The MICADO first light imager for the ELT: FDR numerical simulations for the 
SCAO mode

Vidal, Fabrice; Galland, Nicolas; Bertrou-Cantou, Arielle; Gendron, Eric; Deo, Vincent; Zidi, Amal; Ferreira, Florian; Sevin, Arnaud; Kulcsár, Caroline; Raynaud, Henri-François; Clénet, Yann; Davies, Richard

doi:10.1117/12.2629308

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The MICADO first light imager for the ELT: FDR numerical simulations for the SCAO mode

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Davies, Richard
Infrared and Submillimeter Astronomy, MPI for Extraterrestrial Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Vidal, F., Galland, N., Bertrou-Cantou, A., Gendron, E., Deo, V., Zidi, A., et al. (2022). The MICADO first light imager for the ELT: FDR numerical simulations for the SCAO mode. In L. Schreiber, D. Schmidt, & E. Vernet (Eds.), Adaptive Optics Systems VIII. doi:10.1117/12.2629308.

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Abstract

MICADO is the ELT near-infrared first light imager. It will provide diffraction limited images thanks to single-conjugate adaptive optics (SCAO) mode provided inside the MAORY module. Numerical simulations were performed using COMPASS to assess the overall SCAO performance, exploring WFS design parameters and associated calibration procedures.
We present the optimizations developed to deal with pyramid wavefront sensor specific calibrations expected at the ELT (optimal modal basis, petalling, optical gains & NCPA management,). We then evaluate the impact of the AO loop frequency and RTC latency and others specific SCAO optimization parameters (modulation amplitude, number of controlled modes, etc) in various flux and turbulence conditions. We finally evaluate the impact of some of the ELT errors contributors such as M1 reflectivity errors, M1 phase aberrations, M1 missing segments, M4 mis-registration, telescope windshake & vibrations.