Dr. Frédéric Yves Joseph Gonté Profile

Dr. Frédéric Yves Joseph Gonté

Optical Engineer at European Southern Observatory

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Publications (61)

Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Opto-mechanical design of GRAVITY+ wavefront sensor

Nikhil More, Reinhard Genzel, Frank Eisenhauer, Dieter Lutz, Stefan Gillessen, Josef Schubert, Michael Hartl, Frank Haussmann, Christian Rehm, Harald Weisz, Şenol Yazici, Helmut Feuchtgruber, Christian Rau, Sinem Uysal, Guillaume Bourdarot, Ekkehard Wieprecht, Thomas Ott, Maximilian Fabricius, Felix Widmann, Antonia Drescher, Jingyi Shangguan, Taro Shimizu, Frederic Gonté, Julien Woillez, Nicolas Schuhler, Pierre Bourget, Sylvain Oberti, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Thibaut Paumard, Florentine Millour, Christian Straubmeier, Laura Kreidberg, Paulo Garcia, Tiago Gomes, Sebastian Hoenig, Denis Defrére

Proceedings Volume 13095, 130952E (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018880

KEYWORDS: Wavefront sensors, Design, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Beam splitters, Interfaces, Tolerancing, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

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

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 + Paper

Presentation + Paper

GRAVITY+ Wide: towards hundreds of z ∼ 2 AGN, larger throughput and improved vibrational control

Maximilian Fabricius, Julien Woillez, Roberto Abuter, Guillaume Bourdarot, Pierre Bourget, Wolfgang Brandner, Amit Brara, Denis Defrère, Antonia Drescher, Frank Eisenhauer, Helmut Feuchtgruber, Robert Frahm, Reinhard Genzel, Stefan Gillessen, Frédéric Gonté, Vishaal Gopinath, Jonas Graf, Michael Hartl, Frank Haußmann, Sebastian Hönig, Matthew Horrobin, Paulo J. Garcia, Tilo Jilg, Laura Kreidberg, Romain Laugier, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Mari Lena Bolzer, Dieter Lutz, Nikhil More, Thomas Ott, Hakan Özdemir, Thibaut Paumard, Karine Perraut, Guy Perrin, Christian Rau, Christian Rehm, Jonas Sauter, Nicolas Schuhler, Daniel Schuppe, Jinyi Shangguan, Taro Shimizu, Christian Straubmeier, Matthias Subroweit, Sinem Uysal, Patrick Wessely, Felix Widmann, Ekkehard Wieprecht, Lukas Wimmer, Senol Yazici, Hagen Prowatke, Ralf Böttcher

Proceedings Volume 13095, 130950B (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019984

KEYWORDS: Astronomical interferometers, Control systems, Beam path, Mirrors, Vibration, Vibration control, Telescopes, Optical benches, Optical path differences

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Presentation

Presentation

GRAVITY+ wavefront sensors: high-contrast, laser guide star, adaptive optics systems for the VLTI

Guillaume Bourdarot, Frank Eisenhauer, Şenol Yazıcı, Helmut Feuchtgruber, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Michael Hartl, Christian Rau, Jonas Graf, Nikhil More, Ekkehard Wieprecht, Frank Haussmann, Felix Widmann, Dieter Lutz, Reinhard Genzel, Frederic Gonté, Sylvain Oberti, Johann Kolb, Julien Woillez, Henri Bonnet, Daniel Schuppe, Amit Brara, Johannes Hartwig, Armin Goldbrunner, Christoph Furchtsam, Franz Soller, Stefan Czempiel, Johann Eibl, David Huber, Sinem Uysal, Irmgard Treffler, Hakan Özdemir, Vishaal Gopinath, Pierre Bourget, Anthony Berdeu, Stefan Gillessen, Thomas Ott, Philippe Berio, Olivier Boebion, Florentin Millour, Roderick Dembet, Clémence Edouard, Tiago Gomes, Taro Shimizu, Antonia Drescher, Maximilian Fabricius, Jinyi Shangguan, Stéphane Lagarde, Sylvie Robbe-Dubois, Fatmé Allouche, Hugo Nowacki, Denis Defrère, Paulo J. Garcia, Sebastian Hoenig, Laura Kreidberg, Thibaut Paumard, Christian Straubmeier

Proceedings Volume 13095, 130950N (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018388

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Presentation

Presentation

New GRAVITY+ observing modes to push for fainter and more precise observations

Antonia Drescher, Michaela Benthaus, Guillaume Bourdarot, Wolfgang Brandner, Denis Defrère, Frank Eisenhauer, Maximilian Fabricius, Helmut Feuchtgruber, Paulo Garcia, Reinhard Genzel, Stefan Gillessen, Frederic Gonte, Jonas Graf, Michael Hartl, Frank Haussmann, Sebastian Hönig, Laura Kreidberg, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Dieter Lutz, Felix Mang, Florentin Millour, Nikki More, Thomas Ott, Thibaut Paumard, Karine Perraut, Guy Perrin, Christian Rau, Jingyi Shangguan, Taro Shimizu, Christian Straubmeier, Matthias Subroweit, Sinem Uysal, Sebastiano von Fellenberg, Felix Widmann, Ekkehard Wieprecht, Julien Woillez, Senol Yazici

Proceedings Volume 13095, 130950O (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018972

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Infrastructure upgrade of Antu, Kueyen, and Melipal for the implementation of laser guide stars for the GRAVITY+ project

Michael Tucker Booth, Malte Scherbarth, Frédéric Gonté, Jose Antonio Abad, Bernardo Aguilera, Patricio Alarcon, Iván Alvarez, Luis Alvial, Eduardo Atton, Alexis Beltran, Israel Barraza, Pablo Barriga, Helen Bedigan, Christopher Binimelis, Oscar Briones, Rodrigo Candia, Luis Caniguante, Robin Capocci, Cesar Cardenas, Danissa Cardenas, Abdón Chala, Reinaldo Contreras, Ralf Conzelmann, Alain Delboulbé, Francoise Delplancke, Juan Diaz, Alejandro Doberti, Max Engelhardt, Jorge Fernandez, Eloy Fuenteseca, Fernando Garcia, Christian Garrido, Paul Garrido, Iván Guidolin, Pablo Gutierrez, Ronald Guzman, Wolfgang Hackenberg, Yerko Juica, Jean-Paul Kirchbauer, Demostenes Kirkmann, Peter Krempl, Juan Lorenzo, Alfredo Mella, Jhorvis Meza, Felipe Miranda, Sebastian Nunes, Sylvain Oberti, Francisco Olivares, Mario Opazo, Miguel Riquelme, Jordán Rivera, Miguel Robles, Fernando Salgado, Sylvain Rochat, Edson Rojas, Nicolas Schuler, Izzy Tambay, Richard Tamblay, Esteban Unmanzor, Herman Vega, Francisco Villanueva, Ricardo Whilem, Julien Woillez, Juan Zúñiga, Luis Zúñiga

