8 papers
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…
Wavelength-Dependent Evolution of Full-Field Transfer Matrices in Photonic Lanterns
Caleb Dobias, Miguel Römer, Swati Bhargava +10
A fiber-based photonic lantern can couple an array of single-mode optical fibers to the guided modes of a multimode fiber, with the mapping between the single-mode fibers and guide…
Multi-node quantum key distribution network using existing underground optical fibre infrastructure
Mariella Minder, Andreas Siakolas, Stephanos Yerolatsitis +2
Quantum key distribution (QKD) offers unconditional information security by allowing two distant users to establish a common encryption key resilient to hacking. Resultingly, QKD n…
On-sky demonstration of second-stage wavefront control with a photonic lantern
Aditya R. Sengupta, Jordan Diaz, Matthew DeMartino +14
Ground-based direct imaging of exoplanets at high contrast requires precise correction of atmospheric turbulence using adaptive optics (AO). The planet-to-star contrast ratio at sm…
On-sky Demonstration of Subdiffraction-limited Astronomical Measurement Using a Photonic Lantern
Yoo Jung Kim, Michael P. Fitzgerald, Sébastien Vievard +18
Resolving fine details of astronomical objects provides critical insights into their underlying physical processes. This drives in part the desire to construct ever-larger telescop…
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…