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PROCEEDINGS VOLUME 8447

Adaptive Optics Systems III
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Volume Number: 8447
Date Published: 29 August 2012

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Front Matter: Volume 8447
Author(s): Proceedings of SPIE
Status of the ARGOS ground layer adaptive optics system
Author(s): Wolfgang Gässler; Sebastian Rabien; Simone Esposito; Michael Lloyd-Hart; Lothar Barl; Udo Beckmann; Thomas Bluemchen; Marco Bonaglia; José Luis Borelli; Guido Brusa; Joar Brynnel; Peter Buschkamp; Lorenzo Busoni; Luca Carbonaro; Claus Connot; Richard Davies; Matthias Deysenroth; Olivier Durney; Richard Green; Hans Gemperlein; Victor Gasho; Marcus Haug; Pete Hubbard; Sebastian Ihle; Martin Kulas; Reinhard Lederer; Jason Lewis; Christina Loose; Michael Lehmitz; Jamison Noenickx; Edmund Nussbaum; Gilles Orban de Xivry; Diethard Peter; Andreas Quirrenbach; Matt Rademacher; Walfried Raab; Jesper Storm; Christian Schwab; Vidhya Vaitheeswaran; Julian Ziegleder
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Robo-AO: autonomous and replicable laser-adaptive-optics and science system
Author(s): C. Baranec; R. Riddle; A. N. Ramaprakash; N. Law; S. Tendulkar; S. Kulkarni; R. Dekany; K. Bui; J. Davis; M. Burse; H. Das; S. Hildebrandt; S. Punnadi; R. Smith
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Overview of deformable mirror technologies for adaptive optics and astronomy
Author(s): P.-Y. Madec
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TMT DMs final design and advanced prototyping results at Cilas
Author(s): Jean-Christophe Sinquin; Arnaud Bastard; Corinne Boyer; Sébastien Cornette; Raphaël Cousty; Brent Ellerbroek; Xavier Gilbert; Benoit Gourdet; Régis Grasser; Denis Groeninck; Claude Guillemard; Glen Herriot; Albert Iannacone; Antoine Jeulin; Aurélien Moreau; Hubert Pagès; Lianqi Wang
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Low-cost unimorph deformable mirror with high actuator count for astronomical adaptive optics
Author(s): Jianqiang Ma; Ying Liu; Chen Xu; Hao Rong; Baoqing Li; Jiaru Chu
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The actuator design and the experimental tests of a new technology large deformable mirror for visible wavelengths adaptive optics
Author(s): Ciro Del Vecchio; Guido Agapito; Carmelo Arcidiacono; Luca Carbonaro; Fabrizio Marignetti; Enzo De Santis; Valdemaro Biliotti; Armando Riccardi
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Adaptive optics observations of the galactic center young stars
Author(s): S. Yelda; A. M. Ghez; J. R. Lu; T. Do; L. Meyer; M. R. Morris
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Adaptive optics for high contrast imaging
Author(s): Markus Kasper
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Quantitative solar system science with AO systems
Author(s): Franck Marchis; Jerome Berthier; Michael H. Wong
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Progress in laser guide star adaptive optics and lessons learned
Author(s): Peter Wizinowich
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An overview of guidestar laser technologies
Author(s): Donald T. Gavel
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RFA-based 589-nm guide star lasers for ESO VLT: a paradigm shift in performance, operational simplicity, reliability, and maintenance
Author(s): Axel Friedenauer; Vladimir Karpov; Daoping Wei; Manfred Hager; Bernhard Ernstberger; Wallace R. L. Clements; Wilhelm G. Kaenders
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Towards a practical sodium guide star laser source: design for > 50 watt LGS based on OPSL
Author(s): J. D. Berger; J. L. A. Chilla; S. Govorkov; J. F. P. van Nunen; A. Y. Lepert
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Simulations of pulsed sodium laser guide stars: an overview
Author(s): Ronald Holzlöhner; Simon M. Rochester; Domenico Bonaccini Calia; Dmitry Budker; Thomas Pfrommer; James M. Higbie
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GeMS first on-sky results
Author(s): Franҫois Rigaut; Benoit Neichel; Maxime Boccas; Céline d'Orgeville; Gustavo Arriagada; Vincent Fesquet; Sarah J. Diggs; Claudio Marchant; Gaston Gausach; William N. Rambold; Javier Luhrs; Shane Walker; Eleazar Rodrigo Carrasco-Damele; Michelle L. Edwards; Peter Pessev; Ramon L. Galvez; Tomislav B. Vucina; Claudio Araya; Alejandro Gutierrez; Angelic W. Ebbers; Andrew Serio; Cristian Moreno; Cristian Urrutia; Rolando Rogers; Roberto Rojas; Chadwick Trujillo; Bryan Miller; Douglas A. Simons; Ariel Lopez; Vanessa Montes; Herman Diaz; Felipe Daruich; Felipe Colazo; Matthieu Bec; Gelys Trancho; Michael Sheehan; Peter McGregor; Peter J. Young; Matthew C. Doolan; Jan van Harmelen; Brent L. Ellerbroek; Damien Gratadour; Aurea Garcia-Rissmann
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ESO adaptive optics facility progress report
Author(s): Robin Arsenault; Pierre-Yves Madec; Jerome Paufique; Paolo La Penna; Stefan Stroebele; Elise Vernet; Jean-Francois Pirard; Wolfgang Hackenberg; Harald Kuntschner; Lieselotte Jochum; Johann Kolb; Nicolas Muller; Miska Le Louarn; Paola Amico; Norbert Hubin; Jean-Louis Lizon; Rob Ridings; Jose A. Abad; Gert Fischer; Volker Heinz; Mario Kiekebusch; Javier Argomedo; Ralf Conzelmann; Sebastien Tordo; Robert Donaldson; Christian Soenke; Philippe Duhoux; Enrico Fedrigo; Bernard Delabre; Andreas Jost; Michel Duchateau; Mark Downing; Javier R. Moreno; Reinhold Dorn; Antonio Manescau; Domenico Bonaccini Calia; Marco Quattri; Christophe Dupuy; Ivan M. Guidolin; Mauro Comin; Ronald Guzman; Bernard Buzzoni; Jutta Quentin; Steffan Lewis; Paul Jolley; Maximilian Kraus; Thomas Pfrommer; Roberto Biasi; Daniele Gallieni; Clementine Bechet; Remko Stuik
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Tests of open-loop LGS tomography with CANARY
Author(s): Timothy J. Morris; Alastair G. Basden; Fabrice Vidal; Andrew P. Reeves; Eric Gendron; Richard M. Myers; Zoltan Hubert; Edward J. Younger; Andy Longmore; Matthieu Cohen; Nigel Dipper; Paul Clark; David Henry; Gérard C. Rousset; Stephen P. Todd; Fanny Chemla; David C. Atkinson; Jean-Michel Huet; Brian Stobie; Colin J. Dickson
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Image quality and high contrast improvements on VLT/NACO
Author(s): Julien H. V. Girard; Jared O'Neal; Dimitri Mawet; Markus Kasper; Gérard Zins; Benoît Neichel; Johann Kolb; Valentin Christiaens; Martin Tourneboeuf
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Science with ESO's Multi-conjugate Adaptive-optics Demonstrator - MAD
Author(s): Jorge Melnick; Enrico Marchetti; Paola Amico
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Results from the commissioning of the Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager (GSAOI) at Gemini South Observatory
Author(s): Eleazar R. Carrasco; Michelle L. Edwards; Peter J. McGregor; Cláudia Winge; Peter J. Young; Matthew C. Doolan; Jan van Harmelen; Francois J. Rigaut; Benoit Neichel; Gelys Trancho; Etienne Artigau; Peter Pessev; Felipe Colazo; Jennifer Tigner; Francesco Mauro; Javier Lührs; William N. Rambold
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High-contrast imaging in the Hyades with snapshot LOCI
