Multi-core fibre-fed integral-field unit (MCIFU): overview and first-light

SY Haffert, RJ Harris, A Zanutta, FA Pike… - … Optics Systems VII, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Multi-Core Integral-Field Unit (MCIFU) is a new diffraction-limited near-infrared integral-
field unit for exoplanet atmosphere characterization with extreme adaptive optics (xAO) …

Adaptive optics control using model-based reinforcement learning

J Nousiainen, C Rajani, M Kasper, T Helin - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Reinforcement learning (RL) presents a new approach for controlling adaptive optics (AO)
systems for Astronomy. It promises to effectively cope with some aspects often hampering …

Imaging exoplanets with coronagraphic instruments

R Galicher, J Mazoyer - Comptes …, 2023 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
L'exoplanétologie est un domaine très actif de l'astronomie moderne avec des questions
encore ouvertes: comment les systèmes planétaires se forment-ils et évoluent-ils; pourquoi …

Constraining the properties of the potential embedded planets in the disk around HD 100546

MA Pyerin, TN Delage, NT Kurtovic, M Gárate… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. The protoplanetary disk around the star HD 100546 displays prominent
substructures in the form of two concentric rings. Recent observations with the Atacama …

Cascade adaptive optics: contrast performance analysis of a two-stage controller by numerical simulations

N Cerpa-Urra, M Kasper, C Kulcsár… - Journal of …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The contrast performance of current extreme adaptive optics (XAO) systems can be
improved by adding a second AO correction stage featuring its own wavefront sensor (WFS) …

Diffraction-limited integral-field spectroscopy for extreme adaptive optics systems with the multicore fiber-fed integral-field unit

SY Haffert, RJ Harris, A Zanutta, FA Pike… - Journal of …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Direct imaging instruments have the spatial resolution to resolve exoplanets from their host
star. This enables direct characterization of the exoplanets atmosphere, but most direct …

[PDF][PDF] Optique adaptative: correction des effets de la turbulence atmosphérique sur les images astronomiques

G Rousset, T Fusco - Comptes …, 2022 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
L'optique adaptative (OA), installée aujourd'hui sur tous les très grands télescopes
astronomiques, permet de s' affranchir de la limitation en résolution angulaire imposée aux …

Advances in model-based reinforcement learning for adaptive optics control

J Nousiainen, B Engler, M Kasper… - … Optics Systems VIII, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Direct imaging of Earth-like exoplanets is one of the significant scientific drivers of the next
generation of ground-based telescopes. Typically, Earth-like exoplanets are located at tiny …

Visible extreme adaptive optics for GMagAO-X with the triple-stage AO architecture (TSAO)

SY Haffert, JR Males, LM Close… - … Optics Systems VIII, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Extremely Large Telescopes will require hundreds of actuators across the pupil for high
Strehl in the visible. We envision a triple-stage AO (TSAO) system for GMT/GMagAO-X to …

Laboratory experiments of model-based reinforcement learning for adaptive optics control

J Nousiainen, B Engler, M Kasper… - Journal of …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Direct imaging of Earth-like exoplanets is one of the most prominent scientific drivers of the
next generation of ground-based telescopes. Typically, Earth-like exoplanets are located at …