LLNL AO Group Publication List

May 5, 2005

 

1.      C. Carrano, J. Brase "Adapting high-resolution speckle imaging to moving targets and platforms", Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5409 (2004).

2.      K.N. LaFortune, R.L. Hurd, E.M. Johansson, C.B. Dane, S.N. Fochs, J.M. Brase, "Intracavity adaptive correction of a 10-kW solid state heat-capacity laser," Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., 5333(1), 53-61, 1 June 2004.

3.      M.D. Rotter, C.B.Dane, S. Fochs, K. LaFortune, R. Merrill, B. Yamamoto, "Solid-State Heat-Capacity Lasers: Good candidates for the marketplace," Photonics Spectra, 38 (8), 2004.

4.      K.L. Baker, E.A. Stappaerts, S.C. Wilks, P.E. Young, D. Gavel, J. Tucker, D.A. Silva and S.S. Olivier, "Open and Closed-Loop Aberration Correction using a Quadrature Interferometric Wave-Front Sensor," Opt. Lett. 29 47 (2004).

5.      K.L. Baker, E.A. Stappaerts, S.C. Wilks, D. Gavel, J. Tucker, D.A. Silva, J. Olsen, S.S. Olivier and P.E. Young, "Performance of an interferometric phase conjugate engine utilizing a finite bit correction to the phase error," Opt. Lett. 29 980 (2004).

6.      K.L. Baker, E.A. Stappaerts, D. Gavel, S.C. Wilks, J. Tucker, D.A. Silva, J. Olsen, S.S. Olivier, P.E. Young, M.W. Kartz, L.M. Flath, P. Kruelevitch, J. Crawford and Oscar Azucena, "High-speed horizontal-path atmospheric turbulence correction using a large actuator-number MEMS spatial light modulator in an interferometric phase conjugation engine," Opt. Lett. 29 1781 (2004).

7.      K.L. Baker, E.A. Stappaerts, D. Gavel, S.C. Wilks, J. Tucker, D.A. Silva, J. Olsen, S.S. Olivier, P.E. Young, M.W. Kartz, L.M. Flath, P. Kruelevitch, J. Crawford and Oscar Azucena, "Breadboard Testing of a Phase Conjugate Engine with an Interferometric Wave-Front Sensor and a MEMS-Based Spatial Light Modulator," Appl. Opt. 43 5585 (2004).

8.      Kevin L. Baker, Scot S. Olivier, Jack Tucker, Dennis A. Silva, Don Gavel, R. Lim, and Edward J. Gratrix, "Design and progress toward a multiconjugate adaptive optics system for distributed aberration correction," Proc. SPIE 5553, 200-212(2004).

9.      Kevin L. Baker, Eddy A. Stappaerts, Don Gavel, Jack Tucker, Dennis A. Silva, Scott C. Wilks, Scot S. Olivier, and Jeff A. Olsen, "Adaptive compensation of atmospheric turbulence utilizing an interferometric wavefront sensor and a high-resolution MEMS-based spatial light modulator,"Proc. SPIE 5553, 269-280(2004).

10.  K.L. Baker, E.A. Stappaerts, D. Gavel, J. Tucker, D.A. Silva, S.C. Wilks, S.S. Olivier, J. Olsen, "Large-Actuator-Number Horizontal Path Correction of Atmospheric Turbulence utilizing an Interferometric Phase Conjugate Engine," 2004 AMOS Technical Conference, Wailea, Maui, HI (2004).

11.  Van Dam, M. A., le Mignant, D., and Macintosh, B., “Performance of the Keck Observatory Adaptive Optics System”, 2004 Applied Optics 43, 5458

12.  Macintosh, B., Bauman, B., Evans, J., Graham, J., Lockwood, C., Poyneer, L., Dillon, D., Gavel, D., Green, J., Lloyd, J., Makidon, R., Olivier, S., Palmer, D., Perrin, M., Severson, S., Sheinis, A., Sivaramakrishnan, A., Sommargren, G., Soummer, R, Troy, M., Wallace, J. K., Wishnow, E.,  “eXtreme Adaptive Optics Planet Imager: Overview and Status”, 2004, Proc. SPIE 5490, 359

13.  Wilhelmsen Evans, J., Sommargren, G., Poyneer, L., Macintosh, B., Severson, S., Dillon, D., Sheinis, A., Palmer, D., Kasdin, N. J., and Olivier, S., “Extreme adaptive optics testbed: results and future work”, 2004 Proc. SPIE 5490, 954

14.  Sivaramakrishnan, A., Makidon, R., Soumer, R., Macintosh, B., Troy, M., Chanan, G., Lloyd, J., Perrin, M., Graham, J., Poyneer, L., Sheinis, A., “Coronagraph design for an extreme adaptive optics system with spatially filtered wavefront sensing on segmented telescopes”, 2004 Proc. SPIE 5490, 535

15.  Wallace, J. K., Green, J. J., Shao, M., Troy, M., Lloyd, J., and Macintosh, B., “Science camera calibration for extreme adaptive optics”, 2004 Proc. SPIE 5490, 370

16.  Van Dam, M., Le Mignant, D., and Macintosh, B., “Characterization of Keck Adaptive Optics II”, 2004 Proc. SPIE 5490, 174

