Dr. Sylvestre Lacour Profile

Dr. Sylvestre Lacour

Dr. at LESIA

SPIE Involvement:

Conference Program Committee | Author

Publications (90)

Proceedings Article | 13 September 2024 Presentation + Paper

Spectral interferometric wavefront sensing: a solution for petalometry at Subaru/SCExAO

V. Deo, S. Vievard, M. Lallement, M. Lucas, E. Huby, K. Ahn, O. Guyon, J. Lozi, H.-D. Kenchington Goldsmith, S. Lacour, G. Martin, B. Norris, G. Perrin, G. Singh, P. Tuthill

Proceedings Volume 13097, 130972G (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019419

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Wavefronts, Wavefront sensors, Interferometry, Telescopes, Photons, Point spread functions, Sensors, Design, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Poster + Paper

A new photonic integrated circuit for the FIRST instrument: towards high throughput with a compact photonic chip

Harry-Dean Kenchington Goldsmith, Elsa Huby, Manon Lallement, Kévin Barjot, Sebastien Vievard, Vincent Deo, Olivier Guyon, Guillermo Martin, Sylvestre Lacour

Proceedings Volume 13095, 130951Z (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018270

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Photonic integrated circuits, Fabrication, Design, Telescopes, Scattered light, Polarization, Directional couplers

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A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) is a lightweight, compact alternative to bulk optics. The Fibered Imager foR a Single Telescope (FIRST) instrument, is a spectro-interferometer performing pupil remapping and designed to operate in the 600 to 800nm visible wavelength range. It is installed on the Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics (SCExAO) instrument’s platform at the Subaru telescope. In the integrated optical version of FIRST (FIRST PIC), the interferometric combination of the beams occurs by the pairwise combination of five sub-apertures to achieve 20 baselines. This paper introduces a PIC design with novel components for splitting and pairwise coupling the light for FIRST PIC, fabricated and packaged by LioniX International. A high index difference between the waveguide fundamental mode and cladding material was selected to allow compact circuits with prospects of increasing the number of combined sub-apertures with designs of much greater complexity. The high confinement waveguides were simulated to produce approximately 50% injection loss, a tapering system in both height and width to a low confinement waveguide at the PIC interface ameliorated the loss. The optimised throughput prediction is estimated at 80%. Standard couplers and splitters are expected to have high losses due to fabrication tolerances, and due to the high confinement, standard couplers’ performance is highly dependent on the wavelength. Presented here are novel component designs to replace them. Tapered directional couplers, which maintain an acceptable coupling ratio over the entire bandwidth, and tri-couplers, with higher throughput than conventional splitters but high intolerance to fabrication issues, were designed and fabricated for this purpose. The designs and individual experimental verification will be discussed, focusing on polarization and wavelength response. The full combination of components was used to create a five sub-aperture combiner for FIRST. Cross-talk between crossed waveguides was measured independently for the two polarisations. The cross-coupling over the full bandwidth was measured as low as 2% in one polarization, without active subtraction for scattered light to confirm the light in the ports was guided from the cross-coupling, and as low as 8% in the other. Additional work, and potential refinement of the photonic chip components, are required to differentiate the scattered light from the cross-talk to ensure it is reduced in both polarisations.

Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

GRAVITY for MATISSE

J. Woillez, R. Petrov, R. Abuter, F. Allouche, P. Berio, R. Dembet, F. Eisenhauer, R. Frahm, F. Gonté, X. Haubois, M. Houllé, W. Jaffe, S. Lacour, S. Lagarde, J. Leftley, B. Lopez, A. Matter, A. Meilland, F. Millour, M. Nowak, C. Paladini, T. Rivinius, D. Salabert, N. Schuhler, J. Varga, G. Zins

Proceedings Volume 13095, 130950L (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019993

KEYWORDS: Exoplanets, Adaptive optics, L band, Observatories, Large telescopes, K band, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

The Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE): a space mission for mid-infrared nulling interferometry

Adrian Glauser, Sascha Quanz, Jonah Hansen, Felix Dannert, Michael Ireland, Hendrik Linz, Olivier Absil, Eleonora Alei, Daniel Angerhausen, Thomas Birbacher, Denis Defrère, Andrea Fortier, Philipp Huber, Jens Kammerer, Romain Laugier, Tim Lichtenberg, Lena Noack, Mohanakrishna Ranganathan, Sarah Rugheimer, Vladimir Airapetian, Yann Alibert, Pedro Amado, Marius Anger, Narsireddy Anugu, Max Aragon, David Armstrong, Amedeo Balbi, Olga Balsalobre-Ruza, Deepayan Banik, Mathias Beck, Surendra Bhattarai, Jonas Biren, Jacopo Bottoni, Marrick Braam, Alexis Brandeker, Lars Buchhave, José Caballero, Juan Cabrera, Ludmila Carone, Óscar Carrión-González, Amadeo Castro-González, Kenny Chan, Ligia Coelho, Tereza Constantinou, Nicolas Cowan, William Danchi, Colin Dandumont, Jeanne Davoult, Arjun Dawn, Jean-Pierre de Vera, Pieter de Visser, Caroline Dorn, Juan Duque Lara, Mark Elowitz, Steve Ertel, Yuedong Fang, Simon Felix, Jonathan Fortney, Malcolm Fridlund, Antonio García Muñoz, Cedric Gillmann, Gregor Golabek, John Lee Grenfell, Greta Guidi, Octavio Guilera, Janis Hagelberg, Janina Hansen, Jacob Haqq-Misra, Nathan Hara, Ravit Helled, Konstantin Herbst, Nina Hernitschek, Sasha Hinkley, Takahiro Ito, Satoshi Itoh, Stavro Ivanovski, Markus Janson, Anders Johansen, Hugh Jones, Stephen Kane, Daniel Kitzmann, Andjelka Kovacevic, Stefan Kraus, Oliver Krause, J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Rolf Kuiper, Alen Kuriakose, Lucas Labadie, Sylvestre Lacour, Antonino Lanza, Laurits Leedjärv, Monika Lendl, Michaela Leung, Jorge Lillo-Box, Jérôme Loicq, Rafael Luque, Suvrath Mahadevan, Liton Majumdar, Fabien Malbet, Franco Mallia, Joice Mathew, Taro Matsuo, Elisabeth Matthews, Victoria Meadows, Bertrand Mennesson, Michael Meyer, Karan Molaverdikhani, Paul Mollière, John Monnier, Ramon Navarro, Benard Nsamba, Kenshiro Oguri, Apurva Oza, Enric Palle, Carina Persson, Joe Pitman, Eva Plávalová, Francisco Pozuelos, Andreas Quirrenbach, Ramses Ramirez, Ansgar Reiners, Ignasi Ribas, Malena Rice, Berke Vow Ricketti, Peter Roelfsema, Amedeo Romagnolo, María Paula Ronco, Martin Schlecker, Jessica Schonhut-Stasik, Edward Schwieterman, Antranik Sefilian, Eugene Serabyn, Chinmay Shahi, Siddhant Sharma, Laura Silva, Swapnil Singh, Evan Sneed, Locke Spencer, Vito Squicciarini, Johannes Staguhn, Karl Stapelfeldt, Keivan Stassun, Motohide Tamura, Benjamin Taysum, Floris van der Tak, Tim van Kempen, Gautam Vasisht, Haiyang Wang, Robin Wordsworth, Mark Wyatt

Proceedings Volume 13095, 130951D (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019090

KEYWORDS: Nulling interferometry, Space operations, Planets, Beam combiners, Exoplanets, Stars, Sensors, Polarization, Telescopes, Observational astronomy

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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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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Presentation

Status of FIRST spectro-interferometer on SCExAO: sensitivity study and characterization of 5-telescopes visible photonics integrated circuits

Manon Lallement, Elsa Huby, Sylvestre Lacour, Sebastien Vievard, Guillermo Martin, Harry-Dean Kenchington Goldsmith, Kévin Barjot, Olivier Guyon, Julien Lozi, Vincent Deo, Kyohoon Ahn, Miles Lucas, Cécil Pham, Cédric Cassagnettes, Daniel Rouan, Vincent Lapeyrere, Guy Perrin, Nick Cvetojevic, Frantz Martinache, Franck Marchis, Takayuki Kotani, Gaspard Duchene

Proceedings Volume 13095, 1309508 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018406

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Presentation

The ExoGRAVITY project: in-depth atmospheric characterization and dynamical analysis of directly imaged exoplanetary systems

Jens Kammerer, ExoGRAVITY Collaboration

Proceedings Volume 13095, 1309515 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018752

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Presentation

Extreme precision radial velocity with extreme-AO and photonics: challenges and opportunities

Olivier Guyon, Sébastien Vievard, Manon Lallement, Sergio Leon-Saval, Takayuki Kotani, Motohide Tamura, Vincent Deo, Julien Lozi, Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa, Stephanos Yerolatsitis, Sylvestre Lacour, Elsa Huby

Proceedings Volume 13097, 1309719 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020860

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2024 Poster + Paper

FIRST 5T 3D: interferometric performances of a laser written bream combiner for FIRST/SUBARU

G. Martin, K. Barjot, M. Lallement, H. Kenchington-Smith, E. Huby, S. Lacour, C. d'Amico, R. Stoian, S. Vievard, O. Guyon, V. Deo, G. Zhang, G. Cheng

Proceedings Volume 13100, 131007C (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019221

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Microelectromechanical systems, Beam combiners, Binary stars, Photonic integrated circuits, Laser interferometry, Crosstalk, Telescopes, Laser optics, Equipment

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FIRST (Fibered Imager foR a Single Telescope instrument) is an on-sky instrument at SUBARU Telescope that enables high-contrast imaging and spectroscopy, thanks to a unique combination of pairwise combination of sub-apertures using a Photonic Integrated Circuit that allows spatial filtering by single-mode waveguides and cross-dispersion in the visible (~ 600-800 nm), a high-efficiency alternative to sparse aperture masking. To reduce crosstalk observed in planar PICs, and therefore increase the instrument’s stability and sensitivity, we have designed and fabricated a series of 3D laserwritten optical PICs with 5T beam combiners. Different laser powers were used to address different single-mode spectral ranges. The multi-aperture beam combiner consists of five input waveguides spaced by 250 μm. Each input is split into four waveguides and the twenty channels undergo pairwise recombination, using Y-junctions, to produce ten outputs. In this work, we present the interferometric performances of these 3D PICs when exposed to a point-like light source (single star) or a two-points-like light source (binary) on the FIRST/SUBARU instrument replica built at LESIA – Observatoire de Paris.

