Dr. Luca Pasquini Profile

Dr. Luca Pasquini

at European Southern Observatory

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SPIE Journal Paper | 2 January 2025

Review of detector requirements: some challenges for the present

Luca Pasquini, Dinko Milaković

JATIS, Vol. 11, Issue 01, 011207, (January 2025) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.11.1.011207

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Spectrographs, Equipment, Point spread functions, Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Exoplanets, Stars, Planets

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Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Presentation + Paper

WST - Widefield Spectroscopic Telescope: motivation, science drivers and top level requirements for a new dedicated facility

Roland Bacon, Vincenzo Maineiri, Sofia Randich, Andrea Cimatti, Jean-Paul Kneib, Jarle Brinchmann, Richard Ellis, Eline Tolstoi, Rodolfo Smiljanic, Vanessa Hill, Richard Anderson, Paula Sanchez Saez, Cyrielle Opitom, Ian Bryson, Philippe Dierickx, Bianca Garilli, Oscar Gonzalez, Roelof de Jong, David Lee, Steffen Mieske, Angel Otarola, Pietro Schipani, Tony Travouillon, Joel Vernet, Julia Bryant, Marc Casali, Matthew Colless, Warrick Couch, Simon Driver, Adriano Fontana, Matthew Lehnert, Laura Magrini, Ben Montet, Luca Pasquini, Martin Roth, Ruben Sanchez-Janssen, Matthias Steinmetz, Laurence Tresse, Christophe Yeche, Bodo Ziegler

Proceedings Volume 13094, 130941O (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018093

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Iterated function systems, Molybdenum, Telescopes, Stars, Spectroscopy, Equipment, Spectroscopes, Cosmology, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 2024 Poster

Status of the laser frequency comb for high precision calibration of ESPRESSO and HARPS

Antonio Ramon Manescau Hernandez, Gaspare Lo Curto, Oliver Pfuhl, Matias Jones, Elyar Sedaghati, Rodrigo Badinez, Pablo Burgos, Frederic Derie, Luca Pasquini, Norbert Hubin

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309640 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3027510

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

NIRPS near-infrared spectrograph: AITV phase at ESO3.6m/La Silla

Lison Malo, Frédérique Baron, Anne-Sophie Poulin-Girard, Philippe Vallée, Jonathan St-Antoine, Denis Brousseau, Hugues Auger, Vladimir Reshetov, François Wildi, Michaël Sordet, Étienne Artigau, René Doyon, Simon Thibault, François Bouchy, Neil Cook, Yolanda Frensch, Gaspare Lo Curto, Gérard Zins, Danuta Sosnowska, Ivan Wevers, Dan Kerley, Guillaume Allain, Romain Allart, Norbert Hubin, Charles Cadieux, Andres Carmona, Zalpha Challita, Nolan Grieves, Olivier Hernandez, Thomas Vandal, Nicolas Blind, Lucile Mignon, Louise Nielsen, Francesco Pepe, Xavier Dumusque, Christophe Lovis, Bruno L. Canto Martins, José Renan de Medeiros, Xavier Delfosse, Nuno Santos, Jonay González-Hernández, Rafael Rebolo, Gregg Wade, Manuel Abreu, Susana Barros, Luc Bazinet, Isabelle Boisse, Xavier Bonfils, Vincent Bourrier, Sébastien Bovay, Christopher Broeg, Vincent Bruniquel, Alexandre Cabral, Yann Carteret, Bruno Chazelas, Ryan Cloutier, João Coelho, Marion Cointepas, Uriel Conod, Nicolas Cowan, Eduardo Cristo, Joao Gomes da Silva, Laurie Dauplaise, Roseane de Lima Gomes, Elisa Delgado-Mena, David Ehrenreich, Joao Faria, Pedro Figueira, Thierry Forveille, Jonathan Gagne, Frederic Genest, Ludovic Genolet, Félix Gracia Témich, Melissa Hobson, Jens Hoeijmakers, Vigneshwaran Krishnamurthy, David Lafreniere, Pierrot Lamontagne, Pierre Larue, Henry Leath, Izan Leão, Olivia Lim, Allan Martins, Claudio Melo, Yuri Messias, Leslie Moranta, Christoph Mordasini, Khaled Al Moulla, Dany Mounzer, Alexandrine L’Heureux, Nicola Nari, Ares Osborn, Lena Parc, Luca Pasquini, Vera Passegger, Stefan Pelletier, Celine Peroux, Caroline Piaulet, Mykhaylo Plotnykov, José Luis Rasilla, Mirsad Sarajlic, Alex Segovia, Julia Seidel, Damien Segransan, Ana Rita Costa Silva, Avidaan Srivastava, Atanas Stefanov, Alejandro Suárez Mascareño, Marcio Teixeira, Stephane Udry, Diana Valencia, Valentina Vaulato, Joost Wardenier, Bachar Wehbé, Drew Weisserman, Benjamin Kung, Anne Boucher, Robin Schnell, Armin Silber, Ivo Saviane, Emanuela Pompei, Peter Sinclaire

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309646 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020168

KEYWORDS: Vacuum, Spectrographs, Thermal stability, Sensors, Optical components, Lanthanum, Equipment, Cryogenics, Design, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

The paranal instrumentation programme

Luca Pasquini, Adrian Russell, Andrea Capardi, Norbert Hubin, Joël Vernet

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309603 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3021146

