Dr. Stéphane Guisard Profile

Dr. Stéphane Guisard

Optics Engineer at European Southern Observatory

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Publications (28)

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Development of advanced silver coatings for telescope mirrors

S. Schwinde, S. Shestaeva, R. Holzlöhner, G. Willers, R. Schlegel, A. Förster, R. Parra, S. Guisard, O. Sqalli, S. Schröder

Proceedings Volume 12188, 121881X (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627710

KEYWORDS: Reflectivity, Silver, Mirrors, Telescopes, Optical coatings, Aluminum, Reflector telescopes, Gemini Observatory, Gold, Ruthenium, Near ultraviolet

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Electron microscopy studies of contaminated telescope mirror samples exposed at Paranal

Guido Willers, Ronald Holzlöhner, Volker Naumann, Stefan Schwinde, Stéphane Guisard

Proceedings Volume 12188, 121881Z (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627690

KEYWORDS: Particles, Mirrors, Aluminum, Telescopes, Silver, Corrosion, Reflectivity, Chlorine, Glasses, Cements

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Proceedings Article | 13 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Stray light and thermal self-emission minimization at the ELT

Ronald Holzlöhner, Johan Kosmalski, Stéphane Guisard

Proceedings Volume 10700, 107000I (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313314

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Reflectivity, Coating, Particles, Telescopes, Scattering, Light scattering, Absorption, Silver, Stray light

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

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 | 9 July 2018 Paper

Extremely Large Telescope Prefocal Station A system concept

S. A. Lewis, E. Brunetto, A. Förster, C. Frank, I. Guidolin, S. Guisard, P. Hammersley, R. Holzlöhner, P. Jolley, J. Kosmalski, U. Lampater, E. Marchetti, P. La Penna, T. Pfrommer, P. Zuluaga

Proceedings Volume 10700, 107001B (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313535

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Sensors, Mirrors, Metrology, Wavefront sensors, Error analysis, Cameras, Interfaces, Imaging systems, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 8 August 2016 Paper

A 3D metrology system for the GMT

A. Rakich, Lee Dettmann, S. Leveque, S. Guisard

Proceedings Volume 9906, 990614 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234301

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Metrology, Optical alignment, Mirrors, Metrology, Wavefront sensors, Sensors, Sensing systems, Collimators, Laser metrology, Retroreflectors

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

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 | 27 July 2016 Paper

E-ELT assembly, integration, and technical commissioning plans

P. Gray, E. Ciattaglia, C. Dupuy, F. Gago, S. Guisard, J. Marrero, R. Ridings, A. Wright

Proceedings Volume 9906, 99060X (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230965

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Sensors, Space telescopes, Control systems, Adaptive optics, Inspection, Observatories, Coating, Optical fabrication

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

Long-term performance of the VLT UT active optics system

Christian Stephan, Stéphane Guisard, Pierre Bourget

Proceedings Volume 9906, 99064K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231892

KEYWORDS: Active optics, Telescopes, Wavefronts, Mirrors, Wavefront sensors, Large telescopes, Reconstruction algorithms, Wavefront reconstruction, Image analysis, Error analysis

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

VLTI status update: a decade of operations and beyond

Antoine Mérand, Roberto Abuter, Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier, Luigi Andolfato, Jaime Alonso, Jean-Philippe Berger, Guillaume Blanchard, Henri Boffin, Pierre Bourget, Paul Bristow, Claudia Cid, Willem-Jan de Wit, Diego del Valle, Françoise Delplancke-Ströbele, Frédéric Derie, Lorena Faundez, Steve Ertel, Rebekka Grellmann, Philippe Gitton, Andreas Glindemann, Patricia Guajardo, Sylvain Guieu, Stéphane Guisard, Serge Guniat, Pierre Haguenauer, Cristian Herrera, Christian Hummel, Carlos La Fuente, Marcelo Lopez, Pedro Mardones, Sébastien Morel, André Müller, Isabelle Percheron, Than Phan Duc, Andres Pino, Sébastien Poupar, Eszter Pozna, Andres Ramirez, Srihdaran Rengaswamy, Lionel Rivas, Thomas Rivinius, Alex Segovia, Christian Schmid, Markus Schöller, Nicolas Schuhler, Julien Woillez, Markus Wittkowski

Proceedings Volume 9146, 91460J (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057150