In previous work, we identified the optimal 5T 3D device, as being single-mode between 550-800 nm and showing good internal transmission in all input channels, above 45% at 635nm. The internal transmission (sum of the output values obtained for the four waveguides of the 1x4 splitter as normalized to the output signal obtained from the straight waveguide used as a reference) was measured. Two inputs achieved 80% transmission. The PIC was installed in the FIRST/SUBARU optical bench simulator at LESIA, to inject light into five inputs simultaneously and scan the fringes using independent MEMS segments, inducing a relative OPD modulation. The results of this study, comparing the signature obtained for a single source (star) as compared to a binary, will be presented in this work. We will show that both polarizations are guided, with no crosstalk, and analyze the interferometric performances as a function of the source type, showing that the binary companion can be detected.

Proceedings Article | 19 July 2024 Presentation

Spectroscopy below the diffraction limit with FIRST at the Subaru Telescope

Elsa Huby, Sébastien Vievard, Gaspard Duchene, Olivier Guyon, Sylvestre Lacour, Guy Perrin, Kevin Barjot, Vincent Deo, Nemanja Jovanovic, Harry-Dean Kenchington Goldsmith, Takayuki Kotani, Manon Lallement, Vincent Lapeyrere, Julien Lozi, Franck Marchis, Guillermo Martin, Daniel Rouan

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130960O (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019806

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

Visible photonic lantern integration, characterization, and on-sky testing on Subaru/SCExAO

S. Vievard, M. Lallement, S. Leon-Saval, O. Guyon, N. Jovanovic, E. Huby, S. Lacour, J. Lozi, V. Deo, K. Ahn, M. Lucas, T. Currie, S. Sallum, M. Fitzgerald, C. Betters, B. Norris, R. Amezcua-Correa, S. Yerolatsitis, J. Lin, Y. Kim, P. Gatkine, T. Kotani, M. Tamura, G. Martin, H. Kenchington Goldsmith, G. Perrin

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130960P (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018031

KEYWORDS: Single mode fibers, Telescopes, Visible radiation, Spectroscopes, Spectrographs, Calibration, Equipment, Spatial resolution, Imaging spectroscopy, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

The MICADO first light imager for the ELT: sparse aperture masks, design, and simulations

E. Huby, P. Baudoz, S. Lacour, M. Le Teuff, Y. Clénet, R. Davies

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130965D (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018122

KEYWORDS: Simulations, Tunable filters, Adaptive optics, Design, Error analysis, Sensors, Telescopes, Spatial frequencies, Optical filters, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

Photonic spectro-interferometry with SCExAO/FIRST at the Subaru Telescope: towards Hα imaging of protoplanets

S. Vievard, M. Lallement, E. Huby, S. Lacour, O. Guyon, N. Jovanovic, S. Leon-Saval, J. Lozi, V. Deo, K. Ahn, N. Cvetojevic, K. Barjot, G. Martin, H. D. Kenchington-Goldsmith, G. Duchêne, T. Kotani, F. Marchis, D. Rouan, M. Fitzgerald, S. Sallum, B. Norris, C. Betters, P. Gatkine, J. Lin, Y. J. Kim, C. Pham, C. Cassagnettes, A. Billat, M. Tamura, G. Perrin

Proceedings Volume 12680, 126800H (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676319

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Single mode fibers, Optical path differences, Spectrographs, Photonic integrated circuits, Polarization, Microelectromechanical systems, Calibration, Visible radiation

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SPIE Journal Paper | 18 April 2023

Photonic beam-combiner for visible interferometry with Subaru coronagraphic extreme adaptive optics/fibered imager for a single telescope: laboratory characterization and design optimization

Manon Lallement, Elsa Huby, Sylvestre Lacour, Guillermo Martin, Kevin Barjot, Guy Perrin, Daniel Rouan, Vincent Lapeyrere, Sebastien Vievard, Olivier Guyon, Julien Lozi, Vincent Deo, Takayuki Kotani, Cecil Pham, Cedric Cassagnettes, Adrien Billat, Nick Cvetojevic, Franck Marchis

JATIS, Vol. 9, Issue 02, 025003, (April 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.9.2.025003

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Photonic integrated circuits, Directional couplers, Design and modelling, Phase shifts, Interferometry, Beam combiners, Coronagraphy, Telescopes, Polarization

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Proceedings Article | 30 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Controlling petals using fringes: discontinuous wavefront sensing through sparse aperture interferometry at Subaru/SCExAO

V. Deo, S. Vievard, N. Cvetojevic, K. Ahn, E. Huby, O. Guyon, S. Lacour, J. Lozi, F. Martinache, B. Norris, N. Skaf, P. Tuthill

Proceedings Volume 12185, 121850Z (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629865

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Wavefront sensors, Telescopes, Astronomical interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Hybrid electro-optic visible multi-telescope beam combiner for next generation FIRST/SUBARU instruments

G. Martin, M. Foin, S. Phatak, M. Beldjoudi, A. Billat, C. Cassagnettes, A. Coste, N. Courjal, M. Lallement, K. Barjot, N. Cvetojevic, S. Vievard, E. Huby, S. Lacour, V. Deo, O. Guyon

Proceedings Volume 12188, 121885Y (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630039

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Polarization, Electro optics, Waveguides, Lithium niobate, Phase modulation, Beam splitters, Glasses, Crystals, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

FIRST 5T 3D: a laser written device for FIRST/SUBARU reducing crosstalk and propagation losses

G. Martin, A. Morand, C. d'Amico, R. Stoian, K. Barjot, M. Lallement, N. Cvetojevic, S. Vievard, E. Huby, S. Lacour, V. Deo, O. Guyon, J. Lv, G. Zhang, G. Cheng

Proceedings Volume 12188, 121882T (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630010

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Telescopes, Microelectromechanical systems, Laser optics, Interferometry, Modulation, Wave propagation, Visible radiation, Polarization, Optical simulations

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FIRST (Fibered Imager foR a Single Telescope instrument) is an instrument that enables high contrast imaging and spectroscopy, thanks to a unique combination of sparse aperture masking, spatial filtering by single-mode waveguides and cross-dispersion in the visible. In order to increase the instrument’s stability and sensitivity, we have designed and fabricated a 3D laser-written optical chip 5T beam combiner. The multi-aperture beam combiner consists of 5 input waveguides spaced by 250um. Each input is split into 4 waveguides. A pairwise recombination scheme with Yjunctions produces/leads to 10 outputs (127um separation, compatible with commercial V-grooves). In this work, we present the experimental characterization of the chip: transmission performance, polarization issues and single mode spectral range. The targeted single mode spectral range must cover 550-800nm. Different optical powers for laser writing are used to finely tune the ideal single-mode behavior of the waveguides, ranging from 220 to 270mW. A straight waveguide was used as a reference, imprinted close to the first interferometric channel. Using different lasers (635nm, 780nm and 980nm) as well as wideband sources, we have been able to characterize the spectral transmission, the polarization behavior (TE/TM) and the interferometric contrast. The chip was inserted in the FIRST/SUBARU optical bench simulator at LESIA, in order to inject the 5 inputs simultaneously and scan the fringes using 4 independent MEMS, inducing a relative OPD modulation. Preliminary results show very good transmission for such a complex chip: all input channels are above 45% at 635nm (comparing the injected single mode with the sum of the 4 corresponding outputs), with two inputs reaching 80%. A huge advantage of this technology is to avoid the crosstalk due to in-plane waveguide crossings, and we show that no crosstalk is indeed observed. Both polarizations are transmitted, without noticeable birefringence. However, perfect vertical alignment of the outputs is difficult to obtain, and must be optimized prior to any connectorization to fiber bundles.

