LINC-NIRVANA Papers
The vast majority of LINC-NIRVANA documentation resides under version control within the LN Trac system. Follow the Internal link on the menu at right. The links below provide access to publicly accessible LINC-NIRVANA documentation.
Refereed Journal Papers
Although LINC-NIRVANA is just starting on-sky operations, its development involved a number of new technologies and methods that merited publication in refereed journals. The table below provides details.
| Author |
Title |
Link |
| La Camera et al. |
Reconstruction of High Dynamic Range Images: Simulations of LBT Observations of a Stellar Jet, a Pathfinder Study for Future AO-Assisted Giant Telescopes |
PASP 126,180 (2014) |
| Zhang et al. |
Calibrating the interaction matrix for the LINC-NIRVANA high layer wavefront sensor |
Optics Express, 20, 7, 8078 (2012) |
| Bertero et al. |
Imaging with LINC-NIRVANA, the Fizeau interferometer of the Large Binocular Telescope: state of the art and open problems |
Inverse Problems, 27, 113001 (2011) |
| Zhang et al. |
First laboratory results with the LINC-NIRVANA high layer wavefront sensor |
Optics Express, 19, 17, 16087 (2011) |
| Bertero et al. |
Imaging with LINC-NIRVANA |
Signal Processing Magazine, 27,110 (2010) |
| Egner et al. |
A Closed-Loop Layer-Oriented Adaptive Optics Test Bed: Applications to Ground-Layer Adaptive Optics |
PASP, 119, 1114 (2007) |
| La Camera et al. |
Advances in the Reconstruction of LBT LINC-NIRVANA Images |
A&A 471, 1091 (2007) |
| Anconelli et al. |
Deconvolution of Multiple Images with High Dynamic Range and an Application to LBT LINC-NIRVANA |
A& 460, 349 (2006) |
| Desiderà et al. |
Application of Iterative Blind Deconvolution to the Reconstruction of LBT LINC-NIRVANA Images |
A&A 452, 727 (2006) |
| Anconelli et al. |
Reduction of Boundary Effects in Multiple Image Deconvolution with an Application to LBT LINC-NIRVNA |
A&A 448, 1217 (2006) |
| Hofmann et al. |
Reconstruction of Aperture-Synthesis Images from LINC-NIRVANA Data using the Richardson-Lucy and Space-Variant Building Block Method |
A&A 444, 983 (2005)nk |
| Anconelli et al. |
Restoration of Interferometric Images III: Efficient Richardson-Lucy Methods for LINC-NIRVANA Data Reduction |
A&A 430, 731 (2005) |
| Herbst |
Interferometry with the Large Binocular Telescope |
Ap&SS 286, 45 (2003) |
| Reinheimer et al. |
Speckle Masking Interferometry with the Large Binocular Telescope |
A&A Supp. 121, 191 (1997) |
Conference Proceedings
A complex, long-term instrumentation project such as LINC-NIRVANA results in a large number of conference proceedings. The following are organized by year. Use the links below to jump directly to the target year.
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Pre-2003
2018
| Author |
Title |
Link |
| Bergomi et al. |
Alignment and preliminary outcomes of an ELT-size instrument to a very large telescope: LINC-NIRVANA at LBT |
Link |
| Santhakumari et al. |
On-sky verification of a solution to the MCAO partial illumination issue and wind-predictive wavefront control |
Link |
| Arcidiacono et al. |
The calibration procedure of the LINC-NIRVANA ground and high layer WFS |
Link |
| Herbst et al. |
Commissioning multi-conjugate adaptive optics with LINC-NIRVANA on LBT |
Link |
| Herbst et al. |
Installation and commissioning of the LINC-NIRVANA near-infrared MCAO imager on LBT |
Link |
2016
| Author |
Title |
Link |
| Moreno-Ventas et al. |
Final integration and alignment of LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Herbst et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA at LBT: final preparations for first light |
Link |
| Conrad et al. |
The role of Fizeau interferometry in planetary science |
Link |
| Santhakumari et al. |
Solving the MCAO partial illumination issue and laboratory results |
Link |
| Herbst et al. |
MCAO with LINC-NIRVANA at LBT: preparing for first light |
Link |
2015
| Author |
Title |
Link |
| Prato et al. |
A blind deconvolution method for ground based telescopes and Fizeau interferometers |
Link |
| Marafatto et al. |
Aligning the LINC-NIRVANA Natural Guide Stars MCAO system |
Link |
2014
| Author |
Title |
Link |
| Conrad et al. |
Acquiring multiple stars with the LINC-NIRVANA Pathfinder |
Link |
| Bertram et al. |
Wavefront sensing in a partially illuminated, rotating pupil |
Link |
| Kopon et al. |
Pathfinder first light: alignment, calibration, and commissioning of the LINC-NIRVANA ground-layer adaptive optics subsystem |
Link |
| Böhm et al. |
Real-time vibration compensation for large telescopes |
Link |
| Bergomi et al. |
First light of the LINC-NIRVANA Pathfinder experiment |
Link |
| Santhakumari et al. |
Ground layer correction: the heart of LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Bizenberger et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA: Diffraction limited optics in cryogenic environment |
Link |
| Moreno-Ventas et al. |
Optical integration and verification of LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Herbst et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA high resolution imager: challenges from the lab to first light |