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astatine, Interferometry, Observatories, Interferometers, Adaptive optics, Space telescopes, Stars, Large telescopes, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2014 Paper

Concept and implementation of a virtual image slicer at the VLT

S. Guisard, M. Sterzik, I. Muñoz

Proceedings Volume 9145, 914544 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056691

KEYWORDS: Stars, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Active optics, Monochromatic aberrations, Polarimetry, Mirrors, Exoplanets, Wavefront sensors, Filtering (signal processing)

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2014 Paper

Design, fabrication, integration and commissioning of an upgraded guiding probe for the VLT unit telescope 4

Christoph Frank, Peter Hammersley, Bernard Buzzoni, Antonio Manescau, Robin Arsenault, Pierre-Yves Madec, Martin Birkmann, Michael Mueller, Fernando Salgado, Stephane Guisard, Matthias Kroedel

Proceedings Volume 9151, 915111 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055868

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Sensors, Manufacturing, Cameras, Aluminum, Wavefronts, Wavefront sensors, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 12 September 2012 Paper

The Very Large Telescope Interferometer v2012+

Pierre Haguenauer, Roberto Abuter, Luigi Andolfato, Jaime Alonso, Guillaume Blanchard, Jean-Philippe Berger, Pierre Bourget, Stephane Brillant, Frédéric Derie, Françoise Delplancke, Nicola Di Lieto, Christophe Dupuy, Bruno Gilli, Philippe Gitton, Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Stéphane Guisard, Serge Guniat, Gerhard Hudepohl, Andreas Kaufer, Samuel Lévêque, Serge Ménardi, Antoine Mérand, Sebastien Morel, Isabelle Percheron, Than Phan Duc, Sebastien Poupar, Andres Ramirez, Claudio Reineiro, Sridharan Rengaswamy, Thomas Rivinius, Markus Schöller, Christian Schmid, Alex Segovia, Nicolas Schuhler, Guillermo Valdes, Willem Jan de Wit, Markus Wittkowski

Proceedings Volume 8445, 84450D (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925323

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Interferometers, Astatine, Interferometry, Large telescopes, Observatories, Systems engineering, Control systems, Mirrors, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

Evaluation of performance of the MACAO systems at the VLTI

Sridharan Rengaswamy, Pierre Haguenauer, Stephane Brillant, Angela Cortes, Julien Girard, Stephane Guisard, Jérôme Paufique, Andres Pino

Proceedings Volume 7734, 773436 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857373

KEYWORDS: IRIS Consortium, Strontium, Adaptive optics, Mirrors, Stars, Deformable mirrors, Diamond, Observatories, Telescopes, Modulation

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

The very large telescope Interferometer: 2010 edition

Pierre Haguenauer, Jaime Alonso, Pierre Bourget, Stephane Brillant, Philippe Gitton, Stephane Guisard, Sébastien Poupar, Nicolas Schuhler, Roberto Abuter, Luigi Andolfato, Guillaume Blanchard, Jean-Philippe Berger, Angela Cortes, Frédéric Dérie, Françoise Delplancke, Nicola Di Lieto, Christophe Dupuy, Bruno Gilli, Andreas Glindemann, Serge Guniat, Gerhard Huedepohl, Andreas Kaufer, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Samuel Lévêque, Serge Ménardi, Antoine Mérand, Sebastien Morel, Isabelle Percheron, Than Phan Duc, Andres Pino, Andres Ramirez, Sridharan Rengaswamy, Andrea Richichi, Thomas Rivinius, Johannes Sahlmann, Markus Schoeller, Christian Schmid, Stan Stefl, Guillermo Valdes, Gerard van Belle, Stefan Wehner, Markus Wittkowski

Proceedings Volume 7734, 773404 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857070

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astatine, Interferometers, Interferometry, Adaptive optics, Large telescopes, Mirrors, Observatories, Statistical analysis, Image quality