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Photonic chip for visible interferometry: laboratory characterization and comparison with the theoretical model

Manon Lallement, Sylvestre Lacour, Elsa Huby, Guillermo Martin, Kevin Barjot, Guy Perrin, Daniel Rouan, Vincent Lapeyrere, Sébastien Vievard, Olivier Guyon, Julien Lozi, Vincent Deo, Takayuki Kotani, Cecil Pham, Cedric Cassagnettes, Adrien Billat, Nick Cvetojevic, Franck Marchis

Proceedings Volume 12188, 121882F (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629449

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Directional couplers, Photonic integrated circuits, Polarization, Phase shifts, Telescopes, Interferometry, Optical simulations, Single mode fibers

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

VLTI status update

Xavier Haubois, Antoine Mérand, Roberto Abuter, Juan Pablo Araneda, Fuyan Bian, Pierre Bourget, Paul Bristow, Pablo Burgos, Françoise Delplancke-Ströbele, Roderick Dembet, Juan Pablo Gil, Andreas Glindemann, Frédéric Gonté, Patricia Guajardo, Norbert Hubin, Christian Hummel, Heidi Korhonen, Aaron Labdon, Johann Kolb, Johan Kosmalski, Sylvestre Lacour, Claudia Paladini, Laurent Pallanca, Luca Pasquini, Isabelle Percheron, Miguel Riquelme, Thomas Rivinius, Eleonora Sani, Linda Schmidtobreick, Peter Scicluna, Markus Schöller, Nicolas Schuhler, Konrad Tristram, Markus Wittkowski, Julien Woillez, Gérard Zins

Proceedings Volume 12183, 1218306 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2635405

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astatine, Observatories, Adaptive optics, Spatial resolution, Polarization, Polarimetry, Optical spheres, L band, Data archive systems

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation

First light of the upgraded FIRST visible fibered interferometer at the Subaru telescope (thesis)

Kevin Barjot, Elsa Huby, Sébastien Vievard, Manon Lallement, Sylvestre Lacour, Guillermo Martin, Nick Cvetojevic, Vincent Deo, Olivier Guyon, Julien Lozi, Takayuki Kotani, Cédric Cassagnettes, Adrien Billat, Franck Marchis, , Vincent Lapeyrère, Daniel Rouan

Proceedings Volume 12183, 121830E (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630259

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Visible radiation, Interferometers, Imaging spectroscopy, Stars, Waveguides, Visibility, Spectroscopy, Spectral resolution, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation

Interferometric wavefront sensing at FIRST/SCExAO : self-calibrated fibered pupil-remapping spectrocopy using a metrology laser source

Sébastien Vievard, Vincent Deo, Elsa Huby, Sylvestre Lacour, Olivier Guyon, Nick Cvetojevic, Kevin Barjot, Guillermo Martin, Manon Lallement, Julien Lozi, Takayuki Kotani, Franck Marchis, Daniel Rouan, Kyohoon Ahn, Nour Skaf, Guy Perrin

Proceedings Volume 12183, 121830R (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629299

KEYWORDS: Interferometry, Wavefront sensors, Telescopes, Metrology, Laser sources, Calibration, Spatial resolution, Optical fibers, Imaging systems, Coronagraphy

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Digging a dark hole in GRAVITY: towards Jupiter-like observations at the astronomical unit scale

Nicolas Pourré, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Julien Woillez, Alexis Carlotti, Lucie Leboulleux, Karine Perraut, Sylvestre Lacour

Proceedings Volume 12183, 121830V (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629823

KEYWORDS: Planets, Adaptive optics, Exoplanets, Telescopes, Wavefronts, Interferometry, Diffraction, Atmospheric optics

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 2021 Presentation + Paper

Wavefront sensing using non-redundant aperture masking interferometry: tests and validation on Subaru/SCExAO

V. Deo, S. Vievard, N. Cvetojevic, B. Norris, O. Guyon, J. Lozi, K. Ahn, E. Huby, S. Lacour, F. Martinache, N. Skaf, P. Tuthill

Proceedings Volume 11823, 118231A (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594977

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Wavefront sensors, Telescopes, Sensors, Interferometry, Photons, Imaging systems, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 2021 Presentation + Paper

Very high resolution spectro-interferometry with wavefront sensing capabilities on Subaru/SCExAO using photonics

S. Vievard, K. Ahn, A. Arriola, K. Barjot, N. Cvetojevic, V. Deo, T. Gretzinger, S. Gross, O. Guyon, E. Huby, N. Jovanovic, T. Kotani, S. Lacour, T. Lagadec, M. Lallement, V. Lapeyrere, J. Lozi, F. Marchis, G. Martin, M.-A. Martinod, B. Norris, G. Perrin, D. Rouan, N. Skaf, P. Tuthill, M. Withford, G. Duchêne

Proceedings Volume 11823, 118230C (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594840

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Wavefront sensors, Single mode fibers, Stars, Optical fibers, Interferometry, Diffraction, Wavefronts, Spatial resolution, Photonics

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Proceedings Article | 15 January 2021 Poster + Paper

GRAVITY upgrade with high-performance grisms with factor >2 enhanced throughput

Senol Yazici, Takashi Sukegawa, Martin Mayer, Frank Eisenhauer, Yukinobu Okura, Karine Perraut, Laurent Jocou, Stefan Gillessen, Frank Haussmann, Alexander Buron, David Huber, Lothar Barl, Kateryna Kravchenko, Oliver Pfuhl, Sylvestre Lacour, Vincent Lapeyrere, Erich Wiezorrek, Thomas Ott, Thibaut Paumard, Jinyi Shangguan, Feng Gao, Christian Straubmeier, Patricia Guajardo, Miguel Riquelme, Laurent Pallanca, Reinhard Genzel, Tim de Zeeuw, Michael Bauböck, Maryam Habibi, Christian Rau, Alejandra Jimenez Rosales, Julia Stadler, Odele Straub, Eckhard Sturm, Sebastiano von Fellenberg, Felix Widmann, Ekkehard Wieprecht, Andreas Eckart, Guy Perrin, Antonio Amorim, Paolo Garcia, Wolfgang Brandner

Proceedings Volume 11446, 114461X (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561387

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Interferometry, Spectral resolution, Germanium, Phase interferometry, Image resolution, Zinc, Refractive index, Antireflective coatings, Optical properties

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Proceedings Article | 16 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

The ExoGRAVITY project: using single mode interferometry to characterize exoplanets

S. Lacour, J. Wang, M. Nowak, L. Pueyo, F. Eisenhauer, A.-M. Lagrange, P. Mollière, R. Abuter, A. Amorin, R. Asensio-Torres, M. Bauböck, M. Benisty, J. P. Berger, H. Beust, S. Blunt, A. Boccaletti, A. Bohn, M. Bonnefoy, H. Bonnet, W. Brandner, F. Cantalloube, P. Caselli, B. Charnay, G. Chauvin, E. Choquet, V. Christiaens, Y. Clénet, A. Cridland, P. T. de Zeeuw, R. Dembet, J. Dexter, A. Drescher, G. Duvert, F. Gao, P. Garcia, R. Garcia Lopez, T. Gardner, E. Gendron, R. Genzel, S. Gillessen, J. H. Girard, X. Haubois, G. Heißel, T. Henning, S. Hinkley, S. Hippler, M. Horrobin, M. Houllé, Z. Hubert, A. Jiménez-Rosales, L. Jocou, J. Kammerer, M. Keppler, P. Kervella, L. Kreidberg, V. Lapeyrère, J.-B. Le Bouquin, P. Léna, D. Lutz, A.-L. Maire, A. Mérand, J. D. Monnier, D. Mouillet, A. Muller, E. Nasedkin, T. Ott, G. P. P. L. Otten, C. Paladini, T. Paumard, K. Perraut, G. Perrin, O. Pfuhl, J. Rameau, L. Rodet, G. Rodriguez-Coira, G. Rousset, J. Shangguan, T. Shimizu, J. Stadler, O. Straub, C. Straubmeier, E. Sturm, T. Stolker, E. van Dishoeck, A. Vigan, F. Vincent, S. D. von Fellenberg, K. Ward-Duong, F. Widmann, E. Wieprecht, E. Wiezorrek, J. Woillez

Proceedings Volume 11446, 114460O (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561667

KEYWORDS: Interferometry, Exoplanets

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation + Paper

Recent results on electro-optic visible multi-telescope beam combiner for next generation FIRST/SUBARU instruments: hybrid and passive devices

G. Martin, M. Foin, C. Cassagnettes, G. Ulliac, N. Courjal, K. Barjot, N. Cvetojevic, S. Vievard, V. Lapeyrere, E. Huby, S. Lacour

Proceedings Volume 11446, 1144626 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562171

KEYWORDS: Electro optics, 3D equipment, Visible radiation, Imaging spectroscopy, Beam splitters, Telescopes, Waveguides, Integrated optics, Glasses, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

Review and scientific prospects of high-contrast optical stellar interferometry

D. Defrère, O. Absil, J.-P. Berger, W. C. Danchi, C. Dandumont, F. Eisenhauer, S. Ertel, T. Gardner, A. Glauser, P. Hinz, M. Ireland, J. Kammerer, S. Kraus, L. Labadie, S. Lacour, R. Laugier, J. Loicq, G. Martin, F. Martinache, M. A. Martinod, B. Mennesson, J. Monnier, B. Norris, M. Nowak, J. U. Pott, S. Quanz, E. Serabyn, J. Stone, P. Tuthill, J. Woillez

Proceedings Volume 11446, 114461J (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561505

KEYWORDS: Stellar interferometry, Interferometry, Nulling interferometry, Data acquisition, Stars, Adaptive optics, Integrated optics, Calibration, Large telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Status of the SCExAO instrument: recent technology upgrades and path to a system-level demonstrator for PSI