17.  Roberts, L., Perrin, M., Marchis, F., Sivaramakrishnan, A., Makidon, R., Christou, J., Macintosh, B., Poyneer, L., van Dam, M., and Troy, M., “Is that really your Strehl ratio?”, 2004 Proc. SPIE 5490, 504

18.  Poyneer, L., and Macintosh, B., “Spatially-filtered wavefront sensor for high-order adaptive optics”, 2004 Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 21, 810 (Selected as one of the best papers of 2004 by the OSA)

19.  Farihi, J., Becklin, E., and Macintosh, B., “Mid-Infrared Observations of van Maanen 2: No Substellar Companion”, 2004 Ap. J. 608, L109

20.  Duchene, G., McCabe, C., Ghez, A., and Macintosh, B., “A multi-wavelength scattered light analysis of the dust grain population in the GG Tau circumbinary ring”, 2004 Ap. J. 606, 969

21.  Gibbard, S., de Pater, I., Macintosh, B., Roe, H., Max, C. E., Young, E. F., and McKay, C. P., “Titan’s 2 m surface albedo and haze optical depth 1996-2004”, 2004 Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L17S02

22.  Roe, H. G., de Pater, I., Gibbard, S., Macintosh, B., Max, C. E., Young, E. F., Brown, M. E., and Bouchez, A. H., “A new 1. 6 micron map of Titan’s surface”, 2004 Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L17S03

23.  De Pater, I., Marchis, F., Macintosh, B., Roe, H., le Mignant, D., Graham, J. and Davies, A., “Keck AO observations of Io in and out of eclipse”, 2004 Icarus 169, 250

24.  Gibbard, S. G., Macintosh, B., Gavel, D., Max, C. E., dePater, I., Roe, H., Ghez, A. M., Young, E., and. McKay, C., "Titan: 2 micron surface albedo and haze optical depth in 1996-1998", 2004 Icarus, 169, 429

25.  Kaisler, D., Zuckerman, B., Song, I., Macintosh, B., Weinberger, A., Becklin, E., Konopacky, Q., Patience, J., 2003, “No evidence for dust around the Beta Pictoris moving group stars HD 199143 and HD 358623”, 2004 Astronomy and Astrophysics 414, 175

26.  Macintosh, B., Graham, J., Poyneer, L., Sommargren, G., Wilhelmsen, J., Gavel, D., Jones, S., Kalas, P., Lloyd, J., Makidon, R., Olivier, S., Palmer, D., Patience, J., Perrin, M., Severson, S., Sheinis, A., Sivaramakrishnan, A., Troy, M., Wallace, K., “Extreme Adaptive Optics Planet Imager”, Proc, 2004 Proc. SPIE 5170, 272

27.  L.A. Poyneer and B. Macintosh, “Wave-front control for extreme adaptive optics,” Proc. SPIE 5169 , pp. 190–200 (2004).

28.  Van Dam, M. A., and Macintosh, B., “Characterization of adaptive optics at Keck Observatory”, 2004 Proc. SPIE 5169, 1

29.  Awwal, A, Bauman BJ, Gavel DT, Olivier SS, Jones S, Silva D, Hardy JL, Barnes T, Werner JS, "Characterization and Operation of a Liquid Crystal Adaptive Optics Phoropter", in Proceedings of SPIE, vol.5169, pp.104-122 (2004).

30.  L.A. Poyneer, “Scene-based Shack-Hartmann wave-front sensing: analysis and simulation,” Appl. Op. 42, 5807–5815 (2003).

31.  C. Carrano, "Anisoplanatic performance of horizontal-path speckle imaging", Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5162 (2003)

32.  L.A. Poyneer, K. LaFortune, and C. Chan, “Scene-based wave-front sensing for remote imaging,” Proc. SPIE 5162, pp. 91–102 (2003).

33.  Baker, K.L., "Curvature wave-front sensors for electron density characterization in plasmas," Rev. Sci. Instr. 74, 5070 (2003).

34.  Gibbard, S. G., de Pater, I., Roe, H. G., Martin, S., Macintosh, B., and Max, C., “The altitude of Neptune cloud features from high-spatial-resolution near-infrared spectra”, 2003 Icarus 166, 359

35.  Macintosh, B., Gavel, D., Gibbard, S. G., Max, C. E., de Pater, I., Ghez, A. M, Spencer, J., "Speckle imaging of volcanic hotspots on Io with the Keck telescope", 2003 Icarus 165, 137

36.  Macintosh, B., Becklin, E., Kaisler, D., Konopacky, Q., and Zuckerman, B., “Deep adaptive optics searches for planets in the dust of Epsilon Eridani and Vega”, 2003 Ap. J. 594, 538

37.  Bauman, B., "Optical Design for Extremely Large Telescope Adaptive Optics Systems", Ph.D. dissertation, The University of Arizona (2003).

38.  Olivier SS, "Adaptive Optics Applications in Vision Science ", Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5001 (2003).

39.  C. Carrano, "Progress in horizontal and slant path imaging using speckle imaging", Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5001 (2003).

40.  Bauman BJ, Gavel DT, "Astronomy applications of adaptive optics at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory", in Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 5001, pp. 41-9 (2003).

41.  Poyneer LA, Troy M, Macintosh BA, and Gavel DT, “Experimental validation of Fourier transform wave-front reconstruction at the Palomar Observatory”. Optics Letters, vol.28, no.10, 2003, pp.798-800.

