Dr. Azzurra Bigioli Profile

Dr. Azzurra Bigioli

at KU Leuven

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Publications (14)

Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

L-band nulling interferometry at the VLTI with Asgard/NOTT: status and plans

Denis Defrère, Romain Laugier, Marc-Antoine Martinod, Germain Garreau, Kwinten Missiaen, Muhammad Salman, Gert Raskin, Colin Dandumont, Steve Ertel, Michael Ireland, Stefan Kraus, Lucas Labadie, Alexandra Mazzolli, Gyorgy Medgyesi, Ahmed Sanny, Olivier Absil, Peter Ábráham, Jean-Philippe Berger, Myriam Bonduelle, Azzurra Bigioli, Emilie Bouzerand, Josh Carter, Nick Cvetojevic, Benjamin Courtney-Barrer, Adrian Glauser, Simon Gross, Xavier Haubois, Noel James, Andras Peter Joo, Stephane Lagarde, Alain Léger, Jarron Leisenring, Jérôme Loicq, Guillermo Martin, Frantz Martinache, Gyorgy Mezo, Sébastien Morel, Johan Morren, Marc Ollivier, Gordon Robertson, Hélène Rousseau, Warrick Schofield, Nicolas Schuhler, Adam Taras, Bart Vandenbussche, Julien Woillez

Proceedings Volume 13095, 130950F (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019922

KEYWORDS: Equipment, Planets, Nulling interferometry, Interferometers, Stars, Exoplanets, Sensors, Photonics, Observational astronomy, Design

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

Asgard/NOTT: first lab assembly and experimental results

G. Garreau, A. Bigioli, R. Laugier, B. La Torre, M.-A. Martinod, K. Missiaen, J. Morren, G. Raskin, M. Salman, S. Gross, M. Ireland, A. Joó, L. Labadie, S. Madden, A. Mazzoli, G. Medgyesi, A. Sanny, A. Taras, B. Vandenbussche, D. Defrère

Proceedings Volume 13095, 130950P (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017111

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Cameras, Optical fabrication, Black bodies, Nulling interferometry, Reflection, Visible radiation, Photonics, Optomechanical design

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

VLTI Unit Telescope coudé train vibration control upgrade for GRAVITY+

Romain Laugier, Julien Woillez, Denis Defrère, Benjamin Courtney-Barrer, Muhammad Salman, Babak Sedghi, Roberto Abuter, Azzurra Bigioli, Maximilian Fabricius, Frank Eisenhauer, Frédéric Gonté, Nicolas Schuhler, Dieter Lutz, Miguel Riquelme, Pierre Bourget, Philippe Neuville, Sylvestre Lacour, Mathias Nowak

Proceedings Volume 13095, 130950M (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018146

KEYWORDS: Tunable filters, Vibration, Actuators, Mirrors, Telescopes, Accelerometers, Sensors, Vibration control

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SPIE Journal Paper | 15 February 2024

Asgard/NOTT: L-band nulling interferometry at the VLTI. II. Warm optical design and injection system

Germain Garreau, Azzurra Bigioli, Romain Laugier, Gert Raskin, Johan Morren, Jean-Philippe Berger, Colin Dandumont, Harry-Dean Kenchington Goldsmith, Simon Gross, Michael Ireland, Lucas Labadie, Jérôme Loicq, Stephen Madden, Guillermo Martin, Marc-Antoine Martinod, Alexandra Mazzoli, Ahmed Sanny, Hancheng Shao, Kunlun Yan, Denis Defrère

JATIS, Vol. 10, Issue 01, 015002, (February 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.10.1.015002

KEYWORDS: Nulling interferometry, Wavefront errors, Optical design, Equipment, Polarization, Optical path differences, L band, Design, Birefringence, Error analysis

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SPIE Journal Paper | 27 June 2023

High-angular resolution and high contrast observations from Y to L band at the Very Large Telescope Interferometer with the Asgard Instrumental suite

Marc-Antoine Martinod, Denis Defrère, Michael Ireland, Stefan Kraus, Frantz Martinache, Peter Tuthill, Azzurra Bigioli, Emilie Bouzerand, Julia Bryant, Sorabh Chhabra, Benjamin Courtney-Barrer, Fred Crous, Nick Cvetojevic, Colin Dandumont, Steve Ertel, Tyler Gardner, Germain Garreau, Adrian Glauser, Lucas Labadie, Tiphaine Lagadec, Romain Laugier, Alexandra Mazzoli, Daniel Mortimer, Barnaby R. Norris, Gert Raskin, Gordon Robertson, Ahmed Sanny, Adam Taras

