AOB-1 is a LAM/ONERA/ASTRALIS Adaptive Optics (AO) facility currently designed to feed the GIRMOS instrument on the GEMINI North 8m class telescope located in Hawaii. This AO system can operate in two modes. A laser tomography AO (LTAO) mode using 4 LGS (laser guide stars) and [1-3] NGS (natural guide stars) for high performance over a narrow field of view (a few arcsec). The LTAO reconstruction will benefit from the most recent developments in the field, such as the super-resolution concept for the multi-LGS tomographic system, the calibration and optimization of the system on the sky, etc. The system will also operate in Ground Layer Adaptive Optics (GLAO) mode providing a robust solution for homogeneous partial AO correction over a wide 2' FOV. This last mode will also be used as a first step of a MOAO (Multi-object adaptive optics) mode integrated in the GIRMOS instrument. Both GLAO and LTAO modes are optimized to provide the best possible sky coverage, up to 60% at the North Galactic Pole. Finally, the project has been designed from day one as a fast-track, cost effective project, aiming to provide a first scientific light on the telescope by 2027 at the latest, with a good balance of innovative and creative concepts combined with standard and well controlled components and solutions. In this paper, we will present the innovative Phase A concepts, design and performance analysis of the two AO modes (LTAO and GLAO) of the AOB-1 project.
| Subject : | : | poster |
| Topics | : | Current designs of ELT AO system |
| Keywords | : | GNAO ; LTAO ; GLAO ; Super Resolution |
| PDF version | : |  PDF version |
