TY - JOUR
T1 - Gemini multiconjugate adaptive optics system review - I. Design, trade-offs and integration
AU - Rigaut, François O.
AU - Neichel, Benoit
AU - Boccas, Maxime
AU - d'Orgeville, Céline
AU - Vidal, Fabrice
AU - van Dam, Marcos A.
AU - Arriagada, Gustavo
AU - Fesquet, Vincent
AU - Galvez, Ramon L.
AU - Gausachs, Gaston
AU - Cavedoni, Chad
AU - Ebbers, Angelic W.
AU - Karewicz, Stan
AU - James, Eric
AU - Lührs, Javier
AU - Montes, Vanessa
AU - Perez, Gabriel
AU - Rambold, William N.
AU - Rojas, Roberto
AU - Walker, Shane
AU - Bec, Matthieu
AU - Trancho, Gelys
AU - Sheehan, Michael
AU - Irarrazaval, Benjamin
AU - Boyer, Corinne
AU - Ellerbroek, Brent L.
AU - Flicker, Ralf
AU - Gratadour, Damien
AU - Garcia-Rissmann, Aurea
AU - Daruich, Felipe
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - The Gemini multiconjugate adaptive optics system (GeMS) at the Gemini South telescope in Cerro Pachón is the first sodium-based multilaser guide star (LGS) adaptive optics system. It uses five LGSs and two deformable mirrors to measure and compensate for atmospheric distortions. The GeMS project started in 1999, and saw first light in 2011. It is now in regular operation, producing images close to the diffraction limit in the near-infrared, with uniform quality over a field of view of two square arcminutes. This paper is the first one in a two-paper review of GeMS. It describes the system, explains why and how it was built, discusses the design choices and trade-offs, and presents the main issues encountered during the course of the project. Finally, we briefly present the results of the system first light.
AB - The Gemini multiconjugate adaptive optics system (GeMS) at the Gemini South telescope in Cerro Pachón is the first sodium-based multilaser guide star (LGS) adaptive optics system. It uses five LGSs and two deformable mirrors to measure and compensate for atmospheric distortions. The GeMS project started in 1999, and saw first light in 2011. It is now in regular operation, producing images close to the diffraction limit in the near-infrared, with uniform quality over a field of view of two square arcminutes. This paper is the first one in a two-paper review of GeMS. It describes the system, explains why and how it was built, discusses the design choices and trade-offs, and presents the main issues encountered during the course of the project. Finally, we briefly present the results of the system first light.
KW - Adaptive optics - instrumentation
KW - High angular resolution - telescopes.
KW - Instrumentation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84891355362&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/mnras/stt2054
DO - 10.1093/mnras/stt2054
M3 - Article
SN - 0035-8711
VL - 437
SP - 2361
EP - 2375
JO - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
JF - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
IS - 3
ER -