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Dr. Franco Lisi

at INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri

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Publications (21)

Proceedings Article | 21 November 2017 Open Access

A technology demonstrator for development of ultra-lightweight, large aperture, deployable telescope for space applications

Alessandro Zuccaro Marchi, Lisa Gambicorti, Francesca Simonetti, Piero Salinari, Franco Lisi, Alessandro Bursi, Massimiliano Olivier, Daniele Gallieni

Proceedings Volume 10566, 1056604 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2308186

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Active optics, LIDAR, Control systems, Glasses, Atmospheric particles, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 21 November 2017 Open Access

An ultra-lightweight, large aperture, deployable telescope for advanced lidar applications

P. Mazzinghi, V. Bratina, D. Ferruzzi, L. Gambicorti, F. Simonetti, A. Zuccaro Marchi, P. Salinari, F. Lisi, M. Olivier, A. Bursi, J. Pereira do Carmo

Proceedings Volume 10567, 105670E (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2308098

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Actuators, LIDAR, Wavefront sensors, Control systems, Wavefronts, Sensors, Tolerancing

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Proceedings Article | 20 November 2017 Open Access

Technological developments for ultra-lightweight, large aperture, deployable mirror for space telescopes

Alessandro Zuccaro Marchi, Francesco D'Amato, Daniele Gallieni, Roberto Biasi, Marco Molina, Fabrizio Duò, Nikolaus Ruder, Piero Salinari, Franco Lisi, Armando Riccardi, Lisa Gambicorti, Francesca Simonetti, Joao Pedro Pereira do Carmo

Proceedings Volume 10565, 105651X (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309213

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Mirrors, Electroluminescence, Space telescopes, Glasses, Manufacturing, Surface finishing, Optical testing, Astronomical imaging, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 20 November 2017 Open Access

Last results of technological developments for ultra-lightweight, large aperture, deployable mirror for space telescopes

Lisa Gambicorti, Francesco D'Amato, Christian Vettore, Fabrizio Duò, Alessio Guercia, Christian Patauner, Roberto Biasi, Franco Lisi, Armando Riccardi, Daniele Gallieni, Paolo Lazzarini, Matteo Tintori, Alessandro Zuccaro Marchi, Joao Pereira do Carmo

Proceedings Volume 10564, 1056415 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309039

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Proceedings Article | 17 November 2017 Open Access

Development of large aperture telescope technology (LATT): test results on a demonstrator bread-board

R. Briguglio, M. Xompero, A. Riccardi, F. Lisi, F. Duò, C. Vettore, D. Gallieni, M. Tintori, P. Lazzarini, C. Patauner, R. Biasi, F. D’Amato, M. Pucci, João Pereira do Carmo

Proceedings Volume 10563, 105634F (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2304228

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Mirrors, Control systems, Astronomical imaging, Space telescopes, Glasses, Sensors, Aluminum, Optical testing, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2017 Open Access

Toward large diffraction limited space telescopes with the Latt lightweight active primary

R. Briguglio, C. Del Vecchio, F. Lisi, E. Pinna, D. Magrin, M. Xompero, C. Arcidiacono, A. Riccardi

Proceedings Volume 10562, 1056234 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2296220

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Space telescopes, Adaptive optics, Astronomical imaging, Mirrors, Optics manufacturing, Control systems, Telescopes, Optical fabrication, Active optics

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2016 Paper

Laboratory demonstration of a primary active mirror for space with the LATT: large aperture telescope technology

Runa Briguglio, Roberto Biasi, Daniele Gallieni, Christian Vettore, Francesco d'Amato, Marco Xompero, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Franco Lisi, Armando Riccardi, Christian Patauner, Paolo Lazzarini, Matteo Tintori, Fabrizio Duò, Mauro Pucci, Alessandro Zuccaro Marchi, Luca Maresi

Proceedings Volume 9904, 99046C (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231726

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Mirrors, Space mirrors, Prototyping, Actuators, Glasses, Telescopes, Electronics, Optical testing, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2016 Paper

