Mr. Matthieu D. Bec Profile

Matthieu D. Bec

at Large Binocular Telescope Observatory

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Publications (21)

Proceedings Article | 3 September 2024 Presentation + Paper

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Emerging adaptive optics facility at Large Binocular Telescope Observatory

Sam Ragland, Guido Brusa, Alessandro Cavallaro, Heejoo Choi, Juan Carlos Guerra, Tom Herbst, Michael Lefebvre, Douglas Miller, Fernando Pedichini, Jennifer Power, Joseph Shields, Mark Smithwright, Gregory Taylor, Christian Veillet, Xianyu Zhang, Roberto Biasi, Al Conrad, Laird Close, Simone Esposito, Daniele Gallieni, Elena Masciadri, Brandon Mechtley, Eliad Peretz, Enrico Pinna, Roberto Ragazzoni, Fabio Rossi, Guido Agapito, Matthieu Bec, Maria Bergomi, Thomas Bertram, Florian Briegel, Jacopo Farinato, John Hill, Daewook Kim, Luca Marafatto, Roberto Piazzesi, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Armando Riccardi

Proceedings Volume 13097, 130970L (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019441

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Wavefront sensors, Equipment, Actuators, Observatories, Cameras, Wavefronts, Stars, Metrology

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The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) Observatory pioneered Adaptive Optics (AO) technologies such as Adaptive Secondary Mirror (ASM), Pyramid wavefront sensor, and Ground-layer AO using Rayleigh lasers at 8 to 10m class telescopes. We have initiated an effort to turn LBT AO into a facility-class capability. The effort involves (1) building an AO team with AO development capability, (2) improving the robustness of the AO, (3) developing in-house AO expertise to maintain and troubleshoot the AO systems, (4) automating processes for efficient on-sky operation, (5) tracking performance metrics and cultivating accountability for on-sky AO performance, and (6) minimizing the operational risks for the ASMs. We present the status of these developments. LBTO continues its efforts to develop innovative technology. We explore the next phase of AO developments, including Agile Extreme Adaptive Optics (AgXAO) on the DX side of the LINC-NIRVANA optical bench to overcome the limitation imposed by varying and large atmospheric seeing at Mount Graham. AgXAO implementation includes the development of (1) a high-order, high-sensitivity wavefront sensor, (2) a high-density deformable mirror with 3000 actuators and next-generation ASM with about 950 actuators, (3) active optics integration, (4) vibration and wavefront piston control, (5) atmospheric turbulence measurements and weather forecast integration, and (6) a visible camera and an AO-corrected narrow-field fiber-coupled IFU spectrograph using one of the existing workhorse visible spectrographs. Developing AgXAO on the SX side, too, would enable Fizeau imaging in the visible wavelengths. AgXAO will also serve as a general-purpose high-contrast (and subsequently a Fizeau imaging) Testbed on LBT to test advanced wavefront control algorithms, including astrophotonics experiments, and machine learning algorithms with minimal impact on routine science operations. We propose developing AgXAO through student projects to train the next-generation scientists and engineers for the extremely large telescope (ELT) era. The ultimate goal is to push large aperture ground-based telescopes to their performance limits and make them competitive with space telescopes in terms of PSF stability and performance to enable breakthrough science.

Proceedings Article | 6 September 2022 Presentation + Paper

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Commissioning a laser metrology truss for active optics on the Large Binocular Telescope

Andrew Rakich, Heejoo Choi, Christian Veillet, John Hill, Olga Kuhn, Matthieu Bec, Yang Zhang, Trenton Brendel, Breann Sitarski, William Schoenell

Proceedings Volume 12182, 121820D (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629904

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Kinematics, Collimators, Active optics, Image quality, Collimation, Metrology, Thermal modeling, Laser metrology

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

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Adaptive secondary mirrors performance and reliability improvements at the Large Binocular Telescope

Xianyu Zhang, Guido Brusa, Douglas Miller, Matthieu Bec, Julian Christou, Armando Riccardi, Marco Xompero

Proceedings Volume 11448, 114485O (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560850

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Reliability, Mirrors, Failure analysis, Adaptive optics, Algorithm development, Complex systems, Actuators, Databases, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

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A laser-truss based optical alignment system on LBT

Andrew Rakich, Heejoo Choi, Christian Veillet, John Hill, Matthieu Bec, Yang Zhang, Trenton Brendel, Breann Sitarski, Michael Gardiner, Dae Wook Kim, Stephanie Rodriguez

Proceedings Volume 11445, 114450R (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2558013

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Prototyping, Laser systems engineering, Optical alignment, Metrology, Laser metrology, Cameras, Kinematics, Collimators

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation + Paper

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A program to monitor and improve routine AO operations

Al Conrad, Shane Walsh, Doug Miller, Yang Zhang, Steve Ertel, Matthieu Bec

Proceedings Volume 11448, 114487T (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2569987

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

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Prototyping the GMT telescope metrology system on LBT

