The Adaptive Mirror for the E-ELT E. Vernet, M. Cayrel, N. Hubin (ESO) R. Biasi, G. Angerer, M....
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The Adaptive Mirror for the E-ELT
E. Vernet, M. Cayrel, N. Hubin (ESO)R. Biasi, G. Angerer, M. Andrighettoni, D. Pescoller (Microgate)
D. Gallieni, M. Tintori, M. Mantegazza (ADS)A. Riccardi, M. Riva, G. Pariani, R. Briguglio, M. Xompero (INAF)
Outline
• M4 key functional requirements• Positioning system & wavefront correction• AO requirements & additional features• Current design of M4 • Demonstration prototype design & objectives• Project timeline
An adaptive mirror in the E-ELT
Main goals:– Provide adaptive correction– Cancel part of telescope wind
shaking & static aberrations
10 degree FOV
2 Nasmyth focii
In plane centering & tip-tilt system
Positioning system
• Decentering capability of +-20 mm (0.5mm accuracy, 0.05 resolution)
• Tip-tilt capability of +-2 arcmin (0.5 arcsec accuracy, 0.27 resolution)
Courtesy of Adoptica
• Cross-coupling with tilt <54 mas/mm PV lateral displacement
• Cross-coupling with lateral displacement 1.85 micron/arcsec PV tilt
• 0.5mm position stability in xy & 1 arcsec orientation stability (with LUT), 0.5mm position stability in z (without LUT)
Wavefront corrector
Stroke budget includes:• Quasi static term(<1Hz) for misalignment errors due to gravity• Term for wavefront errors due to wind load on the telescope structure,
M1, M2 (tip, tilt, focus, coma, astigmatism)
• Stroke for atmospheric disturbances (15% of total stroke)
• Stroke for manufacturing, gravity and thermal effects (35%)
TOTAL STROKE BUDGET: 140 micron
Correct for both low and high spatial frequencies wavefront errorsCorrect for both low and high spatial frequencies wavefront errors
50%
AO specifications
• Temporal WFE <60nm rms• -3dB Closed loop bandwidth > 400Hz• Segment cophasing
Best Median Bad Worst
Seeing 0.5arcsec 0.85arcsec 1.1 arcsec 2.5 arcsec
Lo 25 m 50 m 100 m 100 m
Tau o 0.7msec 2.5msec 2.5msec 1.5msec
Fitting nm rms 120 145 180
0.5’’ FWHM
Additional features
• Thermal control: – optical surface within [-0.5,+1]ºC– Any other external surface within [-1.5,1.5]ºC
• Diagnostics• Maintainability• Safety functions:
– Earthquake detection
Current design characteristics
• 5190 actuators (4326 in pupil)• 6 segment shells ~2mm thick• Light-weighted structural
reference body • A “mirror cell” with load
spreaders• Hexapod for tip-tilt and
decentering• A rotator for Nasmyth selection
Courtesy of Adoptica
Shells
• Each segment has comparable size as DSM (1 m radial direction, 1.2m on other direction)
• Av. thickness tolerance incl wedge :+-15 micron
• Local error:10 micron PtV wedge removed
• 31.5 mm triangular actuator pattern
• Residual optical error after fitting 14nm rms WF (goal 8nm rm WF)
• 24 membranes for lateral restraint
Brick concept
• Self standing Line Replaceable Unit• Modularity: three types of bricks with
respectively 15, 28, 36 actuators• Voice coil motors• Mounting structure + cooling plate for
actuators & electronics• Electronics:
– Capacitive sensor board– Voice coil driver board– Power + logic on a fin identical for all brick types
• Tool for alignment and fixation on the reference body structure
Courtesy of Adoptica
Actuators and local sensors
• Updated voice coil motor more compact: 36mm long and 15 mm diameter screwed on the cold plate
• Same contactless technology but enhanced design for more reliable actuators
• New capacitive sensor armature design, signal pick-up strategy and contacting to electronics boards to overcome the problems seen on current units (major source of non working actuators)
Reference body
• Triangular structure • ~2500 m diameter• Conical central hole for optical beam
clearance• Structure overall thickness 300mm
with smaller ribs 100mm thick.• ~ 25mm thick front face • Two materials currently traded-off:
Zerodur and SiC• Reference body holds 180 bricks
(about 2 kg each)
Courtesy of Adoptica
Demonstration Prototype upgrade
• 800 mm long, 454mm large• Using same shell as phase B DP• New reference body following M4 design• 10 pre-production bricks 15mm thick with
28 actuators (some partially covered by shells)
• Liquefied gas used for cooling• Compliant with real time, control, safety
and timing interface requirementsCourtesy of Adoptica
DP objectives
• System performance:
– Voice coil actuator design, – Capacitive sensor armature,– Capacitive sensor pick-up, – Shell edge controllability,– Cophasing stability, – Cooling plant efficiency,– Power dissipation, – SW ad HW safety features
• Design validation:
• Brick concept, • Brick interfaces,• Reference body material, • Control aspects, • Cooling plant design
Project timeline
• DP Reference body material selection: mid September 13• DP Start of procurement: Oct 13• Sub-systems assembly readiness review: Dec 13• DP Electromechanical Testing: late Spring 14• DP Optical Testing: Summer 14• Preliminary design review: September 14