MCAO PDR Documentation

MCAO PDR Documents:

The Reports (in PDF format):

The MCAO Preliminary Design Review Report PDF (6.3MB)
Appendix A: The Science Case for the Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics System on the Gemini South Telescope PDF (6.2MB)
Appendix B: Functional and Performance Requirements Document PDF (187KB)
Appendix C: Operational Concept Definition Document PDF (131KB)
Appendix D: Observing Efficience, Reliability and Availability of GSAO PDF (68KB)
Appendix E: A Wave Optics Propagation Code for MCAO PDF (370KB)
Appendix F: MCAO PSF Reconstruction PDF (27KB)
Appendix G: GSAO Supervisory Loops PDF (1.1MB)
Appendix H: Optical Prescriptions PDF (164KB)
Appendix I: Documentation for MCAO NGS WFS PDF (62KB)
Appendix J: MCAO Adaptive Optics Module Initial Alignment Plan PDF (168KB)
Appendix K: MCAO Adaptive Optics Module Tolerance Analysis PDF (230KB)
Appendix L: MCAO Adaptive Optics Module Finite Element Analysis Modeling PDF (3.8MB)
Appendix M: MCAO Adaptive Optics Module Electronics Enclosure Thermal Calculations PDF (52KB)
Appendix N: MCAO Adaptive Optics Module Mass and Balance Calculations PDF (50KB)
Appendix O: Detector Options for the LGS WFS PDF (35KB)
Appendix P: Proposed Architecture for a Multi-Conjugate Deformable Mirror Drive System PDF (1.2MB)
Appendix Q: Beam Transfer Optics Preliminary Design ReportPDF (520KB)
Appendix R: Laser Launch Telescope Requirements Document PDF (442KB)
Appendix S: Beam Transfer Optics and Laser Launch Telescope Integration and Test PDF (114KB)
Appendix T: Periscope Design Report PDF (113KB)
Appendix V: Mesospheric Sodium Layer Monitoring for Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics System in Chile (II) PDF (277KB)
Appendix X: MCAO Sub-system Software Requirements and Flow Diagrams PDF (171KB)
Appendix Z: Interface Control Documents PDF (377KB)

The PowerPoint Presentations (right click and "Save Link As..." to view locally):

A Project Overview (235Kb)
A Brief Overview of the MCAO Science Case (5.5MB)
System Overview (480Kb)
System Modeling (470Kb)
AO Module Optics (1.4MB)
AO Module Mechanics (3.8MB)
AO Module Electronics (680Kb)
Beam Transfer Optics, LLT and Periscope Subsystems (820Kb)
Laser Launch Telescope and Periscope (1.8MB)
Lasers for MCAO (1.4MB)
Sodium Monitoring Experiment in Chile (3.7MB)
Control System and RTC (410Kb)
Safety System (317Kb)
Availability (1.7MB)

Last update September 7, 2001; François Rigaut