The Ingot WFS ON an ELT-like telescope: the project and simulations

Abstract

The Ingot WFS represents an innovative and indispensable class of sensors conceived to overcome some limitations due to the LGSs geometry, which is significantly different from the point-object originated by a NGS. Here we overview the project, aiming at investigating the performance of an ELT-like telescope equipped with the Ingot WFS, facing different aspects of the program: the needs for numerical simulations and laboratory experiments, the prototype and, finally the future plan for the verification on sky.