The optical alignment of the Gemini planet imager adaptive optics bench

John Pazder; Brian Bauman; Daren Dillon; Murray Fletcher; Jean Lacoursière; Vlad Reshetov

doi:10.1117/12.925866

13 September 2012 The optical alignment of the Gemini planet imager adaptive optics bench

John Pazder, Brian Bauman, Daren Dillon, Murray Fletcher, Jean Lacoursière, Vlad Reshetov

Proceedings Volume 8450, Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation II; 845058 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925866
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) is a facility instrument under construction for the 8-m Gemini South telescope. This paper describes the methods used for optical alignment of the adaptive optics (AO) bench. The optical alignment of the off-axis paraboloid mirrors was done using a pre-alignment method utilizing a HeNe laser and alignment telescopes followed by a fine-tuning using a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor and a shear plate. A FARO arm measuring system was used to place the fiducials for the alignment. Using these methods the AO bench was aligned to 13nm RMS of wavefront error.

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John Pazder, Brian Bauman, Daren Dillon, Murray Fletcher, Jean Lacoursière, and Vlad Reshetov "The optical alignment of the Gemini planet imager adaptive optics bench", Proc. SPIE 8450, Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation II, 845058 (13 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925866

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