Julien Lozi, Olivier Guyon, Sébastien Vievard, Ananya Sahoo, Vincent Deo, Nemanja Jovanovic, Barnaby Norris, Marc-Antoine Martinod, Ben Mazin, Alex Walter, Neelay Fruitwala, Sarah Steiger, Kristina Davis, Peter Tuthill, Tomoyuki Kudo, Hajime Kawahara, Takayuki Kotani, Michael Ireland, Theodoros Anagnos, Chrstian Schwab, Nick Cvetojevic, Elsa Huby, Sylvestre Lacour, Kevin Barjot, Tyler Groff, Jeffrey Chilcote, Jeremy Kasdin, Frantz Martinache, Romain Laugier, Mamadou N'Diaye, Justin Knight, Jared Males, Steven Bos, Frans Snik, David Doelman, Kelsey Miller, Eduardo Bendek, Ruslan Belikov, Eugene Pluzhnik, Thayne Currie, Masayuki Kuzuhara, Taichi Uyama, Jun Nishikawa, Naoshi Murakami, Jun Hashimoto, Yosuke Minowa, Christophe Clergeon, Yoshito Ono, Naruhisa Takato, Motohide Tamura, Hideki Takami, Masa Hayashi

Proceedings Volume 11448, 114480N (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562832

KEYWORDS: Imaging systems, Telescopes, Infrared sensors, Infrared imaging, Coronagraphy, Wavefront sensors, Sensors, Detection and tracking algorithms, Cameras, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

FIRST, a pupil-remapping fiber interferometer at the Subaru Telescope: on-sky results

S. Vievard, E. Huby, S. Lacour, K. Barjot, G. Martin, N. Cvetojevic, V. Deo, O. Guyon, J. Lozi, T. Kotani, N. Jovanovic, F. Marchis, G. Duchêne, V. Lapeyrere, D. Rouan, G. Perrin

Proceedings Volume 11446, 1144629 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563033

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Interferometers, Imaging systems, Single mode fibers, Interferometry, Spatial filters, Optical instrument design, Diffraction, Speckle

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

VLTI status update: tapping into a powerful second-generation instrumentation

Xavier Haubois, Roberto Abuter, Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier, Jaime Alonso, Juan Beltran, Jean-Philippe Berger, Pierre Bourget, Paul Bristow, Luis Caniguante, Bruno Chazelas, Claudia Cid, Ralf Conzelmann, Angela Cortes, Pascaline Darré, Alain Delboulbé, Françoise Delplancke-Ströbele, Diego Del Valle, Roderick Dembet, Reinaldo Donoso, Christophe Dupuy, Sebastien Egner, Frank Eisenhauer, Lorena Faundez, Eloy Fuenteseca, Robert Frahm, Daniel Gaytan, Juan Pablo Gil, Andreas Glindemann, Frédéric Gonté, Jaime Gonzales, Patricia Guajardo, Thibaut Guerlet, Sylvain Guieu, Pablo Gutierrez, Pierre Haguenauer, Pierre van der Heyden, Stefan Huber, Norbert Hubin, Christian Hummel, Lieselotte Jochum, Laurent Jocou, Jean-Paul Kirchbauer, Johann Kolb, Johan Kosmalski, Peter Krempl, Sylvestre Lacour, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Julien Leclercq, Jean Louis Lizon, Bruno Lopez, Yves Magnard, Anthony Meilland, Alexander Meister, Antoine Mérand, Steffen Mieske, Thibaut Moulin, Juan Osorio, Jürgen Ott, Claudia Paladini, Laurent Pallanca, Marcus Pavez, Luca Pasquini, Célia Pelluet, Isabelle Percheron, Lorenzo Pettazzi, Andrés Pino, Sébastien Poupar, Andrés Ramírez, Javier Reyes, Miguel Riquelme, Thomas Rivinius, Sylvain Rochat, Fernando Salgado, Markus Schöller, Nicolas Schuhler, Pavel Shchekaturov, Christian Stephan, Marcos Suarez, Alain Smette, Richard Tamblay, Mario Tapia, Konrad Tristram, Guillermo Valdes, Christophe Verinaud, Markus Wittkowski, Julien Woillez, Gérard Zins

Proceedings Volume 11446, 1144606 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561486

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Achromatic electro-optic modulation using cascaded lithium niobate Ti:diffused waveguides @670nm

Martin Foin, Guillermo Martin, Nadège Courjal, Gwenn Ulliac, Sylvestre Lacour, Vincent Lapeyrere, Pierre-Louis Mayeur

Proceedings Volume 11446, 114461R (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562164

KEYWORDS: Lithium niobate, Waveguides, Electro optics, Modulation, Phase modulation, Phase shift keying, Integrated optics, Interferometry, Channel projecting optics, Photonic devices

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation

Static phase aberrations in near-IR interferometry and GRAVITY's determination of the galactic center distanceStatic phase aberrations in near-IR interferometry and GRAVITY's determination of the galactic center distance

Julia Stadler, Guy Perin, Wolfgang Brandner, Christian Straubmeier, Karine Rousselet-Perraut, António Amorim, Paulo Garcia, Frank Eisenhauer, Michael Bauböck, Feng Gao, Reinhard Genzel, Stefan Gillessen, Alejandra Jimenez-Rosales, Thomas Ott, Jinyi Shangguan, Odèle Straub, Eckhard Sturm, Sebastiano von Fellenberg, Felix Widmann, Oliver Pfuhl, Sylvestre Lacour, Julien Woillez, Mathias Nowak

Proceedings Volume 11446, 114460M (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2576225

KEYWORDS: Interferometry, Visibility, Phase measurement, Calibration, Zernike polynomials, Superposition, Phase interferometry, Integrated optics, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Testing P-REx on VLTI data

Saavidra Perera, Jörg-Uwe Pott, Jullien Woillez, Martin Kulas, Wolfgang Brandner, Sylvestre Lacour, Felix Widmann, Steve Ertel, Amali Vaz

Proceedings Volume 11446, 114460J (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560105

KEYWORDS: Interferometers, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Atmospheric optics, Interferometry, Atmospheric turbulence, Sensors, Optical aberrations, Wind measurement, Velocity measurements

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation

Polarization analysis of GRAVITY and the VLTI

Felix Widmann, Frank Eisenhauer, Oliver Pfuhl, Nicolas Schuhler, Xavier Haubois, António Amorim, Michi Bauböck, Wolfgang Brandner, Jason Dexter, Feng Gao, Paulo J. Garcia, Reinhard Genzel, Stefan Gillessen, Alejandra Jimenez-Rosales, Sylvestre Lacour, Thomas Ott, Karine Perraut, Guy Perrin, Jinyi Shangguan, Odèle Straub, Christian Straubmeier, Eckhard Sturm, Sebastiano von Fellenberg

Proceedings Volume 11446, 114460S (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2559311

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Data modeling, Polarization analysis, Calibration, Signal attenuation, Birefringence, Polarimetry, Telescopes, Mirrors, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Progress of the CHARA/SPICA project

C. Pannetier, D. Mourard, P. Berio, F. Cassaing, F. Allouche, N. Anugu, C. Bailet, T. ten Brummelaar, J. Dejonghe, D. Gies, L. Jocou, S. Kraus, S. Lacour, S. Lagarde, J. B. Le Bouquin, D. Lecron, J. Monnier, N. Nardetto, F. Patru, K. Perraut, R. Petrov, S. Rousseau, P. Stee, J. Sturmann, L. Sturmann

Proceedings Volume 11446, 114460T (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560625

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Stars, Fourier transforms, Optical tracking, Photons, Integrated optics, Coherence (optics), Atmospheric optics, Planets, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Laboratory characterization of FIRSTv2 photonic chip for the study of substellar companions

K. Barjot, E. Huby, S. Vievard, N. Cvetojevic, S. Lacour, G. Martin, V. Deo, V. Lapeyrere, D. Rouan, O. Guyon, J. Lozi, N. Jovanovic, C. Cassagnettes, G. Perrin, F. Marchis, G. Duchêne, T. Kotani

Proceedings Volume 11446, 1144623 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561713

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Imaging spectroscopy, Single mode fibers, Visible radiation, Interferometry, Microelectromechanical systems, Fiber characterization, Imaging systems, Spectroscopes, Diffraction

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Short life and abrupt death of PicSat, a small 3U CubeSat dreaming of exoplanet detection

M. Nowak, S. Lacour, A. Crouzier, L. David, V. Lapeyrère, G. Schworer

Proceedings Volume 10698, 1069821 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313242

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Stars, Planets, Single mode fibers, Exoplanetary science

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Proceedings Article | 13 July 2018 Paper

SCExAO, an instrument with a dual purpose: perform cutting-edge science and develop new technologies

Julien Lozi, Olivier Guyon, Nemanja Jovanovic, Sean Goebel, Prashant Pathak, Nour Skaf, Ananya Sahoo, Barnaby Norris, Frantz Martinache, Mamadou N'Diaye, Ben Mazin, Alex Walter, Peter Tuthill, Tomoyuki Kudo, Hajime Kawahara, Takayuki Kotani, Michael Ireland, Nick Cvetojevic, Elsa Huby, Sylvestre Lacour, Sébastien Vievard, Tyler Groff, Jeffrey Chilcote, Jeremy Kasdin, Justin Knight, Frans Snik, David Doelman, Yosuke Minowa, Christophe Clergeon, Naruhisa Takato, Motohide Tamura, Thayne Currie, Hideki Takami, Masa Hayashi