Link |
| Horrobin et al. |
Performance of the LINC NIRVANA fringe and flexure tracker at delivery |
Link |
| Herbst et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA Fizeau interferometric imager: final lab integration, first light experiments and challenges |
Link |
2013
| Author |
Title |
Link |
| Kopon et al. |
Laboratory results and status update for Pathfinder, the LINC-NIRVANA NGS ground-layer AO subsystem |
Link |
| Bergomi et al. |
Multiple FoV MCAO on its way to the sky |
Link |
2012
| Author |
Title |
Link |
| Trowitzsch et al. |
Software-centric view on the LINC-NIRVANA beam control concept |
Link |
| Bertram et al. |
Multiple guide star acquisition software for LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Bramigk et al. |
High stability piezomotor driven mirror mounts for LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Bizenberger et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA, integration of an interferometric and cryogenic camera: first verification results |
Link |
| Meschke et al. |
An alignment strategy for the optics of LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Zhang et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA high layer wavefront sensor laboratory experiment: progress report |
Link |
| Marafatto et al. |
Aligning a more than 100 degrees of freedom wavefront sensor |
Link |
| Pott et al. |
Intelligent vibration control of ELTs and large AO hardware |
Link |
| Brangier et al. |
Pupil rotation compensation for LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Conrad et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA Pathfinder: testing the next generation of wave front sensors at LBT |
Link |
| La Camera et al. |
Image reconstruction for observations with a high dynamic range: LINC-NIRVANA simulations of a stellar jet |
Link |
| Rost et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA fringe and flexure tracker control system |
Link |
| Rauch et al. |
Functional and performance tests of the fringe and flexure tracking system for LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Zuther et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA: optical elements of the fringe and flexure tracker |
Link |
| Bertram et al. |
Beam control for LINC-NIRVANA: from the binocular entrance pupil to the combined focal plane |
Link |
| Smajic et al. |
Glass fiber reinforced plastics within the fringe and flexure tracker of LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Eckart et al. |
Beating the confusion limit: the necessity of high angular resolution for probing the physics of Sagittarius A* and its environment: opportunities for LINC-NIRVANA (LBT), GRAVITY (VLTI) and and METIS (E-ELT) |
Link |
| Herbst et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA: assembly, integration, and verification update |
Link |
2011
| Author |
Title |
Link |
| Bertero et al. |
Imaging with LINC-NIRVANA, the Fizeau interferometer of the Large Binocular Telescope: state of the art and open problems |
Link |
| Kittmann et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA Derotators |
Link |
| Berwein et al. |
End-To-End performance test of the LINC-NIRVANA Wavefront-Sensor system. |
Link |
| Zhang et al. |
Optimal Natural Guide Star Acquisition for the LINC-NIRVANA MCAO system |
Link |
| Conrad et al. |
A phased approach to commissioning MCAO: Status and plans for the Linc-Nirvana Pathfinder |
Link |
| Herbst et al. |
Novel Adaptive Optics on the Pathway to ELTs: MCAO with LINC-NIRVANA on LBT |
Link |
2010
| Author |
Title |
Link |
| Pavlov et al. |
LOPS towards A Science Driven Observation Preparation Tool |
Link |
| Briegel et al. |
Management of Astronomical Software Projects with Open Source Tools |
Link |
| Berwein et al. |
Rapid SOA Frontend Design and Prototyping for LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Kittmann et al. |
Synchronization of motor controller and PC system clocks |
Link |
| Pavlov et al. |
Instrument-specific features within the observation preparation software for LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Borelli et al. |
The LBT real-time based control software to mitigate and compensate vibrations |
Link |
| Arcidiacono et al. |
Numerical control matrix rotation for the LINC-NIRVANA multiconjugate adaptive optics system |
Link |
| Meschke et al. |
An atmospheric turbulence generator for dynamic tests with LINC-NIRVANA's adaptive optics system |
Link |
| Bertram et al. |
The MCAO systems within LINC-NIRVANA: control aspects beyond wavefront correction |
Link |
| De Bonis et al. |
A compact light-weighted and multi-purpose calibration unit for LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Zuther et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA fringe and flexure tracker: an update of the opto-mechanical system |
Link |
| Tremou et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA fringe and flexure tracker: laboratory tests |
Link |
| Follert et al. |
