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Science with adaptive optics

Original use of MUSE’s laser tomography adaptive optics to directly image young accreting exoplanets [PDF]
Julien H. Girard (Space Telescope Science Institute)
J. H. Girard, J. de Boer, S. Haffert, P. Zeidler, A. Bohn, R. van Holstein, I. Snellen, J. Brinchmann, C. Keller, R. Bacon, J. Bae

High-resolution imaging of embedded massive star clusters and other science cases for the Gemini-North Adaptive Optics system [PDF]
Morten Andersen (Gemini Observatory)
J. Scharwächter, M. Andersen, G. Sivo, J. Blakeslee

High contrast imaging with ELT/METIS: The wind driven halo, from SPHERE to METIS [PDF]
Faustine Cantalloube (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy)
F. Cantalloube, O. Absil, T. Bertram, W. Brandner, C. Delacroix, M. Feldt, M. A. Kenworthy, M. Kulas, J. Milli, P. Neureuther, G. Orban de Xivry, P. Pathak, E. Por, S. Scheithauer, H. Steuer, R. van Boekel

Enhanced Seeing Mode at the LBT: A Method to Significantly Improve Angular Resolution over a 4′ × 4′ Field of View [PDF]
Barry Rothberg (Large Binocular Telescope Observatory)
B. Rothberg, J. C. Christou, D. L. Miller, D. Thompson, G. E. Taylor, C. Veillet

Exoplanet detection with the SCAO mode of MAORY-MICADO: preliminary results from end-to-end simulations [PDF]
Daniele Vassallo (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova)
D. Vassallo, E. Carolo, V. D'Orazi, D. Mesa, C. Arcidiacono, A. Puglisi, G. Agapito

NIRPS: a stepping stone for AO-fed high-resolution spectroscopy on ELTs [PDF]
Etienne Artigau (Université de Montréal)
E. Artigau, N. Blind, F. Wildi, R. Doyon, P. Vallée, F. Bouchy, N. Cook, S. Bovay, D. Brousseau, A. Cabral, U. Conod, L. Genolet, L. Malo, A. de Meideros, M. Ouellet, A.-S. Poulin-Girard, R. Schnell, A. Segovia, M. Sordet, S. Thibault, B. Wehbe

Capabilities of a fibered imager on an extremely large telescope [PDF]
Sebastien Vievard (NAOJ - Subaru Telescope)
S. Vievarda, N. Cvetojevic, E. Huby, S. Lacour, G. Martin, O. Guyon, J. Lozia, T. Kotani, N. Jovanovic, G. Perrin, F. Marchis, O. Lai, V. Lapeyrere, D. Rouan

Astrometry of resolved stellar populations with MICADO at the ELT [PDF]
Davide Massari (University of Groningen - Kapteyn Astronomical Institute)
D. Massari, J.-U. Pott, G. Rodeghiero, G. Fiorentino, C. Arcidiacono, M. Fabricious, R. Davies, E. Tolstoy, M. Häberle

Deep observations with an ELT in the Global Multi Conjugated Adaptive Optics perspective [PDF]
Elisa Portaluri (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova)
E. Portaluri, V. Viotto, R. Ragazzoni, C. Arcidiacono, M. Bergomia, M. Dima, D. Greggio, J. Farinato, D. Magrin

The MAORY Science Operation activities [PDF]
Carmelo Arcidiacono (INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Padova)
C. Arcidiacono, M. Gullieuszik, E. Portaluri, M. Cantiello, S. Paiano, P. Ciliegi



Pathfinder instruments

Toward a Conceptual Design for MAVIS [PDF]
Francois Rigaut (Australian National University)
F. Rigaut, D. Brodrick, G. Agapito, V. Viotto, C. Plantet, B. Salasnich, R. Mcdermid, G. Cresci, S. Ellis, M. Aliverti, S. Antoniucci, A. Balestra, A. Baruffolo, M. Bergomi, M. Bonaglia, G. Bono, L. Busoni, E. Carolo, S. Chinellato, G. De Silva, S. Esposito, D. Fantinel, J. Farinato, T. Fusco, D. Haynes, A. Horton, G. Gausachs, J. Gilbert, D. Gratadour, D. Greggio, M. Gullieuszik, P. Haguenauer, V. Korkiakoski, D. Magrin, L. Magrini, L. Marafatto, H. Mcgregor, T. Mendel, S. Monty, B. Neichel, F. Pedichini, E. Pinna, E. Portaluri, K. Radhakrishnan, R. Ragazzoni, D. Robertson, C. Schwab, R. Sharp, M. Stangalini, S. Stroebele, E. Thorn, A. Vaccarella, D. Vassallo, S. Venkatesan, L. Waller, S. Warner, F. Zamkotsian, H. Zhang

Ongoing and future AO projects at Subaru [PDF]
Yoshito Ono (Subaru Telescope)
Y. Ono, Y. Minowa, E. Mieda, C. Clergeon, O. Guyon, J. Lozi, T. Hattori

Laser Beam Projection for Starshot Launch [PDF]
Roger Angel (Steward Observatory)
J. Hyattt, R. Eads, . Didato, R. Angel

Status of the SCExAO instrument: recent technology upgrades and path to a system-level demonstrator for PSI [PDF]
Julien Lozi (NAOJ - Subaru Telescope)
J. Lozi, O. Guyon, S. Vievard, A. Sahoo, N. Jovanovic, B. Norris, B. Mazin, A. Walter, P. Tuthill, T. Kudo, H. Kawahara, T. Kotani, M. Ireland, N. Cvetojevic, E. Huby, S. Lacour, T. D. Groff, J. Chilcote, J. Kasdin, F. Martinache, R. Laugier, J. Knight, S. Bos, F. Snik, D. Doelman, E. Bendek, R. Belikov, T. Currie, Y. Minowa, C. Clergeon, N. Takato, M. Tamura, H. Takami, M. Hayashi

The Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer: Demonstrating advanced exoplanet characterization techniques for future extremely large telescopes [PDF]
Jacques-Robert Delorme (Caltech)
N. Jovanovic, J. R. Delorme, C. Z. Bond, S. Cetre, D. Mawet, D. Echeverri, J. K. Wallace, R. Bartos, S. Lilley, S. Ragland, G. Ruane, P. Wizinowich, M. Chun, J. Wang, J. Wang, M. Fitzgerald, K. Matthews, J. Pezzato, B. Calvin, M. Millar-Blanchaer, E. C. Martin, E. Wetherell, E. Wang, S. Jacobson, E. Warmbier, C. Lockhart, D. Hall, R. Jensen-Clem, E. McEwen

On-sky performance of the GMT dispersed fringe phasing sensor prototype [PDF]
Derek Kopon (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)
D. Kopon, B. McLeod, A. Bouchez, D. Catropa, M. A. van Dam, D. Frostig, J. Kansky, K. McCracken, W. Podgorski, S. McMuldroch, J. D’Arco, L. Close, J. R. Males, K. Morzinski

Bringing SOUL on sky [PDF]
Enrico Pinna (INAF - Osservatorio di Arcetri)
E. Pinna, F. Rossi, A. Puglisi, G. Agapito, M. Bonaglia, C. Plantet, T. Mazzoni, R. Briguglio, L. Carbonaro, M. Xompero, P. Grani, A. Riccardi, S. Esposito, P. Hinz, A. Vaz, S. Ertel, O. M. Montoya, O. Durney, J. Christou, D. L. Miller, G. Taylor, A. Cavallaro, M. Lefebvre

K-mirror prototype for MICADO-SCAO module of the E-ELT [PDF]
Simone Thijis (LESIA - Observatoire de Paris)
S. Thijis, O. Dupuis, E. Gendron, F. Vidala, V. Deoa, M. Cohenb, A. Sevina, V. Lapereyrea, Z. Huberta, T. Bueya

CANARY: An on-sky instrument development test bench open to the community [PDF]
Tim Morris (Durham University)
T. Morris, E. Gendron, G. Rousset, D. Bonaccini Calia, L. Bardou, M. Centrone, J. Osborn, F. Chemla, T. Buey, L. Staykov, N. Bharmal, M. Townson, M. Cohen

The Planetary Systems Instrument: Overview of the Instrument Architecture and Opto-Mechanical Design of the Red Arm, aka SCALES [PDF]
Deno Stelter (Center for Adaptive Optics - UC Santa Cruz)
R. D. Stelter, A. Skemer, R. Kupke, M. Fitzgerald, B. Mazin, M. Chun, O. Guyon, N. Jovanovic, B. Macintosh, D. Mawet, and the PSI Team

Ongoing and future AO projects at Subaru [PDF]
Yoshito Ono (Subaru Telescope)
Y. Ono, Y. Minowa, E. Mieda, C. Clergeon, O. Guyon, J. Lozi, T. Hattori

New NIR spectro-polarimetric modes for the SCExAO instrument [PDF]
Julien Lozi (NAOJ - Subaru Telescope)
J. Lozi, O. Guyon, N. Jovanovic, B. Norris, T. D. Groff, J. Chilcote, J. Kasdin, T. Kudo, M. Tamura, J. Zhang, S. Bos, F. Snik, D. Doelman, B. Mazin, A. Walter, S. Vievard,, A. Sahoo, F. Martinache

Optical design of GIRMOS, an adaptive optics-fed integral-field spectrograph for the Gemini telescope [PDF]
Tristan Chabot (Université Laval)
T. Chabot, D. Brousseau, S. Chen, S. Sivanandam, S. Thibault

Keck All Sky Precision Adaptive Optics [PDF]
Jason Chin (W. M. Keck Observatory)
P. Wizinowich, J. Chin, K. Casey, S. Cetre, C. Correia, L. Hunter, S. Lilley, J. Lu, S. Ragland, E. Wetherell, A. Ghez, T. Do, T. Jones, M. Liu, D. Mawet, C. Max, M. Morris, T. Treu, S. Wright

The Fast Atmospheric Self-Coherent Camera Technique: Laboratory Results and Future Directions [PDF]
Benjamin L. Gerard (University of Victoria)
B. L. Gerard, C. Marois, R. Galicher, P. Baudoz, P. Patapis, J. Kühn

SHARK-NIR, toward the end of the construction phase [PDF]
Daniele Vassallo (INAF OAPD - ADONI)
J. Farinato, M. Bergomi, A. Bianco, F. Biondi, E. Carolo, A.s Carlotti, S. Chinellato, M. De Pascale, M. Dima, V. D’Orazi, D. Greggio, P. Hinz, L. Lessio, L. Marafatto, D. Mesa, L. Moh, M. Montoyad, G. Umbriaco, D. Vassallo, V. Viotto, A. Zanutta, S. Antoniucci, C. Arcidiacono, F. Bacciotti, C. Baffa, A. Baruffolo, A. Bongiorno, L. Close, S. Di Filippo, S. Esposito, G. Farisato, O. Guyon, D. Magrin, F. Pedichini, E. Pinna, E. Portaluri, A. Puglisi, K. K. R. Santhakumari, R. Ragazzoni, F. Rossi, M. Stangalini

XAO-assisted coronagraphy with SHARK-NIR: from simulations to laboratory tests [PDF]
Gabriele Umbriaco (UniPd - INAF OAPd - ADONI)
G. Umbriaco, E. Carolo, D. Vassallo, J. Farinato, P. Baudoz, A. Carlotti, D. Greggio, L. Marafatto, M. Bergomi, V. Viotto, G. Agapito, F. Biondi, S. Chinellato, M. De Pascale, M. Dima, V. D'Orazi, S. Esposito, D. Margin, D. Mesa, F. Pedichini, E. Pinna, E. Portaluri, A. Puglisi, R. Ragazzoni, M. Stangalini

GeMS 2.0: are we there yet? [PDF]
Eduardo Marin (Gemini South Observatory)
E. Marin, G. Sivo, G. Lombardi, V. Garrel, M. Andersen, F. Rigaut, M. van Dam, B. Neichel, C. Moreno, E. Chirre, I. Arriagada, F. Bennet, M. Birchard, R. Carrasco, B. Chinn, C. Cunningham, P. Colins, P. Diaz, J. Donahue, A. Ebbers, P. Gigoux, N. Herrald, P. Hirst, M. Lazo, G. Perez, V. Vergara, L. Magill, V. Montes, R. Rutten, E. Toro, I. Price



