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astro-ph.IM2026

DM/WFS mis-registration tracking: Implementation and on-sky validation of SPRINT at LBT

Ben Buky, Cédric Taïssir Héritier, Fabio Rossi +7

The paper describes the implementation of the SPRINT method on the Large Binocular Telescope to track and correct mis‑registrations between the deformable mirror and wavefront sens…

#adaptive optics#deformable mirror#wavefront sensor#mis-registration tracking
astro-ph.IM2026

HARMONI@ELT: instrument design, performance, and science capabilities

B. Neichel, J. Dunlop, S. Chittick +17

The paper describes the design, performance expectations, and scientific capabilities of HARMONI, the near‑infrared integral field spectrograph being built for the Extremely Large…

#integral field spectroscopy#extremely large telescope#adaptive optics#near-infrared spectroscopy
astro-ph.IM2026

Towards an Extended VLTI: Turbulence Characterization for Kilometer-Scale Optical Links at Paranal

B. Neichel, T. Pichon, G. Bourdarot +10

The paper investigates the feasibility of extending the VLTI to kilometer-scale baselines by using free-space optical links with adaptive‑optics pre‑compensation, and proposes a de…

#optical interferometry#adaptive optics#free-space optical communication#turbulence monitoring
astro-ph.IM2026

Impact of microlens shape on the performance of Laser Guide Star wavefront sensors for ELT-class telescopes

Paul Rouquette, Benoit Neichel, Cédric Taisir Heritierc +4

The paper quantifies how imperfections in microlens shapes degrade the centroid accuracy of laser guide star Shack‑Hartmann wavefront sensors on ELT‑class telescopes and evaluates…

#laser guide star#shack-hartmann wavefront sensor#microlens array#adaptive optics
astro-ph.IM2026

Commissioning and on-sky performance verification of iLocater

Marshall C. Johnson, Marcelo Tala Pinto, Jonathan Crass +59

The paper describes the commissioning and first on‑sky performance of iLocater, a high‑resolution near‑infrared spectrograph on the Large Binocular Telescope, demonstrating its abi…

#near-infrared spectroscopy#extreme precision radial velocity#high-resolution spectrograph#adaptive optics
astro-ph.IM2026

DD4AO control law for RISTRETTO: robustness, real-time performance, and on-sky validation with PAPYRUS

Isaac Dinis, Muskan Schinde, Nicolas Blind +11

The paper presents the DD4AO frequency‑domain, data‑driven adaptive optics controller, its implementation in the RISTRETTO instrument, and on‑sky validation with the PAPYRUS system…

#adaptive optics#frequency-domain control#real-time performance#on-sky validation