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ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES + INSTRUMENTATION CALL FOR PAPERS
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2020
Astronomical Telescopes +
Instrumentation
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PAPERS
Submit abstracts by 13 November 2019
14–19 June 2020
Pacifico Yokohama
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Conferences and Courses:
14–19 June 2020
Exhibition: 16–18 June 2020
Pacifico Yokohama
Yokohama, Japan
Present your latest results, project updates,
and research progress in Yokohama
SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation is the community
forum to present and publish your latest research results.
12 Conferences in two major tracks
TELESCOPES AND SYSTEMS
space, ground, and airborne telescopes and instrumentation
interferometry and imaging · observatory operations
adaptive optics · modeling, systems, and project management
TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS
optical and mechanical technologies · software and
cyberinfrastructure · detectors and instrumentation
2,600 papers on the latest innovations and technology developments
2,500 scientists and researchers, engineers, and program managers
Plan now to present in Yokohama. Abstracts are due 13 November.
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Colleagues, join us to present and publish at the most prestigious event for
developers of ground- and space-based telescopes, as well as advanced
technologies and the latest instrumentation. This symposium brings together
engineers, scientists and industry specialists in the beautiful city of Yokohama,
Japan at a very exciting time for astronomy. Authors are encouraged to submit
papers that not only highlight achievements but also demonstrate lessons
learned and problems solved, thus enabling us to diversify and improve our
collective performance in the future. Join your peers in a unique venue where
collaboration brings ideas to life and technology to fruition. We look forward to
seeing you in Yokohama!
Symposium Chairs:
Satoru Iguchi Alison Peck
National Astronomical Gemini Observatory (USA)
Observatory of Japan
(Japan)
Symposium Co-Chairs:
René Doyon Shouleh Nikzad
Univ. de Montréal Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA)
(Canada)
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Contents
TELESCOPES AND SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY
AS101 Space Telescopes and Instrumentation ADVANCEMENTS
2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter AS109 Advances in Optical and Mechanical
Wave (Lystrup, Perrin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Technologies for Telescopes and
AS102 Space Telescopes and Instrumentation Instrumentation IV (Navarro, Geyl) . . . . . . 12
2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray AS110 Software and Cyberinfrastructure for
(den Herder, Nikzad, Nakazawa). . . . . . . . . . 4 Astronomy VI (Guzman, Ibsen). . . . . . . . . . 14
AS103 Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes AS111 Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared
VIII (Marshall, Spyromilio, Usuda). . . . . . . . . 5 Detectors and Instrumentation for
AS104 Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Astronomy X (Zmuidzinas, Gao). . . . . . . . . 16
Imaging VII (Tuthill, Mérand, Sallum). . . . . . 6 AS112 X-ray, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for
AS105 Ground-based and Airborne Astronomy IX (Holland, Beletic). . . . . . . . . 17
Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII
(Evans, Bryant, Motohara) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
General Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
AS106 Adaptive Optics Systems VII
Submission of Abstracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
(Schreiber, Schmidt, Vernet) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
AS107 Observatory Operations: Strategies,
Processes, and Systems VIII
(Adler, Seaman, Benn). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
AS108 Modeling, Systems Engineering, and
Project Management for Astronomy IX
(Angeli, Dierickx) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS:
GET ADDITIONAL EXPOSURE
Don’t miss this opportunity to further
promote your important work.
RADIO ASTRONOMY
If your research is connected
with radio astronomy and you
want to participate in this virtual
symposium, enter “RADIO” when prompted
during the abstract submission. Accepted
papers will be cross-listed in the SPIE RADIO
ASTRONOMY Virtual Track.
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TELESCOPES AND SYSTEMS
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020:
Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave (AS101)
Conference Chairs: Makenzie Lystrup, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (USA); Marshall D. Perrin,
Space Telescope Science Institute (USA)
Program Committee: Beth A. Biller, The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (United Kingdom); James J. Bock,
Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); Patricia T. Boyd, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); Giovanni G. Fazio,
Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (USA); Kerri L. Cahoy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(USA); Laura E. Coyle, Ball Aerospace (USA); Kevin C. France, Univ. of Colorado Boulder (USA); Sarah
Gallagher, Western Univ. (Canada); Tyler D. Groff, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); Astrid Heske,
European Space Research and Technology Ctr. (Netherlands); Sylvestre Lacour, Lab. d’Etudes Spatiales et
d’Instrumentation en Astrophysique (France); Bertrand Mennesson, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); Howard
A. MacEwen, Reviresco LLC (USA); Jessica R. Lu, Univ. of California, Berkeley (USA); Elisa V. Quintana,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); Itsuki Sakon, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan); Rémi Soummer, Space
Telescope Science Institute (USA); Motohide Tamura, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
(Japan); Shyam Narayan Tandon; Giovanna Tinetti, Univ. College London (United Kingdom); Gillian S.
Wright, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr. (United Kingdom)
Space-based astronomy is in a time of transition: • Space astronomy missions at all scales and
While some of astronomy’s most productive space project stages
telescopes have reached or soon will reach the end - projects currently in development or study
of their lifetimes, we are headed toward an era of phases
major new space-based and ground-based observa- - achievements and lessons from operational or
tories that will revolutionize our view of the cosmos completed missions
and advance discoveries in many fields. At the same - highly innovative space telescope and
time, small satellites and new launch vehicles are pro- instrument concepts
viding new capabilities for science and technology
- small mission concepts and technologies.
development. Meanwhile, organizations in the U.S.,
Canada, and Europe are determining their priorities • Enabling technologies and practices
for the coming decade and beyond. Discoveries in - system modeling of telescopes and space
exoplanetary astronomy are coming at a rapid pace, observatories
though truly daunting technical challenges remain - innovative real-time metrology and wavefront
on the road to characterization of rocky worlds per- sensing and control
haps like our own. Wide area surveys are mapping - interferometric instruments
the sky with extraordinary precision, on scales from - innovative optical designs, for instance
the solar neighborhood to the expansion of the en- reduced number of surfaces for higher
tire universe, and providing new time domain views throughput
of a dynamic cosmos. Advancing technologies for - extreme stability and dynamic isolation
measurements from the ultraviolet to the infrared, - in-space servicing, assembly, deployment of
sophisticated systems engineering, and daring scien- optical systems
tific ambitions have been brought together to inform - other emerging technologies and new
detailed concept studies of many potential future capabilities.
space observatories.