The LATT way towards large active primaries for space telescopes

Runa Briguglio, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Marco Xompero, Franco Lisi, Armando Riccardi, Roberto Biasi, Christian Patauner, Daniele Gallieni, Paolo Lazzarini, Matteo Tintori, Francesco d'Amato, Mauro Pucci, Fabrizio Duò, Christian Vettore, Alessandro Zuccaro Marchi

Proceedings Volume 9904, 99041B (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231712

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Mirrors, Telescopes, Prototyping, Deformable mirrors, Adaptive optics, Actuators, Active optics, Sensors, Space mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

SHARK-NIR: from K-band to a key instrument, a status update

Jacopo Farinato, Francesca Bacciotti, Carlo Baffa, Andrea Baruffolo, Maria Bergomi, Angela Bongiorno, Luca Carbonaro, Elena Carolo, Alexis Carlotti, Mauro Centrone, Laird Close, Marco De Pascale, Marco Dima, Valentina D'Orazi, Simone Esposito, Daniela Fantinel, Giancarlo Farisato, Wolfgang Gaessler, Emanuele Giallongo, Davide Greggio, Olivier Guyon, Philip Hinz, Franco Lisi, Demetrio Magrin, Luca Marafatto, Lars Mohr, Manny Montoya, Fernando Pedichini, Enrico Pinna, Alfio Puglisi, Roberto Ragazzoni, Bernardo Salasnich, Marco Stangalini, Daniele Vassallo, Christophe Verinaud, Valentina Viotto

Proceedings Volume 9909, 990931 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233545

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, K band, Telescopes, Imaging spectroscopy, Coronagraphy, Cameras, Stars, Sensors, Planets, Mirrors

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SHARK-NIR channel is one of the two coronagraphic instruments proposed for the Large Binocular Telescope, in the framework of the call for second generation instruments, issued in 2014. Together with the SHARK-VIS channel, it will offer a few observing modes (direct imaging, coronagraphic imaging and coronagraphic low resolution spectroscopy) covering a wide wavelength domain, going from 0.5μm to 1.7μm.

Initially proposed as an instrument covering also the K-band, the current design foresees a camera working from Y to H bands, exploiting in this way the synergy with other LBT instruments such as LBTI, which is actually covering wavelengths greater than L' band, and it will be soon upgraded to work also in K band. SHARK-NIR has been undergoing the conceptual design review at the end of 2015 and it has been approved to proceed to the final design phase, receiving the green light for successive construction and installation at LBT.

The current design is significantly more flexible than the previous one, having an additional intermediate pupil plane that will allow the usage of coronagraphic techniques very efficient in term of contrast and vicinity to the star, increasing the instrument coronagraphic performance. The latter is necessary to properly exploit the search of giant exo-planets, which is the main science case and the driver for the technical choices of SHARK-NIR. We also emphasize that the LBT AO SOUL upgrade will further improve the AO performance, making possible to extend the exo-planet search to target fainter than normally achieved by other 8-m class telescopes, and opening in this way to other very interesting scientific scenarios, such as the characterization of AGN and Quasars (normally too faint to be observed) and increasing considerably the sample of disks and jets to be studied.

Finally, we emphasize that SHARK-NIR will offer XAO direct imaging capability on a FoV of about 15"x15", and a simple coronagraphic spectroscopic mode offering spectral resolution ranging from few hundreds to few thousands. This article presents the current instrument design, together with the milestones for its installation at LBT.

