Dr. Angela Cortes Profile

Dr. Angela Cortes

Instrumentation System Engineer at European Southern Observatory

SPIE Involvement:

Conference Program Committee | Author

Area of Expertise:

Adaptive Optics , System Engineer , Astronomical Instruments , Spectroscopy , Infrared , Atmospheric Turbulence

Websites:

Company Website

I have been working on Instrumentation for Astronomy since 2003, dedicated my Ph.D. on Adaptive Optics and developed an embedded system to measure the turbulence profiling using the information from the WFS and estimating not only the turbulence, but also the wind profiling plus dome seeing. Worked on the alignment integration and test of an infrared spectrograph for an 8m telescope, and now working as System Engineer at ESO for the VLT and ELT instruments.

Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

Status of the ELT phasing and diagnostic station project

Lorenzo Pettazzi, Thomas Pfrommer, Steffan Lewis, Jose Antonio Abad, Constanza Araujo Hauck, Helen Bedigan, Henri Bonnet, Pierre Bourget, Martin Brinkmann, Elsa Calmette, Angela Cortes, Byron Engler, Christoph Frank, Fernando Gago, Thomas Grudzien, Ivan Maria Guidolin, Andreas Haimerl, Peter Hammersley, Marcus Haug, Renate Hinterschuster, Stefan Huber, Paul Jolley, Aglae Kellerer, Mario Kiekebusch, Jean-Paul Kirchbauer, Johannes Kolmeder, Johan Kosmalski, Ulrich Lampater, Paolo La Penna, Serban Leveratto, Christian Lucuix, Ignacio Lopez Gil, Christopher Mandla, Enrico Marchetti, Christophe Moins, Jerome Paufique, Oliver Pfuhl, Dan Popovic, Babak Sedghi, Sebastien Tordo, Christophe Verinaud, Pablo Zuluaga Ramirez

Proceedings Volume 13099, 130990J (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019119

KEYWORDS: Design, Sensors, Telescopes, Cameras, Wavefront sensors, Interfaces, Compliance, Optical components, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

RAM analysis and differences between space and ground-based astronomy

Angela Cortes, Stephanie Bourbouse

Proceedings Volume 13099, 130990U (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017648

KEYWORDS: Reliability, Failure analysis, Astronomy, Design, Space operations, Astronomical instrumentation

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Proceedings Article | 30 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

The ERIS Adaptive Optics System: first on-sky results of the ongoing commissioning at the VLT-UT4

A. Riccardi, A. Puglisi, P. Grani, R. Briguglio, S. Esposito, G. Agapito, V. Biliotti, M. Bonaglia, L. Carbonaro, M. Xompero, A. Baruffolo, B. Salasnich, G. Di Rico, R. Davies, H. Feuchtgruber, C. Rau, Y. Dallilar, K. Kravchenko, J. Kolb, P. Haguenauer, C. Soenke, D. Barr, A. Cortes, J. Reyes

Proceedings Volume 12185, 1218508 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629425

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Point spread functions, Finite element methods, Curium, Cameras, Calibration, Wavefront sensors, Deformable mirrors, Laser guide stars

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

First on-sky results of ERIS at VLT

Kateryna Kravchenko, Yigit Dallilar, Olivier Absil, Alex Agudo Berbel, Andrea Baruffolo, Markus Bonse, Alexander Buron, Yixian Cao, Angela Cortes, Felix Dannert, Richard Davies, Robert De Rosa, Matthias Deysenroth, David Doelman, Frank Eisenhauer, Simone Esposito, Helmut Feuchtgruber, Natascha Förster Schreiber, Xiaofeng Gao, Hans Gemperlein, Reinhard Genzel, Stefan Gillessen, Christian Ginski, Adrian Glauser, Andreas Glindemann, Paolo Grani, Pierre Haguenauer, Johannes Hartwig, Jean Hayoz, Marianne Heida, Matthew Kenworthy, Johann Kolb, Harald Kuntschner, Dieter Lutz, Daizhong Liu, Mike MacIntosh, Michael Marsset, Gilles Orban de Xivry, Hakan Özdemir, Alfio Puglisi, Sascha Quanz, Christian Rau, Armando Riccardi, Daniel Schuppe, Frans Snik, Eckhard Sturm, Linda Tacconi, William Taylor, Erich Wiezorrek

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121845M (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629258

KEYWORDS: Astronomical instrumentation, Near infrared, Sensors, Calibration, Cameras, Point spread functions, Adaptive optics, Spectral resolution, Galactic astronomy, Optical filters, Mirrors, Astronomical imaging, Astronomical instrumentation, Near infrared

