'imaka
‘imaka is a wide-field (~20 arcmin) ground-layer adaptive optics (GLAO) system that yields ~2x improved seeing on the University of Hawaii 2.2 m telescope. Prof. Lu is the Project Scientist and works with the PI (Dr. Mark Chun at University of Hawaii). Members of the muLab work on system performance characterization.
Keck GLAO
Goal: Develop a conceptual design for a future Keck GLAO system to feed FOBOS, MOSFIRE, or LRIS.
TNO Adaptive Secondary Mirror
Goal: TNO will develop a new adaptive secondary mirror (ASM) that is more robust and requires less power than current ASMs. We will deploy and tests the new ASM on-sky on the UH 2.2 m telescope. Prof. Lu is the project scientist and members of the muLab will characterize the AO performance on sky.