Proceedings Volume 10703, 1070359 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314282

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Coronagraphy, Polarization, Near infrared, Speckle, Exoplanets, Wavefronts, Telescopes, Infrared radiation, Polarimetry

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation

FIRST, the pupil-remapping fiber interferometer at Subaru telescope: towards photonic beam-combination with phase control and on-sky commissioning results (Conference Presentation)

Nick Cvetojevic, Elsa Huby, Guillermo Martin, Sylvestre Lacour, Franck Marchis, Julien Lozi, Nemanja Jovanovic, Sébastien Vievard, Olivier Guyon, Lucien Gauchet, Guy Perrin, Gaspard Duchêne, Takayuki Kotani

Proceedings Volume 10701, 107010A (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313262

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Interferometers, Beam controllers, Imaging spectroscopy, Spatial filters, Interferometry, Binary data, Photonic crystals, Imaging systems, Spectroscopes

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FIRST (Fibered Imager foR a Single Telescope) is a post-AO instrument module that enables high-contrast imaging and spectroscopy at sub-diffraction limited spatial scales. FIRST achieves this through a unique combination of sparse aperture masking, spatial filtering, pupil remapping Fizeau interferometry, and cross-dispersion in the visible. The telescope pupil is divided into sub-pupils using a honeycomb array of micro-electro-mechanical mirrors, and the light from each sub-pupil injected into a separate single mode fiber that provides spatial filtering. The fibers, which are pathlength-matched to within a few tens of micrometers, reformat the sub-apertures into a linear non-redundant array allowing for the extraction of fringes from each possible baseline as well as wavelength dispersion to create ~130 spectral channels for every baseline combination over the 600-900nm spectral range. In this presentation, we will first report on the latest on-sky results obtained with FIRST. In its current design, the instrument was successfully integrated on the 3-m telescope at Lick Observatory and is now a module of the SCExAO extreme adaptive optics instrument on the 8-m Subaru Telescope. The latest on-sky results obtained from commissioning data show the detection of the stellar companion of the Alpha Equu binary system at an angular separation of 0.6 λ/D (11mas). Even at such a separation, the FIRST data delivers information on the companion spectrum, providing valuable constraints on the stellar parameters of the system such as the effective temperatures. The second part of this presentation will focus on the ongoing instrument upgrades with the aim of increasing the instrument’s stability and sensitivity, thus improving the dynamic range. We initiated a comprehensive upgrade of FIRST’s interferometric components to a new series of photonic on-chip beam combiners and automated optoelectronic delay lines for rapid phasing of each sub-pupil. The new photonic beam combining chips split light from each sub-aperture and combines them to provide a simultaneous measurement of the fringes from every baseline. Another function of the new photonic chips is the inclusion of waveguides in crystalline electro-optic material (Lithium niobate) that enable on-chip active phase control of the light at high speeds (up to kHz). This type of photonic architecture has not been implemented previously for astronomical interferometry of this kind and could potentially provide FIRST with key advantages (see Martin et al., these proceedings). While the beam-combiner output no longer requires non-redundancy, the fiber array that feeds the chip input still requires accurate pathlength-matching to achieve high fringe contrasts. The existing fibers were individually manufactured to ensure identical length. However, while this method was successful, it was not very flexible particularly if any photonic components are added that change the overall fiber length. Thus, another key FIRST upgrade is the use of actively controlled fiber delay lines capable of compensating for up to 100 mm of differential pathlength in each fiber, with sub-micron accuracy. This type of active pathlength control allows FIRST to not only correct for unwanted environmental phase delays, but also makes it entirely reconfigurable regardless of the back-end photonics used.

Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation

A space interferometer on a 6U Cubesat: FIRST-S (Conference Presentation)

Vincent Lapeyrère, Sylvestre Lacour, Mathurin Grenot, Mathias Nowak, Lester David, Antoine Crouzier

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106981W (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313372

KEYWORDS: Interferometers, Telescopes, Single mode fibers, Space telescopes, Stars, Control systems, Optical instrument design, Active optics, Astronomy, Exoplanetary science

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation

Data reduction of the VLTI/GRAVITY interferometric instrument (Conference Presentation)

Vincent Lapeyrère, Pierre Kervella, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Sylvestre Lacour, Cesar Enrique Garcia-Dabó, Antoine Mérand, Julien Woillez, Guy Perrin, Frank Eisenhauer, Karine Perraut, Christian Straubmeier, António Amorim, Wolfgang Brandner

Proceedings Volume 10701, 107011F (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314239

KEYWORDS: Interferometry, Fourier transforms, Information operations, Phase measurement, Algorithm development, Software development, Telescopes, Interferometers, Integrated optics, Signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

Planet formation imager: project update

John Monnier, Michael Ireland, Stefan Kraus, Almudena Alonso-Herrero, Amy Bonsor, Fabien Baron, Amelia Bayo, Jean-Philippe Berger, Tabetha Boyajian, Andrea Chiavassa, David Ciardi, Michelle Creech-Eakman, Willem-Jan de Wit, Denis Defrère, Ruobing Dong, Gaspard Duchêne, Catherine Espaillat, Alexandre Gallenne, Poshak Gandhi, Jean-Francois Gonzalez, Chris Haniff, Sebastian Hoenig, John Ilee, Andrea Isella, Eric Jensen, Attila Juhasz, Stephen Kane, Makoto Kishimoto, Wilhelm Kley, Quentin Kral, Kaitlin Kratter, Lucas Labadie, Sylvestre Lacour, Greg Laughlin, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Ernest Michael, Farzana Meru, Rafael Millan-Gabet, Florentin Millour, Stefano Minardi, Alessandro Morbidelli, Chris Mordasini, Andreas Morlok, Dave Mozurkewich, Richard Nelson, Johan Olofsson, Rene Oudmaijer, Chris Packham, Claudia Paladini, Olja Panic, Romain Petrov, Benjamin Pope, Joerg-Uwe Pott, Luis Henry Quiroga-Nunez, Cristina Ramos Almeida, Sean Raymond, Zsolt Regaly, Mark Reynolds, Stephen Ridgway, Stephen Rinehart, Matthias Schreiber, Michael Smith, Keivan Stassun, Jean Surdej, Theo ten Brummelaar, Konrad Tristram, Neal Turner, Peter Tuthill, Gerard van Belle, Gautum Vasisht, Alexander Wallace, Gerd Weigelt, Edward Wishnow, Markus Wittkowski, Sebastian Wolf, John Young, Ming Zhao, Zhaohuan Zhu, Sebastian Zúñiga-Fernández

Proceedings Volume 10701, 1070118 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312683

KEYWORDS: Planets, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Exoplanets, Stars, Mid-IR, Interferometry, Signal to noise ratio, Interferometers, Heterodyning

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

The GRAVITY fringe tracker: correlation between optical path residuals and atmospheric parameters

S. Lacour, R. Dembet, R. Abuter, P. Fedou, G. Perrin, F. Eisenhauer, K. Perraut, C. Straubmeier, W. Brandner, A. Amorim

Proceedings Volume 10701, 1070107 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313004

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric optics, Optical tracking, Fourier transforms, Astronomy, Stars, Physics, Telescopes, Calibration, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Improving angular resolution of telescopes through probabilistic single-photon amplification?

Aglae Kellerer, Petr Marek, Sylvestre Lacour

Proceedings Volume 10701, 107011W (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312442

KEYWORDS: Photons, Telescopes, Astronomy, Diffraction, Astronomical imaging, Spatial resolution, Single photon, Astronomical telescopes, Sensors, Optical amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Open Access

Improving GRAVITY towards observations of faint targets

Felix Widmann, Frank Eisenhauer, Guy Perrin, Wolfgang Brandner, Christian Straubmeier, Karin Perraut, Antonio Amorim, Markus Schöller, Feng Gao, Reinhard Genzel, Stefan Gillessen, Martina Karl, Sylvestre Lacour, Magdalena Lippa, Thomas Ott, Oliver Pfuhl, Philipp Plewa, Idel Waisberg

Proceedings Volume 10701, 107010K (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312118

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Calibration, Data modeling, Systems modeling, Telescopes, Atmospheric modeling, Interferometers, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

First results on an electro-optic visible multi-telescope beam combiner for next generation FIRST/SUBARU instruments

G. Martin, F. Gardillou, C. Cassagnettes, D. Barbier, C. Guyot, J. Hauden, G. Ulliac, N. Courjal, N. Cvetojevic, E. Huby, S. Lacour

Proceedings Volume 10701, 107012V (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312841

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Glasses, Modulators, Electro optics, Lithium niobate, Phase modulation, Modulation, Prototyping, Optical fibers, Phase shift keying

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

Correction of differential chromatic dispersion in GRAVITY

Xavier Haubois, Sylvestre Lacour, Guy Perrin, Roderick Dembet, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Vincent Lapeyrère, Burkhard Wolff, Frank Eisenhauer, Karine Rousselet-Perraut, Christian Straubmeier, Antonio Amorim, Wolfgang Brandner

Proceedings Volume 10701, 107011P (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312154

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Fourier transforms, Phase measurement, Dispersion, Metrology, K band, Calibration, Refractive index