Wavefront sensing

C-MORE: the laser guide star wavefront sensor [PDF]
Jean-Luc Gach (LAM)
J. L. Gach, D. Boutolleau, A. Caillat, P. Feautrier, R. Pourcelot, E. Stadler

Pupil plane wavefront sensing for extended and 3D sources [PDF]
Roberto Ragazzoni (INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Padova)
R. Ragazzoni, V. Viotto, E. Portaluri, M. Bergomi, D. Greggio, S. Di Filippo, K. Radhakrishnan , G. Umbriaco, M. Dima, D. Magrin, J. Farinato, L. Marafatto, C. Arcidiacono, F. Biondi

Pyramid wave-front sensor optical gains compensation using a convolutional model [PDF]
Vincent Chambouleyron (ONERA)
V. Chambouleyron, O. Fauvarque, P. Janin-Potiron, C. Correia, J.-F. Sauvage, K. El-Hadi, B. Neichel , T. Fusco

Focal Plane Tip-Tilt Sensing for Improved Single-Mode Fiber Coupling using a 3D-printed Microlens-Ring [PDF]
Philipp Hottinger (ZAH Landessternwarte, University Heidelberg)
P. Hottinger, R. J. Harris, P.-I. Dietrich, M. Blaicher, A. Bechter, J. Crass, M. Glück, J.-U. Pott, N. A. Bharmal, A. Basden, T. J. Morris, C. Koos, O. Sawodny, A. Quirrenbach

LGS tomography and spot truncation: tips and tricks [PDF]
Sylvain Oberti (European Southern Observatory)
S. Oberti, C. Vérinaud, M. Le Louarn, P. Y. Madec, G. Agapito, C. Plantet, L. Busoni, S. Esposito, L. Blanco, T. Fusco, B. Neichel

The ıQuad sensor: a new Fourier-based wave front sensor derived from the 4 quadrants coronagraph [PDF]
Olivier Fauvarque (LAM)
O. Fauvraque, V. Hutterer, P. Janin-Poriton, J. Duboisset, C. Correia, B, Neichel, J.-F. Sauvage, T. Fusco, I, Shatokhina, R. Ramlau, V. Chambouleyron, Y. Brûlé

The Teledyne e2v CIS124 LVSM sensor for large telescopes- design and prototype tests [PDF]
Rafael Gil-Ortero (Teledyne e2v)
R. Gil Otero, P. Jorden, T. Lemon, J. Kendall, M. Pike, R. Cassini, N. Swift, J. Pratlong, M.Downing, E. Marchetti

A new wavefront sensor for Keck: Pyramid wavefront sensing in the near infrared [PDF]
Charlotte Z. Bond (Institute for Astronomy - University of Hawaii)
C. Z. Bond, S. Cetre, S. Ragland, S. Lilley, P. Wizinowich, D. Mawet, M. Chun, J.-R. Delorme, N. Jovanovic, E. Wetherell, S. Jacobson, C. Lockhart, E. Warmbier, J. K. Wallace, D. N. Hall, S. Goebel, O. Guyon

INGOT WFS for LGSs: First Results from Simulations [PDF]
Elisa Portaluri (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova)
E. Portaluri, V. Viotto, R. Ragazzoni, C. Arcidiacono, M. Bergomi, D. Greggio, K. Radhakrishnan, S. di Filippo, L. Marafatto, M. Dima, F. Biondi, J. Farinato, D. Magrin

Infrared tip-tilt sensing: on-sky experience, lessons learned and unsolved problems [PDF]
Marcos A. van Dam (Flat Wavefronts)
M. A. van Dam, S. Obertib, J. Kolbb, J. Lykec, S. Cetrec, B. Neicheld

Pyramid wavefront sensing in the presence of thick spiders [PDF]
Byron Engler (University of Canterbury)
B. Engler, M. Le Louarn, C. Vérinaud, S. Weddell, R. Clar

Electro-Optical calibration of pupil plane modulators for pyramid WFS [PDF]
Fabio Rossi (INAF)
R. Briguglio, F. Rossi, E. Pinna, A. Puglisi, M. Montoya, O. Durney

The wavefront sensing making-of for THEMIS solar telescope [PDF]
Michel Tallon (CRAL / CNRS)
M. Tallon, E. Thiébaut, M. Langlois, B. Gelly, R. Douet, C. Béchet, L. Denis, G. Moretto

Design of the HARMONI Pyramid WFS module [PDF]
Noah Schwartz (UK Astronomy Technology Centre)
N. Schwartz, J.-F. Sauvage, R. Renault, C. Correia, B. Neichel, T. Fusco, K. Dohlen, K. El Hadi, C. Petit, E. Choquet, V. Chambouleyron, J. Paufique, F. Clarke,N. Thatte, I. Bryson

New developments of near-infrared eAPD technology for wavefront sensing at ground-based telescopes, on-sky performance verification with GRAVITY and the potential of eAPDs for improving the sensitivity of large format science arrays and for deployment in space [PDF]
Gert Finger (European Southern Observatory & MPE)
G. Finger, I. Baker, F. Eisenhauer, D. Ives, M. Casali, M. Engelhardt, C. Mandla, H. Weller

SAPHIR: a new concept of reflective pyramidal wavefront-sensor free from chromatic aberrations [PDF]
Fanny Chemla (GEPI)
F. Chemla, J.-M. Huet, V. Deo, F. Vidal, T. Buey, J. Gaudemard, E. Gendron, M. Cohen

INGOT Wavefront Sensor: from the optical design to a preliminary laboratory test [PDF]
Simone Di Filippo (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova)
S. Di Filippo, D. Greggio, M. Bergom, K. Radhakrishnan, E. Portaluri, V. Viotto, C. Arcidiacono, D. Magrin, L. Marafatto, M. Dima, R. Ragazzoni, P. Janin-Portiron, L. Schatz, B. Neichel, O. Fauvarque, T. Fusco

