[[Image(miri_fm_filterwheel.jpg, left, 220px)]][[Image(teaser.jpg, 140px)]][[Image(simple_loop.gif, 180px)]][[Image(CIAO.jpg, 140px)]][[Image(MATISSE.jpg, 160px)]][[Image(linc_nirvana_labor.jpg, 320px)]][[Image(PACS-Chopper.jpg, 200px)]] The [wiki:WikiStart AstroTechTalk (ger)] offers a place to discuss, for '''all interested colleagues''' and especially for the technical departments, the project leaders, the administration and the scientists as the ultimately users: * status of instrumentation projects * scientific tasks and features of the instruments in construction or planned * new possible involvements * technical innovations and developments * technical problems and their solutions * logistical problems and their solutions * how to improve operation and observation * project standards. '''Time: Always Fridays 11:00 - 12:00 ''' '''Location: Hörsaal''' '''Outline:''' * Announcements (news, visitors, etc.) (mainly in German) * Talk of about 30 min about a selected topic (German or English, will be announced) * Follow up discussion and questions (German or English, depending on the speaker) [[BR]]Proposals for talks: Please send an email to "hofferbert -at- mpia.de" or "naranjo -at- mpia.de" - alternatively you might reach us by phone (06221-528209 or -290) or in person (room 211 or 018) at MPIA. ||'''Date''' ||'''Speaker''' ||'''Topic''' || || 06.01.2017 || -- || Christmas break || || '''13.01.2017''' || '''Philipp Dietrich (KIT)''' || '''Printed Micro-Optics and More[[BR]][[BR]]'''3D-micro-printing based on two-photon-absorption allows to manufacture free-form-structures of an arbitrary shape. The particular of this method is the creation of the desired structure at the very location of its later application. A subsequent positioning is not required, i.e. a perfect alignment is possible. [[BR]][[BR]]Only in this way, 200nm silicon waveguides can be linked via 3d-printed free-form-waveguides („photonic-wirebonds“), which solves fundamental problems of integrated optics. Other options result from the capability to print free-form-lenses onto facets of optical components -like optical fibers-, whereby light is coupled much more efficiently into such fibers. But applications are not restricted to optics alone: Even the needle of a scanning-force-microscope is printable, such that each probe gets its optimal scanning head. [[BR]][[BR]]Philipp Dietrich's talk will focus on optical devices, but will also highlight possible applications for astronomy.[[BR]][[BR]]Presentation: German [[BR]][https://svn.mpia.de/trac/gulli/att/raw-attachment/wiki/AlteVortraege2017S1/2017-01-13_PrintedMicroOptics.pdf Slides: English][[BR]]Questions: German, English || || 20.01.2017 || || || || '''27.01.2017''' || '''Mathias Voss''' || '''Presentation of Construction Projects at MPIA [[BR]](All-Institute-Meeting)[[BR]][[BR]]'''Invitation and abstract will be distributed by the speaker himself. || || '''03.02.2017''' || '''Domenico Bonaccini Calia (ESO)''' || '''Laser Guide Star Systems: [[BR]]ESO LGS Facilities and Technology R&D[[BR]]'''[[BR]]In this talk Domenico Bonaccini Calia will review the current LGS facilities on UT4 and present the resuts of the commissioning at the VLT of the Four Laser Guide Star Facility, which is part of the new Adaptive Optics Facility on the UT4 telescope of the VLT at Cerro Paranal. [[BR]][[BR]]The main experimental results will be presented and compared with the requirements. In addition, a report on the activities in the area of the LGS systems R&D will be given. These are being done in collaboration with the AO community in the ESO member states, where currently two of in total four tasks have been completed.[[BR]][[BR]]Domenico Bonaccini Calia will also report on the systematic measurement of the LGS return fluxes and on the LGS-AO loop results obtained with largely elongated LGS, similar to those foreseen for the EELT configuration. An outlook on the future, approved R&D will also be given.[[BR]][[BR]]Presentation: English[[BR]][https://svn.mpia.de/trac/gulli/att/raw-attachment/wiki/AlteVortraege2017S1/2017-02-03_ESOLGS.pdf Slides: English][[BR]]Questions: German, English || || 10.02.2017 || Felipe Guzmán (DLR) || LISA Pathfinder || || 17.02.2017 || || || || 24.02.2017 || Thomas Bertram || Integration, Installation and Alignment of LINC-NIRVANA at the LBT || || 03.03.2017 || || || || 10.03.2017 || Damien Gratadour (Observatoire de Paris) || !GreenFlash, an AO-Realtime-Computer Prototype for the EELT || || 17.03.2017 || || || || '''24.03.2017''' || '''Robert Harris (ZAH, LSW)''' || '''Photonic Reformatting'''[[BR]][[BR]]As astronomical telescopes grow in size the instruments behind them also grow. As the individual components become bigger, they become more difficult to manufacture, increasing the cost and making them more fragile (meaning unless you’ve got a particularly careful PhD student the cost of having spares also goes up). This has lead to many instruments using techniques such as image slicing to reduce the size of individual components and make the point spread function from the telescope manageable. [[BR]][[BR]]Astrophotonics is a field that aims to combat the problems of size, cost and complexity. The idea is to take devices and technologies developed for the field of photonics and make use of them in astronomy. In this talk Robert Harris will describe his past, current and future work in a subfield of astrophotonics, photonic reformatting. This is akin to image slicing, but occurs within the fibre, meaning the devices are fully integrated. He will discuss both theoretical and practical aspects of his work and draw conclusions as to where he feels the field will go next.[[BR]][[BR]]Presentation: English[[BR]][https://svn.mpia.de/trac/gulli/att/raw-attachment/wiki/AlteVortraege2017S1/2017-03-24_Reformatting.pdf Slides: English][[BR]]Questions: German, English || || 31.03.2017 || || || || 07.04.2017[[BR]](TBC) || Roman Follert || Update on CRIRES+ || || 14.04.2017 || || || '''Preview:''' [[BR]]'''Postview:''' [wiki:OldPresentations2014S2 Presentations from 12.09. - 31.12.2014] [wiki:OldPresentations2015S1 Presentations from 01.01. - 31.07.2015] [wiki:OldPresentations2015S2 Presentations from 01.08. - 31.12.2015] [wiki:OldPresentations2016S1 Presentations from 01.01. - 31.07.2016] [wiki:OldPresentations2016S2 Presentations from 01.08. - 31.12.2016] [wiki:OldPresentations2017S1 Presentations 2017S1]