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Open Access

Learnings from the use of fiber optics in GRAVITY

Magdalena Lippa, Stefan Gillessen, Nicolas Blind, Yitping Kok, Karine Perraut, Laurent Jocou, Frank Eisenhauer, Oliver Pfuhl, Marcus Haug, Stefan Kellner, Frank Haußmann, Markus Plattner, Christian Rau, Oliver Hans, Ekkehard Wieprecht, Thomas Ott, Erich Wiezorrek, Eckhard Sturm, Alexander Buron, Sylvestre Lacour, Reinhard Genzel, Guy Perrin, Wolfgang Brandner, Christian Straubmeier, Antonio Amorim

Proceedings Volume 10701, 107011Y (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312477

KEYWORDS: Metrology, Connectors, Polarization, Backscatter, Fiber lasers, Raman scattering, Laser metrology, Luminescence, Fiber optics, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

SAGE: using CubeSats for gravitational wave detection

S. Lacour, M. Nowak, P. Bourget, F. Vincent, A. Kellerer, V. Lapeyrère, L. David, A. Le Tiec, O. Straub, J. Woillez

Proceedings Volume 10699, 106992R (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313639

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Satellites, Photons, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Interferometers, Diffraction, Solar processes, Metrology

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

Control bandwidth improvements in GRAVITY fringe tracker by switching to a synchronous real time computer architecture

Roberto Abuter, Roderick Dembet, Sylvestre Lacour, Nicola di Lieto, Julien Woillez, Frank Eisenhauer, Pierre Fedou, Than Phan Duc

Proceedings Volume 9907, 990721 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232019

KEYWORDS: Computer architecture, Switching, Computing systems, Computing systems, Sensors, Control systems, Reflectivity, Computer architecture, Actuators, Standards development, Real-time computing, Solar concentrators

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The new VLTI (Very Large Telescope Interferometer) 1 instrument GRAVITY^{5, 22, 23} is equipped with a fringe tracker¹⁶ able to stabilize the K-band fringes on six baselines at the same time. It has been designed to achieve a performance for average seeing conditions of a residual OPD (Optical Path Difference) lower than ~300 nm with objects brighter than K = 10. The control loop implementing the tracking is composed of a four stage real time computer system compromising: a sensor where the detector pixels are read in and the OPD and GD (Group Delay) are calculated; a controller receiving the computed sensor quantities and producing commands for the piezo actuators; a concentrator which combines both the OPD commands with the real time tip/tilt corrections offloading them to the piezo actuator; and finally a Kalman¹⁵ parameter estimator. This last stage is used to monitor current measurements over a window of few seconds and estimate new values for the main Kalman¹⁵ control loop parameters. The hardware and software implementation of this design runs asynchronously and communicates the four computers for data transfer via the Reflective Memory Network³. With the purpose of improving the performance of the GRAVITY^{5, 23} fringe tracking^{16, 22} control loop, a deviation from the standard asynchronous communication mechanism has been proposed and implemented. This new scheme operates the four independent real time computers involved in the tracking loop synchronously using the Reflective Memory Interrupts² as the coordination signal. This synchronous mechanism had the effect of reducing the total pure delay of the loop from ~3.5 [ms] to ~2.0 [ms] which then translates on a better stabilization of the fringes as the bandwidth of the system is substantially improved. This paper will explain in detail the real time architecture of the fringe tracker in both is synchronous and synchronous implementation. The achieved improvements on reducing the delay via this mechanism will be quantified.

Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

Planet Formation Imager (PFI): science vision and key requirements

Stefan Kraus, John Monnier, Michael Ireland, Gaspard Duchêne, Catherine Espaillat, Sebastian Hönig, Attila Juhasz, Chris Mordasini, Johan Olofsson, Claudia Paladini, Keivan Stassun, Neal Turner, Gautam Vasisht, Tim Harries, Matthew Bate, Jean-François Gonzalez, Alexis Matter, Zhaohuan Zhu, Olja Panic, Zsolt Regaly, Alessandro Morbidelli, Farzana Meru, Sebastian Wolf, John Ilee, Jean-Philippe Berger, Ming Zhao, Quentin Kral, Andreas Morlok, Amy Bonsor, David Ciardi, Stephen Kane, Kaitlin Kratter, Greg Laughlin, Joshua Pepper, Sean Raymond, Lucas Labadie, Richard Nelson, Gerd Weigelt, Theo ten Brummelaar, Arnaud Pierens, Rene Oudmaijer, Wilhelm Kley, Benjamin Pope, Eric L. Jensen, Amelia Bayo, Michael Smith, Tabetha Boyajian, Luis Henry Quiroga-Nuñez, Rafael Millan-Gabet, Andrea Chiavassa, Alexandre Gallenne, Mark Reynolds, Willem-Jan de Wit, Markus Wittkowski, Florentin Millour, Poshak Gandhi, Cristina Ramos Almeida, Almudena Alonso Herrero, Chris Packham, Makoto Kishimoto, Konrad R. Tristram, Jörg-Uwe Pott, Jean Surdej, David Buscher, Chris Haniff, Sylvestre Lacour, Romain Petrov, Steve Ridgway, Peter Tuthill, Gerard van Belle, Phil Armitage, Clement Baruteau, Myriam Benisty, Bertram Bitsch, Sijme-Jan Paardekooper, Christophe Pinte, Frederic Masset, Giovanni Rosotti

Proceedings Volume 9907, 99071K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231067

KEYWORDS: Planets, Imaging systems, Exoplanets, Planetary systems, Astrophysics, Stars, Astronomy, Theoretical astronomy, Observatories, Physics

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

Sparse aperture masking with SPHERE

Anthony Cheetham, Julien Girard, Sylvestre Lacour, Guillaume Schworer, Xavier Haubois, Jean-Luc Beuzit

Proceedings Volume 9907, 99072T (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231983

KEYWORDS: Optical spheres, Interferometry, Visible radiation, Adaptive optics, Imaging systems, Wavefronts, Iterated function systems, Point spread functions, Calibration, Polarimetry

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

Astronomical photonics in the context of infrared interferometry and high-resolution spectroscopy

Lucas Labadie, Jean-Philippe Berger, Nick Cvetojevic, Roger Haynes, Robert Harris, Nemanja Jovanovic, Sylvestre Lacour, Guillermo Martin, Stefano Minardi, Guy Perrin, Martin Roth, Robert Thomson

Proceedings Volume 9907, 990718 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230889

KEYWORDS: Astrophotonics, Interferometry, Photonics, Astronomy, Waveguides, Glasses, Dispersion, Mid-IR, Integrated optics, Wave propagation

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

Beam combination schemes and technologies for the Planet Formation Imager

Stefano Minardi, Sylvestre Lacour, Jean-Philippe Berger, Lucas Labadie, Robert R. Thomson, Chris Haniff, Michael Ireland

Proceedings Volume 9907, 99071N (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232656

KEYWORDS: Information operations, Planets, Mid-IR, Telescopes, Integrated optics, Visibility, Signal to noise ratio, Waveguides, Photonics, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2016 Paper

Reaching sub-milimag photometric precision on Beta Pictoris with a nanosat: the PicSat mission

M. Nowak, S. Lacour, V. Lapeyrère, L. David, A. Crouzier, C. Dufoing, H. Faiz, T. Lemoult, P. Trébuchet

Proceedings Volume 9904, 99044L (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232508

KEYWORDS: Stars, Photonic integrated circuits, Satellites, Control systems, Planets, Point spread functions, Modulation, Sun, Sensors, Photometry

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Proceedings Article | 26 July 2016 Paper

Novel multi-telescopes beam combiners for next generation instruments (FIRST/SUBARU)

G. Martin, T. Pugnat, F. Gardillou, C. Cassagnettes, D. Barbier, C. Guyot, J. Hauden, E. Huby, S. Lacour

Proceedings Volume 9907, 990738 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233105

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Lithium niobate, Waveguides, Phase shift keying, Modulators, Modulation, Beam splitters, Channel waveguides, Telescopes, Optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2014 Paper

CubeSats as pathfinders for planetary detection: the FIRST-S satellite

S. Lacour, V. Lapeyrère, L. Gauchet, S. Arroud, R. Gourgues, G. Martin, S. Heidmann, X. Haubois, G. Perrin

Proceedings Volume 9143, 91432N (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057381

KEYWORDS: Interferometers, Modulation, Stars, Space operations, Nulling interferometry, Satellites, Space telescopes, Lithium niobate, Interferometry, Information operations

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2014 Paper

The high contrast imaging modes of MICADO

Pierre Baudoz, Anthony Boccaletti, Sylvestre Lacour, Raphaël Galicher, Yann Clénet, Damien Gratadour, Éric Gendron, Tristan Buey, Gérard Rousset, Michael Hartl, Richard Davies

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91479E (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057010

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Planets, Stars, Adaptive optics, Exoplanets, Optical spheres, Telescopes, Point spread functions, Imaging systems, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

GRAVITY data reduction software

V. Lapeyrere, P. Kervella, S. Lacour, N. Azouaoui, C. Garcia-Dabo, G. Perrin, F. Eisenhauer, K. Perraut, C. Straubmeier, A. Amorim, W. Brandner

Proceedings Volume 9146, 91462D (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056850

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Visibility, Fourier transforms, Metrology, Target acquisition, Phase measurement, Data modeling, Cameras, Interferometry, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