A. Rakich, P. Schurter, R. Conan, J. Hill, M. Gardiner, M. Bec, O. Kuhn

Proceedings Volume 10700, 107001S (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313900

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Metrology, Prototyping, Collimators, Active optics, Retroreflectors, Control systems, Optical alignment, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2014 Paper

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End-to-end observatory software modeling using domain specific languages

José Filgueira, Matthieu Bec, Ning Liu, Chien Peng, José Soto

Proceedings Volume 9152, 91521O (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056718

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Observatories, Software development, Telescopes, Standards development, Process modeling, Data modeling, Computer architecture, Systems modeling, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2012 Paper

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Science readiness of the Gemini MCAO System: GeMS

Benoit Neichel, Franҫois Rigaut, Andrew Serio, Gustavo Arriagada, Maxime Boccas, Céline d'Orgeville, Vincent Fesquet, Chadwick Trujillo, William Rambold, Ramon Galvez, Gaston Gausachs, Tomislav Vucina, Vanessa Montes, Cristian Urrutia, Cristian Moreno, Sarah Diggs, Claudio Araya, Javier Lührs, Gelys Trancho, Matthieu Bec, Claudio Marchant, Fabian Collao, Eleazar Carrasco, Michelle Edwards, Peter Pessev, Ariel Lopez, Herman Diaz

Proceedings Volume 8447, 84474Q (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925285

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Electroluminescent displays, Gemini Observatory, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Mirrors, Observatories, Beam splitters, Turbulence

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

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GMT software and controls overview

José Filgueira, Matthieu Bec, José Soto, Ning Liu, Chien Peng

Proceedings Volume 8451, 845111 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925191

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Observatories, Process modeling, Systems modeling, Software development, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Image processing, Data modeling, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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Gemini South multi-conjugate adaptive optics (GeMS) laser guide star facility on-sky performance results

Céline d'Orgeville, Sarah Diggs, Vincent Fesquet, Benoit Neichel, William Rambold, François Rigaut, Andrew Serio, Claudio Araya, Gustavo Arriagada, Rodrigo Balladares, Matthieu Bec, Maxime Boccas, Camila Duran, Angelic Ebbers, Ariel Lopez, Claudio Marchant, Eduardo Marin, Vanessa Montes, Cristian Moreno, Eric Petit Vega, Carlos Segura, Gelys Trancho, Chad Trujillo, Cristian Urrutia, Patricio Veliz, Tomislav Vucina

Proceedings Volume 8447, 84471Q (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925813

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Gemini Observatory, Sodium, Laser safety, Mirrors, Laser systems engineering, Adaptive optics, Laser guide stars, Observatories, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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GeMS first on-sky results

Franҫois Rigaut, Benoit Neichel, Maxime Boccas, Céline d'Orgeville, Gustavo Arriagada, Vincent Fesquet, Sarah Diggs, Claudio Marchant, Gaston Gausach, William Rambold, Javier Luhrs, Shane Walker, Eleazar Carrasco-Damele, Michelle Edwards, Peter Pessev, Ramon Galvez, Tomislav Vucina, Claudio Araya, Alejandro Gutierrez, Angelic Ebbers, Andrew Serio, Cristian Moreno, Cristian Urrutia, Rolando Rogers, Roberto Rojas, Chadwick Trujillo, Bryan Miller, Douglas Simons, Ariel Lopez, Vanessa Montes, Herman Diaz, Felipe Daruich, Felipe Colazo, Matthieu Bec, Gelys Trancho, Michael Sheehan, Peter McGregor, Peter Young, Matthew Doolan, Jan van Harmelen, Brent Ellerbroek, Damien Gratadour, Aurea Garcia-Rissmann

Proceedings Volume 8447, 84470I (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927061

KEYWORDS: Stars, Adaptive optics, Point spread functions, Error analysis, Calibration, Gemini Observatory, Actuators, Turbulence, Image quality, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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Science readiness of the Gemini MCAO system: GeMS

Benoit Neichel, François Rigaut, Andrew Serio, Gustavo Arriagada, Maxime Boccas, Céline d'Orgeville, Vincent Fesquet, Chadwick Trujillo, William Rambold, Ramon Galvez, Gaston Gausachs, Tomislav Vucina, Vanessa Montes, Cristian Urrutia, Cristian Moreno, Sarah Diggs, Claudio Araya, Javier Lührs, Gelys Trancho, Matthieu Bec, Claudio Marchant, Fabian Collao, Eleazar Carrasco, Michelle Edwards, Peter Pessev, Ariel Lopez, Hernan Diaz

Proceedings Volume 8447, 84470W (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925915

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Electroluminescent displays, Gemini Observatory, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Mirrors, Observatories, Beam splitters, Turbulence

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2010 Paper

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The Gemini MCAO System GeMS: nearing the end of a lab-story

B. Neichel, F. Rigaut, M. Bec, M. Boccas, F. Daruich, C. D'Orgeville, V. Fesquet, R. Galvez, A. Garcia-Rissmann, G. Gausachs, M. Lombini, G. Perez, G. Trancho, V. Upadhya, T. Vucina

