities the system enables by design.

AB - ARGOS the Advanced Rayleigh guided Ground layer adaptive Optics System for the LBT (Large Binocular Telescope) is built by a German-Italian-American consortium. It will be a seeing reducer correcting the turbulence in the lower atmosphere over a field of 2′ radius. In such way we expect to improve the spatial resolution over the seeing of about a factor of two and more and to increase the throughput for spectroscopy accordingly. In its initial implementation, ARGOS will feed the two near-infrared spectrograph and imager - LUCI I and LUCI II. The system consist of six Rayleigh lasers - three per eye of the LBT. The lasers are launched from the back of the adaptive secondary mirror of the LBT. ARGOS has one wavefront sensor unit per primary mirror of the LBT, each of the units with three Shack-Hartmann sensors, which are imaged on one detector. In 2010 and 2011, we already mounted parts of the instrument at the telescope to provide an environment for the main sub-systems. The commissioning of the instrument will start in 2012 in a staged approach. We will give an overview of ARGOS and its goals and report about the status and new challenges we encountered during the building phase. Finally we will give an outlook of the upcoming work, how we will operate it and further possibilities the system enables by design.

KW - Ground layer adaptive optics

KW - Large binocular telescope

KW - Laser guide star

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84871691795&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1117/12.926167

DO - 10.1117/12.926167

M3 - Conference proceeding contribution

AN - SCOPUS:84871691795

SN - 9780819491480

VL - 8447

SP - 1

EP - 10

BT - Adaptive Optics Systems III

A2 - Ellerbroek, Brent L.

A2 - Marchetti, Enrico

A2 - Veran, Jean-Pierre

PB - SPIE

CY - Bellingham, WA

T2 - Adaptive Optics Systems III

Y2 - 1 July 2012 through 6 July 2012

ER -

Status of the ARGOS ground layer adaptive optics system

Abstract

Other

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this