Professor Francois Rigaut
Master.Physics, PhD Astrophys., Paris VII Univ.
Adaptive Optics Principal Scientist
ANU College of Science
T:
02 6125 0210
Areas of expertise
- Optical Physics 0205
- Photonics, Optoelectronics And Optical Communications 020504
- Numerical Analysis 010301
- Astronomical And Space Instrumentation 020102
- Stellar Astronomy And Planetary Systems 020110
- Open Software 080306
Research interests
- Adaptive Optics concepts & implementation
- Adaptive Optics diversification, application to health sciences
- Astronomical instrumentation
- New wavefront sensor concepts
- Space debris tracking and removal
- Affordable adaptive optics systems
Biography
Dr François Rigaut obtained his PhD from University of Paris 7 in 1992 on the first Adaptive Optics (AO) system for astronomy, COME-ON, then developped in Europe and used at the ESO La Silla observatory. Since then, Dr Rigaut has been involved in the technological and theoretical developments and promotion of Adaptive Optics at several institutes -The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, the European Southern Observatory and the Gemini Observatory- and through various instruments: PUEO, NAOS, Altair and lately the Gemini multi-conjugate AO system GeMS, the first and only Laser Guide Star Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics system. Dr Rigaut main theoretical contributions include the proposal and first paper describing Ground Layer AO, the proposal and the principle description of Fourier modelling of AO systems and the first quantification of the Tip-Tilt indetermination problem associated with the use of LGS, together with an analitycal derivation of the noise in Shack-Hartmann Wavefront sensors. Since January 2012, Dr Rigaut works at the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, where he now leads AO activities, concentrating on two main projects: A Laser Tomograpy AO system for the Giant Magellanic Telescope and an AO prototype for conditionning of laser beams used in space debris tracking, nudging and de-orbiting.
Publications
- Lingham, M, Grosse, D, Bennet, F et al. 2018, 'Adaptive optics tracking and pushing system for space debris manoeuvre', SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, ed. Laird M. Close, Laura Schreiber, Dirk Schmidt, SPIE, Bellingham, United States, pp. 1-15.
- Korkiakoski, V, Grosse, D, Lingham, M et al. 2018, 'Site characterisation at Mount Stromlo: results with a single-detector stereo-SCIDAR', SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, ed. Laird M. Close, Laura Schreiber, Dirk Schmidt, SPIE, Bellingham, United States, pp. 1-9.
- Korkiakoski, V, Rigaut, F, Price, I et al. 2018, 'High level adaptive optics supervision software for fast transition to optimal performance', SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, ed. Laird M. Close, Laura Schreiber, Dirk Schmidt, SPIE, Bellingham, United States, pp. 1-9.
- Rigaut, F & Neichel, B 2018, 'Multiconjugate Adaptive Optics for Astronomy', Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 56, pp. 277-314pp.
- Copeland, M, Bennet, F, Rigaut, F et al. 2018, 'Adaptive optics corrected imaging for satellite and debris characterisation', SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, ed. Laird M. Close, Laura Schreiber, Dirk Schmidt, SPIE, Bellingham, United States, pp. 1-7.
- Herrald, N, Bennet, F, D'Orgeville, C et al. 2018, 'Lens mounting techniques for precise radial location of fragile lenses in the NGS2 and Veloce instruments', SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, ed. Laird M. Close, Laura Schreiber, Dirk Schmidt, SPIE, Bellingham, United States, pp. 1-8.
- Rigaut, F, Minowa, Y, Akiyama, M et al. 2018, 'A conceptual design study for Subaru ULTIMATE GLAO', Adaptive Optics Systems VI 2018, ed. L. Close, L. Schreiber, D. Schmidt, SPIE, United States, pp. -.
- Jolissaint, L, Bouxin, A, Gokay, U et al. 2018, 'A flexible adaptive optics concept for general purpose high angular resolution science on the DAG 4m telescope', Adaptive Optics Systems VI 2018, ed. L. Close, L. Schreiber, D. Schmidt, SPIE, United States, pp. 1-12.
- Marin, E, Sivo, G, Garrel, V et al. 2018, 'Dueling lasers! A comparative analysis of two different sodium laser technologies on sky', SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, ed. Laird M. Close, Laura Schreiber, Dirk Schmidt, SPIE, Bellingham, United States, pp. 1-8.
