The MAPS adaptive secondary mirror: first light, laboratory work, and achievements

Jess A. Johnson; Amali Vaz; Manny Montoya; Narsireddy Anugu; Cameron Ard; Jared Carlson; Kimberly Chapman; Olivier Durney; Chuck Fellows; Andrew Gardner; Olivier Guyon; Buell Jannuzi; Ron Jones; Craig Kulesa; Joseph Long; Eden McEwen; Jared Males; Emily Mailhot; Jorge Sanchez; Surresh Sivanandam; Robin Swanson; Jacob Taylor; Dan Vargas; Grant West; Jennifer Patience; Katie Morzinski

doi:10.1117/12.2677896

3 October 2023 The MAPS adaptive secondary mirror: first light, laboratory work, and achievements

Jess A. Johnson, Amali Vaz, Manny Montoya, Narsireddy Anugu, Cameron Ard, Jared Carlson, Kimberly Chapman, Olivier Durney, Chuck Fellows, Andrew Gardner, Olivier Guyon, Buell Jannuzi, Ron Jones, Craig Kulesa, Joseph Long, Eden McEwen, Jared Males, Emily Mailhot, Jorge Sanchez, Surresh Sivanandam, Robin Swanson, Jacob Taylor, Dan Vargas, Grant West, Jennifer Patience, Katie Morzinski

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Proceedings Volume 12693, Unconventional Imaging, Sensing, and Adaptive Optics 2023; 126930F (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677896
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2023, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The MMT Adaptive Optics exoPlanet Characterization System (MAPS) is a comprehensive update to the first generation MMT adaptive optics system (MMTAO), designed to produce a facility class suite of instruments whose purpose is to image nearby exoplanets. The system’s adaptive secondary mirror (ASM), although comprised in part of legacy components from the MMTAO ASM, represents a major leap forward in design, structure and function. The subject of this paper is the design, operation, achievements and technical issues of the MAPS adaptive secondary mirror. We discuss laboratory preparation for on-sky engineering runs, the results of those runs and the issues we discovered, what we learned about those issues in a follow up period of laboratory work, and the steps we are taking to mitigate them.

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Jess A. Johnson, Amali Vaz, Manny Montoya, Narsireddy Anugu, Cameron Ard, Jared Carlson, Kimberly Chapman, Olivier Durney, Chuck Fellows, Andrew Gardner, Olivier Guyon, Buell Jannuzi, Ron Jones, Craig Kulesa, Joseph Long, Eden McEwen, Jared Males, Emily Mailhot, Jorge Sanchez, Surresh Sivanandam, Robin Swanson, Jacob Taylor, Dan Vargas, Grant West, Jennifer Patience, and Katie Morzinski "The MAPS adaptive secondary mirror: first light, laboratory work, and achievements", Proc. SPIE 12693, Unconventional Imaging, Sensing, and Adaptive Optics 2023, 126930F (3 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677896

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