Software solutions for high performance AO in the SOUL project [PDF]
Fabio Rossi (INAF)
F. Rossi, A. Puglisi, E. Pinna, P. Grani, L. Fini, M. Xompero

The Saphira array’s charge packet size distribution [PDF]
Brian McLeod (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)
B. McLeod

Kernel formalism applied to Fourier-based wave front sensing in presence of residual phases [PDF]
Olivier Fauvarque (LAM)
O. Fauvraque, P. Janin-Potiron, C. Correia, L. Schatz, Y. Brûlé, V. Chambouleyron, V. Hutterer, B. Neichel, J.-F. Sauvage, T. Fusco

The C-RED fast infrared camera family for wavefront sensing [PDF]
Philippe Feautrier (IPAG)
P. Feautrier, J.-L. Gach, S. Lemarchand, F. Clop, T. Carmignani, Y. Wanwanscappel, E. Stadler, D. Boutolleau

Designing, Building, and Testing of a Hybrid Wavefront Sensor for Adaptive Optics [PDF]
Ryan J. Hamilton (College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona)
R. J. Hamilton, J. A. Rice, C. E. Guthery, M. Hart

Theory and Design of a Hybrid Wave-front Sensor for Adaptive Optics [PDF]
Charlotte E. Guthery (University of Arizona)
C. E. Guthery, M. Hart

Analysis of the island effect for ELT MICADO MAORY SCAO mode [PDF]
Arielle Bertrou-Cantou (LESIA, Observatoire de Paris - CNRS - UPMC - Univ. Paris 7 Diderot)
A. Bertrou-Cnatou, E. Gendron, G. rousset, F. Vidal, V. Deo, F. Ferreira

Exoplanet direct imaging in ground-based conditions on THD2 bench [PDF]
Axel Potier (LESIA - Observatoire de Paris)
A. Potier, P. Audoz, R. Galicher, E. Huby, G. Singh

Optical alignment of the LGS and NGS WFS of ERIS: procedures and first results [PDF]
Marco Bonaglia (INAF - Osservatorio di Arcetri)
M. Bonaglia, R. Briguglio, L. Carbonaro, P. Grani, S. Esposito, A. Puglisi, A. Riccardi, M. Xompero

Final design of the NFIRAOS Visible Natural guide star Wavefront sensor (VNW) for the Thirty Meter Telescope [PDF]
Alain Cournoyer (ABB inc. Measurement & Analytics Business Unit)
A. Cournoyer, S. Paradis, M. Larouche, N. Desnoyers, F. Lamontagne, C. Proulx, C.-A. Ollat, O. Lardière, J.-P. Véran, G. Herriot, J. Crane, A. Desnmore, G. Thériault, F. Grandmont

A Digital Prism-based Wavefront Sensor Testbench [PDF]
Byron Engler (University of Canterbury)
B. Engler, S. Weddell, R. Clare

In depth analysis of Fourier-based wavefront sensors with the adaptive optics testbed LOOPS [PDF]
Pierre Janin-Potiron (LAM)
P. Janin-Potiron, V. Chambouleyron, L. Schatz, O. Fauvarque, C. Z. Bond, E. Muslimov, K. El-Hadi, J.-F. Sauvage, K. Dohlen, B. Neichel, C. M. Correia, N. Villard, S. Aïssani, M. Taheri, T. Fusco

Theoretical Analysis of a Rayleigh-Raman Polychromatic Laser Guide Star [PDF]
Lennon O. Reinhart (University of Arizona)
L. O. Reinhart, M. Hart, Y. Kaneda

A Fast Linear Reconstructor for the Nonlinear Curvature Wavefront Sensor (nlCWFS) [PDF]
Johanan Codona (HartSCI)
J. L. Codona, M. Mateen, M. Hart

Specifications, Procurement and Testing of the TMT-NFIRAOS Double-Pyramid Prisms [PDF]
Olivier Lardière (National Research Council - Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics)
O. Lardière, J.-P. Véran, J. Atwood, V. Reshetov, J. Fitzsimmons, C. Ganton, D. Andersen, G. Herriot, A. Densmore

Flattened Pyramid Wavefront Sensor Demonstration with a Regular Pyramid [PDF]
Olivier Lardière (National Research Council - Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics)
A. Krawciw, O. Lardière, J.-P. Véran, D. Andersen

Verification and Acceptance Test Results of the ERIS Adaptive Optics Module Mechatronics [PDF]
Paolo Grani (INAF)
P. Grani, M. Xompero, M. Bonaglia, R. Briguglio, V. Biliotti, G. Agapito, A. Riccardi, S. Esposito



Adaptive optics systems design and modelling

CLOSE: a self-regulating, best-performance tracker for modal integrator based AO loops [PDF]
Fabrice Vidal (LESIA - Observatoire de Paris)
V. Déo, M. Rozel, A. Berthou-Cantou, F. Ferreira, F. Vidal, D. Gratadour, A. Sévin, Y. Clénet, G. Rousset, E. Gendron

NFIRAOS AO Calibration Plan Update [PDF]
Jean-Pierre Véran (National Research Council - Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics)
J.-P. Véran, G. Herriot, D. Andersen, D. Kerley

ELT Wavefront Control Strategy [PDF]
Henri Bonnet (European Southern Observatory)
H. Bonnet, J. Spyromilio, C. Vérinaud, M. Esselborn, E. Marchetti, M. Le Louarn, S. Lewis, T. Pfrommer, F. Biancat-Marchet

Adaptive optics design status of MAORY, the MCAO system of European ELT [PDF]
Lorenzo Busoni (INAF - Osservatorio di Arcetri)
L. Busoni, G. Agapito, C. Plantet, S. Oberti, C. Verinaud, M. Le Louarn, S. Esposito, P. Ciliegi

NFIRAOS Pre-Production Optical Design Update [PDF]
Jenny Atwood (National Research Council - Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics)
J. Atwood, D. Andersen, G. Herriot, O. Lardière, J.-P. Véran