Author(s): Katie M. Morzinski; Bruce A. Macintosh; Laird M. Close; Christian Marois; Quinn Konopacky; Jenny Patience
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Theoretical limits on bright star astrometry with multi-conjugate adaptive optics using a diffractive pupil
Author(s): S. Mark Ammons; Eduardo A. Bendek; Olivier Guyon; Bruce Macintosh; Dmitry Savransky
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Advances in detector technologies for visible and infrared wavefront sensing
Author(s): Philippe Feautrier; Jean-Luc Gach; Mark Downing; Paul Jorden; Johann Kolb; Johan Rothman; Thierry Fusco; Philippe Balard; Eric Stadler; Christian Guillaume; David Boutolleau; Gérard Destefanis; Nicolas Lhermet; Olivier Pacaud; Michel Vuillermet; Alexandre Kerlain; Norbert Hubin; Javier Reyes; Markus Kasper; Olaf Ivert; Wolfgang Suske; Andrew Walker; Michael Skegg; Sophie Derelle; Joel Deschamps; Clélia Robert; Nicolas Vedrenne; Frédéric Chazalet; Julien Tanchon; Thierry Trollier; Alain Ravex; Gérard Zins; Pierre Kern; Thibaut Moulin; Olivier Preis
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Measured performance of the prototype polar coordinate CCD array
Author(s): Sean M. Adkins
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The AOLI low-order non-linear curvature wavefront sensor: a method for high sensitivity wavefront reconstruction
Author(s): Jonathan Crass; Peter Aisher; Bruno Femenia; David L. King; Craig D. Mackay; Rafael Rebolo-López; Lucas Labadie; Antonio Pérez Garrido; Marc Balcells; Anastasio Díaz Sánchez; Jesús Jimenez Fuensalida; Roberto L. Lopez; Alejandro Oscoz; Jorge A. Pérez Prieto; Luis F. Rodríguez-Ramos; Isidro Villó
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Natural guide star adaptive optics systems at LBT: FLAO commissioning and science operations status
Author(s): S. Esposito; A. Riccardi; E. Pinna; A. T. Puglisi; F. Quirós-Pacheco; C. Arcidiacono; M. Xompero; R. Briguglio; L. Busoni; L. Fini; J. Argomedo; A. Gherardi; G. Agapito; G. Brusa; D. L. Miller; J. C. Guerra Ramon; K. Boutsia; P. Stefanini
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LINC-NIRVANA Pathfinder: testing the next generation of wave front sensors at LBT
Author(s): Albert R. Conrad; Carmelo Arcidiacono; Harald Baumeister; Maria Bergomi; Thomas Bertram; Juergen Berwein; Chris Biddick; Peter Bizenberger; Matthieu Brangier; Florian Briegel; Alessandro Brunelli; Joar Brynnel; Lorenzo Busoni; Norm Cushing; Fulvio De Bonis; Michele De La Pena; Simone Esposito; Jacopo Farinato; Luca Fini; Richard F. Green; Tom Herbst; Ralph Hofferbert; Frank Kittmann; Martin Kuerster; Werner Laun; Daniel Meschke; Lars Mohr; Aleksei Pavlov; Jorg-Uwe Pott; Alfio Puglisi; Roberto Ragazzoni; Andrew Rakich; Ralf-Rainer Rohloff; Jan Trowitzsch; Valentina Viotto; Xianyu Zhang
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Science readiness of the Gemini MCAO system: GeMS
Author(s): Benoit Neichel; François Rigaut; Andrew Serio; Gustavo Arriagada; Maxime Boccas; Céline d'Orgeville; Vincent Fesquet; Chadwick Trujillo; William N. Rambold; Ramon L. Galvez; Gaston Gausachs; Tomislav B. Vucina; Vanessa Montes; Cristian Urrutia; Cristian Moreno; Sarah J. Diggs; Claudio Araya; Javier Lührs; Gelys Trancho; Matthieu Bec; Claudio Marchant; Fabian Collao; Eleazar Carrasco; Michelle Edwards; Peter Pessev; Ariel Lopez; Hernan Diaz
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First closed-loop visible AO test results for the advanced adaptive secondary AO system for the Magellan Telescope: MagAO's performance and status
Author(s): Laird M. Close; Jared R. Males; Derek A. Kopon; Victor Gasho; Katherine B. Follette; Phil Hinz; Katie Morzinski; Alan Uomoto; Tyson Hare; Armando Riccardi; Simone Esposito; Alfio Puglisi; Enrico Pinna; Lorenzo Busoni; Carmelo Arcidiacono; Marco Xompero; Runa Briguglio; Fernando Quiros-Pacheco; Javier Argomedo
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Results from the PALM-3000 high-order adaptive optics system
Author(s): Jennifer E. Roberts; Richard G. Dekany; Rick S. Burruss; Christoph Baranec; Antonin Bouchez; Ernest E. Croner; Stephen R. Guiwits; David D. S. Hale; John R. Henning; Dean L. Palmer; Mitchell Troy; Tuan N. Truong; Jeffry Zolkower
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Vibration mitigation in adaptive optics control
Author(s): Caroline Kulcsár; Paolo Massioni; Gaetano Sivo; Henri-François G. Raynaud
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Distributed control of large deformable mirrors
Author(s): Douglas G. MacMartin; Rikard Heimsten; Torben Andersen; Mette Owner-Petersen
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Design of frequency-based controllers for vibration mitigation at the Gemini-South telescope
Author(s): Andres Guesalaga; Benoit Neichel; Francois Rigaut; James Osborn; Dani Guzman
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On the rejection of vibrations in adaptive optics systems
Author(s): Riccardo Muradore; Lorenzo Pettazzi; Enrico Fedrigo; Richard Clare
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Comparison of LGS wavefront-sensing with pyramid, yaw, and quad-cell types wavefront sensors
Author(s): E. Gendron; D. Gratadour
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Wavefront sensing and correction with the Gemini Planet Imager
Author(s): S. Thomas; L. Poyneer; D. Savransky; B. Macintosh; M. Hartung; D. Dillon; D. Gavel; Jennifer Dunn; K. Wallace; D. Palmer; Robert De Rosa
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Focal-plane wave front sensing strategies for high contrast imaging: experimental validations on SPHERE
Author(s): Jean-François Sauvage; Thierry Fusco; Cyril Petit; Laurent Mugnier; Baptiste Paul; Anne Costille
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Retrieving the telescope and instrument static wavefront aberration with a phase diversity procedure using on-sky adaptive optics corrected images
Author(s): Laurent Jolissaint; Laurent M. Mugnier; Chris Neyman; Julian Christou; Peter Wizinowich
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Design of a truth sensor for the GMT laser tomography adaptive optics system
Author(s): Marcos A. van Dam; Rodolphe Conan; Antonin H. Bouchez; Brady Espeland
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Turbulence modeling and estimation for AO systems
Author(s): Alessandro Beghi; Angelo Cenedese; Andrea Masiero
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Mesospheric sodium structure variability on horizontal scales relevant to laser guide star asterisms
Author(s): Thomas Pfrommer; Paul Hickson
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Lunar scintillometer to validate GLAO turbulence distribution measurements
Author(s): Kevin Newman; Michael Hart; Eduardo Bendek; Edison Bustos
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Estimation of vertical profiles of wind from MASS measurements
Author(s): Matwey V. Kornilov
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Vibrations in AO control: a short analysis of on-sky data around the world