• Increasing the pipeline of instrumentalists and
The Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020 technologists
conference will explore the current and foreseeable • Sustainability of space astronomy in an era of
state-of-the-art of space telescope and instrumenta- highly ambitious and challenging missions.
tion programs, concepts and technologies from the
near-ultraviolet and visible wavelengths through the We are pleased and honored to be holding this con-
infrared and millimeter regions. ference in Asia for the first time. We look forward to
participation from across the world, reflecting the
We are soliciting contributions that will create a rich truly global nature of our field.
program that will stimulate productive discussions in
this transitional time. We particularly encourage ear- Please note that large programs in study and devel-
ly career professionals and students to submit papers opment phases (e.g. LISA, JWST, Euclid, WFIRST,
for oral presentations. PLATO, ARIEL, LUVOIR, HabEx, and OST) will each be
allocated up to 60 minutes of oral presentation time
For this Conference, we invite status reports on space to include a summary presentation to encompass an
projects of all sizes, the science questions that they overall update on each project, followed by brief pre-
address, and the technologies and approaches need- sentations to highlight specific aspects. The project
ed to achieve these goals, including but not limited teams are encouraged to work together in preparing
to topics such as: material for these presentations, in engaging a broad
• Science cases for space-based astronomy and range of team members in these presentations, and
astrophysics to submit papers for poster sessions on further work
- capabilities for exoplanet detection, including related to these projects.
high contrast imaging coronagraph, transit
methods, and astrometry
- the formation and evolution of galaxies, stars,
and planets
- approaches to increasing insight into dark
matter and dark energy from space
- time-domain and wide-area surveys.
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TELESCOPES AND SYSTEMS
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020:
Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray (AS102)
Conference Chairs: Jan-Willem A. den Herder, SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
(Netherlands)
Conference Co-Chairs: Shouleh Nikzad, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Nagoya Univ.
(Japan)
Program Committee: Hisamitsu Awaki, Ehime Univ. (Japan); Didier Barret, Institut de Recherche en
Astrophysique et Planétologie (France); Marshall Bautz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA);
Marcos Bavdaz, European Space Research and Technology Ctr. (Netherlands); Roland H. den Hartog,
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research (Netherlands); Megan E. Eckart, NASA Goddard Space
Flight Ctr. (USA); Marco Feroci, INAF - Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario (Italy); Luigi Gallo,
Saint Mary’s Univ. (Canada); Varoujan Gorjian, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); James C. Green, Univ. of
Colorado at Boulder (USA); Walter M. Harris, The Univ. of Arizona (USA); Fiona Harrison, California
Institute of Technology (USA); Gillian Kyne, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); Olivier Limousin, CEA-Ctr.
de SACLAY (France); Hironori Matsumoto, Nagoya Univ. (Japan); Mark L. McConnell, The Univ. of New
Hampshire (USA); Kyriaki Minoglou, European Space Research and Technology Ctr. (Netherlands);
Kirpal Nandra, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (Germany); Takaya Ohashi, Tokyo
Metropolitan Univ. (Japan); Giovanni Pareschi, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy);
Biswajit Paul, Raman Research Institute (India); Mikhail N. Pavlinsky, Space Research Institute (Russian
Federation); Paul S. Ray, U.S. Naval Research Lab. (USA); Taro Sakao, Institute of Space and Astronautical
Science (Japan); Andrea Santangelo, Eberhard Karls Univ. Tübingen (Germany); Hiroyasu Tajima, Nagoya
Univ. (Japan); Tadayuki Takahashi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan); Vincent Tatischeff,
Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (France); Hiroshi Tsunemi, Osaka
Univ. (Japan); Sarah E. Tuttle, Univ. of Washington (USA); Cui Wei, Tsinghua Univ. (China); Richard
Willingale, Univ. of Leicester (United Kingdom); Jörn Wilms, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-
Nürnberg (Germany); Yoichi Yatsu, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan); Shuangnan Zhang, Institute of
High Energy Physics (China); William W. Zhang, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); Enrico Bozzo,
ISDC Data Ctr. for Astrophysics (Switzerland); Maria Teresa Ceballos, Univ. de Cantabria (Spain)
Observation of the hot universe, from 105 K upward, This conference invites the community to contribute
has a vital impact on some of the most fundamental to the discussion of new observatories in the UV to
questions in astrophysics today. Hot plasmas, from gamma-ray band. The conference will cover, among
the sun and stellar coronae to the cores of gamma others, the following issues: major questions in as-
ray bursts, expose the underpinning physics of ob- trophysics that will drive the design of new obser-
servable phenomena: the evolution of largescale vatories; lessons learned from existing observatories,
structure and nucleosynthesis; the interaction be- both technical and astrophysical; approved and pro-
tween galaxies and super-massive black holes; the posed new observatories; technologies in optics and
behavior of matter under extreme conditions; the focal planes; and novel concepts.
fate of the “missing” baryons; and the life cycle of Papers are solicited on but not restricted to the fol-
stars. These topics require state-of-the art instru- lowing topics:
ments on satellites in the UV to gamma-ray domain.
