Second generation solar adaptive optics for 1-m New Vacuum Solar Telescope at the Fuxian Solar Observatory

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2015-12-22
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Asecondgenerationsolaradaptiveoptics(AO)systemisbuiltandinstalledatthe1-mNewVacuumSolarTelescope(NVST)oftheFuxianSolarObservatory(FSO)in2015.TheAOhigh-ordercorrectionsystemconsistsofa151-elementdeformablemirror(DM),acorrelatingShack–Hartmann(SH)wavefrontsensor(WFS)witha3500Hzframerate,andareal-timecontroller.ThesystemsawfirstlightonMar.16,2015.Thesimultaneoushigh-resolutionphotosphereandchromosphereimageswithAOareobtained.Theon-skyobservationalresultsshowthatthecontrastandresolutionoftheimagesareapparentlyimprovedafterthewavefrontcorrectionbyAO.