Dr. Frank Kittmann Profile

Dr. Frank Kittmann

at Max Planck Institut fur Astronomie

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Publications (20)

Proceedings Article | 17 July 2018 Paper

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The calibration procedure of the LINC-NIRVANA ground and high layer WFS

Carmelo Arcidiacono, Kalyan Kumar Santhakumari, Valentina Viotto, Maria Bergomi, Florian Briegel, Thomas Bertram, Luca Marafatto, Tom Herbst, Jacopo Farinato, Roberto Ragazzoni, Ralph Hofferbert, Martin Kürster, Frank Kittmann, Jürgen Berwein, Harald Baumeister

Proceedings Volume 10703, 107034R (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313152

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Sensors, Stars, Actuators, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Wavefront sensors, Deformable mirrors, Real-time computing

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

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Final integration and alignment of LINC-NIRVANA

Javier Moreno-Ventas , Peter Bizenberger, Thomas Bertram, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Frank Kittmann, Harald Baumeister, Luca Marafatto, Lars Mohr, Tom Herbst

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99082Y (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231690

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Sensors, Calibration, Integrated optics, Collimators, Interferometers, Selenium, Cameras, Collimation

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The LBT (Large Binocular Telescope), located at about 3200m on Mount Graham (Tucson, Arizona) is an innovative project undertaken by institutions from Europe and USA. LINC-NIRVANA is an instrument which provides MCAO (Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics) and interferometry, combining the light from the two 8.4m telescopes coherently. This configuration offers 23m-baseline optical resolution and the sensitivity of a 12m mirror, with a 2 arc-minute diffraction limited field of view. The integration, alignment and testing of such a big instrument requires a well-organized choreography and AIV planning which has been developed in a hierarchical way. The instrument is divided in largely independent systems, and all of them consist of various subsystems. Every subsystem integration ends with a verification test and an acceptance procedure. When a certain number of systems are finished and accepted, the instrument AIV phase starts. This hierarchical approach allows testing at early stages with simple setups. The philosophy is to have internally aligned subsystems to be integrated in the instrument optical path, and extrapolate to finally align the instrument to the Gregorian bent foci of the telescope. The alignment plan was successfully executed in Heidelberg at MPIA facilities, and now the instrument is being re-integrated at the LBT over a series of 11 campaigns along the year 2016. After its commissioning, the instrument will offer MCAO sensing with the LBT telescope. The interferometric mode will be implemented in a future update of the instrument. This paper focuses on the alignment done in the clean room at the LBT facilities for the collimator, camera, and High-layer Wavefront Sensor (HWS) during March and April 2016. It also summarizes the previous work done in preparation for shipping and arrival of the instrument to the telescope. Results are presented for every step, and a final section outlines the future work to be done in next runs until its final commissioning.

Proceedings Article | 7 August 2014 Paper

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Pathfinder first light: alignment, calibration, and commissioning of the LINC-NIRVANA ground-layer adaptive optics subsystem

Derek Kopon, Al Conrad, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Tom Herbst, Valentina Viotto, Jacopo Farinato, Maria Bergomi, Roberto Ragazzoni, Luca Marafatto, Harald Baumeister, Thomas Bertram, Jürgen Berwein, Florian Briegel, Ralph Hofferbert, Frank Kittmann, Martin Kürster, Lars Mohr, Kalyan Radhakrishnan

Proceedings Volume 9148, 914828 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056737

KEYWORDS: Stars, Adaptive optics, Mirrors, Telescopes, Optical alignment, Calibration, Cameras, Wavefront sensors, Infrared cameras, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 6 August 2014 Paper

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Acquiring multiple stars with the LINC-NIRVANA Pathfinder

Albert Conrad, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Harald Baumeister, Maria Bergomi, Thomas Bertram, Jürgen Berwein, Florian Briegel, Jacopo Farinato, Tom Herbst, Ralph Hofferbert, Frank Kittmann, Martin Kürster, Derek Kopon, Luca Marafatto, Mark Norris, Roberto Ragazzoni, Valentina Viotto

Proceedings Volume 9149, 91491O (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055648