• Astrophysical science drivers for new
In addition, many energetic phenomena including
observatories
accretion and ejection processes near black holes
and various types of transient phenomena exhibit • Observational tools required to support the
high-energy radiation. science aims of new major observatories
• Current missions in UV, x-ray and gamma rays,
Previous and currently operating space telescopes, and their impact on new science and future
such as Chandra, XMM-Newton, FUSE, INTEGRAL, observatories
GALEX, RXTE, Hinode, SDO, Swift, Suzaku, FERMI
• Approved missions still to be launched: their
and NuSTAR have revolutionized our view of the
status and potential impact on the field
hot universe; Current missions, including ASTROSAT,
HXMT and NICER will be able to present their first • Proposed small and medium missions and
results. In the future other missions including SRG, their role in the overall picture of high energy
XRISM, SVOM, IXPE and the Einstein Probe will be re- astrophysics
alized and their expected performance including the • Proposed large facilities in UV, x-ray and
calibrations can be presented. At the end of the next gamma-rays
decade the ESA large scale mission Athena will be • Technology for future observatories: the latest
the observatory of choice. However, focused, small developments and their potential impact on the
and mid-sized missions should complement Athena capability of new missions
and full coverage of the UV to gamma-ray wave- • Calibration of current and future missions
length range is equally important to advance science. • Novel concepts for research beyond in 2030 and
This may range from a new generation of X-ray tim- beyond (e.g. the US decadal review and Voyage
ing instruments, hard X-ray telescopes, gamma-ray 2050 from ESA)
instruments, UV instruments or all sky monitors. In • End to end simulations of new facilities
addition it is crucial to explore and develop technol- • Prospects of cube-sats or constellation of small
ogy beyond the Athena mission. Technology which satellites
will need to be advanced includes large format cryo-
genic imaging spectrometers, CMOS image arrays,
pore optics, adjustable and active optics, multi-lay-
ers, x-ray polarimetry, x-ray interferometry, hard
x-ray and gamma ray imaging systems.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VIII (AS103)
Conference Chairs: Heather K. Marshall, DKIST/National Solar Observatory (USA); Jason Spyromilio,
European Southern Observatory (Germany); Tomonori Usuda, National Astronomical Observatory of
Japan (Japan)
Program Committee: Bruce C. Bigelow, GMTO Corp. (USA); Emanuela Ciattaglia, European Southern
Observatory (Germany); Matthew Colless, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Australian
National Univ. (Australia); Jean-Gabriel Cuby, Lab. d’Astrophysique de Marseille (France);
Frank W. Kan, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. (USA); Victor L. Krabbendam, Large Synoptic Survey
Telescope (USA); Jeffrey R. Kuhn, Univ. of Hawai’i (USA); Maria Grazia Labate, SKA Organisation
(United Kingdom); Bernhard Lopez, ALMA (Chile); Anamparambu N. Ramaprakash, Inter-Univ. Ctr. for
Astronomy and Astrophysics (India); Amir Sadjadpour, Thirty Meter Telescope (USA);
Jürgen Wolf, Deutsches SOFIA Institut (Germany); Yongtian Zhu, Nanjing Institute of Astronomical
Optics & Technology (China)
This conference is the latest in the series on Ground • Assembly, integration, verification, and
Based and Airborne Telescopes. Construction of the commissioning
next generation of extremely large telescopes is un- • Transition from commissioning to operations
derway: the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), ESO’s • Major maintenance projects and facility
Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), and the Thirty Me- upgrades, including modifications for remote
ter Telescope (TMT) are becoming reality and involve operation, more cost-effective operation, new
contributing teams from all over the world. The large capabilities, effective utilization
numbers of automated survey facilities with custom • Industrial perspectives
built small and medium sized robotic telescopes, as
• Modeling as a driver of observatory design
well as world-wide collaborations of existing facilities
(Joint session with AS103/AS108).
are revolutionizing the both the construction para-
digm and scientific opportunities.
JOINT SESSION AS103/AS108:
The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) and
As in Austin, TX, at the last SPIE Astro conference,
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), and Tokyo
we again look forward to an integrated session on
Atacama Observatory (TAO) are undergoing integra-
modeling as a driver of observatory design with the
tion and approaching first science; the Five-Hundred
Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Man-
Meter Aperture Telescope (FAST) is publishing early
agement Conference on mutually interesting and
scientific results. The Square Kilometer Array (SKA)
relevant topics such as:
and Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) continue to
deploy prototype telescopes and are preparing for • telescope and subsystem performance modeling
major infrastructure construction. Scientific Balloon and measurement, including vibration
programs are pushing altitude boundaries, develop- • wavefront control, segmented mirror alignment,
ing detector technologies, and producing valuable and phasing systems
science. Project teams for the Next Generation Very • characterization and control of the local thermal
Large Array (ngVLA), Maunakea Spectroscopic Ex- environment, seeing, and wind buffeting
plorer (MSE), Telescopio San Pedro Martir (TSPM), • design and analysis of observatory structures for
amongst others, are developing designs and gaining extreme survival, including seismic events
funding. The Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT), Ata- • trade studies for extremely large telescopes
cama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) (e.g. coolant selection, alignment approach,
and the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared As- supporting cryogenic instrumentation).
tronomy (SOFIA) continue to expand their scientific To indicate your interest in participating in this joint
capabilities and productivity. Many operating ob- session, please select ‘Modeling as a Driver of Obser-
servatories are making major investments to deploy vatory Design (Joint session with AS103/AS108) from
new instruments, increase efficiency, enable remote the list of topics during your submission.
observation, or operate with improved capabilities.
