Research & Publications
Co-phasing the distributed aperture of a Fizeau interferometer via photonic lanterns and machine learning
06-2024
Auxiliadora Padrón-Brito (IAC – LIOM), Natalia Arteaga-Marrero (IAC – LIOM), and Jeff Kuhn (IAC – LIOM, University of Hawaii)
Conference article: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation.
The ELF project: Performance of an extreme adaptive optics system compensating for atmospheric turbulence, cophasing a diluted pupil and performing dark hole coronography in order to reach high contrast exoplanet direct detection
23-09-2022
Langlois, M., Graf, C., moretto, G., Kuhn, J., Lewis, K., Rebolo, R., Lodieu, N., Zhou, Y., and Cunnygham, I.
16th Europlanet Science Congress, 2022, Granada, Spain
Small-ELF Telescope: opto-mechanical design and application of tensegrity
29-08-2022
Ye Zhou, T. K. Lee, J. R. Kuhn, I. Cunnyngham, S. Jefferies, M. Langlois, K. Lewis, N. Lodieu, G. Moretto, R. Rebolo, J. Ritter, R. Swindle, S. Salata, M. Rios, and R. Diego
Proc. SPIE 12182, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX, 121822J
The small-ELF project: toward an ultra-large coronagraphic optical receiver
26-08-2022
Jeff Kuhn, Jean-Fabien Capsal, Ian Cunnyngham, Maud Langlois, Kevin Lewis, Nicolas Lodieu, Gil Moretto, Rafael Rebolo, Joe Ritter, Ryan Swindle, Ye Zhou, Stuart Jefferies, Kritsadi Thetprapi, David Audigier, and Justin Fletcher
Proc. SPIE 12182, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX, 121820G
An emerging hybrid technology toward ultra-light and self-correcting, “live” mirrors
20-08-2022
Gil Moretto, K. Thetpraphi, J-F. Capsal, J.R. Kuhn, D. Audgier, M. Langlois, C. Graf, J. Ritter, R. Rebolo, N. Lodieu, Y. Zhou, and K. Lewis
Proc. SPIE 12188, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation V, 121880D
Small-ELF: a propotype for the future ExoLife Finder hybrid optical telescope
23-09-2022
Lodieu, N., Kuhn, J., Moretto, G., Rebolo, R., Zhou, Y., Langlois, M., and Lewis, K.
16th Europlanet Science Congress, 2022, Granada, Spain
Advanced 3D-printed EAP actuator applied to high precision large optical-quality surface fabrication: first results
22-04-2020
K. Thetpraphi, G. Moretto, J. R. Kuhn, P. J. Cottinet, M. Q. Le, D. Audigier, L. Petit, J. F. Capsal
Proc. SPIE 11375, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXII, 113751X
Grand Challenges in Astronomical Instrumentation
14-07-2020
Jeff R. Kuhn
Front. Astron. Space Sci, Sec. Astronomical Instrumentation,
Volume 7
Hybrid dynamic structures for optical-quality surfaces shape control: live-mirror
26-04-2019
Gil Moretto, Jeff R. Kuhn, Jean-Fabien Capsal, David Audigier, Kritsadi Thetpraphi, Maud Langlois, Mike Gedig, Svetlana V. Berdyugina , and David Halliday
Proc. SPIE 10926, Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics XVI, 109261X
Surface Imaging of Proxima b and Other Exoplanets: Albedo Maps, Biosignatures, and Technosignatures
25-11-2019
S. V. Berdyugina and J. R. Kuhn
The American Astronomical Society | AJ 158 246
Surface Imaging of Proxima b and Other Exoplanets: Albedo Maps, Biosignatures, and Technosignatures
25-11-2019
S. V. Berdyugina and J. R. Kuhn
The American Astronomical Society | AJ 158 246
The Exo-Life Finder (ELF) telescope: New strategies for direct detection of exoplanet biosignatures and technosignatures
01-10-2018
S. V. Berdyugina, J. R. Kuhn, M. Langlois, G. Moretto, J. Krissansen-Totton, D. Catling, J. L. Grenfell, T. Santl-Temkiv, K. Finster, J. Tarter, F. Marchis, H. Hargitai, and D. Apai
Proc. SPIE 10700, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII, 107004I
The Exo-Life Finder Telescope (ELF): design and beam synthesis concepts
06-07-2018
J. R. Kuhn, S. V. Berdyugina, J.-F. Capsal, M. Gedig, M. Langlois, G. Moretto, and K. Thetpraphi
Proc. SPIE 10700, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII, 1070015
The ExoLife Finder (ELF) Telescope: New Adaptive Optics and Hybrid Dynamic Live-Optical Surfaces Strategies
28-06-2018
G. Moretto, J. R. Kuhn, M. Langlois, M. Tallon, M. Gedig, A. Norton, J. Capsal, D. Audigier, K. Thetpraphi, S. V. Berdyugina, and D. Halliday
Imaging and Applied Optics 2018 (3D, AO, AIO, COSI, DH, IS, LACSEA, LS&C, MATH, pcAOP), OSA Technical Digest
The ExoLife Finder Telescope (ELF) : an extremely large telescope dedicated to extremely high contrast
21-09-2018
Langlois, M.
European Planetary Science Congress, 2018, Berlin, Germany
Development of PLANETS telescope and visible-infrared spectrometer for monitoring of planetary and exoplanetary atmospheres
06-07-2018
Takeshi Sakanoi, Jeff Kuhn, Svetlana Berdyugina, Marcelo Emilio, Masato Kagitani, Yasuhiro Hirahara, Hiromu Nakagawa, Yasumasa Kasaba, Takahiro Obara, Shoichi Okano, Isabelle Scholl, Andrei Berdyugin, and Vilppu Piirola
Proc. SPIE 10700, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII, 107004J
The Exo-Life Finder (ELF) Telescope: Advanced strategies for Extreme Adaptive Optics and cophasing for an extremely large telescope dedicated to extremely high contrast
28-06-2018
M. Langlois, J. Kuhn, G. Moretto, M. Tallon, E. Thiébaut, A. P. Norton, M. Loupias, and S. Berdyugina
Imaging and Applied Optics 2018 (3D, AO, AIO, COSI, DH, IS, LACSEA, LS&C, MATH, pcAOP), OSA Technical Diges
Finding Life in the Universe: The Colossus Project
26-06-2014
J. R. Kuhn
Classical Optics 2014, OSA Technical Digest (online)