12th Annual Workshop on Laser Technology and Systems for Astronomical Adaptive Optics
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) will be hosting the 12th Annual Workshop on Laser Technology and Systems for Astronomical Adaptive Optics (Lasers for Adaptive Optics, L4AO). This is a two-day workshop that will be held on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th of June, 2017, in the IAC headquarters at La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Topics of interest include:
- Sodium and Rayleigh return modeling and measurements
- Theory of pulsed sodium excitation, optimal laser pulse and frequency formats
- On-telescope testing and commissioning experience
- Approaches to laser beam transport and launch
- Laser safety and operational aspects
- LGS related technologies
- LGS measurement and monitoring
- AO performance with LGS
If you'd like to present something on any of these topics, or have other laser or LGS related topics you wish to suggest for discussion, please contact the organiser (l4ao_tenerife2017@iac.es) for inclusion within the agenda.
Thank you very much!
Getting from the hotel Nivaria to the IAC (map)
Agenda:
List of participants (40):
| Ángel Alonso | Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias | Spain |
| S. Mark Ammons | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | USA |
| Julio Castro-Almazán | Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias | Spain |
| Laure Catala | Gemini Observatory | Chile |
| Ángela Cortés | Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics | Germany |
| Robert Daddato | European Space Agency-ESOC | Germany |
| Céline D'Orgeville | Australian National University | Australia |
| Martin Enderlein | TOPTICA Projects GmbH | Germany |
| Pierre Haguenauer | European Southern Observatory | Germany |
| Kayla Hardie | Thirty Meter Telescope | USA |
| Joschua Hellemeier | University of British Columbia | Canada |
| Pascale Hibon | European Southern Observatory | Germany |
| Paul Hirst | Gemini Observatory | Chile |
| Ron Holzlöhner | European Southern Observatory | Germany |
| Robert Johnson | AFRL Starfire Optical Range | USA |
| Frank Lison | TOPTICA Projects GmbH | Germany |
| Eduardo Marín | Gemini Observatory | Chile |
| Noelia Martínez | Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias | Spain |
| Vanessa Montes | Gemini Observatory | Chile |
| Icíar Montilla | Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias | Spain |
| Cristian Moreno | Gemini Observatory | Chile |
| Tim Morris | Durham University | UK |
| Casiana Muñoz-Tuñón | Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias | Spain |
| Benoit Neichel | Laboratoire dÁstrophysique de Marseille | France |
| Gilles Orban-De-Xivry | University Of Liège | Belgium |
| James Osborn | Durham University | UK |
| Ángel Otárola | Thirty Meter Telescope | USA |
| Felipe Pedreros-Bustos | Johannes Gutenberg Universität | Germany |
| Thomas Pfrommer | European Southern Observatory | Germany |
| Gustavo Rahmer | Large Binocular Telescope | USA |
| Andrew P. Reeves | Durham University | UK |
| Marcos Reyes García-Talavera | Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias | Spain |
| Francois Rigaut | Australian National University | Australia |
| Luis Fernando Rodríguez-Ramos | Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias | Spain |
| Jorge Sánchez-Capuchino | Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias | Spain |
| Gaetano Sivo | Gemini Observatory | Chile |
| Michael Steinbock | AFRL Starfire Optical Range | USA |
| Matthew J. Townson | Durham University | UK |
| Frédéric Vogt | European Southern Observatory | Germany |
| Huizhe Yang | Durham University | UK |
Lunches will be provided on the Friday and Saturday, with a workshop dinner. To facilitate attendance to the AO4ELT5, the registration fee will include a bus seat from La Laguna to Hotel Botánico, in Puerto de la Cruz, on the Sunday morning.
The Registration fee of the workshop will be 100€ and includes:
- Registration for attendance and coffee breaks
- Lunches (Friday and Saturday)
- Workshop dinner (Friday or Saturday night -pending-)
- Bus journey from La Laguna to Puerto de la Cruz.
The IAC have reserved some rooms at a special price for the participants at the nearby 4 star hotel Laguna Nivaria, a 16-th century building located in the old town of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, a UNESCO World Heritage Site,
| Single room with breakfast | 73,00 eur |
| Double room with breakfast | 85,00 eur |
Please, inform colleagues who may be interested in attending.
Please feel free to download, print and post in your institution the conference poster.
Registration is closed. Thank you very much to all the participants