KEYWORDS: Equipment, Spectrographs, Design, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Sensors, Spectral resolution, Astronomical imaging, Spectroscopy, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

Walking with SOXS towards the transient sky

P. Schipani, S. Campana, R. Claudi, M. Aliverti, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, G. Capasso, M. Colapietro, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, M. Genoni, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Landoni, M. Munari, G. Pignata, K. Radhakrishnan, D. Ricci, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, D. Young, M. Accardo, J. Achrén, J. Araiza-Durán, I. Arcavi, L. Asquini, F. Battaini, A. Bichkovsky, A. Brucalassi, R. Bruch, L. Cabona, E. Cappellaro, M. Della Valle, S. Di Filippo, R. Di Benedetto, S. D'Orsi, A. Gal-Yam, M. Hernandez, D. Ives, H.-U. Kaeufl, J. Kotilainen, G. Li Causi, L. Lessio, L. Marty, S. Mattila, L. Mehrgan, L. Pasquini, E. Pompei, M. Rappaport, M. Riva, B. Salasnich, S. Savarese, I. Saviane, M. Schöller, A. Silber, S. Smartt, R. Zanmar Sanchez, M. Stritzinger, A. Sulich, H. Ventura

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130961T (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019809

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Equipment, Telescopes, Observatories, Near infrared, Spectral resolution, Cameras, Astronomy, Lamps, Image quality

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

NIRPS first light and early science: breaking the 1 m/s RV precision barrier at infrared wavelengths

Étienne Artigau, François Bouchy, René Doyon, Frédérique Baron, Lison Malo, François Wildi, Franceso Pepe, Neil Cook, Simon Thibault, Vladimir Reshetov, Xavier Dumusque, Christophe Lovis, Danuta Sosnowska, Bruno Canto Martins, Jose Renan De Medeiros, Xavier Delfosse, Nuno Santos, Rafael Rebolo, Manuel Abreu, Guillaume Allain, Romain Allart, Hugues Auger, Susana Barros, Luc Bazinet, Nicolas Blind, Isabelle Boisse, Xavier Bonfils, Vincent Bourrier, Sébastien Bovay, Christopher Broeg, Denis Brousseau, Vincent Bruniquel, Alexandre Cabral, Charles Cadieux, Andres Carmona, Yann Carteret, Zalpha Challita, Bruno Chazelas, Ryan Cloutier, João Coelho, Marion Cointepas, Uriel Conod, Nicolas Cowan, Eduardo Cristo, João Gomes da Silva, Laurie Dauplaise, Roseane Lima Gomes, Elisa Delgado-Mena, David Ehrenreich, João Faria, Pedro Figueira, Thierry Forveille, Yolanda Frensch, Jonathan Gagné, Frédéric Genest, Ludovic Genolet, Jonay González Hernández, Felix Gracia Temich, Nolan Grieves, Olivier Hernandez, Melissa Hobson, Jens Hoeijmakers, Dan Kerley, Vigneshwaran Krishnamurthy, David Lafrenière, Pierrot Lamontagne, Pierre Larue, Henry Leaf, Izan Leão, Olivia Lim, Gaspare Lo Curto, Allan Martins, Claudio Melo, Yuri Messias, Lucile Mignon, Leslie Moranta, Christoph Mordasini, Khaled Al Moulla, Dany Mounzer, Alexandrine L'Heureux, Nicola Nari, Louise Nielsen, Ares Osborn, Lena Parc, Luca Pasquini, Vera Passegger, Stefan Pelletier, Céline Peroux, Caroline Piaulet, Mykhaylo Plotnykov, Anne-Sophie Poulin-Girard, José Luis Rasilla, Jonathan Saint-Antoine, Mirsad Sarajic, Alex Segovia, Julia Seidel, Damien Ségransan, Ana Rita Silva, Avidaan Srivastava, Atanas Stefanov, Alejandro Suárez Mascareño, Michael Sordet, Márcio Teixeira, Sféphane Udry, Diana Valencia, Philippe Vallée, Thomas Vandal, Valentina Vaulato, Gregg Wade, Joost Wardenier, Bachar Wehbé, Drew Weisserman, Ivan Wevers, Gérard Zins

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130960C (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018994

KEYWORDS: Planets, Exoplanets, Adaptive optics, Spectrographs, Calibration, Equipment, Telescopes, Infrared astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

ANDES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: science goals, project overview, and future developments

