Ms. Avalon L. McLeod Profile

Avalon L. McLeod

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Proceedings Article | 3 September 2024 Presentation + Paper

High-contrast imaging at first-light of the GMT: the PDR optical and mechanical design for the GMagAO-X ExAO system and results from the HCAT testbed with an HDFS phased parallel DM prototype

Laird Close, Olivier Durney, Jared Males, Maggie Kautz, Sebastiaan Haffert, Adam Fletcher, Alexander Hedglen, Victor Gasho, Avalon McLeod, Mark Sullivan, Olivier Guyon, Jamison Noenickx, Doug Kelly, John Ford

Proceedings Volume 13097, 1309726 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018094

KEYWORDS: Design, Actuators, Equipment, Wavefront sensors, Reflection, Telescopes, Coronagraphy, Mechanical engineering, Optical design, Optical benches, Exoplanetary science, Exoplanets, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2024 Poster + Paper

MagAO-X phase II upgrades: implementation and first on-sky results of a new post-AO 1000 actuator deformable mirror

Jay Kueny, Kyle Van Gorkom, Maggie Kautz, Sebastiaan Haffert, Jared Males, Alex Hedglen, Laird Close, Eden McEwen, Jialin Li, Joseph Long, Warren Foster, Logan Pearce, Avalon McLeod, Jhen Lumbres, Lauren Schatz, Olivier Guyon, Joshua Liberman

Proceedings Volume 13097, 1309761 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018080

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Adaptive optics, Wavefront sensors, Equipment, Coronagraphy, Point spread functions, Matrices, Electric fields, Deformable mirrors, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

On-sky, real-time optical gain calibration on MagAO-X using incoherent speckles

Eden McEwen, Jared Males, Olivier Guyon, Sebastiaan Haffert, Joseph Long, Laird Close, Kyle Van Gorkom, Jennifer Lumbres, Alexander Hedglen, Lauren Schatz, Maggie Kautz, Logan Pearce, Jay Kueny, Avalon McLeod, Warren Foster, Jialin Li, Roz Roberts, Alycia Weinberger

Proceedings Volume 13097, 130970U (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020254

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Wavefront sensors, Calibration, Optical testing, Equipment, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

More data than you want, fewer data than you need: machine learning approaches to starlight subtraction with MagAO-X

Joseph Long, Jared Males, Laird Close, Olivier Guyon, Sebastiaan Haffert, Alycia Weinberger, Jay Kueny, Kyle Van Gorkom, Eden McEwen, Logan Pearce, Maggie Kautz, Jialin Li, Jennifer Lumbres, Alexander Hedglen, Lauren Schatz, Avalon McLeod, Isabella Doty, Warren Foster, Roswell Roberts, Katie Twitchell

Proceedings Volume 13097, 130972X (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018424

KEYWORDS: Wavefront sensors, Machine learning, Point spread functions, Optical path differences, Education and training, Exoplanets, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Astronomical imaging, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

The Giant Magellan Telescope’s high contrast adaptive optics testbed: NGAO wavefront sensing and control laboratory results

Fernando Quirós-Pacheco, Antonin Bouchez, Cédric Plantet, Bo Xin, Jordi Molgo, William Schoenell, Alfio Puglisi, Fabio Rossi, Patricio Schurter, Juan Pablo Haddad, Richard Demers, Simone Esposito, Anne-Laure Cheffot, Nicolò Azzaroli, Luca Carbonaro, Tommaso Lapucci, Enrico Pinna, Laird Close, Sebastiaan Haffert, Maggie Kautz, Jared Males, Avalon McLeod, Alexander Hedglen, Victor Gasho, Marcos van Dam

Proceedings Volume 13097, 1309725 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020856

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Point spread functions, Cameras, Wavefront sensors, Turbulence, Device simulation, Wavefront errors, Matrices

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

MagAO-X: commissioning results and status of ongoing upgrades

Jared Males, Laird Close, Sebastiaan Haffert, Maggie Kautz, Jay Kueny, Joseph Long, Eden McEwen, Noah Swimmer, John Bailey, Warren Foster, Benjamin Mazin, Logan Pearce, Joshua Liberman, Katie Twitchell, Alycia Weinberger, Olivier Guyon, Alexander Hedglen, Avalon McLeod, Roz Roberts, Kyle Van Gorkom, Jialin Li, Isabella Doty, Victor Gasho

Proceedings Volume 13097, 1309709 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019464

KEYWORDS: Wavefront sensors, Actuators, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Coronagraphy, Control systems, Stars, Observatories, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 6 October 2023 Presentation

Low order wavefront sensing and control on MagAO-X

Avalon McLeod, Jared Males, Laird Close, Olivier Guyon, Sebastiaan Haffert

Proceedings Volume 12680, 1268009 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677974

KEYWORDS: Wavefront sensors, Adaptive optics, Coronagraphy, Telescopes, Exoplanets, Atmospheric optics, Wavefronts, Wavefront aberrations, Point spread functions, Optical components

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Proceedings Article | 6 October 2023 Presentation

MagAO-X: a pathfinder for GMT to operate extreme adaptive optics at the photon noise limit

Sebastiaan Haffert, Jared Males, Laird Close, Olivier Guyon, Joseph Long, Alexander Hedglen, Maggie Kautz, Kyle Van Gorkom, Avalon McLeod, Warren Foster, Eden McEwen, Logan Pearce, Jialin Li, Jay Kueny, Ben Mazin, Noah Swimmer, Jeb Bailey, Sarah Steiger

Proceedings Volume 12680, 1268008 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677533

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Adaptive optics, Planets, Equipment, Reflection, Imaging systems, Wavefront sensors, Telescopes, Stars, Exoplanetary science

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Proceedings Article | 30 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

MagAO-X: current status and plans for Phase II

Jared Males, Laird Close, Sebastiaan Haffert, Joseph Long, Alexander Hedglen, Logan Pearce, Alycia Weinberger, Olivier Guyon, Justin Knight, Avalon McLeod, Maggie Kautz, Kyle Van Gorkom, Jennifer Lumbres, Lauren Schatz, Alex Rodack, Victor Gasho, Jay Kueny, Warren Foster

Proceedings Volume 12185, 1218509 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630584

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Algorithm development, Actuators, Imaging systems, Wavefront sensors, Planets, Stars

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