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130969A (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020005

KEYWORDS: Safety, Telescopes, Laser guide stars, Mirrors, Equipment, Large telescopes, Astronomical interferometers, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

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 | 26 August 2022 Poster + Paper

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

Presentation + Paper

GRAVITY faint: reducing noise sources in GRAVITY+ with a fast metrology attenuation system

Felix Widmann, Stefan Gillessen, Thomas Ott, Taro Shimizu, Frank Eisenhauer, Maximilian Fabricius, Julien Woillez, Frédéric Gonté, Matthew Horrobin, Jingyi Shangguan, Senol Yazici, Guy Perrin, Thibaut Paumard, Wolfgang Brandner, Laura Kreidberg, Christian Straubmeier, Karin Perraut, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Paulo Garcia, Sebastian Hönig, Denis Defrère, Guillaume Bourdarot, Antonia Drescher, Helmut Feuchtgruber, Reinhard Genzel, Michael Hartl, Dieter Lutz, Nikhil More, Christian Rau, Sinem Uysal, Ekkehard Wieprecht

Proceedings Volume 12183, 121830U (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628813

KEYWORDS: Astronomical interferometers, Near infrared, Metrology, Laser metrology, Sensors, Signal to noise ratio, Backscatter, Telescopes, Fourier transforms, Stars, Diodes, Fiber couplers

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

GRAVITY+ Wide: towards hundreds of z ~ 2 AGN

Antonia Drescher, Maximilian Fabricius, Taro Shimizu, Julien Woillez, Pierre Bourget, Felix Widmann, Jinyi Shangguan, Christian Straubmeier, Matthew Horrobin, Nicolas Schuhler, Frank Eisenhauer, Frederic Gonté, Stefan Gillessen, Thomas Ott, Guy Perrin, Thibaut Paumard, Wolfgang Brandner, Laura Kreidberg, Karine Perraut, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Paulo Garcia, Sebastian Hönig, Denis Defrère, Guillaume Bourdarot, Helmut Feuchtgruber, Reinhard Genzel, Michael Hartl, Frank Haussmann, Dieter Lutz, Nikhil More, Christian Rau, Jonas Sauter, Sinem Uysal, Patrick Wessely, Ekkehard Wieprecht, Lukas Wimmer, Senol Yazici

Proceedings Volume 12183, 121830T (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628921

KEYWORDS: Fourier transforms, Visibility, Mirrors, Stars, Atmospheric turbulence, Atmospheric modeling, Adaptive optics, Relays, Turbulence

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Proceedings Article | 18 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

A status report on the instruments for ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope

Suzanne Ramsay, Paola Amico, Naidu Bezawada, Fabio Biancat Marchet, Patrick Caillier, Michele Cirasuolo, Ralf Conzelmann, Reinhold Dorn, Sebastian Egner, Christoph Frank, Elizabeth George, Frederic Gonte, Juan Carlos González Herrera, Peter Hammersley, Christoph Haupt, Derek Ives, Gerd Jakob, Florian Kerber, Bertrand Koehler, Sylvain Oberti, Christian Schmid, Johannes Schimpelsberger, Ulf Seemann, Ralf Siebenmorgen, Roberto Tamai, Joël Vernet

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114471U (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562555

KEYWORDS: Large telescopes, Spectrographs, Adaptive optics, Imaging systems, Cameras, Mid-IR, Tomography, Astronomical imaging

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

HARMONI: first light spectroscopy for the ELT: instrument final design and quantitative performance predictions

Niranjan Thatte, Ian Bryson, Fraser Clarke, Vanessa Ferraro-Wood, Thierry Fusco, David Le Mignant, Dave Melotte, Benoit Neichel, Hermine Schnetler, Matthias Tecza, Santiago Arribas, Alejandro Crespo, Alberto Estrada Piqueras, Miriam García García, Miguel Pereira Santaella, Javier Piqueras López, Jeremy Blaizot, Nicholas Bouché, Didier Boudon, Diane Chapuis, Eric Daguise, Karen Disseau, Matthieu Guibert, Aurelien Jarno, Alexandre Jeanneau, Florence Laurent, Magali Loupias, Jean-Emmanuel Migniau, Laure Piqueras, Alban Remillieux, Johan Richard, Arlette Pécontal-Rousset, Lisa Bardou, Madeline Close, Rishi Deshmukh, Sofia Dimoudi, Marc Dubbledam, David King, Simon Morris, Timothy Morris, Kieran O'Brien, Lazar Staykov, Mark Swinbank, Matthew Townson, Eddy Younger, Matteo Accardo, Domingo Avarez Mendez, Ralf Conzelmann, Sebastian Egner, Elizabeth George, Frederic Gonté, Joshua Hopgood, Derek Ives, Leander Mehrgan, Eric Mueller, Celine Peroux, Joel Vernet, Angel Alonso Sanchez, Battaglia Giuseppina, Miguel Cagigas, José Miguel Delgado, Patricia Fernandez Izquierdo, Ana Belén Fragoso López, Maria Begoña Garcia-Lorenzo, Elvio Hernandez Suarez, José Miguel Herreros Linares, Enrique Joven, Roberto López, Yolanda Martín Hernando, Evencio Mediavilla, Ana Monreal, José Peñate Castro, Jose Luis Rasilla, Rafael Rebolo, Luis Fernando Rodríguez-Ramos, Afrodisio Vega Moreno, Teodora Viera, Alexis Carlotti, Jean-Jacques Correia, Alain Delboulbe, Sylvain Guieu, Adrien Hours, Zoltan Hubert, Laurent Jocou, Yves Magnard, Thibaut Moulin, Fabrice Pancher, Patrick Rabou, Eric Stadler, Thierry Contini, Marie Larrieu, Yan Fantei-Caujolle, Daniel Lecron, Sylvain Rousseau, Olivier Beltramo-Martin, William Bon, Anne Bonnefoi, William Ceria, Elodie Choquet, Carlos Correia, Anne Costille, Kjetil Dohlen, Franck Ducret, Kacem El-Hadi, Benoit Epinat, Romain Fetick, Jean-Luc Gach, Olivier Groussin, Issa Jaafar, Joel Le Merrer, Marc Llored, Felipe Pedreros, Edgard Renault, Patrice Sanchez, Arthur Vigan, Pascal Vola, Caroline Lim, Nicola Vedrenne, Cyril Petit, Jean-Francois Sauvage, Taha Bagci, Nick Cann, Jorge Chao Ortiz, Ellis Elliott, Tea Seitis, Ian Tosh, Josh Anderson, Martin Black, Charlotte Bond, Andy Born, Kenny Campbell, Neil Campbell, James Carruthers, William Cochrane, Naomi Dobson, Chris Evans, Angus Gallie, Oscar Gonzalez, Joel Harman, David Henry, William Humphreys, Tom Louth, Chris Miller, David Montgomery, John Murray, Norman O'Malley, Lynn Ritchie, Ruben Sanchez-Janssen, Noah Schwartz, Patrick Smith, Stuart Watt, Martyn Wells, Sandi Wilson, Kayhan Gultekin, Mario Mateo, Michael Meyer, Monica Valluri, Munadi Ahmad, Michael Booth, John Capone, Michele Cappellari, David Gooding, Kearn Grisdale, Andrea Hidalgo, James Kariuki, Ian Lewis, Adam Lowe, Jim Lynn, Alvaro Menduina, Zeynep Ozer, Roy Preece, Dimitra Rigopoulou, Myriam Rodrigues, Laurence Routledge