KEYWORDS: Stars, Cameras, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Sensors, Visualization, Target acquisition, Prototyping, Human-machine interfaces, Wavefront sensors

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Proceedings Article | 21 July 2014 Paper

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First light of the LINC-NIRVANA Pathfinder experiment

M. Bergomi, V. Viotto, C. Arcidiacono, L. Marafatto, J. Farinato, H. Baumeister, T. Bertram, J. Berwein, F. Briegel, A. Conrad, F. Kittman, D. Kopon, R. Hofferbert, D. Magrin, K. Radhakrishnan Santhakumari, A. Puglisi, M. Xompero, R. Briguglio, F. Quiros-Pacheco, T. Herbst, R. Ragazzoni

Proceedings Volume 9148, 91482Y (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055533

KEYWORDS: Stars, Calibration, Cameras, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Mirrors, Wavefront sensors, Matrices, Charge-coupled devices, Turbulence

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Proceedings Article | 21 July 2014 Paper

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Ground layer correction: the heart of LINC-NIRVANA

Kalyan Radhakrishnan Santhakumari, Luca Marafatto, Maria Bergomi, Valentina Viotto, Jacopo Farinato, Roberto Ragazzoni, Tom Herbst, Thomas Bertram, Marco Dima, Peter Bizenberger, Florian Briegel, Frank Kittmann, Lars Mohr, Demetrio Magrin

Proceedings Volume 9148, 91482R (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054988

KEYWORDS: Selenium, Stars, Mirrors, Telescopes, Superposition, Sensors, Charge-coupled devices, Image quality, Wavefront sensors, Objectives

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

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Optical integration and verification of LINC-NIRVANA

J. Moreno-Ventas, H. Baumeister, Thomas Bertram, P. Bizenberger, F. Briegel, D. Greggio, F. Kittmann, L. Marafatto, L. Mohr, K. Radhakrishnan, H. Schray

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91473V (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057456

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Collimators, Integrated optics, Interferometers, Interferometry, Wavefronts, Fermium, Frequency modulation, Optical alignment

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SPIE Journal Paper | 6 February 2013

LINC-NIRVANA for the large binocular telescope: setting up the world’s largest near infrared binoculars for astronomy

Ralph Hofferbert, Harald Baumeister, Thomas Bertram, Jürgen Berwein, Peter Bizenberger, Armin Böhm, Michael Böhm, José Luis Borelli, Matthieu Brangier, Florian Briegel, Albert Conrad, Fulvio De Bonis, Roman Follert, Thomas Herbst, Armin Huber, Frank Kittmann, Martin Kürster, Werner Laun, Ulrich Mall, Daniel Meschke, Lars Mohr, Vianak Naranjo, Aleksei Pavlov, Jorg-Uwe Pott, Hans-Walter Rix, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, Eva Schinnerer, Clemens Storz, Jan Trowitzsch, Zhaojun Yan, Xianyu Zhang, Andreas Eckart, Matthew Horrobin, Steffen Rost, Christian Straubmeier, Imke Wank, Jens Zuther, Udo Beckmann, Claus Connot, Matthias Heininger, Karl-Heinz Hofmann, Tim Kroner, Edmund Nussbaum, Dieter Schertl, Gerd Weigelt, Maria Bergomi, Alessandro Brunelli, Marco Dima, Jacopo Farinato, Demetrio Magrin, Luca Marafatto, Roberto Ragazzoni, Valentina Viotto, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Giovanni Bregoli, Paolo Ciliegi, Giuseppe Cosentino, Emiliano Diolaiti, Italo Foppiani, Matteo Lombini, Laura Schreiber, Francesco D'Alessio, Gianluca Li Causi, Dario Lorenzetti, Fabrizio Vitali, Mario Bertero, Patrizia Boccacci, Andrea La Camera

OE, Vol. 52, Issue 08, 081602, (February 2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.52.8.081602

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Sensors, Mirrors, Interferometry, Near infrared, Adaptive optics, Interfaces, Cameras, Optical engineering, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 24 October 2012 Paper

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LINC-NIRVANA for the LBT: setting up the world's largest NIR binoculars for astronomy

