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  1. Ingot-like class of wavefront sensors for laser guide stars
  2. The ScopeSim ecosystem
  3. Contactless actuators and pyramid wavefront sensor, the SPLATT concept for space active optics: an overview of the project and the last laboratory results
  4. Point spread function reconstruction for SOUL + LUCI LBT data
  5. A preliminary design review study of the scientific performance of MAORY (MORFEO)
  6. BRUTE, PSF Reconstruction for the SOUL pyramid-based Single Conjugate Adaptive Optics facility of the LBT
  7. LBT SOUL data as a science test bench for MICADO PSF-R tool
  8. Laboratory testing of the Ingot WFS
  9. MAORY/MORFEO@ELT: general overview up to the preliminary design and a look towards the final design
  10. MAORY/MORFEO @ ELT: preliminary design of the adaptive optics subsystem
  11. MAVIS: preliminary design of the adaptive optics module
  12. SHARK-NIR, ready to “swim” in the LBT northern hemisphere “ocean”
  13. Status of the PSF reconstruction work package for MICADO@ELT
  14. The Ingot WFS on an ELT-like telescope: the project and simulations
  15. The MAORY/MORFEO MAIT strategy in Europe
  16. Tip-tilt anisoplanatism in MCAO-assisted astrometric observations
  17. Current status of MezzoCielo: a design aiming to a large aperture, extremely wide field of view telescope
  18. Finite Element Analysis of the MezzoCielo monocentric optical system and other mechanical issues
  19. Laboratory characterization of a large format, contactless active mirror with intrinsic rejection of vibrations
  20. MORFEO@ELT: system engineering activity up to preliminary design review
  21. Plate scale variation detecting method for LINC-NIRVANA
  22. Performance and limitations of using ELT and MCAO for 50 μas astrometry
  23. Demonstrating the sub-nanometer sensitivity of a pyramid WaveFrontSensor for active space telescopes
  24. About the development of the first fly-eye telescope
  25. Aligning and testing the ingot wavefront sensor in the lab
  26. Evaluating the performance of an Ingot wavefront sensor for the ELT: good news from simulations
  27. Ground-based adaptive optics observations with orbiting nanosatellite (GO-ON)
  28. Ingot wavefront sensor: from the Fourier End2End numerical simulation to the LOOPS test bench
  29. MAORY AO performances
  30. MAORY RTC, a status update
  31. MAORY science preparation status
  32. MAORY: the adaptive optics module for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT)
  33. MAVIS: the adaptive optics module feasibility study
  34. MICADO PSF-reconstruction work package description
  35. Performance and limitations of using ELT and MCAO for 50 uas astrometry
  36. SHARK-NIR, toward the installation at the Large Binocular Telescope
  37. Simulations of ELT-GMCAO Performance for Deep Field Observations
  38. Deep into the core of dense star clusters: an astrometric and photometric test case for ELT
  39. Operation of a layer-oriented multiconjugate adaptive optics system in the partial illumination regime
  40. Jets from massive protostars: clues on their role in the formation process from masers and high resolution radio / NIR imaging
  41. The impact of geometric distortions in multiconjugate adaptive optics astrometric observations with future extremely large telescopes
  42. Massive star cluster formation under the microscope atz = 6
  43. MAORY for ELT: preliminary design overview
  44. MAORY real-time computer preliminary design
  45. Numerical simulations of MAORY MCAO module for the ELT
  46. The calibration procedure of the LINC-NIRVANA ground and high layer WFS
  47. LO WFS of MAORY: performance and sky coverage assessment
  48. MAORY for ELT: preliminary mechanical design of the support structure
  49. Spatial filtering applied to the pyramid WFS: simulations and preliminary results
  50. Approximate nonnegative matrix factorization algorithm for the analysis of angular differential imaging data
  51. MAORY requirements flow down and technical budgets
  52. On-sky verification of a solution to the MCAO partial illumination issue and wind-predictive wavefront control
  53. The MICADO first light imager for ELT: its astrometric performance
  54. Commissioning multi-conjugate adaptive optics with LINC-NIRVANA on LBT
  55. Dealing with the cigar: preliminary performance estimation of an INGOT WFS
  56. Exploring the performance of a GMCAO-equipped ELT within the deep field surveys strategy
  57. Precise alignment method for MAORY
  58. The MAORY laser guide star wavefront sensor: design status
