2 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
Cascade adaptive optics with a second stage based on a Zernike wavefront sensor for exoplanet observations II. Validation in broadband light on the ESO/GHOST testbed
A. Rahim, M. N'Diaye, A. Vigan +10
Current high-contrast facilities on the ground use extreme adaptive optics (XAO) systems to achieve contrasts down to at 200\,mas for exoplanet observations. This perform…
astro-ph.IM2024
The GPU-based High-order adaptive OpticS Testbench
Byron Engler, Markus Kasper, Serban Leveratto +12
The GPU-based High-order adaptive OpticS Testbench (GHOST) at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a new 2-stage extreme adaptive optics (XAO) testbench at ESO. The GHOST is…