Author(s): Caroline Kulcsár; Gaetano Sivo; Henri-François Raynaud; Benoît Neichel; Franҫois Rigaut; Julian Christou; Andres Guesalaga; Carlos Correia; Jean-Pierre Véran; Eric Gendron; Fabrice Vidal; Gérard Rousset; Tim Morris; Simone Esposito; Fernando Quiros-Pacheco; Guido Agapito; Enrico Fedrigo; Lorenzo Pettazzi; Richard Clare; Riccardo Muradore; Olivier Guyon; Frantz Martinache; Serge Meimon; Jean-Marc Conan
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Tolerancing the fabrication errors of static optical elements for ELT-size wide-field AO systems
Author(s): Jean-Pierre Véran; John Pazder; Glen Herriot; David Andersen
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Subaru laser guide adaptive optics system: performance and science operation
Author(s): Yosuke Minowa; Yutaka Hayano; Hiroshi Terada; Tae-Soo Pyo; Shin Oya; Masayuki Hattori; Mai Shirahata; Hideki Takami; Olivier Guyon; Vincent Garrel; Stephen Colley; Mark Weber; Taras Golota; Makoto Watanabe; Yoshihiko Saito; Meguru Ito; Masanori Iye
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'Imaka: working towards very wide-field of view AO
Author(s): M. Chun; O. Lai; J-C. Cuillandre; H. Richer; D. Toomey; D. Salmon; R. Carlberg; D. Andersen; D. Burgarella; K. Ho; J. Pazder; E. Bertin
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The Giant Magellan Telescope adaptive optics program
Author(s): Antonin H. Bouchez; D. Scott Acton; Guido Agapito; Carmelo Arcidiacono; Francis Bennet; Valdemaro Biliotti; Marco Bonaglia; Runa Briguglio; Guido Brusa-Zappellini; Lorenzo Busoni; Luca Carbonaro; Johanan L. Codona; Rodolphe Conan; Thomas Connors; Oliver Durney; Brady Espeland; Simone Esposito; Luca Fini; Rusty Gardhouse; Thomas M. Gauron; Michael Hart; Philip M. Hinz; Srikrishna Kanneganti; Edward J. Kibblewhite; Russell P. Knox; Brian A. McLeod; Thomas McMahon; Manny Montoya; Timothy J. Norton; Mark P. Ordway; Celine d'Orgeville; Simon Parcell; Piotr K. Piatrou; Enrico Pinna; Ian Price; Alfio Puglisi; Fernando Quiros-Pacheco; Armando Riccardi; John B. Roll Jr.; Gelys Trancho; Kristina Uhlendorf; Vidhya Vaitheeswaran; Marcos A. van Dam; David Weaver; Marco Xompero
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TMT adaptive optics program status report
Author(s): Brent L. Ellerbroek; Sean M. Adkins; David R. Andersen; Jenny Atwood; Arnaud Bastard; Yong Bo; Marc-Andre Boucher; Corinne Boyer; Peter W. G. Byrnes; Kris Caputa; Shanqiu Chen; Carlos Correia; Raphael Cousty; Joeleff T. Fitzsimmons; Luc Gilles; James Gregory; Glen Herriot; Paul Hickson; Alexis Hill; John Pazder; Hubert Pagès; Thomas Pfrommer; Vladimir A. Reshetov; Scott Roberts; Jean-Christophe Sinquin; Matthias Schoeck; Malcolm Smith; Jean-Pierre Véran; Lianqi Wang; Kai Wei; Ivan Wevers
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Dual-channel multiple natural guide star wavefront sensor for the E-ELT multiconjugate adaptive optics module
Author(s): Emiliano Diolaiti; Laura Schreiber; Italo Foppiani; Matteo Lombini
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Wavefront sensor design for the GMT natural guide star AO system
Author(s): S. Esposito; E. Pinna; F. Quirós-Pacheco; A. T. Puglisi; L. Carbonaro; M. Bonaglia; V. Biliotti; R. Briguglio; G. Agapito; C. Arcidiacono; L. Busoni; M. Xompero; A. Riccardi; L. Fini; A. Bouchez
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TMT NFIRAOS: adaptive optics system for the Thirty Meter Telescope
Author(s): Glen Herriot; David Andersen; Jenny Atwood; Peter Byrnes; Marc-André Boucher; Corinne Boyer; Kris Caputa; Carlos Correia; Jennifer Dunn; Brent Ellerbroek; Joeleff Fitzsimmons; Luc Gilles; Paul Hickson; Alexis Hill; Dan Kerley; John Pazder; Vlad Reshetov; Scott Roberts; Malcolm Smith; Jean-Pierre Véran; Lianqi Wang; Ivan Wevers
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LIFT, a noise-effective low order focal-plane sensor: from theory to full experimental validation
Author(s): Cédric Plantet; Benoit Neichel; Serge Meimon; Thierry Fusco; Jean-Marc Conan
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Gemini South multi-conjugate adaptive optics (GeMS) laser guide star facility on-sky performance results
Author(s): Céline d'Orgeville; Sarah Diggs; Vincent Fesquet; Benoit Neichel; William Rambold; François Rigaut; Andrew Serio; Claudio Araya; Gustavo Arriagada; Rodrigo Balladares; Matthieu Bec; Maxime Boccas; Camila Duran; Angelic Ebbers; Ariel Lopez; Claudio Marchant; Eduardo Marin; Vanessa Montes; Cristian Moreno; Eric Petit Vega; Carlos Segura; Gelys Trancho; Chad Trujillo; Cristian Urrutia; Patricio Veliz; Tomislav Vucina
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Photon returns test of the pulsed sodium guide star laser on the 1.8 meter telescope
Author(s): Kai Wei; Yong Bo; Xianghui Xue; Xuewu Cheng; Cheng Li; Junwei Zuo; Shiyong Xie; Changhui Rao; Yudong Zhang
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Advanced control of low order modes in laser guide star multi-conjugate adaptive optics systems
Author(s): Carlos Correia; Jean-Pierre Véran; Glen Herriot; Brent Ellerbroek; Lianqi Wang; Luc Gilles
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Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter, a nonstationary control law for complex AO systems on ELTs: theoretical aspects and first simulations results
Author(s): M. Gray; B. Le Roux
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Evidence that wind prediction with multiple guide stars reduces tomographic errors and expands MOAO field of regard
Author(s): S. Mark Ammons; Lisa Poyneer; Donald T. Gavel; Renate Kupke; Claire E. Max; Luke Johnson
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Experimental comparison of tomographic control schemes using the ONERA WFAO facility
Author(s): Amélie Parisot; Cyril Petit; Thierry Fusco; Jean-Marc Conan
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How ELTs will acquire the first spectra of rocky habitable planets
Author(s): Olivier Guyon; Frantz Martinache; Eric J. Cady; Ruslan Belikov; Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian; Daniel Wilson; Christophe S. Clergeon; Mala Mateen
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The Subaru coronagraphic extreme AO project: first observations
Author(s): Frantz Martinache; Olivier Guyon; Christophe Clergeon; Vincent Garrel; Celia Blain
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The SPHERE XAO system SAXO: integration, test, and laboratory performance
Author(s): C. Petit; J.-F. Sauvage; A. Sevin; A. Costille; T. Fusco; P. Baudoz; J.-L. Beuzit; T. Buey; J. Charton; K. Dohlen; P. Feautrier; E. Fedrigo; J.-L. Gach; N. Hubin; E. Hugot; M. Kasper; D. Mouillet; D. Perret; P. Puget; J.-C. Sinquin; C. Soenke; M. Suarez; F. Wildi
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Project 1640: the world's first ExAO coronagraphic hyperspectral imager for comparative planetary science
Author(s): Ben R. Oppenheimer; Charles Beichman; Douglas Brenner; Rick Burruss; Eric Cady; Justin Crepp; Lynne Hillenbrand; Sasha Hinkley; E. Robert Ligon III; Thomas Lockhart; Ian Parry; Laurent Pueyo; Emily Rice; Lewis C. Roberts Jr.; Jennifer Roberts; Michael Shao; Anand Sivaramakrishnan; Rémi Soummer; Gautam Vasisht; Fred Vescelus; J. Kent Wallace; Chengxing Zhai; Neil Zimmerman
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Extremely fast focal-plane wavefront sensing for extreme adaptive optics