A. Marconi, M. Abreu, V. Adibekyan, V. Alberti, S. Albrecht, J. Alcaniz, M. Aliverti, C. Allende Prieto, J. Alvarado-Gomez, C. Alves, P. Amado, M. Amate, M. Andersen, S. Antoniucci, E. Artigau, C. Bailet, C. Baker, V. Baldini, A. Balestra, S. Barnes, F. Baron, S. C. Barros, S. Bauer, M. Beaulieu, O. Bellido-Tirado, B. Benneke, T. Bensby, E. Bergin, P. Berio, K. Biazzo, L. Bigot, A. Bik, J. Birkby, N. Blind, O. Boebion, I. Boisse, E. Bolmont, J. Bolton, M. Bonaglia, X. Bonfils, L. Bonhomme, F. Borsa, J.-C. Bouret, A. Brandeker, W. Brandner, C. Broeg, M. Brogi, D. Brousseau, A. Brucalassi, J. Brynnel, L. Buchhave, D. Buscher, L. Cabona, A. Cabral, G. Calderone, R. Calvo-Ortega, F. Cantalloube, B. Canto Martins, L. Carbonaro, Y. Caujolle, G. Chauvin, B. Chazelas, A.-L. Cheffot, Y. Cheng, A. Chiavassa, L. Christensen, R. Cirami, M. Cirasuolo, N. Cook, R. Cooke, I. Coretti, S. Covino, N. Cowan, G. Cresci, S. Cristiani, V. Cunha Parro, G. Cupani, V. D'Odorico, K. Dadi, I. de Castro Leão, A. De Cia, J. De Medeiros, F. Debras, M. Debus, A. Delorme, O. Demangeon, F. Derie, M. Dessauges-Zavadsky, P. Di Marcantonio, S. Di Stefano, F. Dionies, A. Domiciano de Souza, R. Doyon, J. Dunn, S. Egner, D. Ehrenreich, J. Faria, D. Ferruzzi, C. Feruglio, M. Fisher, A. Fontana, B. Frank, C. Fuesslein, M. Fumagalli, T. Fusco, J. Fynbo, O. Gabella, W. Gaessler, E. Gallo, X. Gao, L. Genolet, M. Genoni, P. Giacobbe, E. Giro, R. Gonçalves, O. Gonzalez, J. González-Hernández, C. Gouvret, F. Gracia Témich, M. Haehnelt, C. Haniff, A. Hatzes, R. Helled, H. Hoeijmakers, I. Hughes, P. Huke, Y. Ivanisenko, A. Järvinen, S. Järvinen, A. Kaminski, J. Kern, J. Knoche, A. Kordt, H. Korhonen, A. Korn, D. Kouach, G. Kowzan, L. Kreidberg, M. Landoni, A. Lanotte, A. Lavail, B. Lavie, D. Lee, M. Lehmitz, J. Li, W. Li, J. Liske, C. Lovis, S. Lucatello, D. Lunney, M. MacIntosh, N. Madhusudhan, L. Magrini, R. Maiolino, J. Maldonado, L. Malo, A. W. Man, T. Marquart, C. M. Marques, E. Marques, P. Martinez, A. Martins, C. J. A. Martins, J. H. Martins, P. Maslowski, C. Mason, E. Mason, R. McCracken, M. A. Melo e Sousa, P. Mergo, G. Micela, D. Milaković, P. Mollière, M. Monteiro, D. Montgomery, C. Mordasini, J. Morin, A. Mucciarelli, M. Murphy, M. N'Diaye, N. Nardetto, B. Neichel, N. Neri, A. Niedzielski, E. Niemczura, B. Nisini, L. Nortmann, P. Noterdaeme, N. Nunes, L. Oggioni, F. Olchewsky, E. Oliva, H. Önel, L. Origlia, G. Östlin, N. N.-Q. Ouellette, E. Pallé, P. Papaderos, G. Pariani, L. Pasquini, J. Peñate Castro, F. Pepe, C. Peroux, L. Perreault Levasseur, S. Perruchot, P. Petit, O. Pfuhl, L. Pino, J. Piqueras, N. Piskunov, A. Pollo, K. Poppenhaeger, M. Porru, J. Puschnig, A. Quirrenbach, E. Rauscher, R. Rebolo, E. M. Redaelli, S. Reffert, D. Reid, A. Reiners, P. Richter, M. Riva, S. Rivoire, C. Rodríguez-López, I. Roederer, D. Romano, M. Roth, S. Rousseau, J. Rowe, A. Saccardi, S. Salvadori, N. Sanna, N. Santos, P. Santos Diaz, J. Sanz-Forcada, M. Sarajlic, J.-F. Sauvage, D. Savio, A. Scaudo, S. Schäfer, R. Schiavon, T. Schmidt, C. Selmi, R. Simoes, A. Simonnin, S. Sivanandam, M. Sordet, R. Sordo, F. Sortino, D. Sosnowska, S. Sousa, A. Spang, R. Spiga, E. Stempels, J. R. Stevenson, K. Strassmeier, A. Suárez Mascareño, A. Sulich, X. Sun, N. Tanvir, F. Tenegi-Sanginés, S. Thibault, S. Thompson, P. Tisserand, A. Tozzi, M. Turbet, J.-P. Véran, P. Vallée, I. Vanni, R. Varas, A. Vega-Moreno, K. Venn, A. Verma, J. Vernet, M. Viel, G. Wade, C. Waring, M. Weber, J. Weder, B. Wehbé, J. Weingrill, M. Woche, M. Xompero, E. Zackrisson, A. Zanutta, M. Zapatero Osorio, M. Zechmeister, J. Zimara

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309613 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017966

KEYWORDS: Stars, Spectrographs, Physics, Equipment, Observational astronomy, Exoplanets, Galactic astronomy, Planets, Telescopes, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 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 | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Progress on the SOXS transients chaser for the ESO-NTT

P. Schipani, S. Campana, R. Claudi, M. Aliverti, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Landoni, M. Munari, G. Pignata, K. Radhakrishnan, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, D. Young, J. Achrén, J. A. Araiza-Durán, I. Arcavi, F. Battaini, A. Brucalassi, R. Bruch, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, R. Di Benedetto, S. D'Orsi, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hernandez Díaz, J. Kotilainen, G. Li Causi, L. Lessio, L. Marty, S. Mattila, M. Rappaport, D. Ricci, M. Riva, B. Salasnich, S. Savarese, S. Smartt, R. Zanmar Sanchez, M. Stritzinger, G. Umbriaco, H. Pérez Ventura, L. Pasquini, M. Schöller, H.-U. Kaüfl, M. Accardo, L. Mehrgan, E. Pompei, I. Saviane

