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most citedImproved Image Quality Over 10' Fields with the `Imaka Ground Layer Adaptive Optics Experiment

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6 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

Robo-AO-2: entering the era of automated science operations, hybrid wavefront sensing, and adaptive secondary integration

Christoph Baranec, Reed Riddle, James Ou +10

We present the first science results and new technical milestones from the Robo-AO-2 facility at the University of Hawaii 2.2-m telescope. Following successful commissioning, the s…

astro-ph.IM2024

Simulation results for Robo-AO-2 using HAPA: a wavefront sensing technique for improving the adaptive optics correction of fainter stars

Ruihan Zhang, Christoph Baranec, Marcos A. van Dam +3

Direct imaging of exoplanets allows us to measure positions and chemical signatures of exoplanets. Given the limited resources for space observations where the atmosphere is absent…

astro-ph.IM2024

In-lab and On-sky Closed-loop Results of Adaptive Secondary Mirrors with TNO's Hybrid Variable Reluctance Actuators

Ruihan Zhang, Max Baeten, Mark R. Chun +8

We performed closed-loop lab testing of large-format deformable mirrors (DMs) with hybrid variable reluctance actuators. TNO has been developing the hybrid variable reluctance actu…

astro-ph.IM2024

Commissioning results from the Robo-AO-2 facility for rapid visible and near-infrared AO imaging

Christoph Baranec, James Ou, Reed Riddle +16

We installed the next-generation automated laser adaptive optics system, Robo-AO-2, on the University of Hawaii 2.2-m telescope on Maunakea in 2023. We engineered Robo-AO-2 to deli…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 3 cited

Improved Image Quality Over 10' Fields with the `Imaka Ground Layer Adaptive Optics Experiment

Fatima Abdurrahman, Jessica R. Lu, Mark Chun +5

`Imaka is a ground layer adaptive optics (GLAO) demonstrator on the University of Hawaii 2.2m telescope with a 24'x18' field-of-view, nearly an order of magnitude larger than previ…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 1 cited

The Rapid Transient Surveyor

Christoph Baranec, Jessica R. Lu, Shelley A. Wright +8

The Rapid Transient Surveyor (RTS) is a proposed rapid-response, high-cadence adaptive optics (AO) facility for the UH 2.2-m telescope on Maunakea. RTS will uniquely address the ne…