Papers are solicited on the planning, design, con- WORKSHOP SESSIONS AS103:
struction, commissioning, operation, and upgrade of
We plan to host lessons learned workshop sessions
existing and future ground-based and airborne tele-
during the conference to continue the productive
scopes and arrays observing in all wavelength bands.
and enlightening conversations of the past two con-
Specific topics include:
ferences on the topics of enclosure azimuth bogie
• Project reviews mechanisms, shutter mechanisms, and optical coat-
• Telescope structures ings. These workshops will utilize a moderated for-
• Opto-mechanical system and component mat with short, informal presentations by interested
design, prototyping, and implementation parties and when possible, collection and sharing of
• Observatory enclosures meaningful metrics across facilities. Topics for this
• Observatory facilities and physical conference are:
infrastructure, including safety systems • Hydrostatic Bearings: Failures, Maintenance,
• Telescope Arrays Improvements
• Metrology and alignment • Seismic Events: Recovery and Lessons Learned
• Site characterization, testing and development
• Concepts for future telescopes, pathfinder
projects
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TELESCOPES AND SYSTEMS
Optical and Infrared Interferometry
and Imaging VII (AS104)
Conference Chairs: Peter G. Tuthill, The Univ. of Sydney (Australia); Antoine Mérand, European Southern
Observatory (Chile); Stephanie Sallum, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz (USA)
Program Committee: Fabien Baron, Georgia State Univ. (USA); Michelle J. Creech-Eakman, New Mexico
Institute of Mining and Technology (USA); Takayuki Kotani, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
(Japan); Xavier Haubois, European Southern Observatory (Chile); Keiichi Ohnaka, Univ. Católica del
Norte (Chile); Lucas Labadie, Univ. zu Köln (Germany); Sebastian F. Hönig, Univ. of Southampton (United
Kingdom); Sylvie Robbe-Dubois, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (France); Rachael Marie Roettenbacher,
Yale Univ. (USA); Stephen A. Rinehart, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); Gail H. Schaefer, CHARA
(USA)
In December 1920, Michelson and Pease measured Invited talks and panel discussions will feature in the
the first angular diameter of a star, the red giant Be- program, however most time will be competitively al-
telgeuse, using the 100 inch telescope on Mt Wilson located based on the response to this Call for Papers.
configured as a ground-breaking optical interferom- We solicit contributed papers on these and related
eter. One hundred years have passed, and the mod- topics:
ern descendants of Michelson’s interferometer can • Observing techniques in astrometry,
now routinely produce images of stellar surfaces, imaging, nulling, aperture masking, speckle
witness exoplanets in orbit and probe the structures interferometry, precision calibration, high-
of active galactic nuclei. For the last few decades, dynamic range methods, absolute or differential
topically focused SPIE meetings have continued to phase and closure phase, polarimetry, double
play a unique role in fostering our field: this is the Fourier techniques, intensity interferometry.
singular venue that brings together interferometrists • Technologies such as new detectors, fiber
from the world over. optics, integrated optics, single-mode filtering,
Against a background of a challenging funding en- achromatic phase delays for nulling, delay lines.
vironment worldwide, our previous meeting (Austin, • Critical subsystems including wavefront control,
2018) showed very exciting progress in overcoming fringe tracking, cryogenics, control algorithms,
some of the most firmly entrenched obstacles that star tracking, beam combination, picometer
have long plagued the field. In particular, widespread metrology, vacuum systems.
scientific relevance to a broad cross-section of the • Space (or near-space) interferometry especially
astronomical community has long been hampered new mission concepts, cost-effective designs,
by the issue of sensitivity. Progress on several fronts, pathfinders, and connection with the FIR space
such as the roll-out of active/adaptive wavefront community.
correction, as well as dramatic enhancements in low- • Data processing and analysis, robust data
noise detector technologies, now promises to finally calibration, image reconstruction algorithms,
unleash “stellar interferometry” from its traditional publicly-available tools, data interpretation and
niche within stellar physics, perhaps calling for our modeling.
community to rethink its identity as working in “as- • Facility issues including long-term monitoring,
trophysical interferometry.” The wealth of exciting performance characterization, auto-alignment,
results from the past two years gives testimony to data archive, vibration mitigation and control.
these ongoing rapid developments. • Current and planned facilities and instruments,
The primary goals of this conference are to allow including next generation instruments and
the attendees to learn firsthand about the exciting possible improvements or revamping of current
capabilities found in facilities across the globe and facilities.
to discuss the future prospects for interferometry in • Introspection and brainstorming for the long-
technology and instrumentation. Its primary focus term future of interferometry, science and
will be on the latest innovations in technology and technical opportunities, new directions in times
engineering for ground- and space-based interfer- of limited funding.
ometry in the optical and infrared, including new
We expect a large number of submitted abstracts
instrumentation, techniques and software. Scientific
and the program committee will actively assign con-
results will be highlighted, with priority given to find-
tributed papers to be either oral or poster, unless the
ings that push current facilities to their limits and/
author requests poster presentation. Students who
or exploit innovative techniques and technologies.
received or expect to receive their Ph.D.s after Janu-
Results should particularly serve to illustrate novel
ary 1, 2019, should include the word “THESIS” in their
observations or analytical techniques.
abstract titles to be eligible for the “Best Disserta-
tion” prize to be awarded during the conference.
All presenters will be asked to provide a manuscript
in advance of the meeting for publication in a pro-
ceedings volume to be published on the SPIE Digital
Library soon after the conference.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for
Astronomy VIII (AS105)
Conference Chairs: Christopher J. Evans, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr. (United Kingdom);
Julia J. Bryant, The Univ. of Sydney (Australia); Kentaro Motohara, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Program Committee: Rebecca A. Bernstein, Carnegie Obervatories (USA), GMTO Corp. (USA);
Bruno V. Castilho Sr., Lab. Nacional de Astrofísica (Brazil); Armando Gil de Paz, Univ. Complutense de
Madrid (Spain); James E. Larkin, Univ. of California, Los Angeles (USA); Livia Origlia, Istituto Nazionale
di Astrofisica (Italy); Encarnacion Romero Colmenero, South African Astronomical Observatory (South
Africa); Luc Simard, NRC - Herzberg Astronomy & Astrophysics (Canada); Erin C. Smith, NASA Ames
Research Ctr. (USA); Naoyuki Tamura Sr., Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
(Japan); Joël R. D. Vernet, European Southern Observatory (Germany); Friedrich Wöger, National Solar
Observatory (USA)
This is an exciting time in the development of instru- Given the large oversubscription for oral presenta-
mentation for ground-based observatories. The ‘Ex- tions at past conferences in this series, we will have
tremely Large Telescopes’ now under construction to assign some as poster presentations1, which are
will deliver unprecedented sensitivity and spatial nonetheless both productive and enjoyable. Prefer-
resolution, bringing both opportunities and challeng- ence for talks will be given to complete (or near-com-
es in instrument design. Innovation also continues plete) instruments and mature designs. Larger
to maximize the capabilities and parameter space groups submitting more than one paper on a major
covered by the now mature 8-10m class telescopes. project should reserve most of their oral presentation
Alongside these, there is considerable development time (if granted) for an overview. We also welcome
underway at solar observatories, on airborne plat- papers on innovative designs for instrument sub-sys-
forms, and at smaller facilities, with the latter partly tems, but please explain in your abstract the novel
prompted by the growth of rapid-response instru- nature of the work. Given the large over-subscription,
ments and multi-messenger astronomy. authors may wish to consider submitting sub-system
As the eighth installment in this successful series of papers to one of the parallel specialist conferences.