The interferometric baselines and GRAVITY astrometric error budget

S. Lacour, F. Eisenhauer, S. Gillessen, O. Pfuhl, Y. Kok, G. Perrin, K. Rousselet-Perraut, C. Straubmeier, W. Brandner, A. Amorin, J. Woillez, H. Bonnet

Proceedings Volume 9146, 91462E (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057366

KEYWORDS: Metrology, Telescopes, Interferometry, Stars, Interferometers, Space telescopes, Observatories, Optical testing, Mirrors, 3D metrology

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

Phase tracking with differential dispersion

Xavier Haubois, Sylvestre Lacour, Guy Perrin, Roderick Dembet, Pierre Fedou, Frank Eisenhauer, Karine Rousselet-Perraut, Christian Straubmeier, Antonio Amorim, Wolfgang Brandner

Proceedings Volume 9146, 91461Y (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056410

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Refractive index, Phase measurement, K band, Dispersion, Detection and tracking algorithms, Colorimetry, Fourier transforms, Humidity, Optical tracking

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

A global database for optical interferometry

Xavier Haubois, Patrick Bernaud, Guillaume Mella, Gilles Duvert, Myriam Benisty, Philippe Bério, Laurent Bourges, Alain Chelli, Olivier Chesneau, Sylvestre Lacour, Sylvain Lafrasse, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Denis Mourard, Nicolas Nardetto, Johan Olofsson

Proceedings Volume 9146, 91460O (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056977

KEYWORDS: Databases, Optical interferometry, Calibration, Data modeling, Interferometry, Observatories, Optical calibration, Diffusion, Modeling, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

Telescope birefringence and phase errors in the Gravity instrument at the VLT interferometer

B. Lazareff, N. Blind, L. Jocou, F. Eisenhauer, K. Perraut, S. Lacour, F. Delplancke, M. Schoeller, A. Amorim, W. Brandner, G. Perrin, C. Straubmeier

Proceedings Volume 9146, 91460X (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056304

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Mirrors, Birefringence, Sensors, Telescopes, Fourier transforms, Interferometers, Polarimetry, Error analysis, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

The science case for the Planet Formation Imager (PFI)

Stefan Kraus, John Monnier, Tim Harries, Ruobing Dong, Matthew Bate, Barbara Whitney, Zhaohuan Zhu, David Buscher, Jean-Philippe Berger, Chris Haniff, Mike Ireland, Lucas Labadie, Sylvestre Lacour, Romain Petrov, Steve Ridgway, Jean Surdej, Theo ten Brummelaar, Peter Tuthill, Gerard van Belle

Proceedings Volume 9146, 914611 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055544

KEYWORDS: Planets, Stars, Planetary systems, Mid-IR, Interferometry, Exoplanets, Computer simulations, Imaging systems, Radiative transfer, Physics

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Open Access

The GRAVITY instrument software/hardware related aspects

Thomas Ott, Ekkehard Wieprecht, Leonard Burtscher, Yitping Kok, Senol Yazici, Narsireddy Anugu, Roderick Dembet, Pierre Fedou, Sylvestre Lacour, Jürgen Ott, Frank Eisenhauer, Nicolas Blind, Reinhard Genzel, Stefan Gillessen, Oliver Hans, Marcus Haug, Frank Haussmann, Stefan Huber, Annemieke Janssen, Stefan Kellner, Magdalena Lippa, Oliver Pfuhl, Eckhard Sturm, Johannes Weber, Antonio Amorim, Wolfgang Brandner, Karine Rousselet-Perraut, Guy Perrin, Christian Straubmeier, Markus Schöller, Roberto Abuter

Proceedings Volume 9146, 91462A (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055927

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Lamps, Camera shutters, Control systems, Analog electronics, Metrology, Detection and tracking algorithms, Optical fibers, Fiber lasers, Laser metrology

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Open Access

GRAVITY: the impact of non-common optical paths within the metrology system

Yitping Kok, Stefan Gillessen, Sylvestre Lacour, Frank Eisenhauer, Nicolas Blind, Johannes Weber, Magdalena Lippa, Oliver Pfuhl, Leonard Burtscher, Ekkehard Wieprecht, Thomas Ott, Marcus Haug, Stefan Kellner, Frank Haussmann, Eckhard Sturm, Annemieke Janssen, Reinhard Genzel, Guy Perrin, Karine Perraut, Christian Straubmeier, Wolfgang Brandner, Antonio Amorim, Oliver Hans

Proceedings Volume 9146, 914625 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055567

KEYWORDS: Metrology, Stars, Laser metrology, Interferometers, Telescopes, Information operations, Visibility, Sensors, Phase shifts, Time metrology

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

Planet formation imager (PFI): introduction and technical considerations

John Monnier, Stefan Kraus, David Buscher, J.-P. Berger, Christopher Haniff, Michael Ireland, Lucas Labadie, Sylvestre Lacour, Herve Le Coroller, Romain Petrov, Jörg-Uwe Pott, Stephen Ridgway, Jean Surdej, Theo ten Brummelaar, Peter Tuthill, Gerard van Belle

Proceedings Volume 9146, 914610 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057262

KEYWORDS: Planets, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Stars, Imaging systems, Spatial resolution, Interferometry, Mid-IR, Interferometers, Exoplanets

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Open Access

The GRAVITY instrument software/high-level software

Leonard Burtscher, Ekkehard Wieprecht, Thomas Ott, Yitping Kok, Senol Yazici, Narsireddy Anugu, Roderick Dembet, Pierre Fedou, Sylvestre Lacour, Jürgen Ott, Thibaut Paumard, Vincent Lapeyrere, Pierre Kervella, Roberto Abuter, Eszter Pozna, Frank Eisenhauer, Nicolas Blind, Reinhard Genzel, Stefan Gillessen, Oliver Hans, Marcus Haug, Frank Haussmann, Stefan Kellner, Magdalena Lippa, Oliver Pfuhl, Eckhard Sturm, Johannes Weber, Antonio Amorim, Wolfgang Brandner, Karine Rousselet-Perraut, Guy Perrin, Christian Straubmeier, Markus Schöller

Proceedings Volume 9146, 91462B (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055928

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Process control, Control systems, Cameras, Telescopes, Signal detection, Data acquisition, Computing systems, Interferometers, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 21 July 2014 Paper

Overview of the MICADO SCAO system

Yann Clénet, Tristan Buey, Gérard Rousset, Mathieu Cohen, Philippe Feautrier, Eric Gendron, Zoltan Hubert, Fanny Chemla, Damien Gratadour, Pierre Baudoz, Sylvestre Lacour, Anthony Boccaletti, Arnaud Sevin, Fabrice Vidal, Raphaël Galicher, Denis Perret, Bertrand Le Ruyet, Frédéric Chapron, Eric Stadler, Patrick Rabou, Laurent Jocou, Sylvain Rochat, Gaël Chauvin, Richard Davies

Proceedings Volume 9148, 91480Z (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055220

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Coronagraphy, Point spread functions, Relays, Cameras, Telescopes, Device simulation, Mirrors, Real-time computing, Wavefront sensors

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Proceedings Article | 14 July 2014 Paper

An aperture masking mode for the MICADO instrument

S. Lacour, P. Baudoz, E. Gendron, A. Boccaletti, R. Galicher, Y. Clénet, D. Gratadour, T. Buey, G. Rousset, M. Hartl, R. Davies

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91479F (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057070

KEYWORDS: Spatial frequencies, Adaptive optics, Cameras, Telescopes, Optical transfer functions, Astronomy, K band, Image segmentation, Fourier transforms, Electroluminescent displays

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

Development and recent results from the Subaru coronagraphic extreme adaptive optics system

N. Jovanovic, O. Guyon, F. Martinache, C. Clergeon, G. Singh, T. Kudo, K. Newman, J. Kuhn, E. Serabyn, B. Norris, P. Tuthill, P. Stewart, E. Huby, G. Perrin, S. Lacour, S. Vievard, N. Murakami, O. Fumika, Y. Minowa, Y. Hayano, J. White, O. Lai, F. Marchis, G. Duchene, T. Kotani, J. Woillez

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91471Q (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057249

KEYWORDS: Wavefront sensors, Point spread functions, Coronagraphy, Adaptive optics, Wavefronts, Speckle, Cameras, Deformable mirrors, Sensors, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

FIRST - a fibered aperture masking instrument: on-sky results

Elsa Huby, Guy Perrin, Franck Marchis, Sylvestre Lacour, Takayuki Kotani, Gaspard Duchêne, Elodie Choquet, Elinor Gates, Julien Woillez, Olivier Lai

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84461Z (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925615

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Prototyping, Diffraction, Phase measurement, Adaptive optics, Observatories, Stars, Optical fibers, Speckle, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 12 September 2012 Paper

Probing dusty circumstellar environments with polarimetric aperture-masking interferometry

Barnaby Norris, Peter Tuthill, Michael Ireland, Sylvestre Lacour, Albert Zijlstra, Foteini Lykou, Thomas Evans, Paul Stewart, Timothy Bedding, Olivier Guyon, Frantz Martinache

Proceedings Volume 8445, 844503 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925838

KEYWORDS: Stars, Polarimetry, Polarization, Visibility, Interferometry, Calibration, Telescopes, Spatial resolution, Planets, Scattering

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Proceedings Article | 12 September 2012 Paper