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114471W (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562144

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopes, Adaptive optics, Visible radiation, Spectrographs, Large telescopes, Spectral resolution, Modes of laser operation, Tomography, Quantitative analysis, Computer simulations

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

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

Presentation

First four telescopes large-separation off-axis fringe-tracking interferometry with GRAVITY at the VLTI

Feng Gao, Frank Eisenhauer, Julien Woillez, Pierre Bourget, Bruno Chazelas, Roderick Dembet, Frédéric Gonté, Jürgen Ott, Nicolas Schuhler, Gérard Zins, Frank Haussmann, Michael Hartl, Stefan Gillessen, Reinhard Genzel, Guy Perrin, Wolfgang Brandner, Thibaut Paumard, Karine Perraut, Paulo J. Garcia, Christian Straubmeier, António Amorim, Thomas Ott, Felix Widmann, Jinyi Shangguan, Odèle Straub, Sebastiano von Fellenberg, Eckhard Sturm, Oliver Pfuhl, Michi Bauboeck, Alejandra Jimenez-Rosales, Matthew Horrobin, Julia Stadler, Dieter Lutz, Taro Shimizu, Antonia Drescher, Mari Lena Bolzer

Proceedings Volume 11446, 114461I (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561408

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Interferometry, Interferometers, Atmospheric turbulence, Optical interferometry, Large telescopes, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

Paper

The ESO Extremely Large Telescope instrumentation programme

Suzanne Ramsay, Paola Amico, Naidu Bezawada, Michele Cirasuolo, Frédéric Derie, Sebastian Egner, Elizabeth George, Frédéric Gonté, Juan Carlos González Herrera, Peter Hammersley, Christoph Haupt, Jeroen Heijmans, Derek Ives, Gerd Jakob, Florian Kerber, Bertrand Koehler, Vincenzo Mainieri, Antonio Manescau, Sylvain Oberti, Paolo Padovani, Celine Peroux, Ralf Siebenmorgen, Roberto Tamai, Joël Vernet

Proceedings Volume 11203, 1120303 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2541400

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Large telescopes, Cameras, Spectroscopy, Exoplanets, Stars, Spectral resolution, Laser guide stars

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Proceedings Article | 17 July 2018 Paper

Paper

Characterization of ALPAO deformable mirrors for the NAOMI VLTI Auxiliary Telescopes adaptive optics

Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Jean-Philippe Berger, Jean-Luc Beuzit, Eric Cottalorda, Alain Delboulbe, Sebastien Egner, Frederic Yves Gonte, Sylvain Guieu, Pierre Haguenauer, Laurent Jocou, Yves Magnard, Thibaut Moulin, Sylvain Rochat, Christophe Vérinaud, Julien Woillez

Proceedings Volume 10703, 1070371 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313442

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Telescopes, Calibration, Deformable mirrors, Adaptive optics, Wavefronts, Astronomy, Turbulence, Interferometers

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

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NAOMI: the adaptive optics for the auxiliary telescopes of VLTI

Frédéric Gonté, Sebastien Egner, Pierre Haguenauer, Julien Woillez, Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier, Jaime Alonso, Luigi Andolfato, Pierre Bourget, Pascaline Darré, Roderick Dembet, Christophe Dupuy, Pablo Gutierrez, Stefan Huber, Norbert Hubin, Jean-Paul Kirchbauer, Johann Kolb, Johan Kosmalski, Alexander Meister, Luca Pasquini, Javier Reyes, Pavel Shchekaturov, Nicolas Schuhler, Christian Stephan, Guillermo Valdes, Christophe Vérinaud, Jean-Philippe Berger, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Sylvain Guieu, Alain Delboulbé, Laurent Jocou, Yves Magnard, Thibaut Moulin, Sylvain Rochat, Eric Stadler, Peter Krempl

Proceedings Volume 10701, 107010N (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312220

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Real-time computing, Deformable mirrors, Interferometry, Interferometers, Sensors, Mirrors, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

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VLTI status update: three years into the second generation