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121840O (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628329

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Cameras, Near infrared, Control systems, Calibration, Sensors, Astronomy, Observatories, Software development

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Ten years of the ESO paranal instrumentation programme

Luca Pasquini, Norbert Hubin

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218403 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2626966

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Spectroscopes, Observatories, Stars, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectral resolution, Safety

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

CRIRES+ on sky: high spectral resolution at infrared wavelength enabling better science at the ESO VLT

Reinhold Dorn, Paul Bristow, Jonathan Smoker, Florian Rodler, Matteo Accardo, Andrea Baruffolo, Claudio Cumani, Andreas Haimerl, Artie Hatzes, Marcus Haug, Ulrike Heiter, Renate Hinterschuster, Norbert Hubin, Derek Ives, Matias Jones, Yves Jung, Jean-Paul Kirchbauer, Barbara Klein, Jana Köhler, Heidi Korhonen, Alexis Lavail, Thomas Marquart, Christophe Moins, Ignacio Molina-Conde, Ernesto Oliva, Laurent Pallanca, Luca Pasquini, Jerome Paufique, Nikolai Piskunov, Ansgar Reiners, Dominik Schneller, Ricardo Schmutzer, Ulf Seemann, Ditte Slumstrup, Alain Smette, Jörg Stegmeier, Eric Stempels, Sebastien Tordo, Elena Valenti, Jose Javier Valenzuela, Joel Vernet

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121841F (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629969

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Adaptive optics, Stars, Spectral resolution, Spectrographs, Mirrors, K band, Infrared radiation, Polarization

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

ELT-HIRES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: the Phase A study and the path to construction

A. Marconi , M. Abreu, V. Adibekyan, M. Aliverti, C. Allende Prieto, P. Amado, M. Amate, E. Artigau, S. Augusto, S. Barros, S. Becerril, B. Benneke, E. Bergin, P. Berio, N. Bezawada, I. Boisse, X. Bonfils, F. Bouchy, C. Broeg, A. Cabral, R. Calvo-Ortega, B. Canto Martins, B. Chazelas, A. Chiavassa, L. Christensen, R. Cirami, I. Coretti, S. Covino, G. Cresci, S. Cristiani, V. Cunha Parro, G. Cupani, V. D'Odorico, I. de Castro Leão, J. de Medeiros, M. de Souza, P. Di Marcantonio, I. Di Varano, R. Doyon, H. Drass, P. Figueira, A. Fragoso, J. Fynbo, E. Gallo, M. Genoni, J. González Hernández, R. Gratton, M. Haehnelt, C. Hansen, J. Hlavacek-Larrondo, I. Hughes, P. Huke, A. Humphrey, H. Kjeldsen, A. Korn, D. Kouach, M. Landoni, J. Liske, C. Lovis, D. Lunney, R. Maiolino, L. Malo, T. Marquart, C. J. A. P. Martins, P. Maslowski, E. Mason, G. Micela, P. Molaro, J. Monnier, M. Monteiro, C. Mordasini, T. Morris, A. Mucciarelli, G. Murray, A. Niedzielski, E. Niemczura, B. Nisini, N. Nunes, E. Oliva, L. Origlia, E. Pallé, G. Pariani, P. Parr-Burman, L. Pasquini, J. Peñate, F. Pepe, G. Pietrzynski, E. Pinna, N. Piskunov, A. Pollo, J. Rasilla, R. Rebolo, P. Rees, A. Reiners, M. Riva, D. Romano, S. Rousseau, N. Sanna, M. Sarajlic, T.-C. Shen, F. Sortino, D. Sosnowska, S. Sousa, E. Stempels, K. Strassmeier, F. Tenegi, A. Tozzi, S. Udry, L. Valenziano, L. Vanzi, M. Weber, M. Woche, M. Xompero, E. Zackrisson, M. R. Zapatero Osorio

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144726 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560489

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Large telescopes, Telescopes, Exoplanets, Atmospheric sciences, Atmospheric sensing, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 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 + Paper

Development status of the SOXS spectrograph for the ESO-NTT telescope

P. Schipani, S. Campana, R. Claudi, M. Aliverti, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, F. Biondi, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Landoni, M. Munari, G. Pignata, A. Rubin, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, D. Young, J. Achrén, J. A. Araiza-Duran, I. Arcavi, A. Brucalassi, R. Bruch, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, M. De Pascale, R. Di Benedetto, S. D'Orsi, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hernandez, J. Kotilainen, G. Li Causi, S. Mattila, K. Radhakrishnan, M. Rappaport, D. Ricci, M. Riva, Bernardo. Salasnich, S. Savarese, S. Smartt, R. Zanmar Sanchez, M. Stritzinger, H. Ventura, L. Pasquini, M. Schöller, H.-U. Kaüfl, M. Accardo, L. Mehrgan, E. Pompei

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144709 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560799

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, New and emerging technologies, Lanthanum, Electromagnetism, Stars, Gamma radiation, Asteroids, Comets, Near infrared

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

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

MATISSE: performance in laboratory, results of AIV in Paranal, and first results on sky