Ralph Hofferbert, Harald Baumeister, Thomas Bertram, Jürgen Berwein, Peter Bizenberger, Armin Böhm, Michael Böhm, José Luis Borelli, Matthieu Brangier, Florian Briegel, Albert Conrad, Fulvio De Bonis, Roman Follert, Tom Herbst, Armin Huber, Frank Kittmann, Martin Kürster, Werner Laun, Ulrich Mall, Daniel Meschke, Lars Mohr, Vianak Naranjo, Aleksei Pavlov, Jörg-Uwe Pott, Hans-Walter Rix, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, Eva Schinnerer, Clemens Storz, Jan Trowitzsch, Zhaojun Yan, Xianyu Zhang, Andreas Eckart, Matthew Horrobin, Steffen Rost, Christian Straubmeier, Imke Wank, Jens Zuther, Udo Beckmann, Claus Connot, Matthias Heininger, Karl-Heinz Hofmann, Tim Kröner, Eddy Nussbaum, Dieter Schertl, Gerd Weigelt, Maria Bergomi, Alessandro Brunelli, Marco Dima, Jacopo Farinato, Demetrio Magrin, Luca Marafatto, Roberto Ragazzoni, Valentina Viotto, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Giovanni Bregoli, Paolo Ciliegi, Guiseppe Cosentino, Emiliano Diolaiti, Italo Foppiani, Matteo Lombini, Laura Schreiber, Francesco D'Alessio, Gianluca Li Causi, Dario Lorenzetti, Fabrizio Vitali, Mario Bertero, Patrizia Boccacci, Andrea La Camera

Proceedings Volume 8511, 85110A (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.928284

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Sensors, Interferometry, Cameras, Adaptive optics, Near infrared, Stars, Imaging systems, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

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Multiple guide star acquisition software for LINC-NIRVANA

T. Bertram, F. Kittmann, L. Mohr

Proceedings Volume 8451, 845126 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926982

KEYWORDS: Selenium, Stars, Wavefront sensors, Wavefronts, Switches, Telescopes, Electroluminescent displays, Sensors, Interferometry, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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Aligning a more than 100 degrees of freedom wavefront sensor

Luca Marafatto, Maria Bergomi, Alessandro Brunelli, Marco Dima, Jacopo Farinato, Giancarlo Farisato, Luigi Lessio, Demetrio Magrin, Roberto Ragazzoni, Valentina Viotto, Thomas Bertram, Peter Bizenberger, Matthieu Brangier, Florian Briegel, Albert Conrad, Fulvio De Bonis, Tom Herbst, Ralph Hofferbert, Frank Kittmann, Martin Kürster, Daniel Meschke, Lars Mohr, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff

Proceedings Volume 8447, 84476F (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926773

KEYWORDS: Selenium, Charge-coupled devices, Mirrors, Stars, Sensors, Collimation, Superposition, Wavefront sensors, Beam splitters, Optical components

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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The LINC-NIRVANA high layer wavefront sensor laboratory experiment: progress report

Xianyu Zhang, Albert Conrad, Daniel Meschke, Thomas Bertram, Thomas Herbst, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Peter Bizenberger, Wolfgang Gaessler, Laura Schreiber, Roberto Ragazzoni, Martin Kuerster, Fulvio De Bonis, Lars Mohr, Jacopo Farinato, Emiliano Diolaiti, Hans-Walter Rix, Changhui Rao, Florian Briegel, Frank Kittmann, Juergen Berwein, Jan Trowitzsch, Matthieu Brangier

Proceedings Volume 8447, 84476H (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926304

KEYWORDS: Stars, Wavefront sensors, Adaptive optics, Deformable mirrors, Telescopes, Calibration, Mirrors, Cameras, Astronomy, Atmospheric optics

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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LINC-NIRVANA Pathfinder: testing the next generation of wave front sensors at LBT

