NFIRAOS (Narrow-Field InfraRed Adaptive Optics System) will be the first-light multi-conjugate adaptive optics system for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). NFIRAOS supports three Near Infrared (NIR) client instruments, and provides exceptional image quality across the 2 arcminute field of view. In 2018, NFIRAOS passed the Final Design Review (FDR), but there have been several substantial changes more recently. The optical enclosure (ENCL) refrigeration design was updated for CO2 refrigerant, and an enclosure wall panel was prototyped. The polar-coordinate CCD for the laser guide star (LGS) wavefront sensor camera was replaced with a commercial C-Blue camera from First Light Imaging. More recently, the NFIRAOS Science Calibration Unit (NSCU), which was previously a separate Canadian contribution, was incorporated into the scope of NFIRAOS, and has progressed to the Conceptual Design level. In addition to these changes, the team has been working to bring the last of the low-risk subsystems to final design level in preparation for the beginning of construction.
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