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Title: Performance of the Gemini Planet Imager’s adaptive optics system

Journal Article · · Applied Optics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.55.000323· OSTI ID:1240924
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
  3. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
  4. NASA/Armstrong Flight Research Center, Palmdale, CA (United States). Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, Universities Space Research Association
  5. Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Tucson, AZ (United States)
  6. National Research Council of Canada Herzberg, Victoria BC (Canada)
  7. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Department of Physics and Astronomy
  8. Gemini Observatory, La Serena (Chile)
  9. Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States). University of California Observatories
  10. Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD (United States)
  11. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
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The Gemini Planet Imager’s adaptive optics (AO) subsystem was designed specifically to facilitate high-contrast imaging. We give a definitive description of the system’s algorithms and technologies as built. Ultimately, the error budget indicates that for all targets and atmospheric conditions AO bandwidth error is the largest term.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1240924
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1234177
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-677288; APOPAI
Journal Information:
Applied Optics, Vol. 55, Issue 2; ISSN 0003-6935
Publisher:
Optical Society of America (OSA)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 47 works
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Ground-based adaptive optics coronagraphic performance under closed-loop predictive control journal January 2018
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Gemini Planet Imager observational calibrations XI: pipeline improvements and enhanced calibrations after two years on sky conference August 2016
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