S. Robbe-Dubois, S. Lagarde, P. Antonelli, B. Lopez, F. Allouche, C. Bailet, Ph. Berio, Y. Bresson, J.-M. Clausse, P. Cruzalèbes, Y. Fantei-Caujolle, A. Marcotto, A. Matter, A. Meilland, F. Millour, S. Morel, R. Petrov, S. Rousseau, A. Soulain, G. Zins, M. Lehmitz, W. Laun, T. Adler, R. Klein, T. Maurer, F. Bettonvil, E. Eldswick, U. Beckmann, M. Heininger, P. Bristow, A. Glindemann, N. Hubin, L. Jochum, Th. Rivinus, M. Schoeller, J. Beltran, P. Bourget, A. Gallenne, Th. Guerlet, X. Haubois, D. Ives, G. Jakob, A. Meister, M. Riquelme, N. Schuhler, C. Stephan, P. Toledo, K. Tristam, J. Woillez, U. Neumann, A. Chelli, F. Guitton, K. Meisenheimer, B. Pichon, A. Spang, J. Varga, Th. Henning, W. Jaffe, L. Pasquini, Ph. Stee, G. Weigelt

Proceedings Volume 10701, 107010H (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313270

KEYWORDS: L band, Photovoltaics, Spectral resolution, Visibility, Sensors, Interferometry, Astatine, Spatial filters, Telescopes, Calibration

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MATISSE (Multi AperTure mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment) is the spectro-interferometer for the VLTI of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), operating in the L-, M- and N- spectral bands, and combining up to four beams from the unit or the auxiliary telescopes (UTs or ATs). MATISSE will offer new breakthroughs in the study of circumstellar environments by allowing the mapping of the material distribution, the gas and essentially the dust. The instrument consists in a warm optical system (WOP) accepting four beams from the VLTI and relaying them after a spectral splitting to cold optical benches (COB) located in two separate cryostats, one in L-M- band, and one in N-band. The test plan of the complete instrument has been conducted at the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur in order to confirm the compliance of the performance with the high-level requirements. MATISSE has successfully passed the Preliminary Acceptance in Europe the 12th September 2017. Following this result, ESO gave approval for the instrument to be shipped to Paranal. The Alignment, Integration and Verification phase was conducted until end of February 2018, at the end of which first observations on sky have been performed to test the operations with the VLTI and to obtain first stellar light. The two first runs of the commissioning followed, respectively in March and in May 2018. It has the goal to optimize the MATISSE-VLTI communication, the acquisition procedures and the interface parameters. The observations were performed on bright L-M- and N- stars, with four ATs located on short baselines and UTs. The limit magnitudes will be deduced.

This paper reports on the performance of the instrument measured in laboratory (results of test plan in Nice and AIV in Paranal) in terms of spectral coverage, dispersion laws and spectral resolutions, and transfer function analysis: instrumental contrast, visibility accuracy, accuracy of the differential phase, of the closure-phase and of the differential visibility. It also provides results of the first tests on sky and the planning of the on-going commissioning.

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

Very accurate cryogenic mechanisms for CRIRES+

Jean Louis Lizon, Barbara Klein, Ignacio Molina-Conde, Ernesto Oliva, Guillem Anglada Escude, Paul Bristow, Reinhold Dorn, Roman Follert, Artie Hatzes, Ulrike Heiter, Derek Ives, Yves Jung, Matt Lockhart, Thomas Marquart, Livia Origlia, Luca Pasquini, Jerome Paufique, Nikolai Pistunov, Ansgar Reiners, Alain Smette, Jonathan Smoker, Ulf Seemann, Eric Stempels, Elena Valenti

Proceedings Volume 10701, 107012R (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314483

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Cryogenics, Switches, Manufacturing, Mirrors, Cryogenic mechanisms, Sensors, Spectrographs, Connectors, Transducers

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Presentation

CRIRES+ on its way to VLT (Conference Presentation)

Roman Follert, Reinhold Dorn, Anna Brucalassi, Paul Bristow, Artie Hatzes, Ulf Seemann, Nikolai Piskunov, Alexis Lavail, Barbara Klein, Claudio Cumani, Christophe Moins, Derek Ives, Eric Stempels, Ernesto Oliva, Ignacio Molina-Conde, Jean Louis Lizon, Marcus Haug, Siegfried Eschbaumer, Thomas Marquart, Ulrike Heiter, Sebastien Tordo, Renate Hinterschuster, Yves Jung, Jérôme Paufique, Andreas Haimerl, Jörg Stegmeier, Jean-Paul Kirchbauer, Christoph Schmidt, Elena Valenti, Luca Pasquini, Ansgar Reiners, Heiko Anwand-Heerwart, Katja Hauptner, Tim Umlauf, Peter Jeep, Petra Rhode, Christopher Marvin

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107020E (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314150

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Space telescopes, Observatories, Spectral resolution, Telescopes, Large telescopes, Space operations, Staring arrays, Sensors, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

A unique infrared spectropolarimetric unit for CRIRES+

Nikolai Piskunov, Eric Stempels, Alexis Lavail, Michael Escuti, Frans Snik, Andrey Dolgopolov, Milan Rozel, Candice Durandet, Artie Hatzes, Paul Bristow, Anna Brucalassi, Claudio Cumani, Reinhold Dorn, Andreas Haimerl, Ulrike Heiter, Renate Hinterschuster, Roman Follert, Derek Ives, Yves Jung, Florian Kerber, Barbara Klein, Jean-Louis Lizon, Thomas Marquart, Ignacio Molina-Conde, Luca Pasquini, Jérôme Paufique, Ernesto Oliva, Ansgar Reiners, Ulf Seemann, Jörg Stegmeier, Sebastien Tordo, Elena Valenti