Author(s): Christoph U Keller; Visa Korkiakoski; Niek Doelman; Rufus Fraanje; Raluca Andrei; Michel Verhaegen
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On advanced estimation techniques for exoplanet detection and characterization using ground-based coronagraphs
Author(s): Peter R. Lawson; Lisa Poyneer; Harrison Barrett; Richard Frazin; Luca Caucci; Nicholas Devaney; Lars Furenlid; Szymon Gładysz; Olivier Guyon; John Krist; Jérôme Maire; Christian Marois; Dimitri Mawet; David Mouillet; Laurent Mugnier; Iain Pearson; Marshall Perrin; Laurent Pueyo; Dmitry Savransky
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Computer simulations and real-time control of ELT AO systems using graphical processing units
Author(s): Lianqi Wang; Brent Ellerbroek
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Modeling anisoplanatism in the Keck II laser guide star AO system
Author(s): Michael P. Fitzgerald; Gunther Witzel; Matthew C. Britton; Andrea M. Ghez; Leo Meyer; Breann N. Sitarski; Carina Cheng; Eric E. Becklin; Randall D. Campbell; Tuan Do; Jessica R. Lu; Keith Matthews; Mark R. Morris; Christopher R. Neyman; Glenn A. Tyler; Peter L. Wizinowich; Sylvana Yelda
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Size of the halo of the adaptive optics PSF
Author(s): Szymon Gladysz; Miska Le Louarn; Natalia Yaitskova; Aurea Garcia-Rissmann; Lee Kann; Jack D. Drummond; Robert L. Johnson; Dan Roskey
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A Fresnel propagation analysis of NFIRAOS/IRIS high-contrast exoplanet imaging capabilities
Author(s): Christian Marois; Jean-Pierre Véran; Carlos Correia
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Aperture masking behind AO systems
Author(s): Michael J. Ireland
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Adaptive optics point spread function reconstruction project at W. M. Keck Observatory: first results with faint natural guide stars
Author(s): Laurent Jolissaint; Chris Neyman; Julian Christou; Peter Wizinowich
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Tip/tilt point spread function reconstruction for laser guide star multi-conjugate adaptive optics
Author(s): L. Gilles; C. Correia; J.-P. Véran; L. Wang; B. L. Ellerbroek
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Temporal convergence of phase spatial covariance matrix measurements in tomographic adaptive optics
Author(s): Olivier Martin; Éric Gendron; Gérard Rousset; Fabrice Vidal
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First on-sky calibration of a high order adaptive optics system
Author(s): E. Pinna; F. Quirós-Pacheco; A. Riccardi; R. Briguglio; A. Puglisi; L. Busoni; C. Arcidiacono; J. Argomedo; M. Xompero; E. Marchetti; S. Esposito
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Optimization of adaptive optics correction during observations: algorithms and system parameters identification in closed-loop
Author(s): Clémentine Béchet; Michel Tallon; Éric Thiébaut
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Calibration strategy of the AOF
Author(s): J. Kolb; P.-Y. Madec; M. Le Louarn; N. Muller; C. Béchet
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A high-performance FPGA platform for adaptive optics real-time control
Author(s): Heng Zhang; Zoran Ljusic; Gary Hovey; Jean-Pierre Veran; Glen Herriot; Maxime Dumas
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Design and implementation of the PALM-3000 real-time control system
Author(s): Tuan N. Truong; Antonin H. Bouchez; Rick S. Burruss; Richard G. Dekany; Stephen R. Guiwits; Jennifer E. Roberts; Jean C. Shelton; Mitchell Troy
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VLT deformable secondary mirror: integration and electromechanical tests results
Author(s): R. Biasi; M. Andrighettoni; G. Angerer; C. Mair; D. Pescoller; P. Lazzarini; E. Anaclerio; M. Mantegazza; D. Gallieni; E. Vernet; R. Arsenault; P.-Y. Madec; P. Duhoux; A. Riccardi; M. Xompero; R. Briguglio; M. Manetti; M. Morandini
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Manufacturing of glassy thin shell for adaptive optics: results achieved
Author(s): F. Poutriquet; A. Rinchet; J.-L. Carel; H. Leplan; E. Ruch; R. Geyl; G. Marque
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Global wavefront sensing for extremely large telescopes
Author(s): R. Ragazzoni; M. Bergomi; A. Brunelli; M. Dima; J. Farinato; D. Magrin; L. Marafatto; V. Viotto
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An interferometric wavefront sensor for high-sensitivity low-amplitude measurements
Author(s): Nazim A. Bharmal; Richard M. Myers; Alastair G. Basden; Andrew P. Reeves
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A phase-shifting Zernike wavefront sensor for the Palomar P3K adaptive optics system
Author(s): J. Kent Wallace; Sam Crawford; Frank Loya; James Moore
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Fast computer-free holographic adaptive optics
Author(s): Geoff Andersen; Fassil Ghebremichael; Ravi Gaddipati; Phani Gaddipati
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The wavefront correction control system for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope
Author(s): Ellyne K. Kinney; Kit Richards; Luke Johnson; Thomas R. Rimmele; Samuel C. Barden
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Adaptive optics real time processing design for the advanced technology solar telescope
Author(s): Kit Richards
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The Robo-AO software: fully autonomous operation of a laser guide star adaptive optics and science system
Author(s): Reed L. Riddle; Mahesh P. Burse; Nicholas M. Law; Shriharsh P. Tendulkar; Christoph Baranec; Alexander R. Rudy; Marland Sitt; Ankit Arya; Athanasios Papadopoulos; A. N. Ramaprakash; Richard G. Dekany
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Recent development in real time control system of Subaru LGSAO-188
Author(s): Masayuki Hattori; Mai Shirahata; Yosuke Minowa; Shin Oya; Yutaka Hayano; Hideki Takami; Masanori Iye
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SPARTA for the VLT: status and plans
Author(s): Marcos Suárez Valles; Enrico Fedrigo; Robert H. Donaldson; Christian Soenke; Stefano Zampieri; Reynald Bourtembourg; Helmut Tischer
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FPGA-based real time controller for high order correction in EDIFISE
Author(s): L. F. Rodríguez-Ramos; H. Chulani; Y. Martín; T. Dorta; A. Alonso; J. J. Fuensalida
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An AO real-time control solution for ELT scale instrumentation and application to EAGLE
Author(s): Alastair Basden; Nigel Dipper; Richard Myers; Eddy Younger
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Operation of the adaptive optics system at the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory
Author(s): Douglas L. Miller; Juan Carlos Guerra; Konstantina Boutsia; Luca Fini; Javier Argomedo; Chris Biddick; Guido Agapito; Carmelo Arcidiacono; Runa Briguglio; Guido Brusa; Lorenzo Busoni; Simone Esposito; John Hill; Craig Kulesa; Don McCarthy Jr.; Enrico Pinna; Alfio Timothy Puglisi; Fernando Quiros-Pacheco; Armando Riccardi; Marco Xompero
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Pupil rotation compensation for LINC-NIRVANA