JATIS, Vol. 9, Issue 02, 025007, (June 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.9.2.025007

KEYWORDS: Equipment, Stars, L band, Exoplanets, Astronomical interferometers, Nulling interferometry, Imaging systems, Spatial resolution, Planets, Planetary systems

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Design of the VLTI/Hi-5 light injection system

G. Garreau, A. Bigioli, G. Raskin, J.-P. Berger, C. Dandumont, H.-D. Kenchington Goldsmith, S. Gross, M. Ireland, L. Labadie, R. Laugier, J. Loicq, S. Madden, G. Martin, A. Mazzoli, J. Morren, H. Shao, K. Yan, D. Defrère

Proceedings Volume 12183, 1218320 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629180

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Zemax, Wavefronts, Tolerancing, Photonics, Nulling interferometry, Error analysis, Telescopes, Optical design

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Poster + Paper

VLTI/Hi-5: detection yield predictions for young giant exoplanets

C. Dandumont, R. Laugier, A. Emsenhuber, J. Gagne, O. Absil, A. Bigioli, M. Bonavita, G. Garreau, M. Ireland, M.-A. Martinod, J. Loicq, D. Defrère

Proceedings Volume 12183, 1218327 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627942

KEYWORDS: Stars, Planets, Exoplanets, Systems modeling, Atmospheric modeling, Statistical modeling, Astatine, Planetary systems, Spatial resolution, Error analysis

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Measuring and compensating vibrations at the VLTI: MANHATTAN-II self-intrinsic noise and hardware extension

A. Bigioli, B. Courtney-Barrer, R. Abuter, F. Eisenhauer, F. Gonte, R. Laugier, G. Raskin, M. Riquelme, M. Salman, N. Schuhler, J. Woillez, D. Defrère

Proceedings Volume 12183, 121831Z (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629168

KEYWORDS: Vibration control, Sensors, Mirrors, Optical amplifiers, Telescopes, Amplifiers, Interferometry, Fringe analysis, Atmospheric modeling

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Development of the four-telescope photonic nuller of Hi-5 for the characterization of exoplanets in the mid-IR

A. Sanny, S. Gross, L. Labadie, D. Defrère, A. Bigioli, R. Laugier, C. Dandumont, M. Withford

Proceedings Volume 12183, 1218316 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628903

KEYWORDS: Directional couplers, Nulling interferometry, Interferometry, Waveguides, Photometry, Integrated optics, Mid-IR

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Towards a better understanding of OPD limitations for higher sensitivity and contrast at the VLTI

B. Courtney-Barrer, J. Woillez, R. Laugier, A. Bigioli, N. Schuhler, P. Guajardo, V. Lizana, N. Behara, F. Eisenhauer, M. Ireland, X. Haubois, D. Defrère

Proceedings Volume 12183, 1218328 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628835

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Waveguides, Oscillators, Wavefronts, Astatine, Atmospheric modeling, Adaptive optics, Waveguide modes, Digital filtering

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

High-angular and high-contrast VLTI observations from Y to M band with the Asgard instrumental suite

Marc-Antoine Martinod, Denis Defrère, Michael Ireland, Stefan Kraus, Frantz Martinache, Peter Tuthill, Azzurra Bigioli, Julia Bryant, Sorabh Chhabra, Benjamin Courtney-Barrer, Fred Crous, Nick Cvetojevic, Colin Dandumont, Germain Garreau, Tiphaine Lagadec, Romain Laugier, Daniel Mortimer, Barnaby Norris, Gordon Robertson, Adam Taras

Proceedings Volume 12183, 1218310 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628151

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Mirrors, Cameras, Lawrencium, Camera shutters, L band, Interferometers, Calibration, Spectral resolution, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