42.  Baker KL, Brase JM, Kartz M, Olivier SS, Sawvel B, Tucker J. “Electron density characterization by use of a broadband x-ray-compatible wave-front sensor”. Optics Letters, vol.28, no.3, 1 Feb. 2003, pp.149-51.

43.  Max CE, Macintosh BA, Gibbard SG, Gavel DT, Roe HG, de Pater I, Ghez AM, Acton DS, Lai O, Stomski P, Wizinowich PL. “Cloud Structures on Neptune Observed with Keck Telescope Adaptive Optics,” The Astronomical Journal, Volume 125, Issue 1, Jan, 2003, pp. 364-375.

44.  Krulevitch PA, Bierden PA, Bifano TG, Carr E, Dimas CE, Dyson H, Helmbrecht MA, Kurczynski P, Muller RS, Olivier SS, Peter Y-A, Sadoulet B, Solgaard O, Yang E-H. “MOEMS spatial light modulator development at the Center for Adaptive Optics”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4985, Jan 2003, pp.172-179.

1.      Roe HG, De Pater I, Macintosh BA, McKay CP. “Titan's clouds from Gemini and Keck adaptive optics imaging”. Astrophysical Journal, vol.581, no.2, pt.1, 20 Dec. 2002, pp.1399-406.

2.      Patience J, White RJ, Ghez AM, McCabe C, McLean IS, Larkin JE, Prato L, Kim S, Lloyd JP, Liu MC, Graham JR, Macintosh BA, Gavel DT, Max CE, Bauman BJ, Olivier SS, Wizinowich P, Acton DS. “Stellar Companions to Stars with Planets,” The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 581, Issue 1, Dec. 2002, pp. 654-665.

3.      de Pater I, Gibbard SG, Macintosh BA, Roe HG, Gavel DT, Max CE. Keck adaptive optics images of Uranus and its rings. Icarus, vol.160, no.2, Dec. 2002, pp.359-74.

4.      Steinbring S, Faber SM, Hinkley S, Macintosh BA, Gavel DT, Gates EL, Christou JC, Le Louarn M, Raschke LM, Severson SA, Rigaut F, Crampton D, Lloyd JP, Graham JR. “Characterizing the Adaptive Optics Off-Axis Point-Spread Function - I:  A Semi-Empirical Method for Use in Natural-Guide-Star Observations,” The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 114, Issue 801, Nov. 2002, pp. 1267-1280.

5.      Baker KL, Brase J, Kartz M, Olivier SS, Sawvel B, Tucker J. “The use of a Shack-Hartmann wave front sensor for electron density characterization of high density plasmas”. Review of Scientific Instruments, vol.73, no.11, Nov. 2002, pp.3784-8.

6.      Marchis F, de Pater I, Davies AG, Roe HG, Fusco T, Le Mignant D, Descamps P, Macintosh BA, Prange R. “High-resolution Keck adaptive optics imaging of violent volcanic activity on Io”. Icarus, vol.160, no.1, Nov. 2002, pp.124-31.

7.      Poyneer LA, Gavel DT, Brase JM, “Fast wavefront reconstruction in large adaptive optics systems with use of the Fourier transform,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. (A), 19, Oct 2002, pp 2100-11.

8.      Doble N, Yoon G-Y, Li Chen, Bierden P, Singer B, Olivier SS, Williams DR. “Use of a microelectromechanical mirror for adaptive optics in the human eye”. Optics Letters, vol.27, no.17, 1 Sept. 2002, pp.1537-1539.

9.      Carrano CJ, Brase JM, "Horizontal and Slant Path Surveillance with Speckle Imaging". AMOS Technical Conference Proceedings, Sep 2002.

10.  Dekany RG, Bauman BJ, Gavel DT, Troy M, Macintosh BA, Britton MC. “Initial concepts for CELT adaptive optics”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4839, Aug 2002, pp.1165-1174.

11.  Poyneer LA. “Advanced techniques for fourier transform wavefront reconstruction”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4839, Aug 2002, pp.1023-1034.

12.  Gavel DT. “Suppressing anomalous localized waffle behavior in least squares wavefront reconstructors”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4839, Aug 2002, pp.972-980.

13.  Gavel DT, Wiberg D. “Toward strehl optimizing adaptive optics controllers”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4839, Aug 2002, pp.890-901.

14.  Christou JC, Steinbring E, Faber SM, Gavel DT, Patience J, Gates EL. “Anisoplanetism within the isoplanatic patch”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4839, Aug 2002, pp.846-857.

15.  Gavel DT, Gates EL, Max CE, Olivier SS, Bauman BJ, Pennington DM, Macintosh BA, Patience J, Brown CG, Danforth PM, Hurd RL, Severson SA, Lloyd JP. “Recent science and engineering results with the laser guide star adaptive optics system at Lick Observatory”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4839, Aug 2002, pp.354-359.

16.  Ellerbroek BL, Rigaut FJ, Bauman BJ, Boyer C, Browne SL, Buchroeder RA, Catone JW, Clark P, d’Orgeville C, Gavel DT, Herriot G, Hunten MR, James E, Kibblewhite EJ, McKinnie IT, Murray JT, Rabaud D, Saddlemyer LK, Sebag J, Stillburn J, Telle JM, Veran J-P. “MCAO for Gemini south”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4839, Aug 2002, pp.55-66.