Julien Woillez, Pascaline Darré, Sebastien Egner, Frédéric Gonté, Xavier Haubois, Antoine Mérand, Nicolas Schuhler, José Antonio Abad, Roberto Abuter, Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier, Jaime Alonso, Luigi Andolfato, Pablo José Barriga, Juan Beltran, Jean-Philippe Berger, Pierre Bourget, Roland Brast, Paul Bristow, Luis Caniguante, Ralf Conzelmann, Angela Cortes, Alain Delboulbé, Françoise Delplancke-Ströbele, Diego Del Valle, Roderick Dembet, Frédéric Derie, Reinaldo Donoso, Philippe Duhoux, Christophe Dupuy, Andreas Förster, Eloy Fuenteseca, Robert Frahm, Daniel Gaytan, Andreas Glindemann, Jaime Gonzales, Thibaut Guerlet, Sylvain Guieu, Stéphane Guisard, Pablo Gutierrez, Pierre Haguenauer, Andreas Haimerl, Pierre van der Heyden, Stefan Huber, Norbert Hubin, Lieselotte Jochum, Laurent Jocou, Paul Jolley, Jean-Paul Kirchbauer, Johann Kolb, Johan Kosmalski, Peter Krempl, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Samuel Lévêque, Paul Lilley, Jean Louis Lizon, Yves Magnard, Pedro Mardones, Alexander Meister, Thibaut Moulin, Juan Osorio, Jürgen Ott, Laurent Pallanca, Jérôme Paufique, Marcus Pavez, Luca Pasquini, Isabelle Percheron, Lorenzo Pettazzi, Thanh Phan Duc, Jean Francois Pirard, Andres Pino, Sébastien Poupar, Jutta Quentin, Andres Ramírez, Javier Reyes, Robert Ridings, Sylvain Rochat, Thomas Rivinius, Fernando Salgado, Markus Schöller, Pavel Shchekaturov, Christian Stephan, Marcos Suarez, Richard Tamblay, Mario Tapia, Konrad Tristram, Guillermo Valdes, Christophe Verinaud, Willem-Jan de Wit, Gérard Zins

Proceedings Volume 10701, 1070103 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312042

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Metrology, Interferometers, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

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Getting ready for serial production of the segmented 39-meter ELT primary: status, challenges and strategies

M. Dimmler, P. Barriga, M. Cayrel, F. Derie, A. Foerster, F. Gonte, J. C. Gonzalez, L. Jochum, N. Kornweibel, S. Leveque, C. Lucuix, L. Pettazzi

Proceedings Volume 10700, 1070043 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312073

KEYWORDS: Manufacturing, Prototyping, Sensors, Polishing, Mirrors, Control systems, Electronics, Actuators, Design for manufacturability

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

Paper

The 2nd generation VLTI path to performance

Julien Woillez, Jaime Alonso, Jean-Philippe Berger, Henri Bonnet, Willem-Jan de Wit, Sebastian Egner, Frank Eisenhauer, Frédéric Gonté, Sylvain Guieu, Pierre Haguenauer, Antoine Mérand, Lorenzo Pettazzi, Sébastien Poupar, Markus Schöller, Nicolas Schuhler

Proceedings Volume 9907, 990706 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233971

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Wavefront sensors, Adaptive optics, Optical tracking, Stars, Infrared radiation, Interferometers, Astatine, Mirrors, Infrared telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

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VLT interferometer upgrade for the 2nd generation of interferometric instruments

Frederic Gonté, Julien Woillez, Nicolas Schuhler, Sebastian Egner, Antoine Merand, José Antonio Abad, Sergio Abadie, Roberto Abuter, Margarita Acuña, Fatmé Allouche, Jaime Alonso, Luigi Andolfalto, Pierre Antonelli, Gerardo Avila, Pablo José Barriga, Juan Beltran, Jean-Philippe Berger, Carlos Bolados, Henri Bonnet, Pierre Bourget, Roland Brast, Paul Bristow, Luis Caniguante, Roberto Castillo, Ralf Conzelmann, Angela Cortes, Françoise Delplancke, Diego Del Valle, Frederic Derie, Alvaro Diaz, Reinaldo Donoso, Reinhold Dorn, Philippe Duhoux, Christophe Dupuy, Frank Eisenhauer, Christian Elao, Eloy Fuenteseca, Ruben Fernandez, Daniel Gaytan, Andreas Glindemann, Jaime Gonzales, Sylvain Guieu, Stephane Guisard, Pierre Haguenauer, Andreas Haimerl, Volker Heinz, Juan Pablo Henriquez, P. van der Heyden, Norbert Hubin, Rodrigo Huerta, Lieselotte Jochum, Alfredo Leiva, Samuel Lévêque, Jean-Louis Lizon, Fernando Luco, Pedro Mardones, Angel Mellado, Juan Osorio, Jürgen Ott, Laurent Pallanca, Marcus Pavez, Luca Pasquini, Isabelle Percheron, Jean-Francois Pirard, Duc Than Phan, Juan Carlos Pineda, Andres Pino, Sebastien Poupar, Andres Ramírez, Claudio Reinero, Miguel Riquelme, Juan Romero, Thomas Rivinius, Chester Rojas, Felix Rozas, Fernando Salgado, Silvia Scheithauer, Christian Schmid, Markus Schöller, Waldo Siclari, Christian Stephan, Richard Tamblay, Mario Tapia, Konrad Tristram, Guillermo Valdes, Willem-Jan de Wit, Andrew Wright, Gerard Zins

Proceedings Volume 9907, 99071Z (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233350

KEYWORDS: Interferometry, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Interferometers, Stars, Infrared radiation, Interferometry, Astatine, Mirrors, Mid-IR, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

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An overview of the mid-infrared spectro-interferometer MATISSE: science, concept, and current status

A. Matter, B. Lopez, P. Antonelli, M. Lehmitz, F. Bettonvil, U. Beckmann, S. Lagarde, W. Jaffe, R. Petrov, P. Berio, F. Millour, S. Robbe-Dubois, A. Glindemann, P. Bristow, M. Schoeller, T. Lanz, T. Henning, G. Weigelt, M. Heininger, S. Morel, P. Cruzalebes, K. Meisenheimer, R. Hofferbert, S. Wolf, Y. Bresson, T. Agocs, F. Allouche, J.-C. Augereau, G. Avila, C. Bailet, J. Behrend, G. van Belle, J.-P. Berger, R. van Boekel, P. Bourget, R. Brast, J.-M. Clausse, C. Connot, R. Conzelmann, G. Csepany, W. Danchi, M. Delbo, C. Dominik, A. van Duin, E. Elswijk, Y. Fantei, G. Finger, A. Gabasch, F. Gonté, U. Graser, F. Guitton, S. Guniat, M. De Haan, P. Haguenauer, H. Hanenburg, K.-H. Hofmann, M. Hogerheijde, R. ter Horst, J. Hron, C Hummel, J. Isderda, D. Ives, G. Jakob, A. Jasko, P. Jolley, S. Kiraly, J. Kragt, T. Kroener, G. Kroes, S. Kuindersma, L. Labadie, W. Laun, C. Leinert, J.-L. Lizon, C. Lucuix, A. Marcotto, F. Martinache, G. Martinot-Lagarde, N. Mauclert, L. Mehrgan, A. Meilland, M. Mellein, S. Menardi, A. Merand, U. Neumann, E. Nussbaum, S. Ottogalli, R. Palsa, J. Panduro, E. Pantin, I. Percheron, T. Phan Duc, J.-U. Pott, E. Pozna, R. Roelfsema, G. Rupprecht, D. Schertl, C. Schmidt, M. Schuil, A. Spang, J. Stegmeier, N. Tromp, F. Vakili, M. Vannier, K. Wagner, L. Venema, J. Woillez