Proceedings Volume 7736, 773606 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856716

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Calibration, Gemini Observatory, Actuators, Real-time computing, Laser guide stars, Data modeling, Laser systems engineering, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2010 Paper

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MYST: a comprehensive high-level AO control tool for GeMS

F. Rigaut, B. Neichel, M. Bec, A. Garcia-Rissman

Proceedings Volume 7736, 77362H (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856755

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Real-time computing, Gemini Observatory, Control systems, Diagnostics, Computer architecture, Calibration, Matrices, Actuators, Databases

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Proceedings Article | 21 July 2010 Paper

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Design and implementation of an improved chilled water glycol system for GeMS: CANOPUS thermal enclosures

Gaston Gausachs, Matthieu Bec, Ramon Galvez, Chas Cavedoni, Vicente Vergara, Herman Diaz, German Fernandez

Proceedings Volume 7735, 77356D (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857338

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Fluctuations and noise, Gemini Observatory, Adaptive optics, Human-machine interfaces, Cooling systems, Deformable mirrors, Logic, Chemical elements, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2008 Paper

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Gemini all-sky camera for laser guide star operation

Matthieu Bec, Francois Rigaut, Gelys Trancho, Maxime Boccas, Fabian Collao, Felipe Daruich, Céline d'Orgeville, Manuel Lazo, Diego Maltes, Gabriel Perez, Vicente Vergara, Tomislav Vucina, Michael Sheehan

Proceedings Volume 7019, 70192C (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788190

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Gemini Observatory, Imaging systems, Human-machine interfaces, Electronics, Observatories, Laser guide stars, CCD cameras, Sensors, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

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The Gemini MCAO bench: system overview and lab integration

Matthieu Bec, Francois Rigaut, Ramon Galvez, Gustavo Arriagada, Maxime Boccas, Gaston Gausachs, Damien Gratadour, Eric James, Roberto Rojas, Rolando Rogers, Michael Sheehan, Gelys Trancho, Tomislav Vucina

Proceedings Volume 7015, 701568 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790354

KEYWORDS: Gemini Observatory, Electronics, Telescopes, Real-time computing, Wavefront sensors, Mirrors, Sensors, Stars, Control systems, Laser guide stars

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2008 Paper

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The Gemini-South MCAO operational model: insights on a new era of telescope operation

Gelys Trancho, Matthieu Bec, Etienne Artigau, Celine d'Orgeville, Damien Gratadour, Francois Rigaut, Brian Walls

Proceedings Volume 7016, 70161Q (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788183

KEYWORDS: Gemini Observatory, Stars, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Sensors, Adaptive optics, Laser guide stars, Safety, Control systems, Atmospheric optics

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2008 Paper

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The Gemini South MCAO laser guide star facility: getting ready for first light

Céline d'Orgeville, Felipe Daruich, Gustavo Arriagada, Matthieu Bec, Maxime Boccas, Stacy Bombino, Chris Carter, Chas Cavedoni, Fabian Collao, Paul Collins, Eric James, Stan Karewicz, Manuel Lazo, Diego Maltes, Ron Mouser, Gabriel Perez, François Rigaut, Roberto Rojas, Mike Sheehan, Gelys Trancho, Vicente Vergara, Tomislav Vucina

Proceedings Volume 7015, 70152P (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788970

KEYWORDS: Gemini Observatory, Telescopes, Mirrors, Laser safety, Safety, Cameras, Stars, Laser guide stars, Adaptive optics, Laser beam propagation

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Proceedings Article | 7 July 2008 Paper

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GeMS: Gemini Mcao System: current status and commissioning plans

Maxime Boccas, François Rigaut, Damien Gratadour, Céline d'Orgeville, Matthieu Bec, Felipe Daruich, Gabriel Perez, Gustavo Arriagada, Stacy Bombino, Chris Carter, Chas Cavedoni, Fabian Collao, Paul Collins, Pablo Diaz, Angelic Ebbers, Ramon Galvez, Gaston Gausachs, Steve Hardash, Eric James, Stan Karewicz, Manuel Lazo, Diego Maltes, Ron Mouser, Rolando Rogers, Roberto Rojas, Michael Sheehan, Gelys Trancho, Vicente Vergara, Tomislav Vucina

Proceedings Volume 7015, 70150X (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788958

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Gemini Observatory, Adaptive optics, Mirrors, Calibration, Laser stabilization, Sensors, Stars, Laser safety, Laser guide stars

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Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper

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Laser guide star upgrade of Altair at Gemini North

Maxime Boccas, Francois Rigaut, Matthieu Bec, Benjamin Irarrazaval, Eric James, Angelic Ebbers, Celine d'Orgeville, Kenny Grace, Gustavo Arriagada, Stan Karewicz, Mike Sheehan, John White, Simon Chan

Proceedings Volume 6272, 62723L (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670842

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Sensors, Gemini Observatory, Adaptive optics, Sodium, Laser guide stars, Control systems, Monochromatic aberrations, Cameras

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