Next generation MCAO systems for large aperture solar telescopes
Lead Research Organisation:
Durham University
Department Name: Physics
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Tim Morris (Principal Investigator) |
| Description | DKIST turbulence profiler |
| Organisation | Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We will be providing a turbulence profiling instrument to support DKIST AO system design and commissioning. We will provide the design, build the instrument, commission it at the telescope and provide a data reduction pipeline. |
| Collaborator Contribution | DKIST will provide scientific and technical inputs, such as instrument requirements, and descriptions of optical, mechanical, electronic and software interfaces, as well as support during commissioning. |
| Impact | No outputs yet - system still being designed (March 2022) |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | European Solar Telescope |
| Organisation | Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We will providing a design study for the EST soft real-time control system - the part of the adaptive optics control system that monitors and optimises system performance, as well as providing a user interface. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Information on the conceptual design of the EST AO control system, expected performance and algorithm definintion. |
| Impact | No outputs yet (Mar 2022) |
| Start Year | 2022 |