  59. Installation and commissioning of the LINC-NIRVANA near-infrared MCAO imager on LBT
  60. MAORY optical design analysis and tolerances
  61. The impact of ELT distortions and instabilities on future astrometric observations
  62. Prototype of a laser guide star wavefront sensor for the Extremely Large Telescope
  63. Toward large diffraction limited space telescopes with the Latt lightweight active primary
  64. The innermost regions of massive protostars traced by masers, high-resolution radio continuum, and near-infrared imaging
  65. The LBTI Fizeau imager – II. Sensitivity of the PSF and the MTF to adaptive optics errors and to piston errors
  66. The LBTI Fizeau imager – I. Fundamental gain in high-contrast imaging
  67. Alignment and preliminary outcomes of an ELT-size instrument to a very large telescope: LINC-NIRVANA at LBT
  68. GMCAO simulation tool development
  69. Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor sensitivity loss factor estimation in partial correction regime
  70. QSO host galaxies and environments in the ELT era
  71. MCAO with LINC-NIRVANA at LBT: preparing for first light
  72. Sensitivity to differential piston and to adaptive optics errors with the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer
  73. Fundamental gain in high-contrast imaging with the large binocular telescope interferometer
  74. The LATT way towards large active primaries for space telescopes
  75. Laboratory demonstration of a primary active mirror for space with the LATT: large aperture telescope technology
  76. Solving the MCAO partial illumination issue and laboratory results
  77. Dimensioning the MAORY real time computer
  78. Sparse aperture differential piston measurements using the pyramid wave-front sensor
  79. Dark tip-tilt sensing
  80. Kaczmarz and Cimmino: iterative and layer-oriented approaches to atmospheric tomography
  81. The numerical simulation tool for the MAORY multiconjugate adaptive optics system
  82. High order dark wavefront sensing simulations
  83. Accurate laser guide star wavefront sensor simulation for the E-ELT first light adaptive optics module
  84. SOUL: the Single conjugated adaptive Optics Upgrade for LBT
  85. MAORY: adaptive optics module for the E-ELT
  86. MAD ADAPTIVE OPTICS IMAGING OF HIGH-LUMINOSITY QUASARS: A PILOT PROJECT
  87. Active optics system of the VLT Survey Telescope
  88. Solving The Multi-Conjugated Adaptive Optics Partial Illumination Issue With Laboratory Results
  89. The VLT Survey Telescope: What Stands Behind the Surveys
  90. THE ABSOLUTE AGE OF THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER M15 USING NEAR-INFRARED ADAPTIVE OPTICS IMAGES FROM PISCES/LBT
  91. Star and jet multiplicity in the high-mass star forming region IRAS 05137+3919
  92. SPATIALLY RESOLVED M-BAND EMISSION FROM IO’S LOKI PATERA–FIZEAU IMAGING AT THE 22.8 m LBT
  93. Wavefront sensing in a partially illuminated, rotating pupil
  94. End to end numerical simulations of the MAORY multiconjugate adaptive optics system
  95. On the use of asymmetric PSF on NIR images of crowded stellar fields
  96. Preparing for the phase B of the E-ELT MCAO module project
  97. Pathfinder first light: alignment, calibration, and commissioning of the LINC-NIRVANA ground-layer adaptive optics subsystem
  98. Design and numerical simulations of the GMT Natural Guide star WFS
  99. Acquiring multiple stars with the LINC-NIRVANA Pathfinder
  100. Impact of sodium layer variations on the performance of the E-ELT MCAO module
  101. Fizeau interferometric imaging of Io volcanism with LBTI/LMIRcam
  102. First light of the LINC-NIRVANA Pathfinder experiment
  103. MagAO: Status and on-sky performance of the Magellan adaptive optics system
  104. A high-resolution image of the inner shell of the P Cygni nebula in the infrared [Fe ii] line
  105. ERIS: preliminary design phase overview
  106. Adaptive optics at short wavelengths
  107. Reconstruction of High Dynamic Range Images: Simulations of LBT Observations of a Stellar Jet, a Pathfinder Study for Future AO-Assisted Giant Telescopes
  108. Direct imaging of Beta Pictoris b with first-light Magellan Adaptive Optics
  109. High Contrast Imaging of an Exoplanet with the Magellan VisAO Camera
  110. Software and control system for the VLT Survey Telescope
  111. ON THE RADIO AND NEAR-INFRARED JET OF PKS 2155–304 AND ITS CLOSE ENVIRONMENT
  112. LINC-NIRVANA for the large binocular telescope: setting up the world’s largest near infrared binoculars for astronomy
  113. A close-up view of a bipolar jet: Sub-arcsecond near-infrared imaging of the high-mass protostar IRAS 20126+4104
  114. LBT observations of the HR 8799 planetary system
  115. LINC-NIRVANA for the LBT: setting up the world's largest NIR binoculars for astronomy
  116. Large field-of-view configurations for large-telescope adaptive optics systems: advantages and tradeoffs
  117. Pointing and tracking results of the VST telescope
  118. The VST alignment: strategy and results
  119. The active optics system of the VST: concepts and results
  120. VST: from commissioning to science
  121. The actuator design and the experimental tests of a new technology large deformable mirror for visible wavelengths adaptive optics
  122. Developing a new software package for PSF estimation and fitting of adaptive optics images
  123. First closed-loop visible AO test results for the advanced adaptive secondary AO system for the Magellan Telescope: MagAO's performance and status
  124. First on-sky calibration of an high order adaptive optics system
  125. Infinite impulse response modal filtering in visible adaptive optics
  126. LINC-NIRVANA Pathfinder: testing the next generation of wave front sensors at LBT
  127. Natural guide star adaptive optics systems at LBT: FLAO commissioning and science operations status
  128. Operation of the adaptive optics system at the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory
  129. The Giant Magellan Telescope adaptive optics program
  130. The LINC-NIRVANA high layer wavefront sensor laboratory experiment: progress report
  131. Wavefront sensor design for the GMT natural guide star AO system
  132. The tracking control system of the VLT Survey Telescope
  133. Removing static aberrations from the active optics system of a wide-field telescope
  134. FIRST LIGHT LBT AO IMAGES OF HR 8799 bcde AT 1.6 AND 3.3 μm: NEW DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN YOUNG PLANETS AND OLD BROWN DWARFS
  135. THE GRAY NEEDLE: LARGE GRAINS IN THE HD 15115 DEBRIS DISK FROM LBT/PISCES/ Ks AND LBTI /LMIRcam/ L ′ ADAPTIVE OPTICS IMAGING
  136. HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGES OF ORBITAL MOTION IN THE ORION TRAPEZIUM CLUSTER WITH THE LBT AO SYSTEM
  137. Large Binocular Telescope Adaptive Optics System: new achievements and perspectives in adaptive optics
  138. Front Matter: Volume 8151
  139. First laboratory results with the LINC-NIRVANA high layer wavefront sensor
  140. Astrometry with the MCAO instrument MAD. An analysis of single-epoch data obtained in the layer-oriented mode
  141. The jet of the BL Lacertae object PKS 2201+044: MAD near-IR adaptive optics observations and comparison with optical, radio and X-ray data
  142. Laboratory characterization and performance of the high-order adaptive optics system for the Large Binocular Telescope
  143. The ADC for the VST Telescope: theory and preliminary test of the electromechanical system
  144. A compact design of a WFS for a natural guide star-based ELT adaptive optics system
  145. A very wide field wavefront sensor for a very narrow field interferometer
  146. Adaptive optics with solely natural guide stars for an extremely large telescope
  147. An update of the on-sky performance of the layer-oriented wavefront sensor for MAD
  148. Analysis of LBT LINC-NIRVANA simulated images of galaxies
  149. First light AO (FLAO) system for LBT: final integration, acceptance test in Europe, and preliminary on-sky commissioning results
  150. Fringe detection and piston variability in LINC-NIRVANA
  151. Handling complex adaptive optics concepts including the third and fourth dimensions
  152. Numerical control matrix rotation for the LINC-NIRVANA multiconjugate adaptive optics system
  153. PLATO: detailed design of the telescope optical units
  154. Performance of the VST secondary mirror support system
  155. The MCAO systems within LINC-NIRVANA: control aspects beyond wavefront correction
  156. The PLATO opto-mechanical unit prototyping and AIV phase
  157. The VST auxiliary units: a status report before their commissioning in Paranal
  158. The VST telescope primary mirror safety system: simulation model and mechanical implementation
  159. The adaptive secondary mirror for the Large Binocular Telescope: optical acceptance test and preliminary on-sky commissioning results
  160. The opto-mechanical alignment procedure of the VLT Survey Telescope
  161. How to break the FoV versus thickness rule in MCAO
  162. DEALING WITH TURBULENCE: MCAO EXPERIENCE AND BEYOND
  163. RETRIEVING HIGH LAYER ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE STATISTICS ON E-ELT SCALES
  164. The jet of the BL Lacertae object PKS 0521-365 in the near-IR: MAD adaptive optics observations
  165. MCAO near-IR photometry of the globular cluster NGC 6388: MAD observations in crowded fields
  166. TOE-The Onduline Experiment: a new kind of wavefront sensor to characterize astronomical sites for Extremely Large Telescopes
  167. General performance analysis of a Fizeau interferometer
  168. Analysis of LBT LINC-NIRVANA simulated images of galaxies and young stellar objects
  169. A preliminary overview of the multiconjugate adaptive optics module for the E-ELT
  170. Layer oriented wavefront sensor for MAD on sky operations
  171. Layer oriented: science with MAD and beyond
  172. The Multiple Field of View Layer Oriented wavefront sensing system of LINC-NIRVANA: two arcminutes of corrected field using solely Natural Guide Stars
  173. Near infrared VLT/MAD observations of the isolated neutron stars RX J0420.0-5022 and RX J1856.5-3754
  174. Resolving stellar populations outside the Local Group: MAD observations of UKS 2323-326
  175. Advances in the reconstruction of LBT LINC-NIRVANA images
  176. Integration, testing, and laboratory characterization of the mid-high layer wavefront sensor for LINC-NIRVANA
  177. Laboratory testing the layer oriented wavefront sensor for the multiconjugate adaptive optics demonstrator
  178. MANU-CHAO: a laboratory ground-layer adaptive optics experiment
  179. ONIRICA: an infrared camera for OWL with MCAO low order partial correction
  180. Observation preparation software for LINC-NIRVANA
  181. The LINC-NIRVANA fringe and flexure tracker: image analysis concept and fringe tracking performance estimate
  182. The MCAO wavefront sensing system of LINC-NIRVANA: status report
  183. Wide-field imaging on 8- to 100-meter class telescopes
  184. LINC-NIRVANA: MCAO toward Extremely Large Telescopes
  185. MAD: practical implementation of MCAO concepts
  186. Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics for ELTs: constraints and limitations
  187. Layer-oriented wavefront sensor for a multiconjugate adaptive optics demonstrator
  188. Arbitrarily Small Pupils in Layer‐Oriented Multi‐Conjugate Adaptive Optics
  189. Beam divergence and vertex angle measurements for refractive pyramids
  190. An adaptive 2 m class telescope for a microlensing search from Antarctica
  191. Assembly, integration, and test of the layer-oriented wavefront sensor for MAD
  192. Wavefront sensing on 100-m scale
  193. Kalman-filter-based optimal control law for star-oriented and layer-oriented multiconjugate adaptive optics
  194. LINC-NIRVANA: how to get a 23-m wavefront nearly flat
  195. LINC-NIRVANA: mechanical challanges of the MCAO wavefront sensor
  196. LINC-NIRVANA: the single arm MCAO experiment
  197. MAD status report
  198. PIGS: first results on sky
  199. Sky coverage for layer-oriented MCAO: a detailed analytical and numerical study
  200. The LINC-NIRVANA fringe and flexure tracking system: differential piston simulation and detection
  201. The double Prime Focus camera for the Large Binocular Telescope
  202. Optical alignment of the LBT prime focus camera
  203. A smart fast camera
  204. A wide-field telescope for MACHO searching at Dome C
  205. Layer-oriented simulation tool
  206. Layer-Oriented on paper, laboratory, and soon on the sky
  207. An active wavefront sensor to make feasible adaptive optics on 100-m class telescopes
  208. LINC-NIRVANA: first attempt of an instrument for a 23-m-class telescope
  209. PIGS on sky - dream or reality?
  210. Layer-oriented MCAO projects and experiments: an update
  211. Sky coverage and Strehl ratio uniformity in layer-oriented MCAO systems
  212. A visible MCAO channel for NIRVANA at the LBT
  213. Identification and rejection of waffle modes in layer-oriented adaptive optics
  214. Layer oriented multiconjugate adaptive optics systems: performance analysis by numerical simulations
  215. Layer-oriented adaptive optics: from drawings to metal
  216. Layer-oriented wavefront sensor for MAD: status and progress report
  217. MAD the ESO multi-conjugate adaptive optics demonstrator
  218. Layer-oriented single- and dual-field-of-view performance for OWL
  219. A Few Degrees Very Wide Field of View Camera for VLT as a Finder for ELT
  220. Layer-Oriented MCAO Projects for 8-m Class Telescopes and Possible Scientific Outcome
  221. The ESO multi-conjugate adaptive optics demonstrator: a status report confirtnation number: CS211512