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Paper Abstract
IACATS is an atmospheric turbulence, stars and telescope simulator for the evaluation of on ground
telescopes instrumentation developed by INTA (optics) and LIDAX
(opto-mechanics) for the IAC (Instituto
de Astrofísica de Canarias).
Three telescopes have been simulated, matching the f number, focal plane, and optical interface of the
actual telescopes. An optical breadboard was designed and built containing the required opto-mechanics for
simulating the telescopes, and various levels of turbulence required.
In addition to the telescope simulator optics, a set of three phase plates have been procured and
conveniently combined in order to reproduce the atmospheric turbulence required by the IAC. A wave front
sensor has been also included in order to evaluate the deformation that the phase plates, or the simulated
turbulence, produce in the wave front coming from the illumination system and star simulator. Finally, a
specific illumination system was developed including different working wavelengths in order to fulfil the
requirements. The description of the illumination system itself has been done in a separate publication.. In the
following lines, the characteristics of the IACATS instrument as well as the results obtained from the AIV
(Assembly and Integration Verification) process are reported on.
Paper Details
Date Published: 28 July 2010
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 7736, Adaptive Optics Systems II, 77363T (28 July 2010); doi: 10.1117/12.857987
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7736:
Adaptive Optics Systems II
Brent L. Ellerbroek; Michael Hart; Norbert Hubin; Peter L. Wizinowich, Editor(s)
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 7736, Adaptive Optics Systems II, 77363T (28 July 2010); doi: 10.1117/12.857987
Show Author Affiliations
Gonzalo Ramos Zapata, Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (Spain)
Tomás Belenguer-Dávila, Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (Spain)
Carmen Pastor Santos, Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (Spain)
Antonio Sánchez Rodríguez, Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (Spain)
Tomás Belenguer-Dávila, Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (Spain)
Carmen Pastor Santos, Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (Spain)
Antonio Sánchez Rodríguez, Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (Spain)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7736:
Adaptive Optics Systems II
Brent L. Ellerbroek; Michael Hart; Norbert Hubin; Peter L. Wizinowich, Editor(s)
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