17.  Carrano CJ, “Speckle Imaging over Horizontal Paths”. Proceedings of the SPIE -High Resolution Wavefront Control: Methods, Devices, and Applications IV, vol.4825, July 2002, pp. 109-120.

18.  Thompson CA, Kartz MW, Flath LM, Wilks SC, Young RA, Johnson GW, Ruggiero AJ. “Free space optical communications utilizing MEMS adaptive optics correction”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4821, July 2002, pp.129-138.

19.  Wilks SC, Morris JR, Brase JM, Olivier SS, Henderson JR, Thompson CA, Kartz MW, Ruggiero AJ. “Modeling of adaptive optics based free space communications systems”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4821, July 2002, pp.121-128.

20.  Dimas C, Bifano T, Bierden P, Perreault J, Krulevitch P, Roehnelt R, Cornelissen S. “Polysilicon surface micro-machined spatial light modulator with novel electronic integration”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4755, 2002, pp.477-84.

21.  Pennington DM. “Laser guided adaptive optics for high-resolution astronomy”. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. Conference Edition (IEEE Cat. No.02CH37337). Opt. Soc. America. Part vol.1, 2002, pp.68-9.

22.  Doble N, Li Chen, Yoon G-Y, Williams DR, Bierden P, Olivier SS. “The use of a MEMS mirror for closed loop adaptive optics in the human eye”. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. Conference Edition (IEEE Cat. No.02CH37337). Opt. Soc. America. Part vol.1, 2002, pp.67-8.

23.  Sivaramakrishnan, Lloyd J, Hodge P, Macintosh BA, "Speckle decorrelation and dynamic range in speckle-noise limited imaging", 2002 Ap.J. 581, L59.

24.  Wilks SC, Thompson CA, Olivier SS, Bauman BJ, Flath LM, Silva DA, Sawvel RM, Barnes TB, Werner JS. “High-resolution adaptive optics test bed for vision science”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4494, 2002, pp.349-56.

25.  Gavel DT, Max CE, Olivier SS, Bauman BJ, Pennington DM, Macintosh BA, Patience J, Brown CG, Danforth PM, Hurd RL, Gates EL, Severson SA, Lloyd JP. “Science with Laser Guide Stars at Lick Observatory”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4494, 2002, pp.336-42.

26.  Christou JC, Gavel DT, Patience J, Gates EL. “Preliminary measurements of residual tip-tilt motion and Strehl ratios for laser guide star compensation at Lick Observatory”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4494, 2002, pp.317-24.

27.  d'Orgeville C, Bauman BJ, Catone JW, Ellerbroek BL, Gavel DT, Buchroeder RA. “Gemini North and South laser guide star systems. Requirements and preliminary designs”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4494, 2002, pp.302-16.

28.  Gavel DT. “Adaptive optics control strategies for extremely large telescopes”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4494, 2002, pp.215-20.

29.  Thompson CA, Wilks SC, Brase JM, Young RA, Johnson GW, Ruggiero AJ. “Horizontal path laser communications employing MEMS adaptive optics correction”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4494, 2002, pp.89-95.

30.  Bauman BJ, Gavel DT, Flath LM, Hurd RL, Max CE, Olivier SS. “Proposed multiconjugate adaptive optics experiment at Lick Observatory”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4494, 2002, pp.81-8.

31.  Macintosh BA, Olivier SS, Bauman BJ, Brase JM, Carr E, Carrano CJ, Gavel DT, Max CE, Patience J. “Practical high-order adaptive optics systems for extrasolar planet searches”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4494, 2002, pp.60-8.

32.  Bauman BJ, Gavel DT, Waltjen KE, Freeze GJ, Hurd RL, Gates EL, Max CE, Olivier SS, Pennington DM. “Update on optical design of adaptive optics system at Lick Observatory”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4494, 2002, pp.19-29.

33.  Olivier SS. “Advanced adaptive optics technology development”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4494, 2002, pp.1-10.

34.  Roe HG, de Pater I, Macintosh BA, Gibbard SG, Max CE, McKay CP. “Titan's atmosphere in late southern spring observed with adaptive optics on the W. M. Keck II 10-meter telescope”. Icarus, vol.157, no.1, May 2002, pp.254-8.

35.  Gibbard SG, Roe H, de Pater I, Macintosh B, Gavel D, Max CE, Baines KH, Ghez A. “High-resolution infrared imaging of Neptune from the Keck Telescope”. Icarus, vol.156, no.1, March 2002, pp.1-15.

36.  Lloyd JP, Graham JR, Kalas PR, Oppenheimer BR, Sivaramakrishnan A, Makidon RB, Macintosh BA, Max CE, Baudoz P, Kuhn JR, Potter D. “Astronomical coronagraphy with high-order adaptive optics systems”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4490, 2001, pp.290-7.

37.  Patience J, Macintosh BA, Max CE. “High-resolution imaging with AEOS”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4490, 2001, pp.178-86.

38.  Roe HG, Gavel DT, Max CE, de Pater I, Gibbard SG, Macintosh BA, Baines KH. “Near-infrared observations of Neptune's tropospheric cloud layer with the Lick Observatory adaptive optics system”. Astronomical Journal, vol.122, no.3, Sept. 2001, pp.1636-43.