Gemini North Adaptive Optics (GNAO): an MCAO system for Gemini North towards Conceptual Design [PDF]
Gaetano Sivo (Gemini Observatory)
G. Sivo, D. Palmer, J. Scharwächter, M. Andersen, N. Provost, E. Marin, M. van Dam, B. Chinn, E. Chirre, C. Cavedoni, T. Shneider, S. Kang, P. Hirst, W. Rambold, A. Ebbers, P. Giroux L. Catala, T. Hayward, J. Blakeslee, H. Roe, J. Lotz, S. Kleinman, M. Lazo, C. Blain, S. Sivanadam, A. Feldmeier-Krause, M. Ammons, C. Trujillo, C. Packham, F. Marchis, J. Christou, J. Jee, J. Bally, M. Pierce, T. Puzia, P. Turri, H. Kim, M. Schwamb, T. Dupuy, R. Diaz, R. Carrasco, B. Neichel, C. Correia, E. Steinbring, F. Rigaut, J.-P. Véran, M. Chun, M. Lamb, S. Chapman, S. Esposito, T. Fusco

Analysis the MICADO-MAORY SCAO performance [PDF]
Fabrice Vidal (LESIA - Observatoire de Paris)
F. Vidal, M. Rozel, V. Deo, F. Ferreira, A. Sevin, E. Gendron, Y. Clénet, D. Gratadour, G. Rousset, R. Davies

Integrated Modeling of NFIRAOS: Characterizing performance in the presence of vibration [PDF]
Joeleff Fitzsimmons (National Research Council - Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics)
J. Fitzsimmons, D. Andersen, J. Atwood, G. Herriot, D. Kerley, S. Roberts, J.-P. Véran

Single Conjugate Adaptive Optics for METIS [PDF]
Thomas Bertram (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy)
T. Bertram, O. Absil, P. Bizenberger, W. Brandner, F. Briegel, F. Cantalloube, M. C. Cárdenas Vázquez, M. Feldt, A. M. Glauser, T. Henning, S. Hippler, A. Huber, M. Kulas, W. Laun, L. Mohr, P. Neureuther, A. Obereder, R.-R. Rohloff, S. Scheithauer, H. Steuer, R. van Boekel

A story of errors and bias: The optimization of the LGS WFS for HARMONI [PDF]
Thierry Fusco (ONERA/LAM)
T. Fusco, B. Neichel, C. Correia, L. Blanco, A. Costille, K. Dohlen, F. Rigaut, E. Renaud, A. Bonnefoi, Z. Ke, K. El-Hadi, J. Paufique, S. Oberti, F. Clarke, Ian Bryson, Niranjan Thatt

Modeling the Giant Magellan Telescope dome seeing using fluid dynamics simulations [PDF]
Rodolphe Conan (GMTO)
R. Conan, M. Van Dam, K. Vogiatzis, K. Das, A. Bouchez

Preliminary Design of the MAORY Calibration and Test Unit (CTU) [PDF]
Ivan Di Antonio (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico d'Abruzzo)
I. Di Antonio, G. Di Ricoa, M. Daulci, L. Busoni

Acquisition with NFIRAOS and IRIS on TMT [PDF]
David Andersen (National Research Council - Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics)
D. R. Andersen, J. Atwood, E. Chisholm, J. Dunn, T. Greffe, T. Hardy, Y. Hayano, G. Herriot, J. Larkin, R. Smith, R. Suzuki, G. Trancho, L. Wang, S. Wright

Data Mining the Extreme Adaptive Optics Instrument VLT/SPHERE for Raw Contrast Prediction Pre-Observation [PDF]
Benjamin Courtney-Barrer (European Southern Observatory)
B. Courtney-Barrer, Z. Wahhaj, D. Mouillet, J. Milli

MICADO-MAORY SCAO RTC system prototyping: assessing the real-time capability of GPU [PDF]
Florian Ferreira (LESIA - Observatoire de Paris)
F. Ferreira, A. Sevin, J. Bernard, D. Gratadour

Performances of the phasing sensors for the M4 adaptive unit [PDF]
Matteo Tintori (A.D.S International Srl)
R. Briguglio, G. Pariani, M. Xompero, A. Riccardi, M. Tintori, E. Vernet, M. Cayrel

Precision Photometric Calibration with Alternating Incoherent Satellite Speckles [PDF]
Ananya Sahoo (Subaru Telescope)
A. Sahoo, O. Guyon, J. Lozi, J. Chilcote, T. Brandt, N. Jovanovic, T. Groff, F. Martinache, S. Vievard, Y. Minow

Analyzing the Viability of Satellite Laser Guide Stars for Breakthrough Starshot [PDF]
Matthew Noyes (College of Optical Sciences)
M. Noyes, M. Hart

Sodium layer density anisotropies as a reference for tip-tilt measurement in Laser Guide Stars [PDF]
Luis Fernando Rodríguez Ramos (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias)
L. F. Rodríguez Ramos, N. Martínez Rey, Á. Alonso, J. Castro Almazána

Sky coverage assessment for MAORY [PDF]
Cedric Plantet (INAF - Osservatorio di Arcetri)
C. Plantet, G. Agapito, L. Busoni, M. Bonaglia, , M. Bellazzini, P. Ciliegi, S. Oberti, M. LeLouarn, C. Vérinaud, P.-Y. Madec

MICADO-MAORY SCAO Preliminary design, development plan & calibration strategies [PDF]
Yann Clénet (Observatoire de Paris - LESIA)
Y. Clénet, T. Buey, E. Gendron, Z. Hubert, F. Vidal, M. Cohen, F. Chapron, A. Sevin, P. Fédou, G. Barbary, B. Borgo, J.-M. Huet, A. Blin, O. Dupuis, J. Gaudemard, S. Ben Nejma, D. Gratadour, V. Deo, F. Ferreira, S. Thijs, V. Lapeyrère, J. Raffard, F. Chemla, B. Le Ruyet, A. Bertrou-Cantou, M. Rozel, Y. Younès, G. Rousset, G. Zins, E. Diolaiti, P. Ciliegi, V. Garrel, S. Rabien, J. Schubert, M. Hartl, V. Hörmann, R. Davies

MICADO metrology system for spectroscopy [PDF]
Vincent Garrel (MPE)
V. Garrel, M. Hartl, V. Hörmann, J. Schubert, S. Rabien, E. Gendron, and the MICADO consortium

