Wavefront Sensing in the VLT / ELT era VIII

9:00 - 9:40 (40min)

Arrival / Registration

Registration desk open for collection of badges, delegate packs, upload of presentation files.

9:40 - 11:00 (1h20)

WFS needs for new applications (space debris, FSO comms, ...)

Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)

› Investigating The Feasibility of a Thin Diffuser Based Wavefront Sensor - Daniel Leporda, Applied Optics Group, Physics Unit, School of Natural Sciences, University of Galway 09:40-10:00 (20min)

› Atmospheric optical turbulence as a continuous shared key generator - Lazar Staykov - Durham University 10:00-10:20 (20min)

› Modelling of a novel point diffraction interferometer wavefront sensor design for laser guide star wavefront phase retrieval - Erin Holdorf, The Australian National University 10:20-10:40 (20min)

› Wavefront sensing technologies for bioimaging - Yan Feng, Laboratory of Biology, Engineering and Imaging for Ophthalmology (BiiO), Faculty of Medicine, Health Innovation campus, Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, France 10:40-11:00 (20min)

11:00 - 11:40 (40min)

Coffee break

Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)

11:40 - 13:00 (1h20)

WFS for High-Constrast Imaging (HCI)

Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)

› Upgrading SPHERE with the second stage AO system SAXO+ - Maud Langlois, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon 11:40-12:00 (20min)

› Performances of the integrated Mach-Zehnder wavefront sensor for extreme adaptive optics - Maud Langlois, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon 12:00-12:20 (20min)

› AO performance and optical gain tracking with a polychromatic pyramid WFS - Aurelie Magniez, Durham University 12:20-12:40 (20min)

› Closing me softly - Handing over from the ELT under mis-registered conditions - Markus Feldt, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy 12:40-13:00 (20min)

13:00 - 14:00 (1h)

Lunch

Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)

14:00 - 15:20 (1h20)

WFS for High-Constrast Imaging (HCI)

Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)

› Developments on LLNL's High Contrast Testbed and Lick/ShaneAO - Benjamin Gerard, LLNL 14:00-14:20 (20min)

› Pushing high contrast with new wavefront control methods - Valentin Fonteneau, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon 14:20-14:40 (20min)

› RISTRETTO: Current Status and Error Budget of Its High-Performance Multi-Stage XAO System - Mathieu Motte, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, CNES, LAM, DOTA, ONERA [Salon-de-Provence] 14:40-15:00 (20min)

› Update from the Starfire High-contrast Adaptive Optics Wfs (SHADOW) testbed - Mala Mateen, AFRL/RDS 15:00-15:20 (20min)

15:20 - 16:00 (40min)

Coffee break

Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)

16:00 - 16:40 (40min)

WFS for extended objects

Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)

› Fusing focal and pupil plane wavefront sensors: Combining the Zernike and Shack-Harmann wavefront sensors for high dynamic, high sensitivity wavefront sensing - Francisco Oyarzun, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, CNES, LAM 16:00-16:20 (20min)

› Exploring the Ingot Wavefront Sensor for Sodium Laser Guide Stars in the laboratory - Tania Sofia Gomes Machado, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Galileo Galilei", Università di Padova, ADONI - Laboratorio Nazionale di Ottica Adattiva Italiano 16:20-16:40 (20min)

19:00 - 21:00 (2h)

Dinner

The Hub, Mount Oswald

Planning