conferences on ground-based and airborne instru-
mentation, papers (oral and posters) are invited on Final placement in an oral or poster session is subject
the design, development, characterization, upgrades to the discretion of the program committee. Instruc-
and performance of optical and infrared instrumen- tions for oral and poster presentations are available
tation. The aims of the conference are to provide: i) online. All oral and poster contributions are includ-
overviews of the performance and lessons learned ed in the proceedings, and require presentation at
from instruments in operation; ii) discussion of pro- the meeting and submission of a manuscript. All
posed instruments and/or those already in develop- attendees should plan to attend the poster sessions
ment; iii) a forum for exchange of technical infor- and poster authors should be present at their poster
mation on both achievements and problems among during the relevant sessions.
instrument builders, from across both academic and
industrial partners. Areas of interest include:
• Performance and results from recently
commissioned instruments
• Design/prototyping of instrumentation for
current observatories (incl. solar/airborne)
• Rapid-response instruments (gravitational wave
follow-up, supernovae, ?-ray bursts)
• Ground-based instrumentation in support of
space missions
• Instrumentation for Extremely Large Telescopes
SAVE THE DATE
• Instruments designed with adaptive optics Abstracts Due:
incorporated in the overall system 13 November 2019
• Multi-messenger astronomical instruments
• New technologies which may be transformative Author Notification:
in future instrument design. 23 February 2020
The contact author will be notified of
acceptance by email.
Manuscripts Due:
16 May 2020
PLEASE NOTE: Submission implies the
intent of at least one author to register,
attend the conference, present the paper
as scheduled, and submit a full-length
manuscript for publication in the conference
proceedings.
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TELESCOPES AND SYSTEMS Adaptive Optics Systems VII (AS106) Conference Chairs: Laura Schreiber, The Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio (Italy); Dirk Schmidt, National Solar Observatory (USA); Elise Vernet, European Southern Observatory (Germany) Program Committee: Christoph Baranec, Univ. of Hawai’i (USA); Clémentine Béchet, Pontificia Univ. Católica de Chile (Chile); Thomas Berkefeld, Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik (Germany); Antonin H. Bouchez, GMTO Corp. (USA); Angela Cortes, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (Germany); Anna Ciurlo, Univ. of California, Los Angeles (USA); Jennifer S. Dunn, NRC - Herzberg Astronomy & Astrophysics (Canada); Yutaka Hayano, TMT-J Project Office, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan); Miska Le Louarn, European Southern Observatory (Germany); Jessica R. Lu, Univ. of California, Berkeley (USA); Pierre-Yves Madec, European Southern Observatory (Germany); Dimitri Mawet, California Institute of Technology (USA); Tim J. Morris, Durham Univ. (United Kingdom); Benoit Neichel, Lab. d’Astrophysique de Marseille (France); Mamadou N’Diaye, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (France); James Osborn, Durham Univ. (United Kingdom); Yoshito H. Ono, Subaru Telescope, NAOJ (USA); Gaetano Sivo, Gemini Observatory (Chile); Valentina Viotto, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy); Peter L. Wizinowich, W. M. Keck Observatory (USA) The 2020 conference is the first in the decade in We call for papers in all areas of adaptive optics for which the new, extremely large telescopes become astronomical observations including solar observa- reality. All of them will rely on powerful and com- tions. We look forward to all aspects of AO systems plex adaptive optics systems. The 4-meter Daniel and their components in all stages - from brilliant K. Inouye Solar Telescope is nearing completion and ideas, design and modeling over implementation, expected to come online in 2020. The fabrication of characterization and commissioning to scientific dis- the Giant Magellan Telescope, the Extremely Large coveries enabled by adaptive optics. Telescope and the Thirty Meter Telescope systems The 2020 SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instru- are progressing at full speed. mentation symposium will host a number of confer- Most existing 6-10 meter class night-sky telescopes ences in one event making for the biggest meeting in and most major solar telescopes have had adaptive our community. optics systems of various flavors for many years. Parallel conferences that may be of particular interest We have seen many exciting results in the last two to adaptive optics professionals include software and years from advanced systems, some of which deploy- cyberinfrastructure, detectors, systems engineering ing laser guide stars facilities, specializing in either and project management, and observatory opera- a wide field-of-view correction or in extremely high tions. correction in a very narrow field. Real-time charac- Join your peers in Yokohama, we look forward to see- terization and prediction of the atmosphere help to ing you there! optimize AO performance and to define observation schedules. A new generation of AO instruments is currently being constructed and deployed to improve performance of existing telescopes - some serving as pathfinders for the extremely large telescopes, some aiming at correction in the visible light regime. New tools to improve the exploitation of AO data will be soon available to the scientific community, such as PSF reconstruction or a-posteriori PSF modeling. This conference will bring you together with AO ex- perts including users, developers and pioneers - from students to gurus - from all around the world. AO scientists, astronomers, engineers, managers, and manufacturers will meet at this conference to learn about new tricks, techniques and trends, share their projects, and discuss challenges and solutions with other specialists in the field. 8 SPIE ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES + INSTRUMENTATION 2020 • spie.org/as20call
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Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes,
and Systems VIII (AS107)
Conference Chairs: David S. Adler, Space Telescope Science Institute (USA); Robert L. Seaman, Lunar and
Planetary Lab., The Univ. of Arizona (USA); Chris R. Benn, Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (Spain)
Program Committee: Rachel Akeson, IPAC, Caltech (USA); Antonio Chrysostomou, SKA Organisation
(United Kingdom); Claire J. Chandler, National Radio Astronomy Observatory (USA); Raffaele D’Abrusco,
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory/Chandra X-ray Ctr. (USA); Jessica T. Dempsey, East Asian
Observatory (USA), James Clark Maxwell Telescope (USA); Itziar de Gregorio Monsalvo, European
Southern Observatory (Chile); Daisuke Iono, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan);
Andreas Kaufer, European Southern Observatory (Chile); Alison B. Peck, Gemini Observatory (USA);
Lisa J. Storrie-Lombardi, Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network (USA);
Christian Veillet, Large Binocular Telescope Observatory (USA); Beth Willman, National Center for
Optical-Infrared Astronomy (USA)
This conference provides a forum for discussion We envision a three to four-day conference, depend-
of a broad range of issues relevant to operation of ing on submission pressure. Both oral and poster
ground-based and space observatories, including contributed presentations are solicited. We encour-
observing/support models, calibration, data reduc- age abstracts related to any area of observatory op-
tion and quality control, interactive archiving and erations and list some examples of possible topics
data rights, engineering and infrastructure, fault-han- below.
