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12:00 - 13:00 (1h)
Arrival / Registration
Registration desk open for collection of badges, delegate packs, upload of presentation files.
13:00 - 13:10 (10min)
Welcome
Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)
Tim Morris
13:20 - 14:40 (1h20)
Laboratory and on sky demonstration of new designs and concepts
Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)
› Spatiotemporal statistics of optical turbulence at the ground layer.
- Dario Perez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
13:20-13:40 (20min)
› MATTO - The Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Techniques Test Optics
- Simone Di Filipo - INAF
13:40-14:00 (20min)
› The Asgard/BIFROST beam combination instrument for VLTI
- Stefan Kraus, University of Exeter, Astrophysics Group
14:00-14:20 (20min)
› Using a pyramid wavefront sensor off-zero: from theory to practice
- Arnaud STRIFFLING, DOTA, ONERA [Salon], Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
14:20-14:40 (20min)
14:40 - 15:20 (40min)
Coffee break
Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)
15:20 - 17:00 (1h40)
Hybrid and multi-stage WFSensing
Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)
› Co-phasing of Segmented Mirrors Using the Dispersed Fringe Sensor
- Radhika Dharmadhikari, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, University of Calcutta
15:20-15:40 (20min)
› End-to-end numerical simulations of SAXO+, a two-stage AO system for high-contrast imaging
- Charles Goulas, LESIA
15:40-16:00 (20min)
› The Phasing and Diagnostic Station of the ELT
- Thomas Pfrommer, European Southern Observatory
16:00-16:20 (20min)
› Advances in SPAD array-based time-resolved wavefront sensing
- Jean-Pierre Veran, NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics
16:20-16:40 (20min)
› Phasing tests with the Natural Guide star Wavefront Sensor Prototype for the Giant Magellan Telescope
- Cedric Plantet, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri
16:40-17:00 (20min)
17:00 - 17:20 (20min)
Transfer to Ogden Centre West
17:20 - 19:20 (2h)
Poster Session
Ogden Centre West
› Advances in real-time implementation for deep learning wavefront sensors
- Benjamin Gonzalez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
17:20-19:20 (2h)
› Diversification of Camera Technology in Support of Varied Wavefront Sensing Applications
- Tom Seccull, Oxford Instruments Andor, 7 Millennium Way, Springvale Business Park, Belfast, BT12 7AL, UK
17:20-19:20 (2h)
› Durham Adaptive Optics (DAO) real-time controller
- Barr David, Durham University
17:20-19:20 (2h)
› Emulating atmospheric surface layer conditions with a forced convector for optical turbulence studies
- Pablo Garrido, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
17:20-19:20 (2h)
› Exploring the Axicon for modulation-free Wavefront Sensing using deep learning
- Jorge Tapia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
17:20-19:20 (2h)
› Holographic Modal Wavefront Sensing for Active and Adaptive Optics
- Raveena Koliyatan Manamparambil, University of Galway
17:20-19:20 (2h)
› Joint deep learning optics and reconstruction for unmodulated pyramid wavefront sensing
- Nicolas Hernandez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
17:20-19:20 (2h)
› Neural Networks for Turbulence Prediction and Characterization in Adaptive Optics
- Alejandro Buendía, Instituto Universitario de Ciencias y Tecnologías Espaciales de Asturias (ICTEA)
17:20-19:20 (2h)
› Piston sensing using multi-shot coded aperture complex wavefront sensing
- Bastián Romero, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
17:20-19:20 (2h)
› Single Star SCIDAR: Atmospheric parameters profiling using the power spectrum of scintillation.
- Youssef Errazzouki, Laboratoire de Physique des Hautes Energies et Astrophysique (LPHEA) FSSM, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech - Morocco
17:20-19:20 (2h)
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)
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› 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
- Camille Graf, 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 - 17:00 (1h)
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)
› Comparing the Shack-Harmann and Pyramid wavefront sensors with laser guide stars for 40 m telescopes
- Francisco Oyarzun, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, CNES, LAM
16:40-17:00 (20min)
19:00 - 21:00 (2h)
Dinner
The Hub, Mount Oswald
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)
Reconstruction methods & AI
Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)
› Fourier-type wavefront sensing in linear and nonlinear regimes
- Victoria Hutterer, Industrial Mathematics Institute, Johannes Kepler University Linz
09:40-10:00 (20min)
› Improved Fourier-plane wavefront sensors for neural network reconstruction
- Esteban Vera, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
10:00-10:20 (20min)
› On how to gain 60nm RMS (for the instrument METIS) in AO Control, or: A stable DM fitting avoiding modal truncation
- Andreas Obereder, MathConsult GmbH
10:20-10:40 (20min)
› Towards joint wavefront sensing and scene reconstruction with photonic lanterns: automated characterisation with digital off-axis holography
- Adam K. Taras, Astralis-Usyd, Sydney Institute for Astronomy, The University of Sydney, Sydney Astrophotonic Instrumentation Laboratory, School of Physics, The University of Sydney
10:40-11:00 (20min)
11:00 - 11:40 (40min)
Coffee break
Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)
11:40 - 13:00 (1h20)
Reconstruction methods & AI
Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)
› PO4AO: XAO control with model-based reinforcement learning
- Jalo Nousiainen, European Southern Observatory
11:40-12:00 (20min)
› SLM-based WFS AO Test-bench for Machine Learning; Design and Future Experiments
- Deborah Malone, Durham University
12:00-12:20 (20min)
13:00 - 14:00 (1h)
Lunch
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