An infusion of new blood using the Toptica laser with GeMS: Results of the commissioning and science performance

Gaetano Sivo; Eduardo Marin; François Rigaut; Marcos Van Dam; Vincent Garrel; Benoit Neichel; Cristian Moreno; Emmanuel Chirre; Constanza Araujo; Allen Hankla; Gabriel Perez; Pablo Diaz; Angelic Ebbers; Paul Collins; Vicente Vergara; Paul Hirst; Morten Andersen; Joy Chavez; Lindsay Magill; Christine Cunningham; Ariel Lopez; Jeff Donahue; Rodrigo Carrasco; Gianluca Lombardi; Vanessa Montes; Michiel Van Der Hoeven; René Rutten; Scot Kleinman; Manuel Lazo

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An infusion of new blood using the Toptica laser with GeMS: Results of the commissioning and science performance

Gaetano Sivo^*, Eduardo Marin, François Rigaut, Marcos Van Dam, Vincent Garrel, Benoit Neichel, Cristian Moreno, Emmanuel Chirre, Constanza Araujo, Allen Hankla, Gabriel Perez, Pablo Diaz, Angelic Ebbers, Paul Collins, Vicente Vergara, Paul Hirst, Morten Andersen, Joy Chavez, Lindsay Magill, Christine CunninghamAriel Lopez, Jeff Donahue, Rodrigo Carrasco, Gianluca Lombardi, Vanessa Montes, Michiel Van Der Hoeven, René Rutten, Scot Kleinman, Manuel Lazo

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Adaptive Optics (AO) systems aim at detecting and correcting for optical distortions induced by atmospheric turbulences. The Gemini Multi Conjugated AO System GeMS is operational and regularly used for science observations since 2013 delivering close to diffraction limit resolution over a large field of view. GeMS entered this year into a new era. The laser system has been upgraded from the old 50W Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies (LMCT) pulsed laser to the Toptica 20/2W CW SodiumStar laser. The laser has been successfully commissioned and is now used regularly in operation. In this paper we first review the performance obtained with the instrument. I will go then into the details of the commissioning of the Toptica laser and show the improvements obtained in term of acquisition, stability, reliability and performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Adaptive Optics Systems VI
Editors	Dirk Schmidt, Laura Schreiber, Laird M. Close
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Print)	9781510619593
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312090
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	Adaptive Optics Systems VI 2018 - Austin, United States Duration: 10 Jun 2018 → 15 Jun 2018

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	10703
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Adaptive Optics Systems VI 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	10/06/18 → 15/06/18

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Sivo, G., Marin, E., Rigaut, F., Van Dam, M., Garrel, V., Neichel, B., Moreno, C., Chirre, E., Araujo, C., Hankla, A., Perez, G., Diaz, P., Ebbers, A., Collins, P., Vergara, V., Hirst, P., Andersen, M., Chavez, J., Magill, L., ... Lazo, M. (2018). An infusion of new blood using the Toptica laser with GeMS: Results of the commissioning and science performance. In D. Schmidt, L. Schreiber, & L. M. Close (Eds.), Adaptive Optics Systems VI Article 107030P (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10703). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312090

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Sivo, G, Marin, E, Rigaut, F, Van Dam, M, Garrel, V, Neichel, B, Moreno, C, Chirre, E, Araujo, C, Hankla, A, Perez, G, Diaz, P, Ebbers, A, Collins, P, Vergara, V, Hirst, P, Andersen, M, Chavez, J, Magill, L, Cunningham, C, Lopez, A, Donahue, J, Carrasco, R, Lombardi, G, Montes, V, Van Der Hoeven, M, Rutten, R, Kleinman, S & Lazo, M 2018, An infusion of new blood using the Toptica laser with GeMS: Results of the commissioning and science performance. in D Schmidt, L Schreiber & LM Close (eds), Adaptive Optics Systems VI., 107030P, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 10703, SPIE, Adaptive Optics Systems VI 2018, Austin, United States, 10/06/18. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312090

An infusion of new blood using the Toptica laser with GeMS: Results of the commissioning and science performance. / Sivo, Gaetano; Marin, Eduardo; Rigaut, François et al.
Adaptive Optics Systems VI. ed. / Dirk Schmidt; Laura Schreiber; Laird M. Close. SPIE, 2018. 107030P (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10703).

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Sivo G, Marin E, Rigaut F, Van Dam M, Garrel V, Neichel B et al. An infusion of new blood using the Toptica laser with GeMS: Results of the commissioning and science performance. In Schmidt D, Schreiber L, Close LM, editors, Adaptive Optics Systems VI. SPIE. 2018. 107030P. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2312090

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