Proceedings Volume 9907, 99070A (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233052

KEYWORDS: Mid-IR, Interferometry, Telescopes, Signal detection, Sensors, Stars, Spectral resolution, Fourier transforms, L band, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

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NAOMI: a low-order adaptive optics system for the VLT interferometer

Frédéric Yves Gonté, Jaime Alonso, Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier, Luigi Andolfato, Jean-Philippe Berger, Angela Cortes, Françoise Delplancke-Strobele, Rob Donaldson, Reinhold Dorn, Christophe Dupuy, Sebastian Egner, Stefan Huber, Norbert Hubin, Jean-Paul Kirchbauer, Miska Le Louarn, Paul Lilley, Paul Jolley, Alessandro Martis, Jérôme Paufique, Luca Pasquini, Jutta Quentin, Robert Ridings, Javier Reyes, Pavel Shchkaturov, Marcos Suarez, Thanh Phan Duc, Guillermo Valdes, Julien Woillez, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Jean-Luc Beuzit, Sylvain Rochat, Christophe Vérinaud, Thibaut Moulin, Alain Delboulbé, Laurence Michaud, Jean-Jacques Correia, Alain Roux, Didier Maurel, Eric Stadler, Yves Magnard

Proceedings Volume 9907, 990720 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233993

KEYWORDS: Interferometry, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Mirrors, Astatine, Relays, Actuators, Stars, Real-time computing, Deformable mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

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CIAO: wavefront sensors for GRAVITY

Silvia Scheithauer, Wolfgang Brandner, Casey Deen, Tobias Adler, Henri Bonnet, Pierre Bourget, Fanny Chemla, Yann Clenet, Francoise Delplancke, Monica Ebert, Frank Eisenhauer, Michael Esselborn, Gert Finger, Eric Gendron, Adrian Glauser, Frederic Gonte, Thomas Henning, Stefan Hippler, Armin Huber, Zoltan Hubert, Gerd Jakob, Lieselotte Jochum, Laurent Jocou, Sarah Kendrew, Ralf Klein, Johann Kolb, Martin Kulas, Werner Laun, Rainer Lenzen, Marcus Mellein, Eric Müller, Javier Moreno-Ventas, Udo Neumann, Sylvain Oberti, Jürgen Ott, Laurent Pallanca, Johana Panduro, Jose Ramos, Miguel Riquelme, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, Gérard Rousset, Nicolas Schuhler, Marcos Suarez, Gerard Zins

Proceedings Volume 9909, 99092L (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232997

KEYWORDS: Wavefront sensors, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Observatories, Infrared telescopes, Stars, Infrared sensors, Wavefront sensors, Infrared telescopes, Infrared radiation, Sensors, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

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Rejuvenation of a ten-year old AO curvature sensor: combining obsolescence correction and performance upgrade of MACAO

P. Haguenauer, E. Fedrigo, L. Pettazzi, C. Reinero, F. Gonte, L. Pallanca, R. Frahm, J. Woillez, P. Lilley

Proceedings Volume 9909, 99092Y (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230839

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Wavefront sensors, Sensors, Wavefront sensors, Avalanche photodetectors, Real-time computing, Wavefronts, Stars, Observatories, Software development, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 26 July 2016 Paper

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How to create space inside the VLTI: PIONIER 3D project

P. Bourget, G. Zins, S. Guieu, N. Schuhler, P. Haguenauer, S. Poupar, J. Berger, F. Gonté, J. Lebouquin, T. Rivinius, A. Mérand, L. Jocou

Proceedings Volume 9907, 99071Q (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231666

KEYWORDS: Interferometry, Astrophysics, Interferometers, Sensors, Integrated optics, Optical alignment, Calibration, Mirrors, Optical benches, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 5 August 2014 Paper

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MUSE dream conclusion: the sky verdict

P. Caillier, M. Accardo, L. Adjali, H. Anwand, R. Bacon, D. Boudon, L. Capoani, E. Daguisé, M. Dupieux, C. Dupuy, M. Francois, A. Glindemann, D. Gojak, F. Gonté, N. Haddad, G. Hansali, T. Hahn, A. Jarno, A. Kelz, C. Koehler, J. Kosmalski, F. Laurent, M. Larrieu, J.-L. Lizon, M. Loupias, A. Manescau, J.-E. Migniau, C. Monstein, H. Nicklas, L. Parès, A. Pécontal-Rousset, L. Piqueras, R. Reiss, A. Remillieux, E. Renault, G. Rupprecht, O. Streicher, R. Stuik, H. Valentin, J. Vernet, P. Weilbacher, G. Zins

Proceedings Volume 9150, 91500D (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056845

KEYWORDS: Free space optics, Telescopes, Observatories, Manufacturing, Image quality, Spectroscopes, Adaptive optics, Optical design, Picture Archiving and Communication System, Design for manufacturability

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Proceedings Article | 31 July 2014 Paper

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Instrumentation on Paranal Observatory: how to keep their reliability and performances over their lifetime?