dling and staffing.
SITE AND FACILITY OPERATIONS (PROCESSES,
WORKFLOWS, QUALITY CONTROL)
MOTIVATION
• Defining effective operations products and goals
While every ground and space observatory possess- • New productivity and efficiency metrics
es individual and unique characteristics, each shares
• Orbit and site selection strategies - impact on
a common need: execute technical and science oper-
observing and calibration efficiencies
ations as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.
All share the goal of providing outstanding capabil- • Transitioning from construction to operations:
ities and reliable services to users, while operating plans versus steady-state reality
within the constraints imposed by tight budgets and • Adapting and building on previous innovations
limited staffing. At the same time, technical and logis- in hardware, software and strategies
tical challenges grow: systems and network complex- • Engineering and technical support models now
ity of new observing modes; coordinated multi-facil- and in the future; staffing requirements, safety
ity and multi-messenger observing campaigns; fully concerns and costs
or partially robotic facilities; integrated instrument • Strategies for managing and mitigating radio
pipelines and science archives; integration of more frequency interference: monitoring, excision,
complex cyber-infrastructure such as the Grid and flagging.
the Virtual Observatory; the looming threat of sat- OBSERVATION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING
ellite constellations. The subtle intricacies and large
• Proposal submission, evaluation, and selection:
scales of new instrumentation naturally lead to corre-
processes and strategies
spondingly creative operations modalities.
• Time allocation, user support and QA strategies
Building on previous successful conferences, the ob- for multinational partnerships
servatory operations community is invited to gath- • Coping with random events: the impact of
er and discuss lessons learned, progress made, and atmospheric and space conditions
future initiatives. In particular - what worked, what
• Queue operations, dynamic scheduling and
didn’t? What was planned, versus what actually hap-
remote observing: case studies and lessons
pened? Important topics include: the interplay of
learned
science, technical, and data operations, especially as
it impacts the maximization of science value return; • Impact of Satellite Constellations
how to make and keep the observatory operations OPERATIONS BENCHMARKS AND METRICS:
workspace a diverse and inclusive community; and OPTIMIZING SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY
the interplay of funding, delivered capabilities and • Observation execution efficiency: maximizing
services, and user expectations. science target integration time
Topics related to the continuing need to support the • Calibration standards: quality, re-use, the
increasing challenge of time-domain investigations challenge of increased sensitivity
are also welcome. The desire to study rare, random • Calibration strategies: pre- vs post-launch, and
events as well as exoplanets and long-term, synoptic dealing with the effects of weather, atmosphere,
phenomena continues to grow. Such studies are par- and on-orbit conditions
ticularly challenging when they require coordination • Fundamental limits to calibration accuracy:
between multiple space and ground-based obser- physics, process, or variability
vatories. While this trend has previously been driv- • Fault analysis and resource allocation to
en by space-based detections of gamma ray bursts, minimize lost time
the startup of ground-based time-domain survey • The rise of altmetrics: the next generation of
facilities (ramping up to the Large Synoptic Survey metrics for open science.
Telescope) are quickly taking this challenge to a new
level. Progress reports from new facilities coming on-
line and existing facilities facing major new opera- CONTINUED BOTTOM NEXT PAGEÆ
tional challenges are particularly welcome.
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Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project
Management for Astronomy IX (AS108)
Conference Chairs: George Z. Angeli, GMTO Corp. (USA); Philippe Dierickx, European Southern
Observatory (Germany)
Program Committee: Roberto Biasi, Microgate S.r.l. (Italy); Sébastien Elias Egner, European Southern
Observatory (Germany); Sebastian G. Els, Gulf Solutions (United Arab Emirates); Sebastian Herzig, Jet
Propulsion Lab. (USA); Takeshi Okuda, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan);
Scott Roberts, Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory Corp. (Canada); Hermine Schnetler, UK Astronomy
Technology Ctr. (United Kingdom); Robert Selina, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (USA);
Masahiro Sugimoto, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan); Gerhard Pieter Swart, SKA
Organisation (United Kingdom); Mitchell Troy, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA)
The objective of the conference is to provide a forum dicting and verifying the performance of the design
for the highly interconnected fields of project man- being developed, and increasingly as an essential
agement, systems engineering, and system model- means – in fact the only practical means in some cas-
ing. We call for papers on programmatic and tech- es – of propagating low-level non-conformances and
nical management techniques and tools, as well as of verifying the performance of the as-built system.
