Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The Ingot WFS was designed to overcome some of the challenges present in classical wavefront sensors when they deal with sodium LGSs. This innovative sensor works by sensing the full 3D volume of the elongated LGS and is suitable for use in very large telescopes. A test bench has been assembled at the INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova laboratories to test and characterize the functioning of the Ingot WFS. In this work, we summarize the main results of the tests performed on a new search algorithm. Then, we move towards a more accurate simulation of the sodium LGS by replicating real time-varying sodium layer profiles. The study of their impact on the ingot pupil signals is described in this work.
DOI: 10.1117/12.3019332
Authors: Tania Sofia Gomes Machado, Simone Di Filippo, Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakumari, Maria Bergomi, Davide Greggio, Elisa Portaluri, Dheeraj Malik, César Nesme, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Alessandro Ballone, Federico Battaini, Valentina Viotto, Roberto Ragazzoni, Marco Dima, Luca Marafatto, Jacopo Farinato, Demetrio Magrin, Luigi Lessio, Gabriele Umbriaco
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4399670398