Author(s): Matthieu Brangier; Albert R. Conrad; Thomas Bertram; Xianyu Zhang; Juergen Berwein; Florian Briegel; Thomas M. Herbst; Roberto Ragazzoni
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FOAM: the modular adaptive optics framework
Author(s): T.I.M. van Werkhoven; L. Homs; G. Sliepen; M. Rodenhuis; C. U. Keller
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First laboratory validation of LQG control with the CANARY MOAO pathfinder
Author(s): Gaetano Sivo; Henri-François Raynaud; Jean-Marc Conan; Caroline Kulcsár; Eric Gendron; Fabrice Vidal; Alastair Basden
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Performance of LQG-based control for AO: a numerical analysis
Author(s): Jean-Pierre Folcher; Marcel Carbillet; Andrea Abelli; André Ferrari
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Infinite impulse response modal filtering in visible adaptive optics
Author(s): G. Agapito; C. Arcidiacono; F. Quirós-Pacheco; A. Puglisi; S. Esposito
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On application of constrained receding horizon control in astronomical adaptive optics
Author(s): Mikhail V. Konnik; José De Doná; James Stuart Welsh
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Analysis and experimental demonstration of adaptive optics based on the modal control optimization
Author(s): Bangming Li; Changwei Li; Peng Jia; Sijiong Zhang
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Mitigation of transient meteor events in sodium layer by TMT NFIRAOS
Author(s): Glen Herriot; Craig Irvin
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Experimental test of turbulence prediction algorithms
Author(s): Roberto Piazzesi; Marco Stangalini; Dario Del Moro; Francesco Berrilli
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GALACSI system design and analysis
Author(s): S. Ströbele; P. La Penna; R. Arsenault; R. D. Conzelmann; B. Delabre; M. Duchateau; R. Dorn; E. Fedrigo; N. Hubin; J. Quentin; P. Jolley; M. Kiekebusch; J. P. Kirchbauer; B. Klein; J. Kolb; H. Kuntschner; M. Le Louarn; J. L. Lizon; P.-Y. Madec; L. Pettazzi; C. Soenke; S. Tordo; J. Vernet; R. Muradore
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Status of the GRAAL system development: very wide-field correction with 4 laser guide-stars
Author(s): J. Paufique; J. Argomedo; R. Arsenault; R. Conzelmann; R. Donaldson; N. Hubin; L. Jochum; A. Jost; M. Kiekebusch; J. Kolb; H. Kuntschner; M. Le Louarn; P-Y. Madec; R. Siebenmorgen; S. Tordo
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Deploying the testbed for the VLT adaptive optics facility: ASSIST
Author(s): Remko Stuik; Paolo La Penna; Christophe Dupuy; Menno de Haan; Robin Arsenault; Wilfried Boland; Eddy Elswijk; Rik ter Horst; Norbert Hubin; Pierre-Yves Madec; Frank Molster; Emiel Wiegers
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Infrared differential imager and spectrograph for SPHERE: performance status with extreme adaptive optics before shipment to ESO/VLT
Author(s): M. Langlois; A. Vigan; C. Moutou; K. Dohlen; A. Costille; D. Le Mignant; P. Martinez; D. Mouillet; A. Boccaletti; O. Moeller-Nilsson; J.-F. Sauvage; L. Mugnier; M. Feldt; C. Gry; F. Wildi; J.-L. Beuzit
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Status update and closed-loop performance of the Magellan adaptive optics VisAO camera
Author(s): Derek Kopon; Laird M. Close; Jared Males; Victor Gasho; Katie Morzinski; Katherine Follette
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Increasing sky coverage with the Gemini North ALTAIR/LGS AO system
Author(s): Julian C. Christou; Maxime Boccas; Angelic Ebbers; Richard M. McDermid; Richard Oram; Chadwick Trujillo; Brian Walls
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Status of the Raven MOAO science demonstrator
Author(s): David R. Andersen; C. Bradley; O. Lardière; C. Blain; C. Correia; R. Desmarais; D. Gamroth; M. Ito; K. Jackson; P. Lach; R. Nash; L. Pham; J.-P. Véran
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ShaneAO: an enhanced adaptive optics and IR imaging system for the Lick Observatory 3-meter telescope
Author(s): Renate Kupke; Donald Gavel; Constance Roskosi; Gerald Cabak; David Cowley; Daren Dillon; Elinor L. Gates; Rosalie McGurk; Andrew Norton; Michael Peck; Christopher Ratliff; Marco Reinig
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Adaptive optical system based on deformable secondary mirror on 1.8-meter telescope
Author(s): Changhui Rao; Ang Zhang; Xinlong Fan; Youming Guo; Kai Wei; Chunlin Guan; Xuejun Zhang; Cheng Li; Luchun Zhou; Shanqiu Chen; Hao Xian; Wenli Ma; Yuntao Cheng; Hong Zhou; Yudong Zhang
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Adaptive optics for the CHARA array
Author(s): Theo A. ten Brummelaar; Laszlo Sturmann; Judit Sturmann; Stephen T. Ridgway; John D. Monnier; Michael J. Ireland; Xiao Che; Harold A. McAlister; Nils H. Turner; P. G. Tuthill
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The 2012 status of the MCAO testbed for the GREGOR solar telescope
Author(s): Dirk Schmidt; Thomas Berkefeld; Frank Heidecke
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Recent progress on the portable solar adaptive optics
Author(s): Deqing Ren; Xi Zhang; Matt Penn; Haimin Wang; Jiangpei Dou; Yongtian Zhu; Li Rong; Xue Wang
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Designing the METIS adaptive optics system
Author(s): R. Stuik; S. Hippler; A. Stolte; B. Brandl; F. Molster; L. Venema; R. Lenzen; E. Pantin; J. Blommaert; A. Glasse; M. Meyer
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ERIS adaptive optics system design
Author(s): Enrico Marchetti; Miska Le Louarn; Christian Soenke; Enrico Fedrigo; Pierre-Yves Madec; Norbert Hubin
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Toward an on-sky ELT-scale sodium LGS wavefront sensing experiment
Author(s): Damien Gratadour; Gérard Rousset; Éric Gendron; Olivier Fauvarque; Domenico Bonaccini Calia; Thomas Pfrommer; Richard M. Myers; Tim J. Morris
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Optical calibration and testing of the E-ELT M4 adaptive mirror
Author(s): P. Spanò; A. Bianco; R. Briguglio; M. Cecconi; L. Miglietta; E. Molinari; G. Pariani; A. Riccardi; M. Riva; D. Tresoldi; M. Xompero; F. Zerbi
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The Giant Magellan Telescope laser tomography adaptive optics system
Author(s): R. Conan; F. Bennet; A. H. Bouchez; M. A. van Dam; B. Espeland; W. Gardhouse; C. d'Orgeville; S. Parcell; P. Piatrou; I. Price; F. Rigaut; G. Trancho; K. Uhlendorf
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Optical designs of the LGS WFS system for GMT-LTAO
Author(s): Min Wang; Kristina Uhlendorf; Damien Jones; Patrice Côté; François Châteauneuf; Jonny Gauvin; Rodolphe Conan; Brady Espeland
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Design and predicted performance of the GMT ground-layer adaptive optics mode
Author(s): Philip M. Hinz; Guido Brusa; Vidhya Vaitheeswaran; Tom McMahon; Tom Connors; Russell Knox; Antonin Bouchez; Manny Montoya
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The Giant Magellan Telescope phasing system
Author(s): Antonin H. Bouchez; Brian A. McLeod; D. Scott Acton; Srikrishna Kanneganti; Edward J. Kibblewhite; Stephen A. Shectman; Marcos A. van Dam
