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Abstract
Earth's fully turbulent atmosphere prevents ground-based optical and near-infrared telescopes (larger than 30 cm) to reach their full potential, i.e. their diffraction-limited capabilities. In order to overcome this limitation, real-time correction of the aberrations caused by the atmosphere is essential. This is done using a technique called Adaptive Optics (AO). Achieving wide-field correction requires an extension to this technique known as Multi-Conjugated Adaptive Optics (MCAO). My PhD concentrated on max- imising the scientific return of one such MCAO system, the LINC-NIRVANA (LN) instrument currently undergoing commissioning at the Large Binocular Telescope. Starting from alignment and calibration in the lab to the on-going commissioning, I have contributed to the optical assembly, integration, verifica- tion, and software development of the LN MCAO system. I also solved a particular challenge faced by the MCAO systems, namely the "partial illumination issue". In addition, I also developed a concept that can improve the AO performance, which we call as the "wind predictive control". Finally, to understand the astrophysical capabilities of an AO system, I studied a pre-main sequence star system, the T Tauri, using observations from two instruments with advanced AO systems capable of providing high-contrast high-resolution near-infrared imagery.
Dokumententyp: | Dissertation |
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Erstgutachter: | Bailer-Jones, Prof. Dr. Coryn |
Ort der Veröffentlichung: | Heidelberg, Germany |
Tag der Prüfung: | 22 November 2017 |
Erstellungsdatum: | 05 Dez. 2017 14:29 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
Institute/Einrichtungen: | Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie > Physikalisches Institut |
DDC-Sachgruppe: | 520 Astronomie
530 Physik |