Proceedings Volume 10702, 1070234 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313512

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Sensors, Transmittance, Infrared radiation, Telescopes, Manufacturing, Stars, Magnetism, Adaptive optics, Infrared spectroscopy

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High-resolution infrared spectropolarimetry has many science applications in astrophysics. One of them is measuring weak magnetic fields using the Zeeman effect. Infrared domain is particularly advantageous as Zeeman splitting of spectral lines is proportional to the square of the wavelength while the intrinsic width of the line cores increases only linearly. Important science cases include detection and monitoring of global magnetic fields on solar-type stars, study of the magnetic field evolution from stellar formation to the final stages of the stellar life with massive stellar winds, and the dynamo mechanism operation across the boundary between fully- and partially-convective stars. CRIRES+ (the CRIRES upgrade project) includes a novel spectropolarimetric unit (SPU) based on polar- ization gratings. The novel design allows to perform beam-splitting very early in the optical path, directly after the tertiary mirror of the telescope (the ESO Very Large Telescope, VLT), minimizing instrumental polariza- tion. The new SPU performs polarization beam-splitting in the near-infrared while keeping the telescope beam mostly unchanged in the optical domain, making it compatible with the adaptive optics system of the CRIRES+ instrument. The SPU consists of four beam-splitters optimized for measuring circular and linear polarization of spectral lines in YJ and HK bands. The SPU can perform beam switching allowing to correct for throughput in each beam and for variations in detector pixel sensitivity. Other new features of CRIRES+, such as substantially increased wavelength coverage, stability and advanced data reduction pipeline will further enhance the sensitivity of the polarimetric mode. The combination of the SPU, CRIRES+ and the VLT is a unique facility for making major progress in understanding stellar activity. In this article we present the design of the SPU, laboratory measurements of individual components and of the whole unit as well as the performance prediction for the operation at the VLT.

Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

A concept for a new spectroscopic facility

Luca Pasquini, B. Delabre, R. Ellis, J.-A. Marrero, L. Cavaller Marques, T. de Zeeuw

Proceedings Volume 10700, 107004E (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313076

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Mirrors, Spectroscopy, Sensors, Cameras, Optical instrument design, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Full system test and early preliminary acceptance Europe results for CRIRES+

Anna Brucalassi, Reinhold Dorn, Roman Follert, Artie Hatzes, Paul Bristow, Ulf Seemann, Claudio Cumani, Siegfried Eschbaumer, Andreas Haimerl, Marcus Haug, Ulrike Heiter, Renate Hinterschuster, Derek Ives, Yves Jung, Florian Kerber, Barbara Klein, Alexis Lavail, Jean Louis Lizon, Thomas Marquart, Christophe Moins, Ignacio Molina-Conde, Ernesto Oliva, Luca Pasquini, Jérôme Paufique, Nikolai Piskunov, Jörg Stegmeier, Eric Stempels, Sebastien Tordo, Elena Valenti, Heiko Anwand-Heerwart, Katja Hauptner, Peter Jeep, Christopher Marvin, Ansgar Reiners, Petra Rhode, Christof Schmidt, Tim Umlauf

Proceedings Volume 10702, 1070239 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313743

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Adaptive optics, Spectrographs, Metrology, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Cryogenics, Detector arrays

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

The ESO Paranal Instrumentation Programme

Luca Pasquini, Norbert Hubin

Proceedings Volume 10702, 1070204 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313075

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Sensors, Neodymium, Astatine, Observatories, Imaging systems, Lanthanum, Image quality

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

The "+" for CRIRES: enabling better science at infrared wavelength and high spectral resolution at the ESO VLT

Reinhold Dorn, Roman Follert, Paul Bristow, Claudio Cumani, Siegfried Eschbaumer, Jason Grunhut, Andreas Haimerl, Artie Hatzes, Ulrike Heiter, Renate Hinterschuster, Derek Ives, Yves Jung, Florian Kerber, Barbara Klein, Alexis Lavail, Jean Louis Lizon, Tom Löwinger, Ignacio Molina-Conde, Belinda Nicholson, Thomas Marquart, Ernesto Oliva, Livia Origlia, Luca Pasquini, Jérôme Paufique, Nikolai Piskunov, Ansgar Reiners, Ulf Seemann, Jörg Stegmeier, Eric Stempels, Sebastien Tordo

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99080I (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232837

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Infrared radiation, Sensors, Adaptive optics, Spectral resolution, Infrared radiation, Spectrographs, Calibration, Mirrors, Stars, Cameras, Polarization

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

Relative stability of two laser frequency combs for routine operation on HARPS and FOCES

Rafael Probst, Gaspare Lo Curto, Gerardo Ávila, Anna Brucalassi, Bruno Canto Martins, Izan de Castro Leão, Massimiliano Esposito, Jonay González Hernández, Frank Grupp, Theodor Hänsch, Ronald Holzwarth, Hanna Kellermann, Florian Kerber, Olaf Mandel, Antonio Manescau , Luca Pasquini, Eszter Pozna, Rafael Rebolo, José Renan de Medeiros, Sebastian Stark, Tilo Steinmetz, Alejandro Suárez Mascareño, Thomas Udem, Josefina Urrutia, Yuanjie Wu

Proceedings Volume 9908, 990864 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231434