Satellite Laser Guide Stars for Large Aperture Segmented Ground Telescopes [PDF]
James R. Clark (MIT)
J. R. Clark, G. Allan, K. Cahoy, E. Douglas, J. Lumbres, J. Males, R. Morgan, Y. Xin

Voice-coil array development for a deformable mirror [PDF]
Ryan Luder (University of Arizona)
R. Luder, M. Hart, K. Pavlica, O. Fehlberg

Co-phasing a Large Array of Segmented Lasers via Interferometry and Coherent Beam Combination Methods [PDF]
Eric Mitchell (University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences)
E. Mitchell, M. Hart

The Final Design of NFIRAOS [PDF]
David Andersen (National Research Council - Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics)
D. Andersen, G. Herriot, J. Atwood, P. Byrnes, J. Crane, A. Densmore, J. Dunn, J. Fitzsimmons, T. Hardy, K. Jackson, D. Kerley, O. Lardière, C. Ricard, M. Smith, J. Stocks, J.-P. Véran, C. Boyer, L. Gilles, G. Trancho, L. Wang

Preliminary Model for Radiometric Design and Analysis of the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative [PDF]
Joseph Rice (University of Arizona's College of Optical Sciences)
J. Rice, R. Hamilton, K. Bowers, M. Hart

MCAO Magnification Control for Optimal Point Source Sensitivity [PDF]
Glen Herriot (National Research Council - Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics)
G. Herriot, R. Suzuki, J.-P. Véran, L. Wang, G. Trancho

Extremely Bright Orbital Guide Beacons for Extremely Large Telescopes [PDF]
William Thompson (University of Victoria)
W. Thompson, C. Marois

AO Performance model and error budget for GIRMOS [PDF]
Kate Jackson (National Research Council - Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics)
K. Jackson, S. Chapman, U. Conod, C. Correia, G. Sivo

The Single Laser Adaptive Optics system for the METIS [PDF]
Remko Stuik (Leiden University)
R. Stuik, B. Arcier, B. Brandl , and the METIS consortium

INGOT Wavefront Sensor: Simulation of Pupil Images [PDF]
Valentina Viotto (INAF OAPD - ADONI)
V. Viotto, E. Portaluri, C. Arcidiacono, M. Bergomi, S. Di Filippo, D. Greggio, K. Radhakrishnan, M. Dima, J. Farinato, D. Magrin, L. Marafatto, R. Ragazzoni

Concept for the GMT High-Contrast Exoplanet Instrument GMagAO-X and the High-Contrast Phasing Testbed with MagAO-X [PDF]
Laird M. Close (University of Arizona - Steward Observatory)
L. M. Close, J. R. Males, A. Hedglen, A. Bouchez, O. Guyon

Vibrations modelling at LBTO utilizing telemetry data [PDF]
Pedro Escarate (Universidad Austral)
M. Coronel, P. Escárate, J. C. Christou, J. M. Hill, G. Rahmer, R. Carvajal, J. C. Agüero

The concept of the MCAO upgrade for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope [PDF]
Dirk Schmidt (National Solar Observatory)
D. Schmidt, T. Rimmele, J. Marino, L. C. Johnson, S. Hegwer, N. Gorceix

Optical design trade-off study for the AO module of MAVIS [PDF]
Davide Greggio (INAF OAPD - ADONI)
D. Greggio, S. Di Filippo, D. Margin, C. Schwab, V. Viotto, L. Busoni, S. Esposito, R. Ragazzoni, T. Fusco, N. Benoit, E. Pinna, F. Rigaut, C. Arcidiacono, M. Bergomi, F. Biondi, S. Chinellato, J. Farinato, L. Marafatto, E. Portaluri, K. K. R. Santhakumari, D. Vassallo

Linear Parameter Varying Control for Laser Tomographic Adaptive Optics [PDF]
Jesse Cranney (University of Newcastle)
J. Cranney, J. De Dona, R. McCloy, V. Korkiakoski, F. Rigaut

Relocate Gemini Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics System from Chile to Hawaii: A feasibility study [PDF]
Emmanuel Chirre (Gemini South Observatory)
E. Chirre, C. Moreno, G. Sivo, E. Marin, G. Lombardi, M. Van Dam, V. Vergara, V. Montes, M. Van der Hoeven, P. Hirst, A. Adamson, S. Kleinman

Status of HARMONI SCAO system at mid-Final Design [PDF]
Jean-Francois Sauvage (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille)
J.-F. Sauvage, N. Schwartz, C. Correib, C. Petit, K. Dohlen, K. El Hadi, P. Vola, E. Renault, J. Le Merrer, J. Vernet, J. Paufique, R. Holzlohner, F. Clarke, H. Schnettler, I. Bryson, N. Thatte, B. Neichel, T. Fusco

Adaptive Optics Program Update at TMT [PDF]
Corinne Boyer (TMT)
C. Boyer



Wavefront reconstruction

Herzberg Extensible Adaptive Real-time Toolkit (HEART) software architecture [PDF]
Dan Kerley (National Research Council - Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics)
D. Kerley, M. Smith, J.-P. Véran, J. Dunn, N. Gharavi

Overview of focal plane wavefront sensors to correct for the Low Wind Effect on SUBARU/SCExAO [PDF]
Sebastien Vievard (NAOJ - Subaru Telescope)
S. Vievard, S. P. Bos, F. Cassaing, A. Ceau, O. Guyon, N. Jovanovic, C.U. Keller, J. Lozi, F. Martinache, D. Mary, A. Montmerle-Bonnefois, L.M. Mugnier, M. N’Diaye, B. Norris, A. Sahoo, J.-F. Sauvage, F. Snik, M. J. Wilby, A. Wong

Elephants, goldfishes and SOUL: a dissertation on forgetfulness and control systems [PDF]
Guido Agapito (INAF - Osservatorio di Arcetri)
G. Agapito, E. Pinna. A. Puglisi, F. Rossi

