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most citedExperimental and on-sky demonstration of spectrally dispersed wavefront sensing using a photonic lantern

7 citations · 21 across the 24 of their papers we have counts for

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26 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

Towards High-Throughput Visible Photonic Lanterns for the EMARCOT Project

Abani Shankar Nayak, Julius Goehring, Marina Centenera-Merino +14

Photonic EMARCOT is an innovative project involving Spanish, German and Australian research institutes that aims to integrate multiple Optical Tube Assemblies (OTAs) using photonic…

astro-ph.IM2026

Demonstration of a multimode-to-multimode photonic lantern for astronomy

Marina Centenera-Merino, Andrew Ross-Adams, Christopher Betters +14

Photonic lanterns have been widely used in astronomy as low-loss multiplexing devices, typically coupling light from a multimode input into several single-mode outputs. In this wor…

astro-ph.IM2026

The Photonic Lantern Nuller: from concept to laboratory and on-sky demonstrations

Yinzi Xin, Nemanja Jovanovic, Dimitri Mawet +18

This thesis work presents the conceptual design and experimental characterization of the Photonic Lantern Nuller instrument, which uses a multimode-to-single-mode demultiplexing wa…

astro-ph.IM2026

FIRST-PL: Commissioning the first visible photonic lantern spectrograph for sub-diffraction-limit astronomy on Subaru/SCExAO

Sebastien Vievard, Elsa Huby, Sylvestre Lacour +18

FIRST-PL (Fibered Imager foR a Single Telescope - Photonic Lantern) is a newly commissioned visible-light instrument on Subaru/SCExAO achieving spectroscopy below the diffraction l…

physics.optics2026

Overcoming the low signal-to-noise problem for hybrid mode-selective photonic lantern-based wavefront correction using machine learning

Nathan K Long, Barnaby Norris, Daniel S Dahl +10

Hybrid mode-selective photonic lanterns transform an input complex point-spread function into several single-mode outputs, where a selected core feeds the fundamental mode to a pho…

physics.optics2026

Seidr update: photonic 'black magic' for high-contrast interferometry using kernel-nulling and photonic lanterns

Nathan K Long, Daniel S Dahl, Christopher H Betters +13

Seidr is a new interferometric beam combiner within the Asgard Suite, utilizing infrastructure common to the BIFROST instrument at the Very Large Telescope Interferometer. Seidr co…

physics.optics2026

Empirical verification of principal mode orthogonality and relative phase calibration in photonic lanterns

Adam K. Taras, Barnaby R. M. Norris, Christopher Betters +6

Photonic lanterns efficiently map input spatial modes to single-mode outputs for applications like high angular resolution imaging and nulling interferometry. However, manufacturin…

astro-ph.IM2026

PEEPSS: Photonic-Enabled ExoPlanet Spectroscopic Sensor for the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Genevieve Markees, Stephen S. Eikenberry, Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa +5

The next few years will be critical for technology development for Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) in its mission to search for and characterize extrasolar planets. To achieve i…

physics.optics2026

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…

astro-ph.IM2026

Combining spectroscopy and wavefront control at deep contrast with photonic lanterns

Mona El Morsy, Olivier Guyon, Barnaby Norris +7

HWO aims to directly image objects orbiting Sun-like stars, using a 6-m telescope capable of high-contrast imaging () and spectroscopy to search for biosignatures in plan…

astro-ph.IM2026

Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Planetary Systems through Population-Level, Large-Scale Surveys

Francisco J. Pozuelos, Pedro J. Amado, Jesús Aceituno +13

Over the past three decades, exoplanet research has delivered an extensive census of planets spanning a wide range of masses, sizes, and orbital configurations. Despite this progre…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 2 cited

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…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Illuminating the lantern: coherent, spectro-polarimetric characterisation of a multimode converter

Adam K. Taras, Barnaby R. M. Norris, Christopher Betters +4

While photonic lanterns efficiently and uniquely map a set of input modes to single-mode outputs (or vice versa), the optical mode transfer matrix of any particular fabricated devi…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 7 cited