F. Gonté, A. Smette

Proceedings Volume 9149, 914913 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057832

KEYWORDS: Imaging spectroscopy, Reliability, Observatories, Image resolution, Spectroscopy, Imaging systems, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Spectroscopes

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

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MATISSE status report and science forecast

B. Lopez, S. Lagarde, W. Jaffe, R. Petrov, M. Schöller, P. Antonelli, U. Beckman, Ph. Bério, F. Bettonvil, U. Graser, F. Millour, S. Robbe-Dubois, L. Venema, S. Wolf, P. Bristow, A. Glindemann, J.-C. Gonzalez, Th. Lanz, T. Henning, G. Weigelt, T. Agócs, J.-C. Augereau, G. Ávila, C. Bailet, J. Behrend, J.-P. Berger, Roy von Boekel, S. Bonhomme, P. Bourget, R. Brast, Y. Bresson, J. Clausse, O. Chesneau, G. Csépány, C. Connot, A. Crida, W. Danchi, M. Delbo , F. Delplancke, C. Dominik, M. Dugué, E. Elswijk, Y. Fanteï, G. Finger, A. Gabasch, P. Girard, V. Girault, P. Gitton, A. Glazenborg, F. Gonté, F. Guitton, S. Guniat, M. De Haan, P. Haguenauer, H. Hanenburg, M. Heininger, K.-H. Hofmann, M. Hogerheijde, R. ter Horst, J. Hron, Y. Hughes, D. Ives, G. Jakob, A. Jaskó, P. Jolley, J. Kragt, R. Köhler, T. Kroener, G. Kroes, L. Labadie, W. Laun, M. Lehmitz, Ch. Leinert, J. Lizon, Ch. Lucuix, A. Marcotto, F. Martinache, A. Matter, G. Martinot-Lagarde, N. Mauclert, L. Mehrgan, A. Meilland, M. Mellein, S. Ménardi, J. Menut, K. Meisenheimer, S. Morel, L. Mosoni, R. Navarro, U. Neumann, E. Nussbaum, S. Ottogalli, R. Palsa, J. Panduro, E. Pantin, I. Percheron, T. Phan Duc, J.-U. Pott, Eszter Pozna, F. Przygodda, A. Richichi, F. Rigal, G. Rupprecht, D. Schertl, J. Stegmeier, L. Thiam, N. Tromp, M. Vannier, F. Vakili, G. van Belle, K. Wagner, J. Woillez

Proceedings Volume 9146, 91460M (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056419

KEYWORDS: Interferometry, Sensors, Mid-IR, Stars, Telescopes, Visibility, Planets, Spectral resolution, Photometry, Fourier transforms

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2014 Paper

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VLTI-UT vibrations effort and performances

Sébastien Poupar, Pierre Haguenauer, Jaime Alonso, Nicolas Schuhler, Juan-Pablo Henriquez, Jean-Philippe Berger, Pierre Bourget, Stephane Brillant, Roberto Castillo, Philippe Gitton, Frederic Gonte, Nicola Di Lieto, Jean-Louis Lizon, Antoine Merand, Julien Woillez

Proceedings Volume 9145, 91452M (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055435

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, IRIS Consortium, Electronics, Interferometers, Infrared telescopes, Metrology, Sensors, Large telescopes, Infrared sensors

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Proceedings Article | 21 July 2014 Paper

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Turbulence profiling methods applied to ESO's adaptive optics facility

Javier Valenzuela, Clémentine Béchet, Aurea Garcia-Rissmann, Frédéric Gonté, Johann Kolb, Miska Le Louarn, Benoît Neichel, Pierre-Yves Madec, Andrés Guesalaga

Proceedings Volume 9148, 91481X (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054740

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Turbulence, Wavefront sensors, Stars, Error analysis, Telescopes, Photons, Deconvolution, Statistical analysis, Gemini Observatory

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2014 Paper

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MUSE from Europe to the Chilean Sky

P. Caillier, Mateo Accardo, L. Adjali, H. Anwand, R. Bacon, D. Boudon, L. Capoani, E. Daguisé, M. Dupieux, C. Dupuy, M. François, A. Glindemann, D. Gojak, F. Gonté, N. Haddad, G. Hansali, T. Hahn, A. Jarno, A. Kelz, Kristof Koehler, Johan Kosmalski, F. Laurent, M. Larrieu, J.-L. Lizon, M. Loupias, A. Manescau, J. Migniau, C. Monstein, H. Nicklas, L. Parès, A. Pécontal-Rousset, L. Piqueras, R. Reiss, A. Remillieux, E. Renault, G. Rupprecht, O. Streicher, R. Stuik, H. Valentin, J. Vernet, P. Weilbacher, G. Zins

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91475K (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057056

KEYWORDS: Free space optics, Telescopes, Virtual colonoscopy, Observatories, Large telescopes, Beam splitters, Spectroscopes, Optical alignment, Integrated optics, Relays

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

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Adaptive phase-mask coronagraph with amplitude and phase modulation for high dynamic range synchronous detection: APM2 coronagraph

P. Bourget, D. Mawet, P. Mardones, N. Schuhler, L. Pueyo, J. Girard, P. Haguenauer, F. Gonte

Proceedings Volume 8864, 88640J (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2026211

KEYWORDS: Phase shift keying, Coronagraphy, Modulation, Phase modulation, Amplitude modulation, Speckle, Avalanche photodetectors, High dynamic range imaging, Demodulation, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

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Small-angle, high-contrast exoplanet imaging with the L-band AGPM vector vortex coronagraph now offered at the VLT

Dimitri Mawet, Olivier Absil, Julien Milli, Christian Delacroix, Julien Girard, Jared O'Neal, Pierre Baudoz, Anthony Boccaletti, Pierre Bourget, Pontus Forsberg, Frederic Gonté, Serge Habraken, Mikael Karlsson, Markus Kasper, Anne-Marie Lagrange, Jean-Louis Lizon, Koraljka Muzic, Eduardo Peña, Richard Olivier, Nicolas Slusarenko, Lowell Tacconi-Garman, Jean Surdej

Proceedings Volume 8864, 88640I (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025501

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Stars, Principal component analysis, Point spread functions, L band, Adaptive optics, Exoplanets, Space telescopes, Planets, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

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Conceptual study for a sub-pupil instrument having 4 high order adaptive optics path for parallel multi-wavelength high contrast imaging, and medium resolution spectrometry

Frédéric Y. Gonte, Pierre Bourget, Julien Girard, Pierre Haguenauer, Dimitri Mawet

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84467Z (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927162

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Coronagraphy, Image resolution, Spectroscopy, Telescopes, Sensors, Mirrors, Device simulation, Wavefront sensors, Polarization

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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Extinction controlled adaptive mask coronagraph Lyot and phase mask dual concept for wide extinction area

P. Bourget, N. Schuhler, D. Mawet, P. Haguenauer, J. Girard, Frederic Gonte

Proceedings Volume 8450, 84505I (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927284