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Optical design of a Cassegrain mounted AO relay for Imaka
Author(s): John Pazder
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A preliminary simulation result of the next-generation wide-field AO at Subaru Telescope
Author(s): Shin Oya; Masayuki Akiyama; Yutaka Hayano; Yosuke Minowa; Ikuru Iwata; Hiroshi Terada; Tomonori Usuda; Hideki Takami; Tetsuo Nishimura; Tadayuki Kodama; Naruhisa Takato; Daigo Tomono; Yoshito Ono
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Dimensioning and performances of an AO system for the SALT
Author(s): L. Catala; M. Carbillet; L. Jolissaint; D. A. H. Buckley; S. M. Crawford; T. Pickering
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System analysis and characterization of the FFREE bench
Author(s): Olivier Preis; Christophe Vérinaud; Jacopo Antichi; Noël Ventura
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Holographic combination of low-resolution Shack-Hartmann sensor and holography-based modal Zernike wavefront sensor
Author(s): Shihao Dong; Tobias Haist; Wolfgang Osten; Thomas Ruppel; Oliver Sawodny
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Woofer-tweeter adaptive optics in very strong turbulence using a magnetic-liquid deformable mirror
Author(s): Denis Brousseau; Jean-Pierre Véran; Simon Thibault; Ermanno F. Borra; Simon. F.-Boivin
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Tomographic reconstructor for multi-object adaptive optics using artificial neural networks
Author(s): Dani Guzman; Alexandre T. Mello; James Osborn; Francisco J. De Cos; Marlon Gómez; Timothy Butterley; Nicole David; Nieves Roqueñi; Richard M. Myers; Andrés Guesalaga; Matias Salas
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Image based deformable mirror control for adaptive optics in satellite telescope
Author(s): Norihide Miyamura
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Laboratory demonstration of real time frame selection with Magellan AO
Author(s): Jared R. Males; Laird M. Close; Derek Kopon; Fernando Quiros-Pacheco; Armando Riccardi; Marco Xompero; Alfio Puglisi; Victor Gasho; Katie M. Morzinski; Katherine B. Follette
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Residual tip-tilt motion of LGS in monostatic scheme
Author(s): Lidia A. Bolbasova; Vladimir P. Lukin; Viktor V. Nosov
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Adaptive optics for laser space debris removal
Author(s): Francis Bennet; Rodolphe Conan; Celine D'Orgeville; Murray Dawson; Nicolas Paulin; Ian Price; Francois Rigaut; Ian Ritchie; Craig Smith; Kristina Uhlendorf
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Concepts, laboratory, and telescope test results of the plenoptic camera as a wavefront sensor
Author(s): L. F. Rodríguez-Ramos; I. Montilla; J. J. Fernández-Valdivia; J. L. Trujillo-Sevilla; J. M. Rodríguez-Ramos
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An updated 37-element low-order solar adaptive optics system for 1-m new vacuum solar telescope at Full-Shine Lake Solar Observatory
Author(s): Changhui Rao; Lei Zhu; Naiting Gu; Xuejun Rao; Lanqiang Zhang; Chunlin Guan; Donghong Chen; Shanqiu Chen; Cheng Wang; Jun Lin; Zhong Liu
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Performances analysis of SINFONI with the laser guide star facility
Author(s): Jared O'Neal; Frédéric Y. J. Gonte
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Image quality analyzer
Author(s): V. P. Lukin; N. N. Botugina; O. N. Emaleev; L. V. Antoshkin; P. A. Konyaev
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Solar adaptive optics at the Hida Observatory: latest achievements of current system and design of new system
Author(s): Noriaki Miura; Jun'ichi Miyazaki; Susumu Kuwamura; Naoshi Baba; Yoichiro Hanaoka; Masashi Yamaguchi; Satoru Ueno; Yoshikazu Nakatani; Shin'ichi Nagata; Reizaburou Kitai; Kiyoshi Ichimoto; Hideki Takami
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Optical calibration of capacitive sensors for AO: strategy and preliminary results
Author(s): Runa Briguglio; Marco Xompero; Armando Riccardi; Roberto Biasi; Mario Andrighettoni
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Keck I laser guide star adaptive optics system
Author(s): Jason C. Y. Chin; Peter Wizinowich; Randy Campbell; Liz Chock; Andrew Cooper; Ean James; Jim Lyke; Joe Mastromarino; Olivier Martin; Drew Medeiros; Doug Morrison; Chris Neyman; Sergey Panteleev; Thomas Stalcup; Pete Tucker; Ed Wetherell; Marcos van Dam
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Performance of the SOAR adaptive module with UV Rayleigh guide star
Author(s): Andrei Tokovinin; Roberto Tighe; Patricio Schurter; Rolando Cantarutti; Nicole van der Bliek; Manuel Martinez; Eduardo Mondaca; Steven Heathcote
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Testing and integrating the laser system of ARGOS: the ground layer adaptive optics for LBT
Author(s): C. Loose; S. Rabien; L. Barl; J. Borelli; M. Deysenroth; W. Gaessler; H. Gemperlein; M. Honsberg; M. Kulas; R. Lederer; W. Raab; G. Rahmer; J. Ziegleder
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Vibration control for the ARGOS laser launch path
Author(s): Diethard Peter; Wolfgang Gässler; Jose Borelli; Lothar Barl; S. Rabien
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A sodium guide star adaptive optics system for the 1.8 meter telescope
Author(s): Kai Wei; Changhui Rao; Yong Bo; Cheng Li; Min Li; Xuejun Zhang; Ang Zhang; Chunlin Guan; Luchun Zhou; Shanqiu Chen; Xian Hao; Wenli Ma; Yudong Zhang
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Investigations of long pulse sodium laser guide stars
Author(s): Rachel Rampy; Donald Gavel; Simon Rochester; Ronald Holzlöhner
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Improving stability, robustness, and performance of laser systems
Author(s): Andres Guesalaga; Benoit Neichel; Maxime Boccas; Celine D'Orgeville; Francois Rigaut; Dani Guzman; Jaime Anguita
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Design, analysis, and testing of the optical tube assemblies for the ESO VLT four laser guide star facility
Author(s): R. Henselmans; D. Nijkerk; M. Lemmen; N. Rijnveld; F. Kamphues
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Design of the multiple Laser Guide Stars wavefront sensor prototype for the EELT
Author(s): M. Lombini; I. Foppiani; L. Schreiber; E. Diolaiti; G. Bregoli; G. Cosentino
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Dynamical refocusing laser guide stars with membrane mirrors
Author(s): S. Rabien; J. Ziegleder
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Science readiness of the Gemini MCAO System: GeMS
Author(s): Benoit Neichel; Franҫois Rigaut; Andrew Serio; Gustavo Arriagada; Maxime Boccas; Céline d'Orgeville; Vincent Fesquet; Chadwick Trujillo; William N. Rambold; Ramon L. Galvez; Gaston Gausachs; Tomislav B. Vucina; Vanessa Montes; Cristian Urrutia; Cristian Moreno; Sarah J. Diggs; Claudio Araya; Javier Lührs; Gelys Trancho; Matthieu Bec; Claudio Marchant; Fabian Collao; Eleazar R. Carrasco; Michelle L. Edwards; Peter Pessev; Ariel Lopez; Herman Diaz
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Recent developments in aircraft protection systems for laser guide star operations