Proceedings Article | 6 August 2014 Paper

SHARK (System for coronagraphy with High order Adaptive optics from R to K band): a proposal for the LBT 2nd generation instrumentation

Jacopo Farinato, Fernando Pedichini, Enrico Pinna, Francesca Baciotti, Carlo Baffa, Andrea Baruffolo, Maria Bergomi, Pietro Bruno, Enrico Cappellaro, Luca Carbonaro, Alexis Carlotti, Mauro Centrone, Laird Close, Johanan Codona, Silvano Desidera, Marco Dima, Simone Esposito, Daniela Fantinel, Giancarlo Farisato, Adriano Fontana, Wolfgang Gaessler, Emanuele Giallongo, Raffaele Gratton, Davide Greggio, Juan Carlos Guerra, Olivier Guyon, Philip Hinz, Francesco Leone, Franco Lisi, Demetrio Magrin, Luca Marafatto, Matteo Munari, Isabella Pagano, Alfio Puglisi, Roberto Ragazzoni, Bernardo Salasnich, Eleonora Sani, Salvo Scuderi, Marco Stangalini, Vincenzo Testa, Christophe Verinaud, Valentina Viotto

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91477J (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056598

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Adaptive optics, Near infrared, Planets, Stars, Telescopes, Sensors, Mirrors, Imaging spectroscopy, K band

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Proceedings Article | 8 October 2007 Paper

Deployable, lightweight, and large aperture spaceborne telescope for lidar-based earth observations

P. Mazzinghi, V. Bratina, D. Ferruzzi, L. Gambicorti, F. Simonetti, A. Zuccaro Marchi, P. Salinari, F. Lisi, M. Olivier, A. Bursi, D. Gallieni, R. Biasi, J Pereira

Proceedings Volume 6750, 67500X (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.737853

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Space telescopes, Telescopes, LIDAR, Actuators, Control systems, Wavefront sensors, Satellites, Tolerancing, Optics manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 3 October 2007 Paper

Lightweight active controlled primary mirror technology demonstrator

P. Mazzinghi, V. Bratina, D. Ferruzzi, L. Gambicorti, F. Simonetti, A. Zuccaro Marchi, P. Salinari, F. Lisi, M. Olivier, A. Bursi, D. Gallieni, R. Biasi, J. Pereira

Proceedings Volume 6750, 67500Y (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.737839

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Active optics, Control systems, Glasses, Telescopes, Sensors, LIDAR, Wavefront sensors

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 2004 Paper

AMBER integration and laboratory performances

Karine Rousselet-Perraut, Etienne LeCoarer, Carla Gil, Pierre Kern, Brahim Arezki, Alain Delboulbe, Gilles Duvert, Laurence Gluck, Yves Magnard, Fabien Malbet, Florentin Millour, Eric Tatulli, Gerard Zins, Matteo Accardo, Pierre Antonelli, Udo Beckmann, Jan Behrend, Yves Bresson, Simone Busoni, Stephane Lagarde, Franco Lisi, Romain Petrov, Sylvie Robbe-Dubois, Alain Roussel

Proceedings Volume 5491, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551284

KEYWORDS: Spectral resolution, K band, Polarizers, Visibility, Spatial filters, Calibration, Telescopes, Interferometry, Single mode fibers, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 2004 Paper

The VLTI focal instrument Amber: results of the first phase of the alignment, integration, and verification in Paranal

Sylvie Robbe-Dubois, Romain Petrov, Stephane Lagarde, Pierre Antonelli, Yves Bresson, Alain Roussel, Denis Mourard, Fabien Malbet, Florentin Millour, Gerard Zins, Alain Delboulbe, Gilles Duvert, Laurence Gluck, Pierre Kern, Etienne LeCoarer, Karine Rousselet-Perraut, Eric Tatulli, Udo Beckmann, Matthias Heininger, Gerd Weigelt, Franco Lisi, Paolo Stefanini, Matteo Accardo, Carla Gil, Martin Vannier, Nicholas Haddad, Nico Housen, Mario Kiekebusch, Pedro Mardones, Florence Puech, Fredrik Rantakyro, Andrea Richichi, Markus Schoeller

Proceedings Volume 5491, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550323

KEYWORDS: Stellar interferometry, Astronomy, Optical instrument design, Telescopes, Stars, Visibility

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Proceedings Article | 15 October 2003 Paper

The cold spectrograph of AMBER, the infrared beam-combiner for the VLTI

Franco Lisi, Sandro Gennari, Paolo Stefanini, Matteo Accardo, Simone Busoni, Debora Ferruzzi, Elisabetta Giani

