3 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
Establishing baseline model performances for optical turbulence forecasting
M. De Sepibus, E. Masciadri, C. Weinberger +2
Accurate optical turbulence (OT) forecasts help telescopes observe with maximum efficiency, as the performance of adaptive optics (AO) systems strongly depends on turbulence condit…
astro-ph.IM2025
Optical turbulence forecast for ground-based astronomy and free-space optical communication
Elena Masciadri, Alessio Turchi, Camilo Weinberger +2
Forecasting optical turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere has been an ambitious challenge for the astronomical scientific community for several decades. While earlier research prima…
astro-ph.IM2024
Transformer neural networks for closed-loop adaptive optics using non-modulated pyramid wavefront sensors
Camilo Weinberger, Jorge Tapia, Benoit Neichel +1
The Pyramid Wavefront Sensor (PyWFS) is highly nonlinear and requires the use of beam modulation to successfully close an AO loop under varying atmospheric turbulence conditions, a…