Author(s): Paul J. Stomski Jr.; Thomas W. Murphy Jr.; Randy Campbell
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A decade of operations with the laser traffic control system: paradigm shift and implied development directions
Author(s): Douglas Summers; Don Carlos Abrams; Jure Skvarč; Paola Amico; Harald Kuntschner
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Intelligent vibration control of ELTs and large AO hardware
Author(s): J.-U. Pott; M. Kürster; J. Trowitzsch; J. Borelli; R.-R. Rohloff; T. Herbst; M. Böhm; A. Keck; T. Ruppel; O. Sawodny
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Development of new concepts to minimize the impact of fast telescope vibrations seen by the E-ELT/MICADO wavefront sensors
Author(s): Alexander Keck; Jörg-Uwe Pott; Thomas Ruppel; Oliver Sawodny
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A NGSs based WFS for the E-ELT and the VLT
Author(s): J. Farinato; R. Ragazzoni; D. Magrin; V. Viotto; M. Bergomi; A. Brunelli; M. Dima; L. Marafatto
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DRAGON: a wide-field multipurpose real time adaptive optics test bench
Author(s): Andrew P. Reeves; Richard M. Myers; Timothy J. Morris; Alastair G. Basden; Nazim A. Bharmal; Stephen Rolt; David G. Bramall; Nigel A. Dipper; Edward J. Younger
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Toward an experimental validation of new AO concepts for future E-ELT instrumentation
Author(s): K. El Hadi; T. Fusco; B. Le Roux
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The HIA MCAO laboratory bench
Author(s): Jean-Pierre Véran; Eric McWeigh; David Andersen; Carlos Correia; Glen Herriot; John Pazder
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A test bench for ARGOS: integration of sub-systems and validation of the wavefront sensing
Author(s): Gilles Orban de Xivry; Sebastian Rabien
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A prototype phasing camera for the Giant Magellan Telescope
Author(s): Srikrishna Kanneganti; Brian A. McLeod; Mark P. Ordway; John B. Roll Jr.; Stephen A. Shectman; Antonin H. Bouchez; Johanan Codona; Roger Eng; Thomas M. Gauron; Felix Handte; Timothy J. Norton; Phil Streechon; David Weaver
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Final opto-mechanical design of Raven, a MOAO science demonstrator for Subaru
Author(s): Olivier Lardière; Reston Nash; J.-P. Markes; Dave Andersen; Colin Bradley; Célia Blain; Ronald Desmarais; Darryl Gamroth; Meguru Ito; Kate Jackson; Przemek Lach; Laurie Pham
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Design and test results of the calibration unit for the MOAO demonstrator RAVEN
Author(s): J.-F. Lavigne; F. Lamontagne; G. Anctil; M. Wang; M. Tremblay; O. Lardière; R. Nash; D. Andersen; M. Savard; P. Côté; C. H. Bradley; F. Châteauneuf
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MOAO test bench in Tohoku University
Author(s): Masayuki Akiyama; Yoshito Ono; Shin Oya; Kazuhiro Hane; Tong Wu
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Atmospheric coherent turbulence
Author(s): V. V. Nosov; P. G. Kovadlo; V. P. Lukin; A. V. Torgaev
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Impact of Cn2 profile on tomographic reconstruction performance: application to E-ELT wide field AO systems
Author(s): A. Costille; T. Fusco
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Accurate measurement of Cn2 profile with Shack-Hartmann data
Author(s): Juliette Voyez; Clélia Robert; Vincent Michau; Jean-Marc Conan; Thierry Fusco
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MOSE: a feasibility study for optical turbulence forecast with the Meso-Nh mesoscale model to support AO facilities at ESO sites (Paranal and Armazones)
Author(s): Elena Masciadri; Franck Lascaux
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MOSE: zooming on the Meso-NH mesoscale model performances at the surface layer at ESO sites (Paranal and Armazones)
Author(s): Franck Lascaux; Elena Masciadri
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Simulations of adaptive optics systems for the E-ELT
Author(s): M. Le Louarn; Richard Clare; Clémentine Béchet; Michel Tallon
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A study of MOAO behind GLAO for EAGLE
Author(s): Alastair Basden; Nazim Ali Bharmal; Tim Butterley; Nigel Dipper; Tim Morris; Richard Myers; Andrew Reeves
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Tomographic wavefront error estimation and measurement for Raven, a multi-object adaptive optics demonstrator
Author(s): Kate Jackson; Carlos Correia; Olivier Lardière; David Andersen; Colin Bradley
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GMT AO system requirements and error budgets in the preliminary design phase
Author(s): G. Trancho; B. Espeland; A. Bouchez; R. Conan; P. Hinz; M. van Dam
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Multi-conjugate AO for the European Solar Telescope
Author(s): I. Montilla; C. Béchet; M. Le Louarn; M. Tallon; J. Sánchez-Capuchino; M. Collados Vera
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Optimal projection of reconstructed layers onto deformable mirrors with fractal iterative method for AO tomography
Author(s): E. Brunner; Cl. Béchet; M. Tallon
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Ground layer adaptive optics system simulation for the 2.5m telescope in Dome A
Author(s): Peng Jia; Sijiong Zhang
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Adaptive optics performance simulation on the basis of MASS/DIMM data obtained on Mt. Shatdzhatmaz in 2009–2011
Author(s): Boris S. Safonov
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Performance simulation of the ERIS pyramid wavefront sensor module in the VLT adaptive optics facility
Author(s): Fernando Quirós-Pacheco; Guido Agapito; Armando Riccardi; Simone Esposito; Miska Le Louarn; Enrico Marchetti
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Calibration strategy of the pyramid wavefront sensor module of ERIS with the VLT deformable secondary mirror
Author(s): A. Riccardi; R. Briguglio; E. Pinna; G. Agapito; F. Quiros-Pacheco; S. Esposito
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Identification and calibration of the interaction matrix parameters for AO and MCAO systems
Author(s): Benoit Neichel; Amelie Parisot; Cyril Petit; Thierry Fusco; François Rigaut
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Analysis techniques for adaptively controlled segmented mirror arrays
Author(s): Gregory J. Michels; Victor L. Genberg
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GPUs for adaptive optics: simulations and real-time control
Author(s): Damien Gratadour; Arnaud Sevin; Julien Brulé; Éric Gendron; Gérard Rousset
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Efficient iterative atmospheric tomography reconstruction from LGS and additional tip/tilt measurements
Author(s): M. Rosensteiner; R. Ramlau
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New results on a Cn2 profiler for GeMS
Author(s): A. Cortes; B. Neichel; A. Guesalaga; J. Osborn; F. Rigaut; D. Guzman
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What can be retrieved from adaptive optics real-time data?