- Mieda, E, Mieda, E, Tanaka, Y et al. 2018, 'Current status of the laser guide star upgrade at Subaru Telescope', Adaptive Optics Systems VI 2018, ed. L. Close, L. Schreiber, D. Schmidt, SPIE, United States, pp. -.
- Cranney, J, De Dona, J, Korkiakoski, V et al. 2018, 'An integrated identification and predictive control strategy for high wind velocity adaptive optics applications', Adaptive Optics Systems VI 2018, ed. L. Close, L. Schreiber, D. Schmidt, SPIE, United States, pp. -.
- Sivo, G, Sivo, G, Marin, E et al. 2018, 'An infusion of new blood using the Toptica laser with GeMS: Results of the commissioning and science performance', Adaptive Optics Systems VI 2018, ed. L. Close, L. Schreiber, D. Schmidt, SPIE, United States, pp. -.
- Ono, Y, Ono, Y, Minowa, Y et al. 2018, 'On-going and future AO activities on Subaru Telescope', Adaptive Optics Systems VI 2018, ed. L. Close, L. Schreiber, D. Schmidt, SPIE, United States, pp. -.
- Dirnberger, M, Rigaut, F, Minowa, Y et al. 2018, 'Rolling shutter detector data flow strategies to push the limits of AO performance', Adaptive Optics Systems VI 2018, ed. L. Close, L. Schreiber, D. Schmidt, SPIE, United States, pp. -.
- D'Orgeville, C, Fetzer, G, Floyd, S et al. 2018, 'Semiconductor guidestar laser for astronomy, space, and laser communications: Prototype design and expected performance', Adaptive Optics Systems VI 2018, ed. L. Close, L. Schreiber, D. Schmidt, SPIE, United States, pp. 1-12.
- Cranney, J, Piatrou, P, De Dona, J et al. 2017, 'Evaluation of statistical turbulence models for use in the Distributed Kalman Filter', 5th Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2017, ed. K Daniel, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain, pp. 1-12.
- Sivo, G, Marin, E, Garrel, V et al 2017, 'Getting ready for GeMS 2.0: A workhorse AO facility', 5th Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2017, ed. K Daniel, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain, pp. 11pp.
- Korkiakoski, V, Grosse, D, Thorn, E et al. 2017, 'Site characterisation at mount stromlo observatory: The first results', 5th Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2017, ed. K Daniel, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain, pp. 1-9.
- Minowa, Y, Clergeon, C, Akiyama, M et al 2017, 'ULTIMATE-subaru: Wide-field near-infrared surveyor with GLAO at subaru telescope', 5th Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2017, ed. K Daniel, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain, pp. -.
- Grosse, D, Bennet, F, Rigaut, F et al 2017, 'Space Debris Manoeuvre with Adaptive Optics Using a Ground-based Telescope', 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2017), Curran Associates, Inc., Red Hook, NY, pp. 3785-3790.
- Sweet, S, Sharp, R, Glazebrook, K et al. 2017, 'The stellar mass-size relation for cluster galaxies at z=1 with high angular resolution from the Gemini/GeMS multiconjugate adaptive optics system', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 464, no. 3, pp. 2910-2929pp.
- Cranney, J, De Dona, J, Piatrou, P et al 2017, 'Modeling and identification of adaptive optics systems to satisfy distributed Kalman filter model structural constraints', 1st Australian and New Zealand Control Conference, ANZCC 2017, IEEE, TBC, pp. 17-22.
- Schmidt, D, Gorceix, N, Goode, P et al. 2017, 'Clear widens the field for observations of the Sun with multi-conjugate adaptive optics', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 597, pp. -.
- Piatrou, P & Rigaut, F 2017, 'An adaptive optics aided differential optical positioning for passive orbit determination of the space debris at the geostationary orbit', Acta Astronautica, vol. 139, pp. 367-376pp.
- Copeland, M, Bennet, F, Rigaut, F et al 2017, 'Satellite and debris characterisation in LEO and GEO using adaptive optics', 18th Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, AMOS, ed. S Ryan, Curran Associates, Inc., Red Hook, NY, pp. 1-6.
- Thorn, E, Korkiakoski, V, Grosse, D et al 2017, 'Stereo-SCIDAR System for Improvement of Adaptive Optics Space Debris-tracking Activities', 18th Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, AMOS, ed. S Ryan, Curran Associates, Inc., Red Hook, NY, pp. 1-6.