L-band nulling interferometry at the VLTI with Asgard/Hi-5: status and plans

Denis Defrère, Azzurra Bigioli, Colin Dandumont, Germain Garreau, Romain Laugier, Marc-Antoine Martinod, Olivier Absil, Jean-Philippe Berger, Emilie Bouzerand, Benjamin Courtney-Barrer, Alexandre Emsenhuber, Steve Ertel, Jonathan Gagne, Adrian Glauser, Simon Gross, Michael Ireland, Harry-Dean Kenchington, Jacques Kluska, Stefan Kraus, Lucas Labadie, Viktor Laborde, Alain Léger, Jarron Leisenring, Jérôme Loicq, Guillermo Martin, Johan Morren, Alexis Matter, Alexandra Mazzoli, Kwinten Missiaen, Salman Muhammad, Marc Ollivier, Gert Raskin, Hélène Rousseau, Ahmed Sanny, Simon Verlinden, Bart Vandenbussche, Julien Woillez

Proceedings Volume 12183, 121830H (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627953

KEYWORDS: Stars, Planets, Exoplanets, Nulling interferometry, L band, Telescopes, Interferometers, Astronomy, Spectral resolution, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Technical requirements and optical design of the Hi-5 spectrometer

C. Dandumont, A. Mazzoli, V. Laborde, R. Laugier, A. Bigioli, G. Garreau, S. Gross, M. Ireland, H.-D. Kenchington Goldsmith, L. Labadie, M.-A. Martinod, G. Raskin, A. Sanny, J. Loicq, D. Defrère

Proceedings Volume 12183, 121831Y (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627939

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Polarization, Spectral resolution, Optical design, Diffraction, Sensors, Diffraction gratings, Point spread functions, Germanium, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 14 March 2018 Presentation

Room-temperature 9um photodetectors and GHz heterodyne receivers (Conference Presentation)

Carlo Sirtori, Daniele Palaferri, Yanko Todorov, Azzura Bigioli, Angela Vasanelli, Djamal Gacemi, Lianhe Li, Edmund Linfield

Proceedings Volume 10540, 105402H (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2288216

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Heterodyning, Photodetectors, Quantum well infrared photodetectors, Resonators, Imaging spectroscopy, Quantum wells, Infrared sensors, Quantum cryptography, Receivers

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The very short life-time of the excited carriers is a very important intrinsic property of quantum well photodetectors (QWIPs), based on III-V semiconductor materials, that have not been exploited for performances yet. Its typical value is in the order of a ps [7], which leads to two important consequences: the detector frequency response can be up to 100 GHz and its saturation intensity is extremely high in the in the order of 10e7 W/cm2. These two figures are ideal for a heterodyne detection scheme, where a powerful local oscillator (LO) can drive a strong photocurrent, higher than the detector dark current, that can coherently mix with a signal shifted in frequency with respect to the LO. Notably, these unique properties are unmatched in infrared interband detectors based on mercury-cadmium-telluride alloys, which have a much longer carrier lifetime and therefore intrinsic low-speed response. Yet, the performances of all photonic detectors are limited by the high dark current which originates from thermal emission of electrons from the wells, rising exponentially with temperature and imposing cryogenic operation (~ 80K) for high sensitivity. In the present work we show that the intrinsic limitation of QWIP detectors can be overcome by the use of a photonic metamaterial made of metallic resonators. The absorbing region of the detector consists of a 5 period GaAs/AlGaAs QWIP operating at a wavelength 8.9µm (139meV) which has been designed according to an optimized bound to continuum structure. The absorbing region is inserted in an array of double-metal patch resonators [ref], which provide sub-wavelength electric field confinement and act as antennas. The resonant wavelength is fixed by the patch size s through the expression lambda = 2 s neff, with neff = 3.3 the effective index. This allows us to tune the cavity mode in resonance with the absorption peak of the bare detector for values of s between 1.3µm-1.4µm. The detectors obtained in this way have high detectivity up at room temperature, in the order of 3-4 10e7 cmHz1/2/W. Given this his high detectivity we could calibrate the detector using a black body emitting only few µW. Up to date high sensitivity at room temperature, with values comparable to those we are reporting, have been demonstrated, only in the 3-5µm wavelength range, using quantum cascade detectors (QCDs) [9-11] and with MCT standard detectors. To the best of our knowledge this is the best results ever reported for a photoconductive detector at 9µm at room temperature. Since the detector has an extremely fast response of several GHz we built an heterodyne setup tp beat two quantum cascade lasers. We obtained heterodyne signal at high frequencies up to 3GHz, with NEP in the pW range at 300K.

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