Author(s): J. Kolb; N. Muller; E. Aller-Carpentier; P. Andrade; J. Girard
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Developing a new software package for PSF estimation and fitting of adaptive optics images
Author(s): Laura Schreiber; Emiliano Diolaiti; Antonio Sollima; Carmelo Arcidiacono; Michele Bellazzini; Paolo Ciliegi; Renato Falomo; Italo Foppiani; Laura Greggio; Barbara Lanzoni; Matteo Lombini; Paolo Montegriffo; Emanuele Dalessandro; Davide Massari
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PSF reconstruction for MUSE in wide field mode
Author(s): R. Villecroze; Thierry Fusco; Roland Bacon; Pierre-Yves Madec
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Estimation of errors on the PSF reconstruction process for myopic deconvolution
Author(s): J. Exposito; D. Gratadour; Y. Clénet; G. Rousset; L. Mugnier
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Statistical moments of the Strehl ratio
Author(s): Natalia Yaitskova; Michael Esselborn; Szymon Gladysz
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Experimental validation of optimization concepts for focal-plane image processing with adaptive optics
Author(s): Visa Korkiakoski; Christoph U. Keller; Niek Doelman; Rufus Fraanje; Raluca Andrei; Michel Verhaegen
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Preserving the photometric integrity of companions in high-contrast imaging observations using locally optimized combination of images
Author(s): Jérôme Maire; Jonathan Gagné; David Lafrenière; René Doyon; James R. Graham; Jean-Pierre Véran; Lisa A. Poyneer
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Specifications and design of the E-ELT M4 adaptive unit
Author(s): Elise Vernet; Marc Cayrel; Norbert Hubin; Michael Mueller; Roberto Biasi; Daniele Gallieni; Matteo Tintori
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Numerical modeling and simulation study for the M4 adaptive mirror of the E-ELT
Author(s): Marcel Carbillet; Armando Riccardi; Marco Xompero
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LBT adaptive secondary mirrors: chopping procedures and optical calibration on the test bench
Author(s): Runa Briguglio; Marco Xompero; Armando Riccardi
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Novel unimorph adaptive mirrors for astronomy applications
Author(s): Peter Rausch; Sven Verpoort; Ulrich Wittrock
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Deformable mirrors for open-loop adaptive optics
Author(s): A. Kellerer; F. Vidal; E. Gendron; Z. Hubert; D. Perret; G. Rousset
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Conceptual design for a deformable mirror for use with x-ray sources
Author(s): Michael Hart; Johanan Codona; Robert Codona; S. Mark Ammons; Bruce A. Macintosh; Thomas McCarville; Tommaso Pardini; Michael Pivovaroff; Lisa Poyneer
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Reference design of deformable mirror electronics for ELT systems
Author(s): Kris Caputa; Glen Herriot; Joel Niebergal; Adam Zielinski
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Open-loop control of SCExAO’s MEMS deformable mirror using the Fast Iterative Algorithm: speckle control performances
Author(s): Célia Blain; Olivier Guyon; Frantz Martinache; Colin Bradley; Christophe Clergeon
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Ziegler-Nichols frequency response method for high-order adaptive optics system of the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope
Author(s): Joseph Curamen; Luke Johnson; Thomas Rimmele
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An overview of AONGC and the ESO adaptive optics wave front sensing camera
Author(s): Javier Reyes; Mark Downing; Ralf Conzelmann; Leander Mehrgan; Joerg Stegmeier; Mirko Todorovic; Ignacio Molina-Conde
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Laboratory characterization of the ARGOS laser wavefront sensor
Author(s): Marco Bonaglia; Lorenzo Busoni; Luca Carbonaro; Fernando Quiròs Pacheco; Marco Xompero; Simone Esposito; Gilles Orban de Xivry; Sebastian Rabien
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Characterization of an off-the-shelf detector for high-order wavefront sensing in solar adaptive optics
Author(s): Luke C. Johnson; K. Richards; F. Wöger; Samuel Barden; T. Rimmele
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Development of adaptive optics elements for solar telescope
Author(s): V. P. Lukin; V. M. Grigor'ev; L. V. Antoshkin; N. N. Botugina; P. G. Kovadlo; P. A. Konyaev; E. A. Kopulov; V. I. Skomorovsky; V. D. Trifonov; S. A. Chuprakov
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Aligning a more than 100 degrees of freedom wavefront sensor
Author(s): Luca Marafatto; Maria Bergomi; Alessandro Brunelli; Marco Dima; Jacopo Farinato; Giancarlo Farisato; Luigi Lessio; Demetrio Magrin; Roberto Ragazzoni; Valentina Viotto; Thomas Bertram; Peter Bizenberger; Matthieu Brangier; Florian Briegel; Albert Conrad; Fulvio De Bonis; Tom Herbst; Ralph Hofferbert; Frank Kittmann; Martin Kürster; Daniel Meschke; Lars Mohr; Ralf-Rainer Rohloff
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The LINC-NIRVANA high layer wavefront sensor laboratory experiment: progress report
Author(s): Xianyu Zhang; Albert R. Conrad; Daniel Meschke; Thomas Bertram; Thomas M. Herbst; Carmelo Arcidiacono; Peter Bizenberger; Wolfgang Gaessler; Laura Schreiber; Roberto Ragazzoni; Martin Kuerster; Fulvio De Bonis; Lars Mohr; Jacopo Farinato; Emiliano Diolaiti; Hans-Walter Rix; Changhui Rao; Florian Briegel; Frank Kittmann; Juergen Berwein; Jan Trowitzsch; Matthieu Brangier
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Pyramidal wavefront sensor using diffractive lenses
Author(s): Manuel P. Cagigal; José E. Oti; Miguel A. Cagigas; Pedro J. Valle
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Testing the pyramid wavefront sensor without modulation used in the closed-loop adaptive optics system
Author(s): Shengqian Wang; Changhui Rao; Ang Zhang; Xuejun Zhang; Kai Wei; Yu Tian; Zhou Liao; Cheng Zhang; Hao Xian; Xiaojun Zhang; Ling Wei
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Influence of atmospheric turbulence on the Zernike phase contrast method and the first steps towards the phasing of segmented deformable mirrors
Author(s): I. Surdej; E. Romnée; R. Bastaits; A. Preumont; N. Yaitskova; L. Noethe
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Applications of absolute surface metrology by transverse shifting
Author(s): E. E. Bloemhof
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Temporal analysis of aliasing in Shack-Hartmann wave-front sensing
Author(s): E. Gendron; G. Rousset
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Theory and application of differential OTF (dOTF) wavefront sensing
Author(s): Johanan L. Codona
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Application of dOTF wavefront sensing to 3D aberration measurement in an optical system
Author(s): Michael Hart; Johanan L. Codona
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Experimental evaluation of differential OTF (dOTF) wavefront sensing
Author(s): Johanan L. Codona; Nathan Doble
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Focal plane wavefront sensing and control for ground-based imaging
Author(s): Dmitry Savransky; Bruce A. Macintosh; Sandrine J. Thomas; Lisa A. Poyneer; David W. Palmer; Robert J. De Rosa; Markus Hartung
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Bilinear solution to the phase diversity problem for extended objects based on the Born approximation
Author(s): Raluca M. Andrei; Rufus Fraanje; Michel Verhaegen; Visa A. Korkiakoski; Christoph U. Keller; Niek Doelman
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Linear analytical solution to the phase diversity problem for extended objects based on the Born approximation
Author(s): Raluca M. Andrei; Carlas S. Smith; Rufus Fraanje; Michel Verhaegen; Visa A. Korkiakoski; Christoph U. Keller; Niek Doelman
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Fast phase diversity wavefront sensing using object independent metrics
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