Proceedings Volume 5172, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.508376

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Sensors, Spectrographs, Beam splitters, Optical benches, Infrared radiation, Cryogenics, Aluminum, Liquids, Nitrogen

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2003 Paper

Using the near-infrared VLTI instrument AMBER

Romain Petrov, Fabien Malbet, Gerd Weigelt, Franco Lisi, Pascal Puget, Pierre Antonelli, Udo Beckmann, Stephane Lagarde, Etienne Lecoarer, Sylvie Robbe-Dubois, Gilles Duvert, Sandro Gennari, Alain Chelli, Michel Dugue, Karine Rousselet-Perraut, Martin Vannier, Denis Mourard

Proceedings Volume 4838, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459113

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Visibility, Stars, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Sensors, Phase measurement, Spatial filters, Planets, Astatine

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Proceedings Article | 5 July 2000 Paper

AMBER: the near-infrared focal instrument for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer

Romain Petrov, Fabien Malbet, Andrea Richichi, Karl-Heinz Hofmann, Denis Mourard, Karim Agabi, Pierre Antonelli, Eric Aristidi, Carlo Baffa, Udo Beckmann, Philippe Berio, Yves Bresson, Frederic Cassaing, Alain Chelli, Albrecht Dreiss, Michel Dugue, Gilles Duvert, Thierry Forveille, E. Fossat, Sandro Gennari, M. Geng, Andre Glentzlin, Daniel Kamm, Stephane Lagarde, Etienne LeCoarer, Danielle LeContel, John Michel LeContel, Franco Lisi, Bruno Lopez, Gilbert Mars, Gregoire Martinot-Lagarde, Djamel Mekarnia, Jean-Louis Monin, David Mouillet, Christian Perrier-Bellet, Pascal Puget, Yves Rabbia, Sylvestre Rebattu, Francois Reynaud, Sylvie Robbe-Dubois, Karine Perraut-Rousselet, Michel Sacchettini, Markus Schoeller, Isabelle Tallon-Bosc, Gerd Weigelt

Proceedings Volume 4006, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390256

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Visibility, Interferometry, Spectrographs, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Stars, Spatial filters, Interferometers, Optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 5 July 2000 Paper

AMBER: optical design and expected performance

Sylvie Robbe-Dubois, Pierre Antonelli, Udo Beckmann, Yves Bresson, Sandro Gennari, Stephane Lagarde, Franco Lisi, Fabien Malbet, Gregoire Martinot-Lagarde, Yves Rabbia, Sylvestre Rebattu, Francois Reynaud, Karine Perraut-Rousselet, Romain Petrov

Proceedings Volume 4006, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390212

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Interferometry, Wavefronts, Calibration, Telescopes, Sensors, Spatial filters, Tolerancing, K band, Visibility

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 September 1995

TIRGO and its instrumentation

Carlo Baffa, Sandro Gennari, Leslie Hunt, Franco Lisi, Gianni Tofani, Leonardo Vanzi

OE, Vol. 34, Issue 09, (September 1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/12.205675

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Sensors, Mirrors, Infrared telescopes, Cameras, Infrared radiation, Astronomical telescopes, Infrared astronomy, Astronomy, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 6 June 1995 Paper

Optical design of the infrared camera for the Galileo Telescope (TNG)

Sandro Gennari, Leonardo Vanzi, Franco Lisi

Proceedings Volume 2475, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.211259

KEYWORDS: Optical design, Cameras, Sensors, Telescopes, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectroscopy, Optical filters, Image filtering, Image resolution, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 1993 Paper

ARNICA: the Arcetri Observatory NICMOS3 imaging camera

Franco Lisi, Carlo Baffa, Leslie Hunt

Proceedings Volume 1946, (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.158711

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Cameras, Telescopes, Detector arrays, Electronics, Observatories, Control systems, Astronomy, Infrared detectors, Lenses

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