Discrete optical multi-aperture combiner: instrumental concept

Stefano Minardi, Lucas Labadie, Sylvestre Lacour

Proceedings Volume 8445, 844526 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926045

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Visibility, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Optical fibers, Interferometry, Photonics, Performance modeling, Data modeling, Photometry

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Proceedings Article | 12 September 2012 Paper

Progress and challenges with the Dragonfly instrument; an integrated photonic pupil-remapping interferometer

Nemanja Jovanovic, Peter Tuthill, Barnaby Norris, Simon Gross, Paul Stewart, Ned Charles, Sylvestre Lacour, Jon Lawrence, Gordon Robertson, Alexander Fuerbach, Michael Withford

Proceedings Volume 8445, 844505 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926012

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Fringe analysis, Telescopes, Microelectromechanical systems, Prototyping, Interferometers, Astronomy, Mirrors, Interferometry, Integrated photonics

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

Development of a high-dynamic range imaging instrument for a single telescope by a pupil remapping system

Takayuki Kotani, Sylvestre Lacour, Elodie Choquet, Elsa Huby, Guy Perrin, Pierre Fedou, Franck Marchis, Gaspard Duchene, Éric Thiébaut, Julien Woillez, Jean-Philippe Berger, Pascal Bordé, Olivier Chesneau, Pierre Kervella, Olivier Lai, Stephen Ridgway, Daniel Rouan, Alain Lecavelier des Etangs, Alfred Vidal-Madjar

Proceedings Volume 7734, 77343O (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856899

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, High dynamic range imaging, Imaging systems, Single mode fibers, Adaptive optics, Range imaging, Stars, Observatories, Space telescopes, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Open Access

GRAVITY: a four telescope beam combiner instrument for the VLTI

S. Gillessen, F. Eisenhauer, G. Perrin, W. Brandner, C. Straubmeier, K. Perraut, A. Amorim, M. Schöller, C. Araujo-Hauck, H. Bartko, H. Baumeister, J.-P. Berger, P. Carvas, F. Cassaing, F. Chapron, E. Choquet, Y. Clenet, C. Collin, A. Eckart, P. Fedou, S. Fischer, E. Gendron, R. Genzel, P. Gitton, F. Gonte, A. Gräter, P. Haguenauer, M. Haug, X. Haubois, T. Henning, S. Hippler, R. Hofmann, L. Jocou, S. Kellner, P. Kervella, R. Klein, N. Kudryavtseva, S. Lacour, V. Lapeyrere, W. Laun, P. Lena, R. Lenzen, J. Lima, D. Moratschke, D. Moch, T. Moulin, V. Naranjo, U. Neumann, A. Nolot, T. Paumard, O. Pfuhl, S. Rabien, J. Ramos, J. Rees, R.-R. Rohloff, D. Rouan, G. Rousset, A. Sevin, M. Thiel, K. Wagner, M. Wiest, S. Yazici, D. Ziegler

Proceedings Volume 7734, 77340Y (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856689

KEYWORDS: Stars, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Sensors, Interferometry, Integrated optics, Spectroscopy, Wavefront sensors, Near infrared, Metrology

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

The GRAVITY integrated optics beam combination

L. Jocou, K. Perraut, A. Nolot, J. P. Berger, T. Moulin, P. Labeye, S. Lacour, G. Perrin, J. B. Lebouquin, H. Bartko, M. Thiel, F. Eisenhauer

Proceedings Volume 7734, 773430 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856375

KEYWORDS: Information operations, Prototyping, Integrated optics, Interferometry, K band, Telescopes, Phase shifts, Silica, Silicon, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

The fringe detection laser metrology for the GRAVITY interferometer at the VLTI

H. Bartko, S. Gillessen, S. Rabien, M. Thiel, A. Gräter, M. Haug, S. Kellner, F. Eisenhauer, S. Lacour, C. Straubmeier, J.-P. Berger, L. Jocou, W. Chibani, S. Lüst, D. Moch, O. Pfuhl, W. Fabian, C. Araujo-Hauck, K. Perraut, W. Brandner, G. Perrin, A. Amorim

Proceedings Volume 7734, 773421 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856698

KEYWORDS: Metrology, Calibration, Phase shifts, Laser metrology, Infrared cameras, Diodes, Telescopes, Sensors, Phase measurement, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

Photonic technologies for a pupil remapping interferometer

Peter Tuthill, Nemanja Jovanovic, Sylvestre Lacour, Andrew Lehmann, Martin Ams, Graham Marshall, Jon Lawrence, Michael Withford, Gordon Robertson, Michael Ireland, Benjamin Pope, Paul Stewart

Proceedings Volume 7734, 77341P (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856770

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Interferometers, Telescopes, Spatial filters, Adaptive optics, Signal to noise ratio, Single mode fibers, Interferometry, Space telescopes, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2010 Paper

Sparse aperture masking (SAM) at NAOS/CONICA on the VLT

Peter Tuthill, Sylvestre Lacour, Paola Amico, Michael Ireland, Barnaby Norris, Paul Stewart, Tom Evans, Adam Kraus, Christopher Lidman, Emanuela Pompei, Nicholas Kornweibel

Proceedings Volume 7735, 77351O (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856806

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Interferometry, Cameras, Stars, Telescopes, Polarimetry, Calibration, Signal to noise ratio, Polarization, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2008 Paper

Characterization of integrated optics components for the second generation of VLTI instruments

S. Lacour, L. Jocou, T. Moulin, P. Labeye, M. Benisty, J.-P. Berger, A. Delboulbé, X. Haubois, E. Herwats, P. Kern, F. Malbet, K. Rousselet-Perraut, G. Perrin

Proceedings Volume 7013, 701316 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789795

KEYWORDS: Integrated optics, Telescopes, K band, Semiconducting wafers, Waveguides, Phase shifts, Information operations, Modulation, Photomasks, Single mode fibers

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2008 Paper

Optical design of the Dragonfly interferometric imager

J. Gordon Robertson, Peter Tuthill, Sylvestre Lacour

Proceedings Volume 7013, 70133R (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787687

KEYWORDS: Microelectromechanical systems, Microlens, Microlens array, Interferometry, Spatial filters, Telescopes, Single mode fibers, Adaptive optics, Diffraction, Prisms

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2008 Open Access

GRAVITY: getting to the event horizon of Sgr A*

F. Eisenhauer, G. Perrin, W. Brandner, C. Straubmeier, A. Richichi, S. Gillessen, J. P. Berger, S. Hippler, A. Eckart, M. Schöller, S. Rabien, F. Cassaing, R. Lenzen, M. Thiel, Y. Clénet, J. R. Ramos, S. Kellner, P. Fédou, H. Baumeister, R. Hofmann, E. Gendron, A. Boehm, H. Bartko, X. Haubois, R. Klein, K. Dodds-Eden, K. Houairi, F. Hormuth, A. Gräter, L. Jocou, V. Naranjo, R. Genzel, P. Kervella, T. Henning, N. Hamaus, S. Lacour, U. Neumann, M. Haug, F. Malbet, W. Laun, J. Kolmeder, T. Paumard, R.-R. Rohloff, O. Pfuhl, K. Perraut, J. Ziegleder, D. Rouan, G. Rousset

Proceedings Volume 7013, 70132A (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788407

KEYWORDS: Stars, Telescopes, Near infrared, Adaptive optics, Metrology, Sensors, Interferometry, Integrated optics, Wavefront sensors, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2008 Paper

The FIRST project: a single-mode fiber-based very high-dynamic range diffraction-limited imaging instrument at visible to near-infrared wavelengths

Takayuki Kotani, Guy Perrin, Sylvestre Lacour, Eric Thiébaut, Julien Woillez, Pierre Fedou, Jean-Philippe Berger, Pascal Bordé, Olivier Chesneau, Pierre Kervella, Olivier Lai, Alain Lecavelier, Stephen Ridgway, Daniel Rouan, Alfred Vidal-Madjar

Proceedings Volume 7014, 70141P (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789008

KEYWORDS: High dynamic range imaging, Range imaging, Telescopes, Astronomy, Point spread functions, Visibility, Diffraction, Imaging systems, Exoplanets, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 14 June 2006 Paper

Remapping the pupil

S. Lacour, G. Perrin

Proceedings Volume 6265, 62652I (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672791

KEYWORDS: Visibility, High dynamic range imaging, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Spatial filters, Optical transfer functions, Image restoration, Interferometry, Apodization, Error analysis

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2005 Paper

Single-mode filtering and pupil remapping

S. Lacour, G. Perrin

Proceedings Volume 5905, 590519 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.617917

KEYWORDS: Visibility, Imaging systems, Single mode fibers, Calibration, Telescopes, Spatial frequencies, Colorimetry, Sensors, Modulation transfer functions, High dynamic range imaging

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 2004 Paper

Aperture masking interferometry and single-mode fibers

Sylvestre Lacour, Guy Perrin, Julien Woillez, Francois Assemat, Eric Thiebault

Proceedings Volume 5491, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551746

KEYWORDS: Visibility, Single mode fibers, Interferometry, Optical fibers, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Calibration, Wavefronts, Turbulence, Phase measurement

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 2004 Paper

Multiple-beam combination for faint objects

Erez Ribak, Guy Perrin, Sylvestre Lacour

Proceedings Volume 5491, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.580224

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Fringe analysis, Colorimetry, Collimation, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Interferometry, Fiber couplers, Glasses, Lenses

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