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Polarization, Nulling interferometry, Phase shifts, Avalanche photodetectors, Diffraction, Phase shift keying, Liquid crystals, Mercury, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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Paranal instruments: installation, maintenance, optimization, and operation

Frederic Gonte, Alain Smette

Proceedings Volume 8448, 84481C (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927171

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Calibration, Control systems, Instrumentation engineering, Interferometry, Systems engineering, Laser guide stars, Software development

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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Performances analysis of SINFONI with the laser guide star facility

Jared O'Neal, Frédéric Y. Gonte

Proceedings Volume 8447, 844747 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927180

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Laser guide stars, Adaptive optics, Actuators, Deformable mirrors, Calibration, Data acquisition, Control systems, Visualization, Sodium

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Proceedings Article | 12 September 2012 Paper

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Perspective of imaging in the mid-infrared at the Very Large Telescope Interferometer

B. Lopez, S. Lagarde, P. Antonelli, W. Jaffe, R. Petrov, L. Venema, Sylvie Robbe-Dubois, F. Bettonvil, P. Berio, R. Navarro, U. Graser, U. Beckman, G. Weigelt, F. Vakili, T. Henning, J.-C. Gonzales, S. Wolf, C. Bailet, J. Behrend, Y. Bresson, O. Chesneau, J. Clausse, C. Connot, M. Dugué, Y. Fantei, E. Elswijk, H. Hanenburg, K. Hofmann, M. Heininger, R. ter Horst, J. Hron, J. Kragt, N. Tromp, T. Agocs, G. Kroes, W. Laun, Ch. Leinert, M. Lehmitz, A. Matter, J. Menut, F. Millour, U. Neumann, E. Nussbaum, S. Ottogalli, J.-U. Pott, F. Rigal, A. Roussel, D. Schertl, M. Vannier, K. Wagner, M. Mellein, T. Kroener, N. Mauclert, P. Girard, G. Lagarde, L. Mosoni, A. Jasko, A. Glindemann, T. Phan Duc, G. Finger, D. Ives, G. Jakob, I. Percheron, G. Avila, R. Palsa, Eszter Pozna, J. Lizon, Ch. Lucuix, S. Menardi, P. Haguenauer, P. Gitton, S. Morel, F. Gonté, P. Jolley, G. Rupprecht, P. Bourget, F. Delplancke, L. Mehrgan, J. Stegmeier, G. van Belle, A. Richichi, A. Moorwood

Proceedings Volume 8445, 84450R (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926238

KEYWORDS: Interferometry, Sensors, Visibility, Mid-IR, L band, Telescopes, Spectral resolution, Image restoration, Interferometers, Photometry

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 2010 Paper

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On-sky results of the ZEUS phasing sensor, closed-loop precision in the context of multi-wavelength measurements

A. Vigan, K. Dohlen, I. Surdej, N. Yaitskova, F. Gonte

Proceedings Volume 7733, 773353 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857142

KEYWORDS: Error analysis, Metrology, Image segmentation, Sensors, Mirrors, Wavefronts, Calibration, Large telescopes, Segmented mirrors, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Open Access

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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 | 17 July 2008 Paper

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Design and performances of the Shack-Hartmann sensor within the Active Phasing Experiment

R. Mazzoleni, F. Gonté, I. Surdej, C. Araujo, R. Brast, F. Derie, P. Duhoux, C. Dupuy, C. Frank, R. Karban, L. Noethe, N. Yaitskova

Proceedings Volume 7012, 70123A (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789375

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Wavefronts, Wavefront sensors, Calibration, Mirrors, Image segmentation, Telescopes, Segmented mirrors, Optical filters, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 17 July 2008 Paper

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Preliminary results obtained with the ZEUS phasing sensor within the APE experiment

I. Surdej, B. Luong, A. Vigan, C. Araujo, R. Bourtembourg, R. Brast, P. Duhoux, C. Dupuy, C. Frank, F. Gonte, R. Karban, R. Mazzoleni, L. Noethe, N. Yaitskova, K. Dohlen

Proceedings Volume 7012, 701218 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789689

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Image segmentation, Calibration, Image sensors, Segmented mirrors, Mach-Zehnder interferometers, Large telescopes, Picosecond phenomena, Telescopes, Atmospheric turbulence

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Proceedings Article | 17 July 2008 Paper

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Active Phasing Experiment: preliminary results and prospects

F. Gonte, C. Araujo, R. Bourtembourg, R. Brast, F. Derie, P. Duhoux, C. Dupuy, C. Frank, R. Karban, R. Mazzoleni, L. Noethe, I. Surdej, N. Yaitskova, R. Wilhelm, B. Luong, E, Pinna, S. Chueca, A. Vigan

Proceedings Volume 7012, 70120Z (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790342

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Telescopes, Mirrors, Segmented mirrors, Adaptive optics, Metrology, Control systems, Active optics, Large telescopes, Image segmentation

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Proceedings Article | 17 July 2008 Paper

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ASM: a scaled down Active Segmented Mirror for the Active Phasing Experiment

Christophe Dupuy, Frédéric Gonté, Christoph Frank

Proceedings Volume 7012, 70123B (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790350

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Interfaces, Segmented mirrors, Control systems, Sensors, Observatories, Telescopes, Manufacturing, Optical alignment, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2008 Paper

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Optical phasing of a segmented mirror with sub-nanometer precision: experimental results of the APE Internal Metrology

Rainer Wilhelm, Bruno Luong, Alain Courteville, Sébastien Estival, Frédéric Gonté

Proceedings Volume 7012, 701212 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787377

KEYWORDS: Metrology, Mirrors, Segmented mirrors, Calibration, Charge-coupled devices, Cameras, Sensors, Interferometry, Image segmentation, Actuators

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2006 Paper

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ASM: scaled down active segmented mirror developed to simulate a segmented primary mirror

Christophe Dupuy, Christoph Frank, Frédéric Gonté, Constanza Araujo Hauck, Roland Brast, Regina Esteves, Matti Nylund, Babak Sedghi, Frédéric Derie

Proceedings Volume 6273, 62733E (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672918

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Prototyping, Actuators, Control systems, Segmented mirrors, Electronics, Computer aided design, Sensors, Telescopes, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 28 June 2006 Paper

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The VLTI auxiliary telescopes: measured performances

B. Koehler, M. Kraus, J. Moresmau, K. Wirenstrand, P. Duhoux, R. Karban, L. Andolfato, F. Gonte

Proceedings Volume 6268, 626841 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670639