on results and achievements from the applications of Simulation results are critical to developing system
these tools in real life projects and challenges. integration and test plans, as well as in understand-
Managing science projects - like the development ing unexpected behavior during implementation, as-
and construction of astronomical telescopes and sembly/integration, and commissioning.
instrumentation - is particularly challenging, as it Papers are invited covering any aspect of these
requires delicate balancing of efficient project man- fields relevant to astronomical technology projects
agement, and proper interpretation of and response ranging from small to large, collaborative or inter-
to science priorities. The deployed management national endeavors, operating in the optical, IR, and
framework and techniques may depend on the size radio frequency bands. Contributions are welcome
of the project, but the underlying target remains the from ground- and space-based astronomy facilities,
same: within budget, the timely delivery of a product instrumentation, interferometry, and adaptive optics
that meets the expectations of the international user projects.
community. The topics covered may include (but not be limited
Throughout this distributed process, systems engi- to) the following areas:
neering maintains tools – models – that enable it to
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
focus on the behavior and performance of the entire
system as it unfolds through the integration of its • Status updates on management aspects of
parts. Models are essential to validate performance projects
allocations and propagate use cases through com- • Financial models, cost estimation, contingency
plex designs, either at the subsystem or the complete management
system level. System modeling is also vital for pre- • Scheduling, critical path management
• Scientific oversight
Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VIII (AS107 continued)
DATA FLOW AND MANAGEMENT, ARCHIVES, TIME DOMAIN AND TRANSIENT SURVEYS
SURVEYS, AND VIRTUAL OBSERVATORY • Timekeeping infrastructure for evolving
• Science product definition and creation: the standards
observatory or the community? • Space- and ground based optical, radio and
• User support models; staffing requirements and non-EM transient discovery and follow-up
costs • Observatory operations for target-of-
• Science product archiving and curation; in opportunity modes
particular, planning and creation of legacy data • Transient event alert publishing in the Virtual
sets Observatory
• End-to-end information management systems: • Systems architectures for transient follow-up
from proposal to publication observing
• System performance monitoring: what is good • Integrating data management into time domain
enough? workflows
• Operating survey telescopes and innovative • Coordinated scheduling for multi-wavelength
operations of small aperture telescopes and multi-observatory collaborations.
• Optimizing large survey follow-up studies;
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN OBSERVATORY
exoplanets, near Earth objects, other Solar
OPERATIONS
System targets
• Current state of diversity and inclusion
• The role of the virtual observatory
• Programs, methods to improve diversity
• Establishing and maintaining data centers and
bibliographic databases: costs and benefits, • Diversity in Time Allocation Committee program
lessons learned. selections.
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• Operations design JOINT SESSION AS103/AS108:
• Product Data and Lifecycle Management (PDLM) As in Austin, TX, at the last SPIE Astro conference,
• Project risk management we again look forward to an integrated session on
• System integration (AIT, I&T, AIV) modeling as a driver of observatory design with the
• Commissioning and system validation. Ground Based and Airborne Telescopes Conference
• Quality management on mutually interesting and relevant topics, such as:
• Safety. • Telescope and subsystem performance modeling
and measurement, including vibration
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
• Wavefront control, segmented mirror alignment,
• Status updates on systems engineering aspects and phasing systems
of projects
• Characterization and control of the local thermal
• Concepts of Operation and Operations Concepts environment, seeing, wind buffeting
(ConOps and OpsCon)
• Design and analysis of observatory structures
• Architectures, system trade-offs, physical, for extreme survival, including seismic events
functional, and behavioral decompositions
• Trade studies for extremely large telescopes
• Model-based System Engineering (MBSE) (e.g. coolant selection, alignment approach,
• Performance management, engineering supporting cryogenic instrumentation).
(performance and resource) budgets
• Configuration and change management To indicate your interest in participating in this
• Requirements engineering and verification joint session, please select ‘Modeling as a Driver
of Observatory Design (Joint session with AS103/
• Interface management
AS108) from the list of topics during your submission
• Technical risk management
• Reliability, availability, and maintainability.
SYSTEM MODELING AND SIMULATIONS
• End-to-end simulations: performance and/or
behavioral
• Integrated simulations: structural-optical-
control, structural-thermal-optical, and/or aero-
thermal (fluid-dynamics)-optical
• Optical performance estimates, active and
adaptive optics models
• SysML based modeling
• Engineering Data Exchange and Propagation
between different tools and models
• Model reduction, verification, and validation
• Modeling standards, patterns, frameworks, and
best practices
• Trade space exploration
• MBSE environments and software
infrastructures.
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Abstracts Due:
13 November 2019
Author Notification:
23 February 2020
The contact author will be notified of
acceptance by email.
Manuscripts Due:
16 May 2020
PLEASE NOTE: Submission implies the
intent of at least one author to register,
attend the conference, present the paper
as scheduled, and submit a full-length
manuscript for publication in the conference
proceedings.