Experimental and on-sky demonstration of spectrally dispersed wavefront sensing using a photonic lantern

Jonathan Lin, Michael P. Fitzgerald, Yinzi Xin +12

Adaptive optics systems are critical in any application where highly resolved imaging or beam control must be performed through a dynamic medium. Such applications include astronom…

astro-ph.IM2025

Implicit Electric Field Conjugation with the Photonic Lantern Nuller

Yinzi Xin, Daniel Echeverri, Nemanja Jovanovic +12

The Photonic Lantern Nuller (PLN) is an instrument concept designed to characterize exoplanets within a single beam-width from its host star. The PLN leverages the spatial symmetry…

astro-ph.IM2024

Spectral characterization of a 3-port photonic lantern for application to spectroastrometry

Yoo Jung Kim, Michael P. Fitzgerald, Jonathan Lin +10

Spectroastrometry, which measures wavelength-dependent shifts in the center of light, is well-suited for studying objects whose morphology changes with wavelength at very high angu…

astro-ph.IM2024

On the Potential of Spectroastrometry with Photonic Lanterns

Yoo Jung Kim, Michael P. Fitzgerald, Jonathan Lin +5

We investigate the potential of photonic lantern (PL) fiber fed spectrometers for two-dimensional spectroastrometry. Spectroastrometry, a technique for studying small angular scale…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 4 cited

Spectroscopy using a visible photonic lantern at the Subaru telescope: Laboratory characterization and first on-sky demonstration on Ikiiki (α Leo) and `Aua (α Ori)

Sébastien Vievard, Manon Lallement, Sergio Leon-Saval +23

Photonic lanterns are waveguide devices enabling high throughput single mode spectroscopy and high angular resolution. We aim to present the first on-sky demonstration of a photoni…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 2 cited

Astrophotonics -- current capabilities and the road ahead

Barnaby Norris, Simon Gross, Sergio G. Leon-Saval +10

Astrophotonics represents a cutting-edge approach in observational astronomy. This paper explores the significant advancements and potential applications of astrophotonics, highlig…

astro-ph.IM2024

Visible Photonic Lantern integration, characterization and on-sky testing on Subaru/SCExAO

Sébastien Vievard, Manon Lallement, Sergio Leon-Saval +23

A Photonic Lantern (PL) is a novel device that efficiently converts a multi-mode fiber into several single-mode fibers. When coupled with an extreme adaptive optics (ExAO) system a…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 5 cited

Laboratory demonstration of a Photonic Lantern Nuller in monochromatic and broadband light

Yinzi Xin, Daniel Echeverri, Nemanja Jovanovic +11

Photonic lantern nulling (PLN) is a method for enabling the detection and characterization of close-in exoplanets by exploiting the symmetries of the ports of a mode-selective phot…

astro-ph.IM2024

Coherent Imaging with Photonic Lanterns

Yoo Jung Kim, Michael P. Fitzgerald, Jonathan Lin +4

Photonic Lanterns (PLs) are tapered waveguides that gradually transition from a multi-mode fiber geometry to a bundle of single-mode fibers (SMFs). They can efficiently couple mult…

astro-ph.IM2023

Real-time experimental demonstrations of a photonic lantern wavefront sensor

Jonathan W. Lin, Michael P. Fitzgerald, Yinzi Xin +12

The direct imaging of an Earth-like exoplanet will require sub-nanometric wavefront control across large light-collecting apertures, to reject host starlight and detect the faint p…

astro-ph.IM2023

Spectroastrometry and Imaging Science with Photonic Lanterns on Extremely Large Telescopes

Yoo Jung Kim, Michael P. Fitzgerald, Jonathan Lin +11

Photonic lanterns (PLs) are tapered waveguides that gradually transition from a multi-mode fiber geometry to a bundle of single-mode fibers. In astronomical applications, PLs can e…