The Atmospheric piston simulator as an integral part of the calibration unit of LINC - NIRVANA |
Link |
| Lorenzetti et al. |
Feeding the wavefront sensors of LINC-NIRVANA: the dedicated Patrol Camera |
Link |
| Viotto et al. |
A very wide field wavefront sensor for a very narrow field interferometer |
Link |
| Kürster et al. |
OVMS: the optical path difference and vibration monitoring system for the LBT and its interferometers |
Link |
| Moser et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA fringe and flexure tracker: first measurements of the testbed interferometer |
Link |
| Ciliegi et al. |
Analysis of LBT LINC-NIRVANA simulated images of galaxies |
Link |
| Horrobin et al. |
Fringe detection and piston variability in LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Rost et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA fringe and flexure tracker: control design overview |
Link |
| Brix et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA piston control elements |
Link |
| Herbst et al. |
Imaging beyond the fringe: an update on the LINC-NIRVANA Fizeau interferometer for the LBT |
Link |
| Bertero et al. |
Imaging with LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
2009
| Author |
Title |
Link |
| Trowitzsch et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA Observation Preparation Software: Design and Perspective |
Link |
| Kittmann et al. |
IDL-based AO Control Software for Laboratory Tests |
Link |
| Berwein et al. |
An Engineering Editor Tool Based on the SOA Application Framework of the LINC-NIRVANA LBT Interferometer |
Link |
| Labadie et al. |
Which Synergies Between LBT/LINC Nirvana and Future ELTs? |
Link |
2008
| Author |
Title |
Link |
| Labadie et al. |
Interferometry at the LBT |
Link |
| Berwein et al. |
A Template Based SOA Developer Framework |
Link |
| Briegel et al. |
A Component Based Astronomical Visualization Tool for Instrument Control and Data Pipeline |
Link |
| Briegel et al. |
A component based astronomical visualization tool for instrument control |
Link |
| Berwein et al. |
An SOA developer framework for astronomical instrument control software |
Link |
| Kittmann et al. |
Design and implementation of a service-oriented driver architecture for LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Farinato et al. |
The Multiple Field of View Layer Oriented wavefront sensing system of LINC-NIRVANA: two arcminutes of corrected field using solely Natural Guide Stars |
Link |
| Schreiber et al. |
Integration of the mid-high wavefront sensor to the LINC-NIRVANA post-focal relay |
Link |
| Gál et al. |
LIINUS: a design study for interferometric imaging spectroscopy at the LBT |
Link |
| Müller-Sánchez et al. |
LIINUS/SERPIL: a design study for interferometric imaging spectroscopy at the LBT |
Link |
| Herbst et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA: achieving 10 mas imagery on the Large Binocular Telescope |
Link |
| Eckart et al. |
Prospects for observing the Galactic Center: combining LBT LINC-NIRVANA observations in the near-infrared with observations in the mm/sub-mm wavelength domain |
Link |
| Desiderà et al. |
AIRY-LN: an ad-hoc numerical tool for deconvolution of images from the LBT instrument LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Rost et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA Fringe and Flexure Tracker: testing piston control performance |
Link |
| Bertram et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA Fringe and Flexure Tracker: the testbed interferometer |
Link |
| Pavlov et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA observation preparation software: a flexible approach |
Link |
| Ciliegi et al. |
Analysis of LBT LINC-NIRVANA simulated images of galaxies and young stellar objects |
Link |
| Labadie et al. |
Preparation of the calibration unit for LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Bertram et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA fringe and flexure tracking system |
Link |
| Herbst et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA: the Fizeau interferometer for the Large Binocular Telescope |
Link |
| Brix et al. |
Vibration measurements at the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) |
Link |
| Egner et al. |
General performance analysis of a Fizeau interferometer |
Link |
2007
| Author |
Title |
Link |
| Pavlov et al. |
Observation Preparation and Support Software for LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Kittmann et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA Instrument Control Software |
Link |
| Berwein et al. |
Lifecycle Management for SOA-Based Composite Applications |
Link |
| Briegel et al. |
Logging and Exception Management for SOA-Based Composite Applications |
Link |
| Gaessler et al. |
Fizeau Interferometry with the LBT Astronomy on the Way to ELTs |
Link |
2006
| Author |
Title |
Link |
| Rost et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA fringe and flexure tracker: piston control strategies |
Link |
| Wang et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA fringe and flexure tracker: Linux real-time solutions |