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Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies
for Telescopes and Instrumentation IV (AS109)
Conference Chairs: Ramón Navarro, NOVA Optical & Infrared Instrumentation Group at ASTRON
(Netherlands); Roland Geyl, Safran Reosc (France)
Program Committee: Magomed A. Abdulkadyrov, JSC Lytkarino Optical Glass Factory (Russian
Federation); Marc Cayrel, European Southern Observatory (Germany); Myung Kyu Cho, National Optical
Astronomy Observatory (USA); Paul B. Gardner, GMTO (USA); Eric R. Hansen, TMT International
Observatory LLC (USA); Roger Haynes, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany);
Emmanuel Hugot, Lab. d’Astrophysique de Marseille (France); Huub Janssen, Janssen Precision
Engineering B.V. (Netherlands); Ralf Jedamzik, SCHOTT AG (Germany); Matthew A. Kenworthy, Leiden
Observatory (Netherlands); Dae Wook Kim, College of Optical Sciences, The Univ. of Arizona (USA);
Hélène T. Krol, CILAS (France); David M. Montgomery, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr. (United Kingdom);
Douglas R. Neill, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (USA); Andrew T. Sarawit, Simpson Gumpertz &
Heger Inc. (USA); Predrag Sekulic, National Solar Observatory (USA); Yoshinori Suematsu, National
Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan); Robert R. Thomson, Heriot-Watt Univ. (United Kingdom);
Yongtian Zhu, Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology (China)
Following the success of the SPIE Advances in Opti- crystal spatial light modulators technology
cal and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and • Slit, Integral Field and Multi Object
Instrumentation conferences in previous years, this Spectroscopy, integrated miniature
conference will continue to provide an opportunity spectrometers
and a forum for optical and opto-mechanical engi- • atmospheric dispersion correctors
neers and scientists to present and discuss advances • Integral Field Unit systems: lenslets array, image
and innovations in optical fabrication, optical devic- slicers, optical fiber bundles
es, metrology, new materials, structures and mech- • cryo-coolers, cryomechanisms, cryogenic optical
anisms for space and ground-based astronomical mounts, cryogenic adaptive mirrors
telescopes, instrumentation and supporting facilities. • vibration control and vibration damping systems
Papers on novel techniques and devices are particu-
• technologies for gravitational waves detection
larly encouraged, for instance new ideas for exploita-
tion of photonic technologies in this field. The main • technologies for solar telescopes and
emphasis of this conference will be on the optical, instrumentation
opto-mechanical and opto-mechatronics aspects of • simulators, actuators and motors for space cryo-
components and subsystems; papers related to over- vacuum
all systems are covered in other conferences. • novel and conventional antenna/telescope
structural configurations
POTENTIAL MAIN TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED
• smart structures, space frames, telescope
IN THIS CONFERENCE INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT
enclosures
LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:
• primaries for optical/IR telescopes, segmented
• Telescope Structures and Domes, Lightweight
and monolithic
Structures for Space Applications
• reflector panels for UV, submillimeter and radio
• Active Structures, Active and Adaptive Optics
telescopes
and actuators
• optical beamforming techniques and photonics
• Technologies for Vacuum and Cryogenic
integration
Instruments
• light-weighting of optical components, use of
• New Materials, Additive Manufacturing,
composite materials, membrane mirrors
Metamaterials
• bearing systems: wheel-on-track, hydrostatic,
• Fabrication of Mirrors, Lenses and Windows
roller bearings, flex-pivots, other
• Coatings, Dichroics and Filters
• contamination control, cleanliness, outgassing
• Gratings and Dispersers
• straylight suppression and infrared black paint
• Test and Metrology of optical components and
• design techniques for optical and opto-
optical systems
mechanical systems
• Optical Fibers, Waveguides and Integrated
• applications of astronomical technology in other
Photonics
fields.
• Spectroscopy, Polarimetry
• High Contrast Imaging and Coronagraphy. Mechanisms for space telescopes are especially
challenging due to reliability requirements and lim-
SUB-TOPICS INCLUDE: ited transportation volume and mass. These mech-
• novel technologies and concepts for instruments anisms must be operated in the space cryo-vacuum
and telescopes and combined with actuators and sensors to ensure
• freeform optics and extreme aspheres, design, correct optical performance. Space focal plane in-
manufacturing and testing struments combine many observing modes in a very
• metal optics, ceramic optics limited volume and therefore require a diversity of
• smart focal planes for MOS systems: pick-off precise optical mechanisms to be operated with a
arms, starbugs minimum of power and often in a cryogenic environ-
• immersion gratings manufacturing, VPH and ment. As we embark on developing the structures
CGH manufacturing, grating testing and mechanisms for these sophisticated and ever
more complex telescopes and their instrumentation,
• IR and visible filter manufacturing, optical
coatings (AR and reflective coatings)
• polarimetry and polarization optics, liquid
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it is appropriate that we examine the state-of-the- Novel materials may provide cost- and perfor-
art, the lessons learned, the new tools available, and mance-effective alternatives to classical ones, the
explore what may lie ahead for the future of this ev- high cost of applying new materials can be offset
er-growing area. by benefits of mass-production. New coating tech-
The new generation of survey and giant telescopes niques may provide major efficiency breakthroughs
such as LSST, the ELT, the TMT and the GMT requires as well.
very large or very fast mirrors. Moreover, realizing The instrumentation associated with these telescopes
these telescopes relies on mastering major design is very challenging, requiring new approaches to de-
and technological challenges, one of which is the sign, manufacture and verification. Adaptive optics is
production of giant segmented primary mirrors. They often an integral part of both the telescope and the
can consist of close to a thousand large segments, instrument, which has made the telescope-instru-
which need to be reliably manufactured and tested. ment interplay much more important. For the next
This requires an efficient series production process generation of ELTs, this integral functionality will put
with a high degree of standardization. Both the op- extra demands on system-level opto-mechanical en-
tical fabrication and metrology of these mirrors are gineering for the integrated telescope-instrumenta-
very demanding tasks and an interdisciplinary ap- tion system.
proach between the astronomers, optical and me- Special trophies, sponsored by NOVA (the Neth-
chanical designers as well as production engineers erlands Research School for Astronomy), will be
is necessary. awarded for the best student presentation, the best
The use of optical technologies in astronomy is oral presentation and the best poster presented at
widespread and not limited to optical and infrared this conference.
telescopes. Gravitational-wave observatories such
as VIRGO, LIGO and LISA require various technolo-
gy developments, including more accurate optical
simulation software, vibration isolation systems,
low-wavefront optical components and detectors.
Optics replication techniques are used for mass man-
ufacturing of optical components for CTA. Photonic
techniques are used for large volume data transport
and beamforming in radio astronomy.
SAVE THE DATE
Abstracts Due:
13 November 2019
Author Notification:
23 February 2020
The contact author will be notified of
acceptance by email.
Manuscripts Due:
16 May 2020
PLEASE NOTE: Submission implies the
intent of at least one author to register,
attend the conference, present the paper
as scheduled, and submit a full-length
manuscript for publication in the conference
proceedings.
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