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Calibration, Frequency combs, Astronomy, Observatories, Multimode fibers, Telescopes, Lanthanum, Lamps, Precision calibration

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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 | 4 August 2016 Paper

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 | 3 August 2016 Paper

The ESO Paranal instrumentation program

Luca Pasquini

Proceedings Volume 9908, 990802 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231869

KEYWORDS: Lanthanum, Observatories, Spectrographs, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Sensors, Optical spheres, Astatine, Imaging systems, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 1 August 2016 Paper

Characterizing the cross dispersion reflection gratings of CRIRES+

Roman Follert, Dieter Taubert, Jörg Hollandt, Christian Monte, Ernesto Oliva, Ulf Seemann, Tom Löwinger, Heiko Anwand-Heerwart, Christof Schmidt, Reinhold Dorn, Paul Bristow, Artie Hatzes, Ansgar Reiners, Nikolai Piskunov, Ulrike Heiter, Eric Stempels, Thomas Marquart, Alexis Lavail, Claudio Cumani, Jason Grunhut, Andreas Haimerl, Renate Hinterschuster, Derek Ives, Yves Jung, Florian Kerber, Barbara Klein, Jean Louis Lizon, Ignacio Molina-Conde, Belinda Nicholson, Livia Origlia, Luca Pasquini, Jérôme Paufique, Jörg Stegmeier, Sebastien Tordo

Proceedings Volume 9912, 99122B (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232569

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Infrared spectroscopy, Infrared spectroscopy, Mirrors, Sensors, Polarization, Signal detection, Polarizers, Mirror mounts, Infrared telescopes, Optical design

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

New telescope designs suitable for massively multiplexed spectroscopy

Luca Pasquini, B. Delabre, R. Ellis, Tim de Zeeuw

Proceedings Volume 9906, 99063C (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232289

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Telescope design, Mirrors, Optical instrument design, Relays, Spectroscopes, Spectrographs, Cameras, Space telescopes, Aspheric lenses

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2014 Paper

Novel infrared polarimeter for the ESO CRIRES+ instrument

Matthew Lockhart, Nikolai Piskunov, Eric Stempels, Michael Escuti, Ernesto Oliva, Hans-Ulrich Käufl, Ulrike Heiter, Thomas Marquart, Guillem Anglada-Escude, Dietrich Baade, Paul Bristow, Reinhold Dorn, Roman Follert, Domingo Gojak, Jason Grunhut, Artie Hatzes, Michael Hilker, Derek Ives, Yves Jung, Florian Kerber, Barbara Klein, Jean-Louis Lizon, Tom Löwinger, Livia Origlia, Luca Pasquini, Jerome Paufique, Eszter Pozna, Ansgar Reiners, Ulf Seemann, Alain Smette, Jonathan Smoker, Elena Valenti

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91478P (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056367

KEYWORDS: Polarimetry, Beam splitters, Infrared radiation, Polarization, Sensors, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Prototyping, Monochromators, Infrared telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

Opto-mechanical design of a new cross dispersion unit for the CRIRES+ high resolution spectrograph for the VLT

Jean Louis Lizon, Barbara Klein, Ernesto Oliva, Tom Löwinger, Guillem Anglada Escude, Dietrich Baade, Paul Bristow, Reinhold Dorn, Roman Follert, Jason Grunhut, Artie Hatzes, Ulrike Heiter, Derek Ives, Yves Jung, Florian Kerber, Matt Lockhart, Thomas Marquart, Livia Origlia, Luca Pasquini, Jerome Paufique, N. Piskunov, Eszter Pozna, Ansgar Reiners, Alain Smette, Jonathan Smoker, Ulf Seemann, Eric Stempels, Elena Valenti

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91477S (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054800

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Cryogenics, Cameras, Lenses, Spectrographs, Interfaces, Mirrors, Optomechanical design, Optical design, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

Concept and optical design of the cross-disperser module for CRIRES+

E. Oliva, A. Tozzi, D. Ferruzzi, L. Origlia, A. Hatzes, R. Follert, T. Löwinger, N. Piskunov, U. Heiter, M. Lockhart, T. Marquart, E. Stempels, A. Reiners, G. Anglada-Escude, Ulf Seemann, R. Dorn, P. Bristow, D. Baade, B. Delabre, D. Gojak, J. Grunhut, Barbara Klein, M. Hilker, D. Ives, Y. Jung, H.-U. Kaeufl, F. Kerber, J. Lizon, L. Pasquini, J. Paufique, Eszter Pozna, A. Smette, J. Smoker, E. Valenti

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91477R (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054381

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Tolerancing, Mirrors, Optical filters, Spectroscopy, Optical components, Optical design, Infrared spectroscopy, Sensors, Coating

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

NAOMI: a new adaptive optics module for interferometry

Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier, Reinhold Dorn, Francoise Delplancke-Stroebele, Jérome Paufique, Luigi Andolfato, Christophe Dupuy, Enrico Fedrigo, Philippe Gitton, Paul Jolley, Paul Lilley, Miska Le Louarn, Than Duc, Andrew Rakich, Javier Reyes, Robert Ridings, Julien Woillez, Enrico Marchetti, Marcos Suarez Valles, Christian Schmid, Norbert Hubin, Jean-Philippe Berger, Jutta Quentin, Bernard-Alexis Delabre, Stewart McLay, Luca Pasquini

Proceedings Volume 9146, 91461C (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054730