High Contrast Imaging Upgrades for the Keck Adaptive Optics Imager [PDF]
Sam Ragland (W. M. Keck Observatory)
S. Ragland, D. Mawet, C. Alvarez, K. Matthews, C. Z. Bond, S. Cetre1, J.-R. Delorme, S. Lilley, N. Jovanovic, G. Ruane, O. Absil, M. Chun, D. Echeverri, S. Goebel, O. Guyon, M. Karlsson, C. Lockhart, M. Millar-Blanchaer, M. Taheri, J. K. Wallace, E. Warmbier, E. Wetherell, P. Wizinowich

Model-based wavefront reconstruction tested on the LOOPS bench [PDF]
Victoria Hutterer (Industrial Mathematics Institute, Johannes Kepler University Linz)
V. Hutterer, P. Janin-Potiron, I. Shatokhina, O. Fauvarque, A. Obereder, S. Raffetseder, V. Chambouleyron, C. Correia, T. Fusco, B. Neichel, K. El-Hadib, C. Bond

A new SCAO control concept based on mechanical mirror modes for METIS [PDF]
Philip Lucas Neureuther (Institute for System Dynamics, University of Stuttgart)
P. L. Neureuther, T. Bertramb, O. Sawodnya

Atmospheric tomography with pyramid wavefront sensors for spiders [PDF]
Stefan Raffetseder (RICAM)
S. Raffetseder

Imaging habitable planets in optical/NIR with large ground-based telescopes: WFS/C challenges, opportunities and R&D activities [PDF]
Olivier Guyon (NAOJ - Subaru Telescope)
O. Guyon, M. Chun, D. Gratadour, M. Fitzgerals, N. Jovanovic, J. Lozi, J. Males, F. Martinache, D. Mawet, B. Mazin, A. Sahoo, A. Sevin, A. Skemer, S. Vievard

Zonal Multi-Layer Predictive Control for Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics: MAVIS Simulations [PDF]
Jesse Cranney (University of Newcastle)
J. Cranney, J. De Dona, F. Rigaut, V. Korkiakoski

Adaptive Optics Hard and Soft Real-Time Computing Developments at ESO [PDF]
Marcos Suárez Valles (European Southern Observatory)
M. Suárez Valles, N. Kornweibel, E. Marchetti, P.-H. Kamp, N. H. Pedersen, R Donaldson, D. Barr, C. Rosenquist

Reducing bandwidth error by predicting wavefronts using long short-term memory network [PDF]
Xuewen Liu (Centre for Advanced Instrumentation, Durham University)
X. Liu, T. Morris, C. Saunter

Feasibility of standard and novel solvers in atmospheric tomography for the ELT [PDF]
Bernadett Stadler (Industrial Mathematics Institute, JKU Linz)
B. Stadler, R. Biasi, M. Manetti, R. Ramlau

METIS AO RTC Prototype [PDF]
Martin Kulas (MPIA)
M. Kulas, H. Steuer, T. Bertram, F. Briegel

A prototype architecture for ELT-scale MCAO and LTAO based on many core CPU technologies [PDF]
David R. Jenkins (Durham University)
D. R. Jenkins, A. G. Basden, R. M. Myers

A Phasing testbed for the Giant Magellan Telescope [PDF]
Tony Travouillon (ANU)
T. Travouillon, J. Munro, M. Lingham, G. Gausachs, A. Bouchez, F. Quirós-Pacheco



Laser systems for adaptive optics

Uplink Wavefront Corrector System: On-sky performance validation [PDF]
Noelia Martínez Rey (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias)
N. Martínez Rey, L. F. Rodríguez Ramos, Z. Sodnik

Sodium Recoil at Starfire Optical Range [PDF]
Keith Wyman (Starfire Optical Range)
K. Wyman, D. Ireland, M. Eickhoff, L. Kann, E. Hilburn, G. Masten, O. Byrd, F. Lison, D. Bonaccini Caliasupit, R. Johnson

Enhanced Laser Traffic Control System Operation Mode [PDF]
Angel Otarola (TMT International Observatory)
A. Otarola, C. Dumas, M. Gaug, C. Benn, C. Muñoz-Tuñón, J. Castro-Almazán, A. Cabrera-Lavers, J. Hinton

Laser Guide Star Facility for LTAO and GLAO at Subaru Telescope [PDF]
Etsuko Mieda (Subaru Telescope)
E. Mieda, Y. Minowa, C. d’Orgeville, N. Herrald, Y. Tanaka, Y. Doi, L. Ramos, M. Wung, C. Clergeon, Y. Ono, T. Hattori, Y. Hayano, M. Akiyama, H. Yoshida



Adaptive optics disturbances characterization and modelling

Local turbulence: Causes and effects [PDF]
Olivier Lai (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur)
O. Lai, K. Withington, R. Laugier, M. Chun

Nowcasting the turbulence at the Paranal Observatory [PDF]
Julien Milli (European Southern Observatory)
J. Milli, R. Gonzalez, P. R. Fluxa, A. Chacon, J. Navarette, M. Sarazin, E. Pe˜na, R. Carrasco-Davis, A. Solarz, J. Smoker, C. Martayan, C. Melo, E. Sedaghati, S. Mieske, O. Hainaut, L. Tacconi-Garman

New achievements in optical turbulence forecast systems in operational mode [PDF]
Elena Masciadri (INAF - Osservatorio di Arcetri)
E. Masciadri, A. Turchi, G. Martelloni

Characterization of the atmosphere vertical distribution from short-exposures images [PDF]
Olivier Beltramo-Martin (ONERA/LAM)
O. Beltramo-Martina, N. A. Bharmal, C. M. Correia, T. Fusco

Image Quality Error Budgets for the Giant Magellan Telescope [PDF]
Breann N. Sitarski (Giant Magellan Telescope)
B. N. Sitarski, A. Bouchez, R. Conan, M. van Dam, F. Quirós-Pacheco, G. Angeli, B. McLeod

Performance Estimates for the Giant Magellan Telescope via Statistical Analysis [PDF]
Breann N. Sitarski (Giant Magellan Telescope)
B. N. Sitarski, K. Vogiatzis, R. Conan, G. Angeli, B. Goodrich

Astronomical site monitoring: current status and ideas for the future [PDF]
Miska Le Louarn (European Southern Observatory)
M. Le Louarn, M. Sarazin, P.-Y. Madec, S. Brillant, C. Martayan, J. Milli

