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most citedPyramid wavefront sensor optical gains compensation using a convolutional model

37 citations · 202 across the 41 of their papers we have counts for

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47 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

Modelling Fourier filtering wavefront sensors for PSD-based methods: the AOPERA tool

Romain Fétick, Vincent Chambouleyron, Lisa-Marie Mazzolo +6

Compensation of the atmospheric turbulence thanks to adaptive optics (AO) has now become commonly used for VLT or ELT class telescopes in order to retrieve a resolution close to th…

astro-ph.IM2026

On-sky demonstration of a vector Zernike wavefront sensor in a cascaded adaptive optics system

M. Motte, V. Chambouleyron, R. Fétick +13

To directly image and characterise Earth-like exoplanets, future high-contrast instruments will require adaptive-optics systems operating at increasingly high loop frequencies to r…

astro-ph.IM2026

RISTRETTO: Assembly and Testing of the Seven-spaxel, High-resolution, Diffraction-limited Spectrograph

Leonie Hoerner, Bruno Chazelas, Nathanaël Restori +24

The RISTRETTO project aims at the direct detection of the reflected light of extra-solar planets to measure albedos and detect possible biosignatures, using the high-contrast / hig…

astro-ph.IM2026

The Roman Coronagraph Community Participation Program: Using the Zernike wavefront sensor for a full characterisation of the Roman Space Telescope and the Coronagraph Instrument

Arthur Vigan, Alexis Bidot, Vincent Chambouleyron +4

The Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument (CGI) will demonstrate a series of technologies and techniques to enable the direct detection of reflected-light planets with space…

astro-ph.IM2026

Closing the loop on-sky with a vector-Zernike wavefront sensor using a convolutional neural network as phase reconstructor

Francisco Oyarzún, Mathieu Motte, Cedric-Taissir Heritier +11

Context: The new giant segmented mirror telescopes will use adaptive optics to reach the fundamental limits in resolving power. To accomplish this, new wavefront sensors (WFS) have…

astro-ph.IM2026

Cassiopee: Defining the next-generation deformable mirror and high-speed SWIR camera for adaptive optics applications

B. Neichel, T. Fusco, F. Oyarzun +14

Future adaptive optics (AO) systems for astronomy, optical communications, space situational awareness, and laser-based defense require a new generation of components operating at…

astro-ph.IM2026

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

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

Future extensions of the VLTI aim to push infrared interferometry toward kilometer scale baselines, enabling angular resolutions of a few tens of micro-arcseconds. A first step wou…

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

This study presents DD4AO progress towards its implementation in the RISTRETTO instrument. DD4AO is a novel frequency-domain, data-driven controller for adaptive optics that levera…

astro-ph.IM2026

Experimentally-determined performance limits for joint imaging and wavefront sensing with a photonic lantern

Aditya R. Sengupta, Vincent Chambouleyron, Rebecca Jensen-Clem +16

The photonic lantern (PL) is a focal-plane wavefront sensor (WFS) that can be used for second-stage control of extreme adaptive optics (AO) systems. While the number of sensed mode…

astro-ph.IM2026

On-sky demonstration of reinforcement learning for adaptive optics control

Jalo Nousiainen, Vincent Chambouleyron, Benoit Neichel +7

Reinforcement learning (RL)-based algorithms have recently emerged as a promising approach for adaptive optics (AO) control. In simulations and laboratory experiments, they have de…

astro-ph.IM2025

Keck Observatory as an HWO Testbed: validating wavefront sensing and control schemes on a large segmented aperture in parallel with high-contrast science

Maïssa Salama, Rebecca Jensen-Clem, Mahawa Cissé +6

Exoplanet direct imaging allows us to directly probe and characterize an exoplanet's atmosphere, searching for signs of life in its atmospheric signatures. Directly imaging an Eart…

astro-ph.IM2025

The Santa Cruz Extreme AO Lab (SEAL) 2.0: A reflective, multi-wavelength rebuild

Rebecca Jensen-Clem, Vincent Chambouleyron, Prince Javier +20

The Santa cruz Extreme Adaptive optics Lab (SEAL) is a visible/near-infrared wavelength testbed designed to support technology development for high contrast imaging on large, segme…

astro-ph.IM2025

Exploring the Capabilities of Astrophotonics for the Precise Alignment of Segmented Telescopes

Maria Cuevas, Aditya R. Sengupta, Vincent Chambouleyron +9

The next generation of large telescopes for direct imaging of exoplanets will require segmented primary mirrors. Over both long and short timescales, these telescopes experience se…

astro-ph.IM2025

Experimental validation of photonic lantern imaging and wavefront sensing performance

Aditya R. Sengupta, Vincent Chambouleyron, Jordan Diaz +15

Photonic lanterns (PLs) are fiber-based waveguides that are capable of focal-plane wavefront sensing while simultaneously directing light to downstream science instruments. The opt…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 1 cited

Adding colour to the Zernike wavefront sensor: Advantages of including multi-wavelength measurements for wavefront reconstruction

M. Darcis, S. Y. Haffert, V. Chambouleyron +3

To directly image Earth-like planets, contrast levels of 10^-8 - 10^-10 are required. The next generation of instruments will need wavefront control below the nanometer level to ac…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 9 cited

Technical description and performance of the phase II version of the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer

Nemanja Jovanovic, Daniel Echeverri, Jacques-Robert Delorme +46

The Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC) is a series of upgrades for the Keck II Adaptive Optics (AO) system and the NIRSPEC spectrograph to enable diffraction limited, high…

astro-ph.IM2024

Coronagraph-based wavefront sensors for the high Strehl regime

Vincent Chambouleyron, J. Kent Wallace, Rebecca Jensen-Clem +1

A crucial component of the high-contrast instrumental chain in astronomy is the wavefront sensor (WFS). A key property of this component is its sensitivities, which reflect its abi…

astro-ph.IM2024

Performance comparison of the Shack-Hartmann and pyramid wavefront sensors with a laser guide star for 40 m telescopes

Francisco Oyarzun, Cedric-Taissir Heritier, Vincent Chambouleyron +3

Context. The new giant segmented mirror telescopes will use laser guide stars (LGS) for their adaptive optics (AO) systems. Two options to use as wavefront sensors (WFS) are the Sh…

astro-ph.IM2024

GPI 2.0: Exploring The Impact of Different Readout Modes on the Wavefront Sensor's EMCCD

Clarissa R. Do Ó, Saavidra Perera, Jérôme Maire +26

The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) is a high contrast imaging instrument that aims to detect and characterize extrasolar planets. GPI is being upgraded to GPI 2.0, with several subsyst…

astro-ph.IM2024

Real-time control and data standardization on various telescopes and benches

Nour Skaf, Rebecca Jensen-Clem, Aaron Hunter +19

Real-time control (RTC) is pivotal for any Adaptive Optics (AO) system, including high-contrast imaging of exoplanets and circumstellar environments. It is the brain of the AO syst…

astro-ph.IM2024

Reconstruction methods for the phase-shifted Zernike wavefront sensor

Vincent Chambouleyron, Mahawa Cissé, Maïssa Salama +8

The Zernike wavefront sensor (ZWFS) stands out as one of the most sensitive optical systems for measuring the phase of an incoming wavefront, reaching photon efficiencies close to…

astro-ph.IM2024

Implementation and Characterization of the Vector Vortex Coronagraph on the SEAL Testbed

Ashai Moreno, Vincent Chambouleyron, Rebecca M. Jensen-Clem +3

The Santa Cruz Extreme AO Lab (SEAL) testbed is an optical bench meant to design and develop new wavefront control techniques for high-contrast imaging for segmented telescopes. Th…

astro-ph.IM2024

Towards understanding interactions between the AO system and segment co-phasing with the vector-Zernike wavefront sensor on Keck

Maïssa Salama, Charlotte Guthery, Vincent Chambouleyron +14

We extend our previous demonstration of the first on-sky primary mirror segment closed-loop control on Keck using a vector-Zernike wavefront sensor (vZWFS), which improved the Stre…

astro-ph.IM2024

The future looks dark: improving high contrast imaging with hyper-parameter optimization for data-driven predictive wavefront control

J. Fowler, Rebecca Jensen-Clem, Maaike A. M. van Kooten +2

The direct imaging and characterization of exoplanets requires extreme adaptive optics (XAO), achieving exquisite wavefront correction (upwards of 90 Strehl) over a narrow fiel…