39.  Gavel DT. “Technology challenges to adaptive optics on extremely large telescopes”. Beyond Conventional Adaptive Optics, proceedings of the conference held in Venice, May 7-10, 2001.  Eds. Roberto Ragazzoni, Norbert Hubin and Simone Esposito, European Southern Observatory.

40.  de Pater I, Marchis F, Roe H, Macintosh BA, Acton DS, Le Mignant D. “Jupiter I (Io)”. International Astronomical Union Circular, no.7588, 23 Feb. 2001, pp.1

41.  Max CE. “Star Light, Star Bright”. SPIE’s OE Magazine, Feb. 2001, pp.30.

42.  Flath LM, Rotter M, Fochs S, Brase JM. “The design and operation of a 10 kW solid-state heat-capacity laser”. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. Postconference Technical Digest (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37170). Opt. Soc. America. 2001, pp.CPD9-1-2.

43.  Thompson CA, Kartz MW, Olivier SS, Brase JM, Carrano CJ, Lande D, Bauman BJ, Sawvel RM, Silva DA. “Performance of a high-resolution wavefront control system using a liquid crystal spatial light modulator”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4124, 2000, pp.170-7.

44.  Dowla FU, Brase JM, Olivier SS, Thompson CA. “Fast Fourier and wavelet transforms for wavefront reconstruction in adaptive optics”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4124, 2000, pp.118-27.

45.  Olivier SS, Bierden PA, Bifano TG, Bishop DJ, Carr E, Cowan WD, Hart MR, Helmbrecht M, Krulevitch P, Muller RS, Sadoulet B, Solgaard O, Yu J. “Micro-electro-mechanical systems spatial light modulator development”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4124, 2000, pp.26-31.

46.  Flath LM, An JR, Brase JM, Hurd RL, Kartz MW, Sawvel RM, Silva DA. “Real-time control system for adaptive resonator”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4118, 2000, pp.119-25.

47.  Lloyd JP, Liu MC, Macintosh BA, Severson SA, Diech WT, Graham JR. “IRCAL: the infrared camera for adaptive optics at Lick Observatory”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4008, 2000, pp.814-821.

48.  Max CE, Macintosh BA, Gibbard S, Gavel DT, Roe H, de Pater I, Ghez AM, Acton DA, Wizinowich PL, Lai O. "Neptune and Titan observed with Keck adaptive optics". Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4007, 2000, p. 803.

49.  Johansson EM, Acton DS, An JR, Avicola K, Beeman BV, Brase JM, Carrano CJ, Gathright J, Gavel DT, Hurd RL, Lai O, Lupton W, Macintosh BA, Max CE, Olivier SS, Shelton JC, Stomski PJ, Tsubota K, Waltjen KE, Watson JA, and Wizinowich PL. “Initial performance of the Keck wavefront controller system”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4007, 2000, pp.600.

50.  Gavel DT, Olivier SS, Max CE, Macintosh BA, Bauman BJ. "Progress with the Lick adaptive optics system". Proceedings of SPIE, vol.4007, 2000, p. 63.

51.  Max CE. "Laser Guide Star Operational Issues". In Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics for Astronomy, N. Ageorges and C. Dainty, editors (Kluwer, Netherlands), 2000, pp. 89-105 (book chapter).

52.  Ge J, Ciarlo D, Kuzmenko P, Alcock C, Macintosh BA, Cook K, Max CE, Angel R, Woolf N, Lloyd-Hart M, Najita J. “Adaptive optics high resolution spectroscopy: present status and future direction”. Astron. Soc. Pacific. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, vol.195, 2000, pp.568-72.

53.  Wizinowich PL, Acton DS, Shelton C, Stomski P, Gathright J, Ho K, Lupton W, Tsubota K, Max CE, Brase JM, Avicola K, Olivier SS, Gavel DT, Macintosh BA, Ghez AM, Larkin J. “First light adaptive optics images from the Keck II Telescope: a new era of high angular resolution imagery”. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol.112, no.769, March 2000, pp.315-19.

54.  Barton IM, Dixit SN, Summers LJ, Thompson CA, Avicola K, Wilhelmsen J. “Diffractive Alvarez lens”. Optics Letters, vol.25, no.1, 1 Jan. 2000, pp.1-3.

55.  Flath L, An JR, Brase JM, Carrano CJ, Dane CB, Fochs S, Hurd RL, Kartz M, Sawvel R. “Development of adaptive resonator techniques for high-power lasers”. Proceedings of 2nd International Workshop on Adaptive Optics for Industry and Medicine. World Scientific. 2000, pp.163-8.

56.  Kartz MW, Olivier SS, Avicola K, Brase JM, Carrano CJ, Silva D, Pennington D, Brown C. “High resolution wavefront control of high-power laser systems”. Proceedings of 2nd International Workshop on Adaptive Optics for Industry and Medicine. World Scientific. 2000, pp.16-21.

57.  Gavel DT, Bauman BJ, Campbell EW, Carrano CJ, Olivier SS. “Practical comparison of phase diversity to interferometry in measuring the aberrations in an adaptive optics system”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3762, July 1999, pp.266-268.

58.  Campbell EW, Bauman BJ, Sweider DR, Olivier SS. “High accuracy calibration of an adaptive optics system using a phase shifting diffraction interferometer”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3762, July 1999, pp.237-244.