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2008 Paper

The Very Large Telescope Interferometer: an update

Pierre Haguenauer, Roberto Abuter, Jaime Alonso, Javier Argomedo, Bertrand Bauvir, Guillaume Blanchard, Henri Bonnet, Stéphane Brillant, Michael Cantzler, Frédéric Derie, Françoise Delplancke, Nicola Di Lieto, Christophe Dupuy, Yves Durand, Philippe Gitton, Bruno Gilli, Andreas Glindemann, Serge Guniat, Stéphane Guisard, Nicolas Haddad, Gerhard Hudepohl, Christian Hummel, Nathaniel Jesuran, Andreas Kaufer, Bertrand Koehler, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Samuel Lévêque, Christopher Lidman, Pedro Mardones, Serge Ménardi, Sébastien Morel, Isabelle Percheron, Monika Petr-Gotzens, Than Phan Duc, Florence Puech, Andres Ramirez, Fredrik Rantakyrö, Andrea Richichi, Thomas Rivinius, Johannes Sahlmann, Stefan Sandrock, Markus Schöller, Nicolas Schuhler, Fabio Somboli, Stanislav Stefl, Mario Tapia, Gerard Van Belle, Anders Wallander, Stefan Wehner, Markus Wittkowski

Proceedings Volume 7013, 70130C (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788209

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astatine, Adaptive optics, Mirrors, Interferometers, Large telescopes, Interferometry, IRIS Consortium, Sensors, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper

Recent progress at the Very Large Telescope Interferometer

Markus Schöller, Javier Argomedo, Bertrand Bauvir, Leonardo Blanco-Lopez, Henri Bonnet, Stephane Brillant, Michael Cantzler, Johan Carstens, Fabio Caruso, Christian Choque-Cortez, Frederic Derie, Francoise Delplancke, Nicola Di Lieto, Martin Dimmler, Yves Durand, Mark Ferrari, Emmanuel Galliano, Philippe Gitton, Bruno Gilli, Andreas Glindemann, Serge Guniat, Stephane Guisard, Nicolas Haddad, Pierre Haguenauer, Nico Housen, Gerd Hudepohl, Christian Hummel, Andreas Kaufer, Mario Kiekebusch, Bertrand Koehler, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Samuel Leveque, Christopher Lidman, Pedro Mardones, Serge Menardi, Sebastien Morel, Manfred Mornhinweg, Jean-Luc Nicoud, Isabelle Percheron, Monika Petr-Gotzens, Than Phan Duc, Florence Puech, Andres Ramirez, Fredrik Rantakyrö, Andrea Richichi, Thomas Rivinius, Stefan Sandrock, Fabio Somboli, Jason Spyromilio, Stanislav Stefl, Vincent Suc, Roberto Tamai, Mario Tapia, Martin Vannier, Gautam Vasisht, Anders Wallander, Stefan Wehner, Markus Wittkowski, Juan Zagal

Proceedings Volume 6268, 62680L (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672231

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astatine, Interferometers, IRIS Consortium, Large telescopes, Interferometry, Mirrors, Optical fibers, Spectral resolution, Data archive systems

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Proceedings Article | 26 June 2006 Paper

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 | 18 August 2005 Paper

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 | 20 October 2004 Paper

Accuracy of the VLTI optical alignment

Stephane Guisard

Proceedings Volume 5491, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.563171

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Error analysis, Optical alignment, Telescopes, Atmospheric propagation, Beam propagation method, Nickel, Photovoltaics, Optical components, Reticles

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 2004 Paper

ARAL: a facility to fuel VLTI instruments with photons

Sebastien Morel, Martin Vannier, Serge Menardi, Fabio Biancat-Marchet, Michael Fischer, Philippe Gitton, Andreas Glindemann, Stephane Guisard, Nicholas Haddad, Nico Housen, Alexis Huxley, Mario Kiekebusch, Antonio Longinotti, Thanh Phan Duc, Markus Schoeller, Anders Wallander

Proceedings Volume 5491, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550175

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Beam splitters, Optical fibers, Interferometry, Telescopes, Autocollimation, Optical alignment, Computer architecture, Lamps, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 2004 Paper

VLTI technical advances: present and future

Andreas Glindemann, Maja Albertsen, Luigi Andolfato, Gerardo Avila, Pascal Ballester, Bertrand Bauvir, Francoise Delplancke, Frederic Derie, Martin Dimmler, Philippe Duhoux, Emmanuel di Folco, R. Frahm, Emmanuel Galliano, Bruno Gilli, Paul Giordano, Philippe Gitton, Stephane Guisard, Nico Housen, Christian Hummel, Alexis Huxley, Robert Karban, Pierre Kervella, Mario Kiekebusch, Bertrand Koehler, Samuel Leveque, Tom Licha, Antonio Longinotti, Derek McKay, Serge Menardi, Guy Monnet, Sebastien Morel, Francesco Paresce, Isabelle Percheron, Monika Petr-Gotzens, Thanh Phan Duc, Joerg-Uwe Pott, Florence Puech, Fredrik Rantakyro, Andrea Richichi, Cyrus Sabet, Kevin Scales, Markus Schoeller, N. Schuhler, Mario van den Ancker, Martin Vannier, Anders Wallander, Markus Wittkowski, Rainer Wilhelm

