Photonic technologies offer numerous functionalities that can be used to realize
astrophotonic instruments. The most spectacular example to date is the ESO Gravity …

Astrophotonics represents a cutting-edge approach in observational astronomy. This paper
explores the significant advancements and potential applications of astrophotonics …

We present numerical characterizations of the wavefront sensing performance for few-mode
photonic lantern wavefront sensors (PLWFSs). These characterizations include calculations …

Context. Photonic lanterns (PLs) are waveguide devices enabling high-throughput single-
mode spectroscopy and high angular resolution. Aims. We aim to present the first on-sky …

The use of a photonic lantern as focal plane wavefront sensor has seen recent widespread
interest–it can remove non-common-path aberrations, accurately sense low-wind-effect and …

Nulling interferometry is a promising technology to enable prospecting for and
characterising sub-stellar companions at extremely close separations and high contrasts …

Optical fibers serve as a bridge to transmit starlight into the spectrograph in fiber spectral
surveys. Due to the interference between multiple modes supported within the fiber, a …

We present a laboratory analysis of the use of a 19-core photonic lantern (PL) in
combination with neural network (NN) algorithms as an efficient focal plane wavefront …

Exoplanet direct imaging using adaptive optics (AO) is often limited by non-common path
aberrations (NCPAs) and aberrations that are invisible to traditional pupil-plane wavefront …

Astrophysical research into exoplanets has delivered thousands of confirmed planets
orbiting distant stars. These planets span a wide range of size and composition, with …