59.  Bauman BJ, Gavel DT, Waltjen KE, Freeze GJ, Keahi KA, Kuklo TC, Lopes SK, Newman MJ, Olivier SS. “New optical design of adaptive optics system at Lick Observatory”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3762, July 1999, pp.194-200.

60.  Ge J, Ciarlo DR, Kuzmenko PJ, Alcock CR, Macintosh BA, Angel JRP, Woolf NJ, Lloyd-Hart M, Fugate RQ, Najita J. “Adaptive optics high resolution spectroscopy: present status and future directions”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3762, July 1999, pp.174-183.

61.  Gavel DT, Friedman HW, Bauman BJ. “Lick sodium laser guide star: performance during the 1998 LGS observing campaign”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3762, July 1999, pp.20-27.

62.  Olivier SS, Gavel DT, Friedman HW, Max CE, An JR, Avicola K, Bauman BJ, Brase JM, Campbell EW, Carrano CJ, Cooke JB, Freeze GJ, Gates EL, Kanz VK, Kuklo TC, Macintosh BA, Newman MJ, Pierce EL, Waltjen KE, Watson JA. "Improved performance of the laser guide star adaptive optics system at Lick Observatory". Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3762, July 1999, pp.2-7.

63.  Olivier SS, Kartz MW, Bauman BJ, Brase JM, Brown CG, Cooke JB, Pennington DM, Silva DA. “High-resolution wavefront control using liquid crystal spatial light modulators”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3760, July 1999, pp.47-51.

64.  Gibbard SG, Levy EH, Lunine JI, de Pater I. “Lightning on Neptune”. Icarus, vol.139, no.2, June 1999, pp.227-34

65.  Gibbard SG, Macintosh B, Gavel D, Max CE, de Pater I, Ghez AM, Young EE, McKay CP. “Titan: high-resolution speckle images from the Keck telescope”. Icarus, vol.139, no.2, June 1999, pp.189-201.

66.  Decker JY, Olivier SS, Folta JA, Cowan WD. “Micro-electro-mechanical deformable mirrors for advanced adaptive optics applications”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3749, 1999, pp.771-2.

67.  Pennington DM, Brown CG, Kartz MW, Landon M, Perry MD, Tietbohl GL. “Production of high-intensity laser pulses with adaptive optic wavefront correction”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3749, 1999, pp.20-1.

68.  Olivier SS, Max CE, Brase JM, Gavel DT, Macintosh B, Carrano C. “Direct imaging of extra-solar planets”. Astron. Soc. Pacific. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, vol.134, 1998, pp.262-70.

69.  Carrano CJ, Olivier SS, Brase JM, Macintosh BA, An JR. “Phase Retrieval Techniques for Adaptive Optics”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3353, Mar 1998, pp.658-667.

70.  Avicola K, Watson JA, Beeman BV, Kuklo TC, Taylor JR. “Design and performance of the tip-tilt subsystem for the Keck II telescope adaptive optics systems”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3353, Mar 1998, pp.628-637.

71.  Wizinowich PL, Acton DS, Gregory T, Stomski PJ, An JR, Avicola K, Brase JM, Friedman HW, Gavel DT, Max CE. “ Status of the W. M. Keck Adaptive Optics Facility”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3353, Mar 1998, pp.568-578.

72.  Brase JM, An JR, Avicola K, Beeman BV, Gavel DT, Hurd RL, Johnston B, Jones HE, Kuklo TC, Max CE, Olivier SS, Waltjen KE, Watson JA. “Wavefront control system for the Keck telescope”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3353, Mar 1998, pp.517-521.

73.  Max CE, Macintosh BA, Olivier SS, Gavel DT, Friedman HW. “Observing Techniques for Astronomical Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3353, Mar 1998, pp.277-281.

74.  Friedman HW, Cooke JB, Danforth PM, Erbert GV, Feldman M, Gavel DT, Jenkins SL, Jones HE, Kanz VK, Kuklo TC, Newman MJ, Pierce EL, Presta RW, Salmon JT, Thompson GR, Wong NJ. “Design and performance of a laser guide star system for the Keck II telescope”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3353, Mar 1998, pp.260-276.

75.  Gavel DT, Friedman HW. “Measurements of the Lick Observatory sodium laser guide star”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3353, Mar 1998, pp.254-259.

76.  Acton DS, Wizinowich PL, Stomski PJ, Shelton JC, Lai O, Brase JM. “Laboratory calibration of the W.M. Keck Observatory adaptive optics facility”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3353, Mar 1998, pp.125-131.

77.  Olivier SS, Max CE, Friedman HW, An J, Avicola K, Beeman BV, Bissinger HD, Brase JM, Erbert GV, Gavel DT, Kanz K, Macintosh B, Neeb KP, Waltjen KE. “First significant image improvement from a sodium-layer laser guide star adaptive optics system at Lick Observatory”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3126, 1997, pp.240-8.

78.  Gavel DT. “Effect of the Keck telescope's segmented primary on the performance of the Keck adaptive optics system”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3126, 1997, pp.144-50.

79.  Max CE, Olivier SS, Friedman HW, An J, Avicola K, Beeman BV, Bissinger HD, Brase JM, Erbert GV, Gavel DT, Kanz K, Liu MC, Macintosh BA, Neeb KP, Patience J, Waltjen KE. “Image improvement from a sodium-layer laser guide star adaptive optics system”. Science, vol.277, no.5332, 12 Sept. 1997, pp.1649-52.

