The 384-channel prototype of DM Electronics for ELT AO systems

Kris Caputa; Jenny Atwood; Glen Herriot; Jean-Pierre Veran; Paolo Spanò; Adam Zielinski

doi:10.1117/12.2056580

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22 August 2014 The 384-channel prototype of DM Electronics for ELT AO systems

Kris Caputa; Jenny Atwood; Glen Herriot; Jean-Pierre Veran; Paolo Spanò; Adam Zielinski

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Proceedings Volume 9148, Adaptive Optics Systems IV; 914844 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056580
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

High order AO subsystems of the ELT require technological advancements in the Deformable Mirror (DM) construction and corresponding improvements in the drive electronics. Advanced prototyping is currently under way at NSI-Herzberg to reduce risks of deploying untried technology in the TMT AO subsystem NFIRAOS. We have developed a 96-channel output module and constructed a sub-scale DM Electronics prototype NDME384 with 384 output channels based on 4 such modules. French DM vendor Cilas has fabricated the NFIRAOS DM Breadoboard with 360 piezoelectric actuators in a 60×6 matrix, to demonstrate the DM technology to be deployed in NFIRAOS wavefront correctors. We present the results of testing our NDME384 prototype while driving the NFIRAOS DM Breadoboard.

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Kris Caputa, Jenny Atwood, Glen Herriot, Jean-Pierre Veran, Paolo Spanò, and Adam Zielinski "The 384-channel prototype of DM Electronics for ELT AO systems", Proc. SPIE 9148, Adaptive Optics Systems IV, 914844 (22 August 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056580

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