- Rigaut, F, Price, I, D'Orgeville, C et al 2016, 'NGS2: A focal plane array upgrade for the GeMS multiple tip-Tilt wavefront sensor', SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016, ed. F Malbet, M J Creech-Eakman & P G Tuthill, SPIE, Bellingham, Washington, pp. -.
- Zovaro, H, Bennet, F, Copeland, M et al 2016, 'Harnessing Adaptive Optics for Space Debris Collision Mitigation', 17th Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, AMOS 2016, ed. S Ryan, AMOS, TBC, pp. 1-9pp.
- Thorn, E, Grosse, D, Rigaut, F et al 2016, 'Site testing for space situational awareness', 17th Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, AMOS 2016, ed. S Ryan, AMOS, TBC, pp. 1-6pp.
- Bennet, F, Price, I, Rigaut, F et al 2016, 'Satellite Imaging with Adaptive Optics on a 1 M Telescope', 17th Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, AMOS 2016, ed. S Ryan, AMOS, TBC, pp. 1-9pp.
- Copeland, M, Bennet, F, Zovaro, H et al, eds, 2016, Adaptive Optics for Satellite and Debris Imaging in LEO and GEO, AMOS, TBC.
- Dixon, T, Bennet, F, Price, I et al 2016, 'Characterizing latency for AO optical sensors: An implementation', SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016, ed. F Malbet, M J Creech-Eakman & P G Tuthill, SPIE, Bellingham, Washington, pp. 1-7.
- Hibon, P, Garrel, V, Neichel, B et al. 2016, 'First performance of the GeMS plus GMOS system-1. Imaging', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 461, no. 1, pp. 507-518.
- Korkiakoski, V, Osborn, J, Grosse, D et al 2016, 'Single detector stereo-SCIDAR for Mount Stromlo: Data analysis', Laser Communication and Propagation through the Atmosphere and Oceans V, ed. van Eijk A.M.J.Davis, SPIE, USA, pp. 11pp.
- Garrel, V, Sivo, G, Marin, E et al. 2016, 'Reshaping and polishing the GeMS MCAO system', Adaptive Optics Systems V, ed. E Marchetti, L M Close and J P Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, Washington, pp. -.
- Wizinowich, P, Chun, M, Mawet, D et al 2016, 'Near-infrared wavefront sensing', Adaptive Optics Systems V, ed. E Marchetti, L M Close and J P Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, Washington, pp. 1-13.
- Copeland, M, Price, I, Rigaut, F et al. 2016, 'GMTIFS: Deformable mirror environmental testing for the on-instrument wavefront sensor', Adaptive Optics Systems V, ed. E Marchetti, L M Close and J P Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, Washington, pp. -.
- Bennet, F, Rigaut, F, Price, I et al 2016, 'AO corrected satellite imaging from Mount Stromlo', Adaptive Optics Systems V, ed. E Marchetti, L M Close and J P Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, Washington, pp. -.
- Garrel, V, Sivo, G, Marin, E et al 2016, 'Reshaping and polishing the GeMS MCAO system', Adaptive Optics Systems V, ed. E Marchetti, L M Close and J P Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, Washington.
- Dixon, T, Bennet, F, Price, I et al 2016, 'Characterising latency for AO optical sensors: An implementation', Adaptive Optics Systems V, ed. E Marchetti, L M Close and J P Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, Washington, pp. -.
- Grosse, D, Bennet, F, Korkiakoski, V et al 2016, 'Single detector stereo-SCIDAR for Mount Stromlo', Adaptive Optics Systems V, ed. E Marchetti, L M Close and J P Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, Washington, pp. -.
- Garrel, V, Sivo, G, Marin, E et al. 2015, 'GeMS, the path toward AO facility', 4th Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2015, ed. Don Gavel, University of California eScholarship Digital Information Repository, United States, pp. 1-8.
- Bennet, F, D'Orgeville, C, Price, I et al 2015, 'Adaptive optics for satellite imaging and space debris ranging', Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference AMOS 2015, Curran Associates, Inc., Hawai'i USA, pp. 9pp.
- Rigaut, F 2015, 'Astronomical adaptive optics', Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 127, no. 958, pp. 1197-1203.
- Hibon, P, Neichel, B, Garrel, V et al 2014, 'First performance of the GeMS+GMOS system', Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, ed. S K Ramsay, I S McLean & H Takami, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, USA, pp. 1-8pp.
- Lu, J, Neichel, B, Anderson, J et al 2014, 'Near-infrared astrometry of star clusters with different flavors of adaptive optics and HST', Adaptive Optics Systems IV, ed. Marchetti, E., Close L.M., Veran, J.-P., SPIE, Bellingham, USA.
- 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.
- Conan, R, Piatrou, P, Rigaut, F et al 2014, 'A laser tomography test bed for extremely large telescopes', 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, Lu, J et al 2014, 'Astrometric performance of the Gemini multiconjugate adaptive optics system in crowded fields', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 445, no. 1, pp. 500-514.
- 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.
- Rigaut F., Neichel B., Boccas M, d'Orgeville C 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.
- Trujillo, C, Ball, J, Boccas, M et al 2013, 'Altair at Gemini North: Full sky coverage laser AO correction at visible wavelengths', 3rd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT 2013), ed. Simone Esposito and Luca Fini, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Florence, Italy.
- Davidge, T, Carrasco, E, Carrasco, E et al 2013, 'Haffner 16: A young moving group in the making', Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 125, no. 932, pp. 1181-1190.
- Rigaut, F & van Dam, M 2013, 'Simulating astronomical adaptive optics systems using Yao', 3rd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT 2013), ed. Simone Esposito and Luca Fini, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Florence, Italy, pp. 8pp.
- 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.
- Hibon, P, Neichel, B et al 2013, 'First performance of the GeMS + GMOS system', 3rd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, (AO4ELT 2013), Conference Organising Committee, Florence, pp. -.
- 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.
- Neichel, B, Vidal, F et al 2013, 'GeMS first science results', 3rd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, (AO4ELT 2013), Conference Organising Committee, Florence, pp. -.
- Otarola, A, Neichel, B et al 2013, 'Analysis of "fratricide effect" observed with GeMS and its relevance for large aperture astronomical telescopes', 3rd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, (AO4ELT 2013), Conference Organising Committee, Florence, pp. -.
- Rigaut, F & Neichel, B 2013, 'An upper limit to the sodium layer longitudinal and transversal altitude structure function from MCAO data', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 432, no. 1, pp. L21-L25.
- 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.
- Rigaut, F, Neichel, B, 2013, 'An upper limit to the sodium layer longitudinal and transversal altitude structure function from MCAO data', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 432 (1), 21-25
- 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).
- Carrasco, E, Edwards, M et al 2012, 'Results from the commissioning of the Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager (GSAOI) at Gemini South Observatory', Adaptive Optics Systems III, ed. Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Amsterdam, pp. 84470N.
- 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.
- Cortes, A, Neichel, B et al 2012, 'Atmospheric turbulence profiling using multiple laser star wavefront sensors', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 427, no. 3, pp. 2089-2099.
- Cortes, A, Neichel, B, et al 2012, 'New results on a Cn2 profiler for GeMS', Adaptive Optics Systems III, ed. Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Véran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Amsterdam, pp. -.
- 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, 'Comparison of vibration mitigation controllers for adaptive optics systems', Applied Optics, vol. 51, no. 19, pp. 4520-4535.
- Guesalaga, A, Neichel, B et al 2012, 'Design of frequency-based controllers for vibration mitigation at the Gemini-South telescope', Adaptive Optics Systems III, ed. Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Véran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Amsterdam, p. 844711.
- 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.
- Kulcsar, C, Sivo, G, Raynaud, H et al 2012, 'Vibrations in AO control: A short analysis of on-sky data around the world', Adaptive Optics Systems III, ed. Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Véran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Amsterdam, pp. 84471C.
- Neichel, B, Parisot, A et al 2012, 'Identification and calibration of the interaction matrix parameters for AO and MCAO systems', Adaptive Optics Systems III, ed. Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Amsterdam, pp. 84475N.
- 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.
- Damjanov, I, Abraham, R, Glazebrook, K et al 2011, 'Extragalactic Fields Optimized for Adaptive Optics', Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 123, no. 901, pp. 348-365.
- Rigaut, F 2011, 'Gemini South MCAO on-sky results', 2nd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT2), National Research Council of Canada, Victoria, Canada, pp. 31pp.
- Gratadour, D & Rigaut, F 2011, 'Tomographic phase diversity for phase retrieval on wide-field AO systems', 2nd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT2), National Research Council of Canada, Victoria, Canada, pp. 18pp.
- Christou, J, Trujillo, C, Neichel, B et al 2011, 'The effect of the instrument environment on the Altair AO system at Gemini N.', 2nd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT2), National Research Council of Canada, Victoria, Canada, pp. 6pp.
- Rodriguez, I, Neichel, B, Neichel, B et al 2011, 'Vibration characterization and mitigation for the Gemini MCAO system GeMS', 2nd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT2), National Research Council of Canada, Victoria, Canada, pp. 8pp.
- Rodriguez, I, Neichel, B, Neichel, B et al 2011, 'Vibration characterization and mitigation for the Gemini MCAO system GeMS', 2nd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT2), National Research Council of Canada, Victoria, Canada, pp. 8pp.
- 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. 8pp.
- Neichel, B, Neichel, B, Rigaut, F et al 2011, 'Tomographic phase diversity for non-common path aberrations retrieval on wide field AO systems', 2nd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT2), National Research Council of Canada, Victoria, Canada, pp. -.
- Gratadour, D, Rigaut, F, Neichel, B et al 2011, 'Tomographic phase diversity for non-common path aberrations retrieval on wide field AO systems', 2nd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT2), National Research Council of Canada, Victoria, Canada, pp. 7pp.
- Christou, J, Neichel, B et al 2011, 'The effect of the instrument environment on the Altair AO system', 2nd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT2), ed. --, National Research Council of Canada, Online.
- Cortes, A, Neichel, B et al 2011, 'First results on a Cn2 profiler for GeMS', 2nd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT2), ed. --, National Research Council of Canada, Online.
- Neichel, B, Rigaut, F et al 2011, 'Kalman and h-infinity controllers for GeMS', Adaptive Optics: Methods, Analysis and Applications, AO 2011, Optical Society of America, Toronto, pp. JWA32.
- 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. -.
- Rodriguez, I, Neichel, B et al 2011, 'Vibration characterization and mitigation at the Gemini-South telescope', 2nd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT2), ed. --, National Research Council of Canada, Online.
- Garcia-Rissman, A, Rigaut, F, Bec, M et al 2010, 'Calibration of the MCAO Canopus Bench', Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT), ed. Y Clenet, J.-M. Conan, T Fusco, G Rousset, EDP Sciences - Web of Conferences, Online, p. 02012.
- Gratadour, D, Gendron, E, Rousset, G et al. 2010, 'Fratricide effect on ELTs', Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT), ed. Y Clenet, J.-M. Conan, T Fusco, G Rousset, EDP Sciences - Web of Conferences, Online, p. 6.
- van Dam, M, Hinz, P, Codona, J et al 2010, 'Modeling the adaptive optics systems on the Giant Magellan Telescope', Adaptive Optics Systems II, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, San Diego, CA, p. 773642.
- Christou, J, Neichel, B et al 2010, 'ALTAIR performance and updates at Gemini North', Adaptive Optics Systems II, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, San Diego, CA, pp. 77361R.
- Neichel, B, Rigaut, F et al 2010, 'Reconstruction Strategies for GeMS', Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT), ed. Y Clenet, J.-M. Conan, T Fusco, G Rousset, EDP Sciences - Web of Conferences, Online, p. 02010.
- 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.
- Rigaut, F, Neichel, B et al 2010, 'A Sample of GeMS Calibrations and Control Schemes', Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT), ed. Y Clenet, J.-M. Conan, T Fusco, G Rousset, EDP Sciences - Web of Conferences, Online, p. 08001.
- Rigaut, F, Neichel, B et al 2010, 'MYST: A comprehensive high-level AO control tool for GeMS', Adaptive Optics Systems II, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, San Diego, CA, pp. 77362H.
- 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.
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Projects and Grants
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- KECK Real Time Computer - Statement of work for ANU contribution (Primary Investigator)
- MAVIS Phase A study for the VLT Adaptive Optics Optical Imager and spectrograph (VAOI) (Primary Investigator)
- OPAM Research Consulting Service (Primary Investigator)
- Semiconductor Laser for Adaptive Optics in Astronomy and Space Awareness (Secondary Investigator)
- CRC for Space Environment Management - SERC Supplementary Scholarships 2016 (Secondary Investigator)
- Prototyping Key Elements of the On-Instrument Wavefront Sensor for GMTIFS (Primary Investigator)