80.  Gibbard SG, Macintosh BA, Gavel DT, Max CE, de Pater I. “Evidence for liquid hydrocarbons on Titan”. Icarus, vol.139, 1997, pp.189-201.

81.  Friedman HW, Erbert GV, Gavel DT, Kuklo TC, Malik JG, Salmon JT, Smauley DA, Thompson GR. "A Sodium Guide Star Laser System for the Lick Observatory 3 meter Telescope". Proc. European Southern Observatory, Conference No. 54, 1996, p. 207.

82.  Olivier SS, An JR, Avicola K, Bissinger HD, Brase JM, Gavel DT, Macintosh BA, Max CE, Salmon JT, Waltjen KE. "Initial Results from the Lick Observatory Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics System". Proc. European Southern Observatory, Conference No. 54, 1996, p. 75.

83.  Max CE, Gavel DT, Olivier SS. “Near infra-red astronomy with adaptive optics and laser guide stars at the Keck Observatory”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.2534, 1995, pp.412-22.

84.  Gavel DT, Olivier SS. “Performance predictions for the Keck telescope adaptive optics system”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.2534, 1995, pp.401-11.

85.  Friedman HW, Erbert GV, Kuklo TC, Malik JG, Salmon JT, Smauley DA, Thompson GR, Wong NJ. "Sodium Beacon Laser System for the Lick Observatory". Proceedings of SPIE, vol.2534, 1995, pp.150-160.

86.  Olivier SS, An JR, Avicola K, Bissinger HD, Brase JM, Friedman HW, Gavel DT, Max CE, Salmon JT, Waltjen KE. “Performance of laser guide star adaptive optics at Lick Observatory”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.2534, 1995, pp.26-37

87.  Max CE, Gavel DT, Olivier SS, Brase JM. "Limitations and Expected Performance of Adaptive Optics at Keck". Adaptive Optics for the Keck Observatory (book), chapter four, W. M. Keck Observatory Report 208, 1995, 146 pages.

88.  Olivier SS, An JR, Avicola K, Bissinger HD, Brase JM, Friedman HW, Gavel DT, Johansson EM, Max CE, Waltjen KE, Fisher W, Bradford W. "Performance of Adaptive Optics at Lick Observatory". Proceedings of SPIE, vol.2201, Mar 1994, pp.1110-1120.

89.  Brase JM, An JR, Avicola K, Bissinger HD, Friedman HW, Gavel DT, Johnston B, Max CE, Olivier SS, Presta R, Rapp DA, Salmon JT, Waltjen KE, Fisher W. "Adaptive Optics at Lick Observatory: System Architecture and Operations". Proceedings of SPIE, vol.2201, Mar 1994, pp.474-489.

90.  Friedman HW, Erbert GV, Kuklo TC, Salmon JT, Smauley DA, Thompson GR, Wong NJ. "Design of a Fieldable Laser System for a Sodium Laser Guide Star". Proceedings of SPIE, vol.2201, Mar 1994, pp.352-361.

91.  Avicola K, Brase JM, Morris JR, Bissinger HD, Friedman HW, Gavel DT, Kiefer R, Max CE, Olivier SS, Rapp DA, Salmon JT, Smauley DA, Waltjen KE. "Sodium Layer Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Development at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: System Description and Experimental Results". Proceedings of SPIE, vol.2201, Mar 1994, pp.326-341.

92.  Gavel DT, Olivier SS. "Simulation and analysis of laser guide star adaptive optics systems for the 8- to 10-meter-class telescopes". Proceedings of SPIE, vol.2201, Mar 1994, pp.295-303.

93.  Salmon JT, Avicola K, Brase JM, Bergum JW, Friedman HW, Gavel DT, Max CE, Mostek SD, OlivierSS, Presta RW, Rinnert Rj, Swift CW, Waltjen KE, Weinzapfel CL, Wong JN. "An Adaptive Optics Package Designed for Astronomical Use with a Laser Guide Star Tuned to an Absorption Line of Atomic Sodium". Proceedings of SPIE, vol.2201, Mar 1994, pp.212-220.

94.  C. E. Max, D. T. Gavel, S. S. Olivier, J. M. Brase, H. W. Friedman, K. Avicola, J. T. Salmon, A. D. Gleckler, T. S. Mast, J. E. Nelson, P. L. Wizinowich, and G. A. Chanan. "Issues in the Design and Optimization of Adaptive Optics and Laser Guide Stars for the Keck Telescopes". Proceedings of SPIE, vol.2201, Mar 1994, pp.189-200.

95.  L. W. Bradford, S. M. Flatte, C. E. Max. "Modeling atmospheric turbulence effects on a ground-based interferometer". Proceedings of SPIE, vol.2200, June 1994, p. 396.

96.  Johansson, E.M, D. T. Gavel. "Simulation of stellar speckle imaging". Proceedings of SPIE, vol.2200, June 1994, p. 372-383.

97.  Gavel DT, Morris JR, Vernon RG. “Systematic design and analysis of laser-guide-star adaptive-optics systems for large telescope”. Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics & Image Science, vol.11, no.2, Feb. 1994, pp.914-24.