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

VLTI status update: tapping into a powerful second-generation instrumentation

Xavier Haubois, Roberto Abuter, Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier, Jaime Alonso, Juan Beltran, Jean-Philippe Berger, Pierre Bourget, Paul Bristow, Luis Caniguante, Bruno Chazelas, Claudia Cid, Ralf Conzelmann, Angela Cortes, Pascaline Darré, Alain Delboulbé, Françoise Delplancke-Ströbele, Diego Del Valle, Roderick Dembet, Reinaldo Donoso, Christophe Dupuy, Sebastien Egner, Frank Eisenhauer, Lorena Faundez, Eloy Fuenteseca, Robert Frahm, Daniel Gaytan, Juan Pablo Gil, Andreas Glindemann, Frédéric Gonté, Jaime Gonzales, Patricia Guajardo, Thibaut Guerlet, Sylvain Guieu, Pablo Gutierrez, Pierre Haguenauer, Pierre van der Heyden, Stefan Huber, Norbert Hubin, Christian Hummel, Lieselotte Jochum, Laurent Jocou, Jean-Paul Kirchbauer, Johann Kolb, Johan Kosmalski, Peter Krempl, Sylvestre Lacour, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Julien Leclercq, Jean Louis Lizon, Bruno Lopez, Yves Magnard, Anthony Meilland, Alexander Meister, Antoine Mérand, Steffen Mieske, Thibaut Moulin, Juan Osorio, Jürgen Ott, Claudia Paladini, Laurent Pallanca, Marcus Pavez, Luca Pasquini, Célia Pelluet, Isabelle Percheron, Lorenzo Pettazzi, Andrés Pino, Sébastien Poupar, Andrés Ramírez, Javier Reyes, Miguel Riquelme, Thomas Rivinius, Sylvain Rochat, Fernando Salgado, Markus Schöller, Nicolas Schuhler, Pavel Shchekaturov, Christian Stephan, Marcos Suarez, Alain Smette, Richard Tamblay, Mario Tapia, Konrad Tristram, Guillermo Valdes, Christophe Verinaud, Markus Wittkowski, Julien Woillez, Gérard Zins

Proceedings Volume 11446, 1144606 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561486

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

VLTI status update: three years into the second generation

Julien Woillez, Pascaline Darré, Sebastien Egner, Frédéric Gonté, Xavier Haubois, Antoine Mérand, Nicolas Schuhler, José Antonio Abad, Roberto Abuter, Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier, Jaime Alonso, Luigi Andolfato, Pablo José Barriga, Juan Beltran, Jean-Philippe Berger, Pierre Bourget, Roland Brast, Paul Bristow, Luis Caniguante, Ralf Conzelmann, Angela Cortes, Alain Delboulbé, Françoise Delplancke-Ströbele, Diego Del Valle, Roderick Dembet, Frédéric Derie, Reinaldo Donoso, Philippe Duhoux, Christophe Dupuy, Andreas Förster, Eloy Fuenteseca, Robert Frahm, Daniel Gaytan, Andreas Glindemann, Jaime Gonzales, Thibaut Guerlet, Sylvain Guieu, Stéphane Guisard, Pablo Gutierrez, Pierre Haguenauer, Andreas Haimerl, Pierre van der Heyden, Stefan Huber, Norbert Hubin, Lieselotte Jochum, Laurent Jocou, Paul Jolley, Jean-Paul Kirchbauer, Johann Kolb, Johan Kosmalski, Peter Krempl, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Samuel Lévêque, Paul Lilley, Jean Louis Lizon, Yves Magnard, Pedro Mardones, Alexander Meister, Thibaut Moulin, Juan Osorio, Jürgen Ott, Laurent Pallanca, Jérôme Paufique, Marcus Pavez, Luca Pasquini, Isabelle Percheron, Lorenzo Pettazzi, Thanh Phan Duc, Jean Francois Pirard, Andres Pino, Sébastien Poupar, Jutta Quentin, Andres Ramírez, Javier Reyes, Robert Ridings, Sylvain Rochat, Thomas Rivinius, Fernando Salgado, Markus Schöller, Pavel Shchekaturov, Christian Stephan, Marcos Suarez, Richard Tamblay, Mario Tapia, Konrad Tristram, Guillermo Valdes, Christophe Verinaud, Willem-Jan de Wit, Gérard Zins

Proceedings Volume 10701, 1070103 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312042

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Metrology, Interferometers, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

VLT interferometer upgrade for the 2nd generation of interferometric instruments

Frederic Gonté, Julien Woillez, Nicolas Schuhler, Sebastian Egner, Antoine Merand, José Antonio Abad, Sergio Abadie, Roberto Abuter, Margarita Acuña, Fatmé Allouche, Jaime Alonso, Luigi Andolfalto, Pierre Antonelli, Gerardo Avila, Pablo José Barriga, Juan Beltran, Jean-Philippe Berger, Carlos Bolados, Henri Bonnet, Pierre Bourget, Roland Brast, Paul Bristow, Luis Caniguante, