Associate Professor Céline D'Orgeville
Masters degree in Optics & Photonics (Paris XI University, France), Masters degree in Optical Engineering (Institut d'Optique Graduate School, Orsay, France)
Instrument Scientist (Laser Physics) & Adaptive Optics Group Manager
ANU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
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Areas of expertise
- Astronomical And Space Instrumentation 020102
- Lasers And Quantum Electronics 020502
- Nonlinear Optics And Spectroscopy 020503
- Mesospheric, Ionospheric And Magnetospheric Physics 020107
- Photonics, Optoelectronics And Optical Communications 020504
- Photonics And Electro Optical Engineering (Excl. Communications) 090606
- Classical And Physical Optics 020501
- Engineering Instrumentation 099902
Research interests
- Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics (LGS AO) on ground-based telescopes used for astronomy, satellite imaging, and laser tracking of space debris
- Sodium LGS laser research and development
- Mesospheric sodium layer physics and characterization
- Project management and systems engineering
- Science Communication
- Gender Equity and Diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields
Biography
Céline d’Orgeville joined the ANU RSAA Adaptive Optics (AO) group in 2012 to lead Laser Guide Star (LGS) activities undertaken at the Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre (AITC) on Mount Stromlo near Canberra. On-going LGS AO projects at the AITC are included below. Celine was appointed AO Group Manager in July 2016. She is also the AITC Student Convenor.
Prior to moving to Australia, Céline worked at the Gemini Observatory where she led the design, fabrication and commissioning of the Gemini North LGS facility in Hawaii (1999-2006), and the Gemini South LGS facility in Chile (2007-2011). The Gemini South AO system, GeMS, is the only Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics facility in the world. The GeMS LGS facility is also unique in creating not just one but five sodium LGS to probe the atmosphere and enable GeMS to restore the diffraction-limit of the Gemini South 8-metre telescope over a 2 arcminute field of view.
Céline's interest in equity and diversity issues stems from her professional as well as personal experience working in the astronomy community world-wide. Céline was appointed the ANU CPMS representative on the University Access and Equity Committee in 2012, and inaugural chair of the RSAA Access and Equity Committee in 2013. Céline and Nobel Laureate Prof. Brian Schmidt co-chaired the 2014 edition of the Women in Astronomy workshop. Nowadays Céline is a member of the ANU Gender Institute management committee, and of the Astronomical Society of Australia Women in Astronomy chapter steering committee.
Researcher's projects
Céline's Laser Guide Star-related research projects at the ANU include:
- Design of the Laser Guide Star Facility for the Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics system of the Giant Magellan Telescope;
- An Adaptive Optics Demonstrator to enhance the performance of the Electro Optic Systems Pty Ltd (EOS) space debris laser tracking station on Mount Stromlo; and
- A variety of Adaptive Optics projects under development within the Cooperative Research Centre for Space Environment Management, also located on Mount Stromlo.
In 2014 Céline conducted a Gender Demographics Survey of the International Adaptive Optics Community, whose results are available here.
Publications
- D'Orgeville, C, Bennet, F, Blundell, M et al 2014, 'A sodium laser guide star facility for the ANU/EOS space debris tracking adaptive optics demonstrator', Adaptive Optics Systems IV, ed. Marchetti, E., Close L.M., Veran, J.-P., SPIE, Bellingham, USA.
- D'Orgeville, C, Rigaut, F, Maddison, S et al 2014, 'Gender equity issues in astronomy: Facts, fiction, and what the adaptive optics community can do to close the gap', Adaptive Optics Systems IV, ed. Marchetti, E., Close L.M., Veran, J.-P., SPIE, Bellingham, USA.
- Bennet, F, D'Orgeville, C, Gao, Y et al 2014, 'Adaptive optics for space debris tracking', Adaptive Optics Systems IV, ed. Marchetti, E., Close L.M., Veran, J.-P., SPIE, Bellingham, USA.
- Bennet, F, D'Orgeville, C, Gao, Y et al 2014, 'Ground based adaptive optic enhanced LIDAR for space environment management', Australian Institute of Physics Congress - The Art of Physics, ed. Conference Organising committee, Australian Institute of Physics, Canberra.
- Carrasco, E, Carrasco, E, Neichel, B et al 2014, 'GEMS/GSAOI: FROM COMMISSIONING TO OPERATIONS AND SCIENCE RESULTS', 14th Latin American Regional IAU Meeting, LARIM 2013, ed. Gregorio-Hetem J.Mateus A.Cid Fernandes R., Conference Organising Committee, TBC, p. 10.
- Neichel, B, Rigaut, F et al 2014, 'Gemini multiconjugate adaptive optics system review - II. Commissioning, operation and overall performance', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 440, no. 2, pp. 1002-1019.
- Conan, R, Bennet, F, Bouchez, A et al 2013, 'The Giant Magellan Telescope laser tomography adaptive optics system', 3rd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, (AO4ELT 2013), Florence.
- D'Orgeville, C, Bouchez, A, Conan, R et al 2013, 'GMT laser guide star facility', 3rd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, (AO4ELT 2013), Florence.
- Fesquet, V, Araujo, C, Garrel, V et al 2013, 'Review of Gemini South laser guide star facility performance and upgrades', 3rd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, (AO4ELT 2013), Florence.
- Neichel, B, D'Orgeville, C et al 2013, 'Characterization of the sodium layer at Cerro Pachon, and impact on laser guide star performance', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 429, no. 4, pp. 3522-3532.
- Rigaut, F, Neichel, B et al 2014, 'Gemini multiconjugate adaptive optics system review - I. Design, trade-offs and integration', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 437, no. 3, pp. 2361-2375.
- Vidal, F, Neichel, B et al 2013, 'GeMS: From the on-sky experimental system to science operation: The AO point of view', 3rd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, (AO4ELT 2013), Florence.
- Bennet, F, Conan, R, D'Orgeville, C et al 2012, 'Adaptive optics for laser space debris removal', Adaptive Optics Systems III, ed. Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Amsterdam, pp. 844744(1-6).
- Bouchez, A, Acton, D, Arcidiacono, C et al 2012, 'The Giant Magellan Telescope adaptive optics program', Adaptive Optics Systems III, ed. Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Amsterdam, pp. 1-12.
- Conan, R, Bennet, F, Bouchez, A et al 2012, 'The giant magellan telescope laser tomography adaptive optics system', Adaptive Optics Systems III, ed. Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Amsterdam, pp. 1-17.
- D'Orgeville, C, Diggs, S, Fesquet, V et al 2012, 'Gemini South multi-conjugate adaptive optics (GeMS) laser guide star facility on-sky performance results', Adaptive Optics Systems III, ed. Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Amsterdam, pp. 84471Q (1-21).
- Guesalaga, A, Neichel, B et al 2012, 'Improving stability, robustness and performance of laser systems', Adaptive Optics Systems III, ed. Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Amsterdam, pp. 84474M.
- Neichel, B, Rigaut, F et al 2012, 'Science readiness of the Gemini MCAO system: GeMS', Adaptive Optics Systems III, ed. Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Amsterdam, pp. -.
- Rigaut, F, Neichel, B, et al 2012, 'GeMS first on-sky results', Adaptive Optics Systems III, ed. Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Amsterdam, p. 15.
- Neichel, B, Neichel, B, Rigaut, F et al 2011, 'Sodium Photon Return, spot elongation and Fratricide effect: First on-sky results with GeMS', 2nd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT2), National Research Council of Canada, Victoria, Canada, pp. -.
- Oram, R, Fesquet, V, Wyman, R et al 2011, 'Remote Operations of Laser Guide Star Systems: Gemini Observatory', Telescopes from Afar, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, Hawaii, pp. --.
- Rigaut, F, Neichel, B et al 2011, 'GeMS sees star light', 2nd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT2), ed. --, National Research Council of Canada, Online, pp. --.
- Rigaut, F, Neichel, B et al 2011, 'The Gemini Multi-Conjugate Adaptive system sees star light', Adaptive Optics: Methods, Analysis and Applications, AO 2011, Optical Society of America, Toronto, pp. -.
- Sawruk, N, Lee, I, Jalali, M et al 2010, 'System overview of 30 W and 55 W sodium Guide Star Laser Systems', Adaptive Optics Systems II, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, San Diego, CA, pp. 77361Y.
- Oram, R, Fesquet, V, Wyman, R et al 2010, 'Gemini North laser guide star system: Operations and maintenance review', Adaptive Optics Systems II, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, San Diego, CA, pp. 77364Y.
- Neichel, B, Rigaut, F et al 2010, 'The gemini MCAO system GeMS: Nearing the end of a lab-story', Adaptive Optics Systems II, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, San Diego, CA, p. 773606.
- Bec, M, Rigaut, F, Trancho, G et al 2008, 'Gemini All-Sky Camera for Laser Guide Star Operation', Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II, ed. Alan Bridger, Nicole M. Radziwill, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, USA, pp. 70192C.
- Boccas, M, Rigaut, F, Gratadour, D et al 2008, 'GeMS: Gemini MCAO System: current status and commissioning plans', Adaptive Optics Systems, ed. Norbert Hubin, Claire E Max, Peter L Wizinowich, SPIE, Bellingham, USA, pp. 70150X.
- Lee, I, Jalali, M, Vanasse, N et al 2008, '20 W and 50 W Guidestar Laser System Update for the Keck I and Gemini South Telescopes', Adaptive Optics Systems, ed. Norbert Hubin, Claire E Max, Peter L Wizinowich, SPIE, Bellingham, USA, pp. 70150N.
- Trancho, G, Bec, M, Artigau, E et al 2008, 'The Gemini-South MCAO Operational Model: Insights on a new era of telescope operation', Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems II, ed. Roger J Brissenden, David R Silva, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, USA, pp. 70161Q.
- Munch, J, Rutten, T, Simakov, N et al 2008, 'A new guide star laser using optimized injection mode-locking', Adaptive Optics Systems, ed. Norbert Hubin, Claire E Max, Peter L Wizinowich, SPIE, Bellingham, USA, pp. 70150K.
- Cavedoni, C, Bombino, S, Sheehan, M et al 2008, 'The Gemini MCAO Infrastructure: laser service enclosure and support structure', Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes II, ed. Larry M Stepp, Roberto Gilmozzi, American Institute of Physics (AIP), Bellingham, USA, pp. 70122Y.
- D'Orgeville, C, Daruich, F, Arriagada, G et al 2008, 'The Gemini South MCAO laser guide star facility: getting ready for first light', Adaptive Optics Systems, ed. Norbert Hubin, Claire E Max, Peter L Wizinowich, SPIE, Bellingham, USA, pp. 70152P.
