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Table 1.

Configuration used for the COMPASS AO simulations.

Simulation configuration
Pupil ELT pupil (a)
Monolithic primary mirror
six-armed 51 cm-thick spider
Central obstruction 11.1 m

Turbulence Single ground layer
r0= {7.6–76.0} cm at 500 nm
Outer scale L0= 25 m
Wind speed |v| = 10 m.s−1

DM 5352 actuators for the 6 shells (b)
Triangular pattern per shell
54 cm pitch
ESO provided influence functions (c)
Null coupling between actuators

P-WFS
λWFS = 700 nm
95 × 95 sub-apertures
No noise (photon and read-out)

Target λtar = 1100 nm
On-axis star

Controller Loop rate 500 Hz
No latency (except integration and hold)
Linear modal integrator

Notes.

(c)

Bonnet (priv. comm.).

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