Prof. Christoph Baranec
at Univ of Hawai'i
SPIE Involvement:
Author
Area of Expertise:
Adaptive Optics , Optical Engineering , Physical Optics , Exoplanets
Profile Summary

Christoph Baranec is an astronomer (B.S., Caltech, '01) and optical scientist (Ph. D., U. Arizona, '07) specializing in adaptive optics systems, components and techniques. Currently an assistant astronomer at the University of Hawai'i's Institute for Astronomy, he is bringing his expertise with adaptive optics to the telescopes of Mauna Kea. He previously led an international collaboration to build the world's first fully automated laser adaptive optics system, Robo-AO (http://robo-ao.org), and is currently using it to take high-resolution images of all the candidate exoplanet host stars identified by NASA’s Kepler mission. He was additionally on the development team for the world's first purpose built visible-light extreme adaptive optics system, PALM-3000 at Palomar Observatory, which was recently used to take simultaneous spectra of four extrasolar planets. He is additionally involved in upgrading the PALM-3000 system with a laser guide star to greatly expand the number of targets available for high-contrast imaging.
Publications (42)

Proceedings Article | 30 August 2022 Poster + Paper
Eden McEwen, Ryan Dungee, Mark Chun, Jessica Lu, Olivier Lai, Christoph Baranec
Proceedings Volume 12185, 121855U (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629613
KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Turbulence, Atmospheric sensing, Telescopes, Profiling, Wavefronts, Atmospheric modeling, Wavefront sensors, Optical turbulence

Proceedings Article | 30 August 2022 Poster + Paper
Mark Chun, Alan Ryan, Ruihan Zhang, Stefan Kuiper, Gilles Ackaert, Christoph Baranec, M. J. Baeten, Arjo Bos, Rachel Bowens-Rubin, Bert Dekker, Ryan Dungee, Taavishe Gupta, Phil Hinz, Wouter Jonker, Fred Kamphues, Olivier Lai, Jessica Lu, Matt Maniscalco, Bert Monna, Manav Nair, Jan Nijenhuis, Hans Priem, Paul-Alexander Vogel
Proceedings Volume 12185, 121857U (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629046
KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Wavefront sensors, Actuators, Deflectometry

Proceedings Article | 30 August 2022 Presentation + Paper
Richard Dekany, Mitsuko Roberts, Lauren Fahey, Reed Riddle, Daniel McKenna, Sebastiaan Haffert, Alexandre Delacroix, Rishi Pahuja, Jeffry Zolkower, Rick Burruss, Julian Hovanec, Christoph Baranec
Proceedings Volume 12185, 121850P (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630632
KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Mirrors, Image quality, Relays, Stars, Spectrographs, Ultraviolet radiation, Laser guide stars, Spectroscopy

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation
Proceedings Volume 12185, 121852A (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630683
KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Keck Observatory, Telescopes, Mirrors, Actuators, Infrared telescopes, Objectives, Infrared radiation, Ecosystems, Atmospheric turbulence

Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 11448, 114481E (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562847
KEYWORDS: Astronomical telescopes, Telescopes, Astronomy, Actuators, Mirrors, Thermography, Adaptive optics, Control systems, Calibration, Visible radiation

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Conference Committee Involvement (5)
Adaptive Optics Systems VII
14 December 2020 | Online Only, California, United States
Adaptive Optics Systems VII
13 December 2020 | San Diego, California, United States
Adaptive Optics Systems VI
10 June 2018 | Austin, Texas, United States
Adaptive Optics Systems V
26 June 2016 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Adaptive Optics Systems V Posters
26 June 2016 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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