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20122024
most citedStarlight Demonstration of the Dragonfly Instrument: an Integrated Photonic Pupil Remapping Interferometer for High Contrast Imaging

67 citations · 274 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

astro-ph.IM2024★ 10 cited

Asgard/NOTT: L-band nulling interferometry at the VLTI. II. Warm optical design and injection system

Germain Garreau, Azzurra Bigioli, Romain Laugier +17

Asgard/NOTT (previously Hi-5) is a European Research Council (ERC)-funded project hosted at KU Leuven and a new visitor instrument for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 50 cited

2023 Astrophotonics Roadmap: pathways to realizing multi-functional integrated astrophotonic instruments

Nemanja Jovanovic, Pradip Gatkine, Narsireddy Anugu +77

Photonics offer numerous functionalities that can be used to realize astrophotonic instruments. The most spectacular example to date is the ESO Gravity instrument at the Very Large…

astro-ph.IM2023

Pyxis: A ground-based demonstrator for formation-flying optical interferometry

Jonah T. Hansen, Samuel Wade, Michael J. Ireland +6

In the past few years, there has been a resurgence in studies towards space-based optical/infrared interferometry, particularly with the vision to use the technique to discover and…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 4 cited

High-contrast detection of exoplanets with a kernel-nuller at the VLTI

Peter Marley Chingaipe, Frantz Martinache, Nick Cvetojevic +5

Context: The conventional approach to direct imaging has been the use of a single aperture coronagraph with wavefront correction via extreme adaptive optics. Such systems are limit…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 3 cited

Towards a Better Understanding of OPD Limitations for Higher Sensitivity and Contrast at the VLTI

Benjamin Courtney-Barrer, Julien Woillez, Romain Laugier +9

Precise control of the optical path differences (OPD) in the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) was critical for the characterization of the black hole at the center of our…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 8 cited

L-band nulling interferometry at the VLTI with Asgard/Hi-5: status and plans

Denis Defrère, Azzurra Bigioli, Colin Dandumont +34

Hi-5 is the L'-band (3.5-4.0 m) high-contrast imager of Asgard, an instrument suite in preparation for the visitor focus of the VLTI. The system is optimized for high-contrast a…