Link |
| Briegel et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA Common Software |
Link |
| Rohloff et al. |
CFRP structure for the LBT instrument LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Egner et al. |
G-SCIDAR measurements on Mt. Graham: recent results |
Link |
| Egner et al. |
MANU-CHAO: a laboratory ground-layer adaptive optics experiment |
Link |
| Lombini et al. |
Integration, testing, and laboratory characterization of the mid-high layer wavefront sensor for LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Farinato et al. |
The MCAO wavefront sensing system of LINC-NIRVANA: status report |
Link |
| Pavlov et al. |
Observation preparation software for LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Berwein et al. |
Reactive scheduling for LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Lorenzetti et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA patrol camera |
Link |
| Laun et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA IR cryostat |
Link |
| Gál et al. |
LIINUS/SERPIL: a design study for interferometric imaging spectroscopy at the LBT |
Link |
| Bizenberger et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA: optical design of an interferometric imaging camera |
Link |
| Bertram et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA fringe and flexure tracker: image analysis concept and fringe tracking performance estimate |
Link |
| Bertram et al. |
he LINC-NIRVANA fringe and flexure tracker: cryo-ambient mechanical design |
Link |
| Hofmann et al. |
Aperture synthesis imaging with the LBT: reconstruction of diffraction-limited images from LBT LINC-NIRVANA data using the Richardson-Lucy and regularized building block method |
Link |
| Straubmeier et al. |
he imaging fringe and flexure tracker of LINC-NIRVANA: basic opto-mechanical design and principle of operation |
Link |
| Bertero et al. |
High-resolution image reconstruction: the case of the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) |
Link |
| Herbst |
Interferometry with the Large Binocular Telescope in Visions for Infrared Astronomy, Instrumentation, Mesure, Métrologie (2006) |
Link |
2005
| Author |
Title |
Link |
| Gaessler et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA: MCAO toward Extremely Large Telescopes |
Link |
| Bertram et al. |
The Fringe and Flexure Tracking System for the LBT interferometric camera LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
2004
| Author |
Title |
Link |
| Andersen et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA testbed Fizeau interferometer |
Link |
| Straubmeier et al. |
The fringe and flexure tracking system for LINC-NIRVANA: basic design and principle of operation |
Link |
| Bertram et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA fringe and flexure tracking system: differential piston simulation and detection |
Link |
| Beckmann et al. |
The fringe and flexure tracking detector of the LBT LINC-NIRVANA beam-combiner instrument |
Link |
| Herbst et al. |
Interferometry on the Large Binocular Telescope |
Link |
| Hippler et al. |
Off-the-shelf real-time computers for next-generation adaptive optics |
Link |
| Soci et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA: mechanical challanges of the MCAO wavefront sensor |
Link |
| Egner et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA: the single arm MCAO experiment |
Link |
| Ligori et al. |
The MPIA detector system for the LBT instruments LUCIFER and LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Gaessler et al. |
UML modeling of the LINC-NIRVANA control software |
Link |
| Laun et al. |
Cooling of ground-based telescope instrumentation: the LINC-NIRVANA cryostat |
Link |
| Bizenberger et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA cryogenic interferometric camera |
Link |
| Herbst et al. |
The LINC-NIRVANA interferometric imager for the Large Binocular Telescope |
Link |
| Gaessler et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA: first attempt of an instrument for a 23-m-class telescope |
Link |
| Farinato et al. |
Toward the Interferometric First Light of LBT: LINC-NIRVANA |
Link |
| Straubmeier et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA - The Interferometric Near-Infrared Imaging Camera for the Large Binocular Telescope |
Link |
2003
| Author |
Title |
Link |
| Ragazzoni et al. |
Layer-oriented MCAO projects and experiments: an update |
Link |
| Ragazzoni et al. |
A visible MCAO channel for NIRVANA at the LBT |
Link |
| Straubmeier et al. |
The correction of pistonic aberrations at the LBT: A near-infrared Fringe and Flexure Tracker for LINC |
Link |
| Herbst et al. |
LINC-NIRVANA: a Fizeau beam combiner for the Large Binocular Telescope |
Link |
Pre-2003
| Author |
Title |
Link |
| Herbst et al. |
Fizeau Interferometry on th Large Binocular Telescope |
Link |
| Herbst et al. |
LINC: a near-infrared beam combiner for the Large Binocular Telescope |
Link |
| Herbst and Rix |
Star Formation and Extrasolar Planet Studies with Near-Infrared Interferometry on the LBT |
Link |