Proceedings Volume 5491, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551468

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Interferometry, Sensors, Adaptive optics, Astatine, Observatories, Near infrared, Mid-IR, IRIS Consortium

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2003 Paper

Optical alignment of the VLTI

Stephane Guisard

Proceedings Volume 4838, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461579

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Optical alignment, Mirrors, Eye, Photomasks, Relays, Interferometry, Wavefronts, Optical components, Image quality

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2003 Paper

The VLTI: a status report

Andreas Glindemann, J. Algomedo, Rodrigo Amestica, Pascal Ballester, Bertrand Bauvir, E. Bugueno, Serge Correia, Francisco Delgado, Francoise Delplancke, Frederic Derie, Philippe Duhoux, Emmanuel di Folco, Alberto Gennai, Bruno Gilli, Paul Giordano, Philippe Gitton, Stephane Guisard, Nico Housen, Alexis Huxley, Pierre Kervella, Mario Kiekebusch, Bertrand Koehler, Samuel Leveque, Antonio Longinotti, Sebastien Morel, Francesco Paresce, Than Duc, Andrea Richichi, Markus Schoeller, Massimo Tarenghi, Anders Wallander, Markus Wittkowski, Rainer Wilhelm, S. Menardi

Proceedings Volume 4838, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458117

KEYWORDS: Stars, Telescopes, Interferometry, Sensors, Astatine, Adaptive optics, Observatories, Interferometers, K band, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2003 Paper

Commissioning the VLT interferometer: from first fringes towards a general user facility

Markus Schoeller, Philippe Gitton, Javier Argomedo, Pascal Ballester, Bertrand Bauvir, Roy Van Boekel, Michael Cantzler, Serge Correia, William Cotton, Francoise Delplancke, Frederic Derie, Philippe Duhoux, Toomas Erm, Emmanuel di Folco, Vincent Coude du Foresto, Alberto Gennai, Bruno Gilli, Paul Giordano, Andreas Glindemann, Stephane Guisard, Pablo Gutierrez, Nico Housen, Gerhard Huedepohl, Alexis Huxley, S. Jackisch, Walter Jaffe, Pierre Kervella, Arno van Kesteren, Mario Kiekebusch, Bertrand Koehler, Samuel Leveque, Antonio Longinotti, Serge Menardi, Sebastien Morel, Lothar Noethe, Francesco Paresce, Isabelle Percheron, T. Phan Duc, A. Pino, D. Rabeling, A. Ramirez, Sylvie Robbe-Dubois, Andrea Richichi, A. Rijo, Cyrus Sabet, Stefan Sandrock, Damien Segransan, Jason Spyromilio, Roberto Tamai, Massimo Tarenghi, Anders Wallander, Rainer Wilhelm, Markus Wittkowski

Proceedings Volume 4838, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459678

KEYWORDS: Interferometers, Interferometry, Astronomical imaging, Astronomy, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 4 February 2003 Paper

Performance and improvement of active optics at the Very Large Telescope

Stephane Guisard, Lothar Noethe, Jason Spyromilio, Francisco Delgado

Proceedings Volume 4837, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461130

KEYWORDS: Active optics, Telescopes, Mirrors, Wavefronts, Temperature metrology, Domes, Optical calibration, Atmospheric optics, Wavefront analysis, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2000 Paper

Final alignment of the VLT

Lothar Noethe, Stephane Guisard

Proceedings Volume 4003, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391501

KEYWORDS: Monochromatic aberrations, Mirrors, Telescopes, Collimation, Wavefronts, Active optics, Large telescopes, Optical design, Stars, Error analysis

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2000 Paper

Performance of active optics at the VLT

Stephane Guisard, Lothar Noethe, Jason Spyromilio

Proceedings Volume 4003, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391506

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Active optics, Telescopes, Monochromatic aberrations, Wavefronts, Wavefront analysis, Temperature metrology, Wavefront aberrations, Stars, Image quality

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Optical Instrument Science, Technology, and Applications II

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