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Mirrors, Image quality, Observatories, Monochromatic aberrations, Interferometers, Interferometry, Astatine, Relays

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Proceedings Article | 26 June 2006 Paper

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The active phasing experiment: Part II. Design and developments

F. Gonte, N. Yaitskova, F. Derie, C. Araujo, R. Brast, B. Delabre, P. Dierickx, C. Dupuy, C. Frank, S. Guisard, R. Karban, L. Noethe, B. Sedghi, I. Surdej, R. Wilhelm, M. Reyes, S. Esposito, M. Langlois

Proceedings Volume 6267, 626730 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672057

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Telescopes, Mirrors, Segmented mirrors, Image segmentation, Metrology, Control systems, Device simulation, Electronics, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 26 June 2006 Paper

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The active phasing experiment: Part I. Concept and objectives

Natalia Yaitskova, Frederic Gonte, Frederic Derie, Lothar Noethe, Isabelle Surdej, Robert Karban, Kjetil Dohlen, Maud Langlois, Simone Esposito, Enrico Pinna, Marcos Reyes, Lusma Montoya, David Terrett

Proceedings Volume 6267, 62672Z (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671189

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Telescopes, Wavefronts, Image segmentation, Stars, Mirrors, Segmented mirrors, Wavefront sensors, Adaptive optics, Active optics

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Proceedings Article | 23 June 2006 Paper

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Shape measurements of a segmented mirror with nanometer accuracy: the APE internal metrology

Rainer Wilhelm, Alain Courteville, Sébastien Estival, Alexis Bietti, Virginie Seiller, Frédéric Gonté

Proceedings Volume 6267, 626731 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672780

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Mirrors, Interferometry, Light sources, Calibration, Metrology, Segmented mirrors, Interferometers, Modulators, Phase measurement

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Proceedings Article | 23 June 2006 Paper

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Shack-Hartmann sensor for the active phasing experiment

F. Gonte, L. Noethe, C. Araujo, R. Brast, C. Dupuy, C. Frank, F. Derie

Proceedings Volume 6267, 626733 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672225

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Charge-coupled devices, Sensors, Wavefront sensors, Segmented mirrors, Wavefronts, Optical filters, Precision measurement, Image segmentation, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 18 August 2005 Paper

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APE: the Active Phasing Experiment to test new control system and phasing technology for a European Extremely Large Optical Telescope

F. Gonte, N. Yaitskova, F. Derie, C. Araujo, R. Brast, B. Buzzoni, B. Delabre, P. Dierickx, C. Dupuy, R. Esteves, C. Frank, S. Guisard, R. Karban, E. Koenig, J. Kolb, M. Nylund, L. Noethe, I. Surdej, A. Courteville, R. Wilhelm, L. Montoya, M. Reyes, S. Esposito, E. Pinna, K. Dohlen, M. Ferrari, M. Langlois

Proceedings Volume 5894, 58940Z (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.616925

KEYWORDS: Image segmentation, Sensors, Segmented mirrors, Telescopes, Control systems, Mirrors, Stars, Metrology, Cameras, Active optics

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Proceedings Article | 25 October 2004 Paper

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MAPS: a turbulence simulator for MCAO

Johann Kolb, Enrico Marchetti, Stephane Tisserand, Francis Franza, Bernhard Delabre, Frederic Gonte, Roland Brast, Sophie Jacob, Fabien Reversat

Proceedings Volume 5490, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551478

KEYWORDS: Picosecond phenomena, Turbulence, Stars, Atmospheric optics, Point spread functions, Visible radiation, Telescopes, Wavefronts, Optical fibers, Optical simulations

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Proceedings Article | 28 September 2004 Paper

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APE: a breadboard to evaluate new phasing technologies for a future European Giant Optical Telescope

Frederic Gonte, Natalia Yaitskova, Philippe Dierickx, Robert Karban, Alain Courteville, Achim Schumacher, Nicholas Devaney, Simone Esposito, Kjetil Dohlen, Marc Ferrari, Luzma Montoya

Proceedings Volume 5489, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.553236

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Mirrors, Control systems, Segmented mirrors, Telescopes, Metrology, Wavefront sensors, Active optics, Turbulence, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 28 September 2004 Paper

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OWL phase A status report

Philippe Dierickx, Enzo Brunetto, F. Comeron, Roberto Gilmozzi, Frederic Gonte, Franz Koch, Miska le Louarn, Guy Monnet, Jason Spyromilio, Isabelle Surdej, Christophe Verinaud, Natalia Yaitskova

Proceedings Volume 5489, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.556015

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Wavefront sensors, Sensors, Active optics, Actuators, Stars, Wavefronts, Silicon carbide

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 May 2002

Optimization of single-mode fiber coupling efficiency with an adaptive membrane mirror

Frederic Gonte, Alain Courteville, Rene Daendliker

OE, Vol. 41, Issue 05, (May 2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.1466462

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Electrodes, Evolutionary algorithms, Single mode fibers, Optimization (mathematics), Optical fibers, Zernike polynomials, Wavefronts, Deformable mirrors, Beam splitters

Proceedings Article | 1 February 2002 Paper

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Massive free-space optical 1xN fiber switch using an adaptive membrane mirror

Frederic Gonte, Yves-Alain Peter, Hans Peter Herzig, Rene Daendliker

Proceedings Volume 4493, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454729

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Switches, Electrodes, Evolutionary algorithms, Single mode fibers, Deformable mirrors, Adaptive optics, Free space optics, Optical switching, Optimization (mathematics)

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Proceedings Article | 1 February 2002 Paper

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Phase coding for holographic memory using a deformable membrane mirror

Frederic Gonte, Rene Daendliker

Proceedings Volume 4493, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454727

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Holograms, Holography, Electrodes, Multiplexing, Deformable mirrors, Wavefront sensors, Zernike polynomials, Monochromatic aberrations, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 3 November 1999 Paper

Paper

Recent progress in technology and applications of membrane micromachined deformable mirrors

Gleb Vdovin, Pasqualina Sarro, Frederic Gonte, Neil Collings, Rene Daendliker

Proceedings Volume 3760, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.367575

KEYWORDS: Micromachined deformable membrane mirrors, Mirrors, Deformable mirrors, Wavefronts, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Luminescence, Calibration, Spherical lenses, Femtosecond phenomena

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