AO36 Instrument Parameters
| Spectral coverage | 1-5 um for compensation, 0.5-20 um for transmission |
| Deformable morror | Bimorth mirror with 36 control electrodes |
| Wavefront sensor (WFS) | Curvature sensor with 36 photon counting APDs |
| Quantum Efficiency of WFS | 0.7 |
| Field of view | 2' |
| Throughput | 0.9 at JHKLM |
| Tip/tilt mirror stroke | +-2'' |
| Control bandwidth | > 100 Hz, 2060 corrections/sec |
| Guide star magnitude | -1 < R < 18 |
| Isoplanatic field | 1' in diameter |
Questions regarding this page should be directed to Yutaka Hayano.
9 March 2005