New On-sky results from FASS [PDF]
Andres Guesalaga (PUC)
A. Guesalaga, B. Ayancán, H. González, S. Perera, M. Sarazin, J. Navarrete, J. Osborn, T. Butterley, T. Wilson, B. Neichel, K. El Hadi

Non-Common Path Aberrations correction for the GTC Adaptive Optics system: calibration and compensation of static aberrations [PDF]
Iciar Montilla (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias)
I. Montilla, A. G. Basden, M. Núñez Cagigal, J. M. de la Rosa, M. Puga Antolín, O. Tubío Araújo, M. Reyes García-Talavera

Real-time turbulence profiling using particle filtering [PDF]
Jonatan Lehtonen (University of Helsinki)
J. Lehtonen, T. Helin

CATS: a new autonomous station for atmospheric turbulence characterization [PDF]
Aziz Ziad (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis)
A. Ziad, J. Chabé, Y. Fantei-Caujolle, E. Aristidi, C. Renaud, C. Giordano

Optical turbulence forecasting and comparisons with daytime and nighttime measurements [PDF]
Christophe Giordano (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur)
C. Giordano, A. Rafalimanana, A. Ziad, E. Aristidi, J. Chabé, Y. Fanteï-Caujolle, C. Renaud

Monitoring daytime and nighttime optical turbulence profiles with the PML instrument [PDF]
Eric Aristidi (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis)
E. Aristidi, A. Ziad, Y. Fantéï-Caujolle, J. Chabé, C. Giordano, C. Renaud, H. Lantéri



Wavefront correction

Deformable Mirrors development in Europe - Results of the first phase of the ESO R&D program [PDF]
Stefan Stroebele (European Southern Observatory)
S. Stroeblele, J. Charton, O. Dietzel, P. Lilley, E. Vernet, P-Y. Madec, P. Mahiou, C.Reinlein

Open loop optical performances of a 277 voice-coil actuators deformable mirror [PDF]
Runa Briguglio (INAF - Osservatorio di Arcetri)
R. Briguglio, C. Selmi, L. Busoni, G. Agapito, M. Bonaglia, P. Grani

LINC-NIRVANA Commissioning at the Large Binocular Telescope - Lessons Learned [PDF]
Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakuma (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova)
K. K. R. Santhakumari, C. Arcidiacono, M. Bergomi, T. Bertram, F. Briegel, J. Farinato, J. M. Hill, M. Klettke, L. Marafatto, R. C. McGurk, R. Ragazzoni, F. P. Santos, V. Viotto

MOEMS-based future systems for ELTs [PDF]
Frederic Zamkotsian (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM))
F. Zamkotsian, P. Lanzoni, R. Barette, M. Helmbrecht, M. Feinberg, S. Lani, B. Timotijevic, Y. Petremand

The way to XAO: a system to correct NCP and TT aberrations tested in lab for SHARK-NIR [PDF]
Federico Biondi (INAF OAPD - ADONI)
F. Biondi, L. Marafatto, D. Vassallo, M. Bergomi, D. Greggio, M. De Pascale, G. Umbriaco, J. Farinato, E. Carolo, V. Viotto, M. Adrighettoni, R. Biasi, K. K. R. Santhakumari, C. Arcidiacono, D. Margin, E. Portaluri, S. Chinellato, R. Ragazzoni, M. Dima

TMT Adaptive Secondary Mirror conceptual design [PDF]
Roberto Biasi (Microgate Srl)
R. Biasi, M. Manetti, G. Angerer, M. Tintori, D. Gallieni, C. Boyer, L. Wang, M. Trubey, G. Trancho, J. Rogers

Building the ESO ELT M4 adaptive unit [PDF]
Elise Vernet (European Southern Observatory)
E. Vernet, R. Biasi, D. Gallieni, M. Tintori, R. Briguglio, M. Andrighettoni, G. Angerer, M. Manetti, D. Pescoller, E. Anaclerio, O. Barachetti, L. Crimella, P. Fumi, P. Kravets, M. Xompero, G. Pariani, A. Riccardi, M. Cayrel, A. Kellerera, L. Pettazzi, P. Zuluaga-Ramirez

Tests and characterisations of the ALPAO 64×64 deformable mirror, the MICADO-MAORY SCAO AIT facility [PDF]
Fabrice Vidal (LESIA - Observatoire de Paris)
F. Vidal, J. Raffard, E. Gendron, S. Thijis, V. Lapeyrere, T. Buey, Y, Clénet, D. Gratadour, P. Jagourel, A. Sevin, F. Ferreira, F. Chemla, P. Mahiou

Adaptive Secondary Mirror development for the UH-88 telescope [PDF]
Stefan Kuiper (TNO Technical Sciences)
S. Kuiper, W. Jonker, M. Maniscalco, H. Priem, C. Coolen, M. Chun, C. Baranec, J. Lu, O. Lai

Exploiting the pyramid WFS gain using a deformable lens as an NCPA corrector [PDF]
Maria Bergomi (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova)
M. Bergomi, M. Quintavalla, D. Magrin, S. Bonor, R. Ragazzoni ,C. Arcidiacono, E. Pinna



Post-processing of adaptive optics data

Sensitivity of astrometry and photometry estimation to spatial variations of the PSF [PDF]
Olivier Beltramo-Martin (ONERA/LAM)
O. Beltramo-Martin, G. Witzel, A. Ciurlo, P. Turri, J. Lu

Overview of PSF determination techniques for adaptive-optics assisted ELT instruments [PDF]
Olivier Beltramo-Martin (ONERA/LAM)
R. Wagner, O. Beltramo-Martin, C. M. Correia, R. J. Fétick, R. Ramlau, T. Fusco, B. Neichel

Hybrid point spread function reconstruction with PRIME [PDF]
Olivier Beltramo-Martin (ONERA/LAM)
O. Beltramo-Martin, C. M. Correia, S. Ragland, L. Jolissaint, B. Neichel, T. Fusco, P.L. Wizinowich

Status update on point spread function reconstruction algorithm development for laser guide star multi-conjugate adaptive optics [PDF]
Luc Gilles (TMT)
L. Gilles, L. Wang, C. Boyer