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Interferometry, Wavefront sensors, Astatine, Stars, Sensors, Mirrors, Cameras, Real-time computing

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

Paranal instrumentation programme

Luca Pasquini, Mark Casali, Adrian Russell

Proceedings Volume 9147, 914704 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055194

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Observatories, Spectrographs, Astronomy, Lanthanum, Large telescopes, Sensors, Interferometers, Image quality

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

A laser frequency comb featuring sub-cm/s precision for routine operation on HARPS

Rafael Probst, Gaspare Lo Curto, Gerardo Avila, Bruno Canto Martins, José de Medeiros, Massimiliano Esposito, Jonay González Hernández, Theodor Hänsch, Ronald Holzwarth, Florian Kerber, Izan Leão, Antonio Manescau, Luca Pasquini, Rafael Rebolo-López, Tilo Steinmetz, Thomas Udem, Yuanjie Wu

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91471C (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055784

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Continuous wave operation, Calibration, Optical filters, Frequency combs, Linear filtering, Astronomy, Fiber lasers, Charge-coupled devices, Fiber amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

CRIRES+: a cross-dispersed high-resolution infrared spectrograph for the ESO VLT

R. Follert, R. Dorn, E. Oliva, J. Lizon, A. Hatzes, N. Piskunov, A. Reiners, U. Seemann, E. Stempels, U. Heiter, T. Marquart, M. Lockhart, G. Anglada-Escude, T. Löwinger, D. Baade, J. Grunhut, P. Bristow, B. Klein, Y. Jung, D. Ives, F. Kerber, Eszter Pozna, J. Paufique, H. Kaeufl, L. Origlia, E. Valenti, D. Gojak, M. Hilker, L. Pasquini, A. Smette, J. Smoker

Proceedings Volume 9147, 914719 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054197

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Infrared spectroscopy, Stars, Sensors, Infrared radiation, Calibration, Adaptive optics, Planets, Magnetism, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2012 Paper

CODEX optical stability under microvibration environment: Is the Nasmith focal station suitable or not?

M. Riva, F. Zerbi, L. Pasquini

Proceedings Volume 8449, 844913 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927193

KEYWORDS: Optical components, Optical isolators, Instrument modeling, Systems modeling, MATLAB, Mirrors, Fermium, Frequency modulation, Content addressable memory, Vibrometry

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

The La Silla-Paranal (LSP) instrumentation program

L. Pasquini

Proceedings Volume 8446, 844609 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926044

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Lanthanum, Observatories, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectroscopes, Astronomy, James Webb Space Telescope, Space telescopes, Optical spheres, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

Overview of the ESO instrumentation programme

Mark Casali, Luca Pasquini, Suzanne Ramsay

Proceedings Volume 8446, 844604 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925941

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Imaging spectroscopy, Observatories, Spectroscopy, Sensors, Telescopes, Spectroscopes, Planets, Charge-coupled devices, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

Achieving a few cm/sec calibration repeatability for high resolution spectrographs: the laser frequency comb on HARPS

Gaspare Lo Curto, Antonio Manescau, Gerardo Avila, Luca Pasquini, Tobias Wilken, Tilo Steinmetz, Ronald Holzwarth, Rafael Probst, Thomas Udem, Theodor Hänsch, Jonay González Hernández, Massimiliano Esposito, Rafael Rebolo, Bruno Canto Martins, Jose Renan de Medeiros

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84461W (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925964

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Spectrographs, Frequency combs, Stars, Telescopes, Planets, Lamps, Astronomy, Prototyping, High power fiber amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 5 August 2010 Paper

The MUSE project from the dream toward reality

P. Callier, M. Accardo, L. Adjali, H. Anwand, R. Bacon, S. Bauer, I. Biswas, D. Boudon, S. Brau-Nogué, L. Brotons, L. Capoani, T. Contini, E. Daguisé, S. Deiries, B. Delabre, J.-P. Dubois, M. Dupieux, C. Dupuy, T. Fechner, A. Fleischmann, M. François, G. Gallou, T. Gharsa, A. Glindemann, D. Gojak, G. Hansali, T. Hahn, A. Jarno, A. Kelz, C. Koehler, J. Kosmalski, F. Laurent, M. Le Floch, J.-L. Lizon, M. Loupias, A. Manescau, C. Monstein, H. Nicklas, J.-C. Olaya, L. Parès, L. Pasquini, A. Pécontal-Rousset, C. Petit, E. Popow, R. Reiss, A. Remillieux, E. Renault, M. Roth, G. Rupprecht, D. Serre, O. Streicher, R. Stuik, J. Vernet, P. Weilbacher, L. Wisotzki, N. Yerle

Proceedings Volume 7738, 77380S (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857328

KEYWORDS: Software development, Manufacturing, Control systems, Prototyping, Spectrographs, Sensors, Optical design, Detector development, Spectroscopes, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2010 Paper

Ultrastable operation of detectors for high-resolution spectrographs

Antonio Manescau, Marco Gullieuszik, Olaf Iwert, Hans Dekker, Jean-Louis Lizon, Gaspare Lo Curto, Peter Sinclaire, Filippo Maria Zerbi, Gerd Jakob, Dario Sosa, Paola Amico, Luca Pasquini

Proceedings Volume 7739, 77394C (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856829

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectrographs, Charge-coupled devices, Sensor performance, Calibration, Velocity measurements, Detector development, Spectral resolution, Environmental sensing, Computing systems

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