98.  Morris JR. “Efficient excitation of a mesospheric sodium laser guide star by intermediate-duration pulses”. Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics & Image Science, vol.11, no.2, Feb. 1994, pp.832-45.

99.  Avicola K, Brase JM, Morris JR, Bissinger HD, Duff JM, Friedman HW, Gavel DT, Max CE, Olivier SS, Presta RW, Rapp DA, Salmon JT, Waltjen KE. “Sodium-layer laser-guide-star experimental results”. Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics & Image Science, vol.11, no.2, Feb. 1994, pp.825-31.

100.          Max CE, Avicola K, Brase JM, Friedman HW, Bissinger HD, Duff J, Gavel DT, Horton JA, Kiefer R, Morris JR, Olivier SS, Presta RW, Rapp DA, Salmon JT, Waltjen KE. “Design, layout, and early results of a feasibility experiment for sodium-layer laser-guide-star adaptive optics”. Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics & Image Science, vol.11, no.2, Feb. 1994, pp.813-24.

101.          Olivier SS, Gavel DT. “Tip-tilt compensation for astronomical imaging”. Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics & Image Science, vol.11, no.1, Jan. 1994, pp.368-78.

102.          Happer W, MacDonald GJ, Max CE, Dyson FJ. “Atmospheric-turbulence compensation by resonant optical backscattering from the sodium layer in the upper atmosphere”. Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics & Image Science, vol.11, no.1, Jan. 1994, pp.263-76.

103.          Friedman HW. “Artificial guide stars”. CLEO '94. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. Vol.8. 1994 Technical Digest Series. Conference Edition (Cat. No.94CH3463-7). Opt. Soc. America. 1994, pp.400-1.

104.          Olivier SS, C. E. Max, K. Avicola, J. M. Brase, H. W. Friedman, D. T. Gavel, J. R. Morris, J. T. Salmon, H. D. Bissinger, J. Duff, E. M. Johansson, B. Johnston, R. D. Kiefer, R. W. Presta, D. A. Rapp, D. A. Smauley, and K. E. Waltjen. "Sodium-Layer Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Development at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Lick Observatory". Proc. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 55, 1994, p. 82.

105.          Olivier SS, Max CE, Gavel DT, Brase JM. “Tip-tilt compensation: resolution limits for ground-based telescopes using laser guide star adaptive optics”. Astrophysical Journal, vol.407, no.1, pt.1, 10 April 1993, pp.428-39.

106.          Friedman HW. “Laser system design for the generation of a sodium-layer laser guide star”. Proceedings of SPIE, vol.1859, 1993, pp.251-62.

107.          Olivier SS, Max CE. "Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics: Present and Future".  In "Very High Angular Resolution Imaging", Proc. International Astronomical Union Symposium No. 158, 1993, p. 283.

108.          Gavel DT, Max CE, Avicola K, Bissinger HD, Brase JM, Duff J, Friedman HW, Morris JR, Olivier SS, Rapp, DA, Salmon JT, Waltjen KE. "Design and Early Results of the Sodium-Layer Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Experiment at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory". Proc. ICO-16 Satellite Conference on Active and Adaptive Optics, 1993, p.

109.          Gavel DT, Morris JR, Vernon RG. "Sodium Guide Star Adaptive Optics System for Astronomical Imaging in the Visible and Near-Infrared". Proc. Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Workshop (Air Force Phillips Lab., Albuquerque, NM), 1992, p. 619.

110.          Olivier SS, Gavel DT, Max CE, Brase JM. "Resolution Limits for Ground-Based Astronomical Imaging using Adaptive Optics". Proc. Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Workshop (Air Force Phillips Lab., Albuquerque, NM), 1992, p. 567.

111.          Olivier SS, Max CE, Gavel DT, Brase JM. "Resolution Limits for Ground-Based Astronomical Imaging using Adaptive Optics". In "Progress in Telescope and Instrumentation Technologies", Proc. European Southern Observatory no. 42 (European Southern Observatory, Garching), 1992, p. 489.

112.          Max CE, Avicola K, Bissinger H, Brase JM, Gavel DT, Friedman HW, Morris JR, Olivier SS, Rapp D, Salmon DT, Waltjen KE. "Development of Laser Guide Stars and Adaptive Optics for Large Astronomical Telescopes". In "Progress in Telescope and Instrumentation Technologies", Proc. European Southern Observatory no. 42 (European Southern Observatory, Garching), 1992, p. 443.

113.          Avicola K, Salmon JT, Brase JM, Waltjen KE, Presta R, Bach KS. "High Frame-Rate Large Field Wavefront Sensor". Proc. Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Workshop (Air Force Phillips Lab., Albuquerque, NM), 1992, p. 776.

114.          Friedman HW, Morris JR, Horton J. "System Design for High Power Sodium Beacon Laser". Proc. Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Workshop (Air Force Phillips Lab., Albuquerque, NM), 1992, p. 639.

115.          Max CE, Avicola K, Bissinger H, Brase JM, Gavel DT, Friedman HW, Morris JR, Olivier SS, Salmon JT, Waltjen KE. "Feasibility Experiment for Sodium-Layer Laser Guide Stars at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory". Proc. Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Workshop (Air Force Phillips Lab., Albuquerque, NM), 1992, p. 535.

116.          Friedman HW, et al. "Laser Guide Star Measurements at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory". Proceedings of SPIE, vol.1920, 1992, p. 52.