Pyramid wavefront sensor aboard AdOpt@TNG and beyond: a status report

Roberto Ragazzoni; Simone Esposito; Adriano Ghedina; Andrea Baruffolo; Massimo Cecconi; Emiliano Diolaiti; Jacopo Farinato; Luca Fini; Enrico Marchetti; Alfio Puglisi; Massimiliano Tordi; Elise Vernet-Viard

doi:10.1117/12.454791

4 February 2002 Pyramid wavefront sensor aboard AdOpt@TNG and beyond: a status report

Roberto Ragazzoni, Simone Esposito, Adriano Ghedina, Andrea Baruffolo, Massimo Cecconi, Emiliano Diolaiti, Jacopo Farinato, Luca Fini, Enrico Marchetti, Alfio Puglisi, Massimiliano Tordi, Elise Vernet-Viard

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Proceedings Volume 4494, Adaptive Optics Systems and Technology II; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454791
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The concept of Pyramid Wavefront sensor has been introduced as a more compact and flexible alternative to Shack--Hartmann wavefront sensing. In the past five years, however, such a novel concept promised a much larger sensitivity and an inherent easiness to be implemented in a multiple reference wavefront sensor. AdOptTNG, a natural guide star based adaptive optics module implemented at the 3.5m TNG telescope is equipped with such a sensor. We report here on the updated status, including on-sky experimental verification of various of the several features of such a sensor. We discuss the results obtained, their scalability and the lessons learned in building, aligning and operating it. Some comparison with theoretical and laboratory-based result, is also tentatively reported.

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Roberto Ragazzoni, Simone Esposito, Adriano Ghedina, Andrea Baruffolo, Massimo Cecconi, Emiliano Diolaiti, Jacopo Farinato, Luca Fini, Enrico Marchetti, Alfio Puglisi, Massimiliano Tordi, and Elise Vernet-Viard "Pyramid wavefront sensor aboard AdOpt@TNG and beyond: a status report", Proc. SPIE 4494, Adaptive Optics Systems and Technology II, (4 February 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454791

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