Albert Conrad, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Harald Baumeister, Maria Bergomi, Thomas Bertram, Juergen Berwein, Chris Biddick, Peter Bizenberger, Matthieu Brangier, Florian Briegel, Alessandro Brunelli, Joar Brynnel, Lorenzo Busoni, Norm Cushing, Fulvio De Bonis, Michele De La Pena, Simone Esposito, Jacopo Farinato, Luca Fini, Richard Green, Tom Herbst, Ralph Hofferbert, Frank Kittmann, Martin Kuerster, Werner Laun, Daniel Meschke, Lars Mohr, Aleksei Pavlov, Jorg-Uwe Pott, Alfio Puglisi, Roberto Ragazzoni, Andrew Rakich, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, Jan Trowitzsch, Valentina Viotto, Xianyu Zhang

Proceedings Volume 8447, 84470V (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925650

KEYWORDS: Stars, Adaptive optics, Wavefronts, Calibration, Charge-coupled devices, Mirrors, Cameras, Infrared cameras, CCD cameras, Wavefront sensors

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2010 Paper

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The MCAO systems within LINC-NIRVANA: control aspects in addition to wavefront correction

T. Bertram, C. Arcidiacono, J. Berwein, P. Bizenberger, F. Briegel, E. Diolaiti, J. Farinato, W. Gässler, T. Herbst, R. Hofferbert, F. Kittmann, M. Kürster, R. Ragazzoni, L. Schreiber, J. Trowitzsch, V. Viotto

Proceedings Volume 7736, 77361S (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857097

KEYWORDS: Wavefronts, Control systems, Sensors, Wavefront sensors, Stars, Beam controllers, Mirrors, Cameras, Image sensors, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 2010 Paper

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Synchronization of motor controller and PC system clocks

Frank Kittmann, Thomas Bertram, Florian Briegel, Lars Mohr, Jürgen Berwein

Proceedings Volume 7740, 77402P (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857102

KEYWORDS: Clocks, Control systems, Telescopes, Mirrors, Crystals, Oscillators, Cameras, Wavefront sensors, Imaging systems, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 16 July 2008 Paper

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An SOA developer framework for astronomical instrument control software

Juergen Berwein, Florian Briegel, Wolfgang Gaessler, Frank Kittmann, Alexey Pavlov

Proceedings Volume 7019, 70191T (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789075

KEYWORDS: Bridges, Astronomy, Software development, Computer architecture, Data communications, Human-machine interfaces, Control systems, Telecommunications, Distributed computing, Interferometers

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

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Integration of the mid-high wavefront sensor to the Linc-Nirvana post-focal relay

Laura Schreiber, Matteo Lombini, Italo Foppiani, Daniel Meschke, Fulvio De Bonis, Peter Bizenberger, Giovanni Bregoli, Giuseppe Cosentino, Emiliano Diolaiti, Sebastian Egner, Jacopo Farinato, Wolfgang Gaessler, Tom Herbst, Giancarlo Innocenti, Frank Kittmann, Lars Mohr, Roberto Ragazzoni, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff

Proceedings Volume 7015, 70155A (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789486

KEYWORDS: Stars, Telescopes, Relays, Wavefront sensors, Mirrors, Deformable mirrors, Sensors, Collimators, Charge-coupled devices, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

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A component based astronomical visualization tool for instrument control

Florian Briegel, Jürgen Berwein, Frank Kittmann, Alexey Pavlov

Proceedings Volume 7019, 70191U (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789150

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Astronomy, Human-machine interfaces, Observatories, Visualization, CCD cameras, Control systems, Internet, Astronomical instrumentation, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

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Design and implementation of a service-oriented driver architecture for LINC-NIRVANA

Frank Kittmann, Florian Briegel, Lars Mohr, Sebastian Egner, Wolfgang Gaessler, Juergen Berwein, Alexey Pavlov, Clemens Storz

Proceedings Volume 7019, 70191G (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789377

KEYWORDS: Interfaces, Cameras, Stars, Human-machine interfaces, Control systems, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Astronomy, Telescopes, Computer architecture

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Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper

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The LINC-NIRVANA common software

Florian Briegel, Jürgen Berwein, Frank Kittmann, Valentin Volchkov, Lars Mohr, Wolfgang Gaessler, Thomas Bertram, Steffen Rost, Yeping Wang

Proceedings Volume 6274, 62741M (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671373

KEYWORDS: Human-machine interfaces, Astronomy, Operating systems, Computer programming, C++, Databases, Control systems, Visualization, Software development, Internet

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