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Published July 9, 2008 | Version Published
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High-resolution optical modeling of the Thirty Meter Telescope for systematic performance trades

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  • 1. ROR icon Jet Propulsion Lab
  • 2. ROR icon California Institute of Technology
  • 3. ROR icon University of California, Los Angeles

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Abstract

We consider high-resolution optical modeling of the Thirty Meter Telescope for the purpose of error budget and instrumentation trades utilizing the Modeling and Analysis for Controlled Optical Systems tool. Using this ray-trace and diffraction model we have simulated the TMT optical errors related to multiple effects including segment alignment and phasing, segment surface figures, temperature, and gravity. We have then modeled the effects of each TMT optical error in terms of the Point Source Sensitivity (a multiplicative image plane metric) for a seeing limited case and an adaptive optics corrected case (for the NFIRAOS). This modeling provides the information necessary to rapidly conduct design trades with respect to the planned telescope instrumentation and to optimize the telescope error budget.

Additional Information

© 2008 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). This research was carried out in part at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, and was sponsored by the California Institute of Technology and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the TMT partner institutions. They are the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy (ACURA), the California Institute of Technology and the University of California. This work was supported as well by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, the National Research Council of Canada, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund, the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) and the U.S. National Science Foundation.

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95569
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CaltechAUTHORS:20190517-133125083

Funding

Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy (ACURA)
Caltech
University of California
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
National Research Council of Canada
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)
NSF

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Thirty Meter Telescope
Series Name
Proceedings of SPIE
Series Volume or Issue Number
7017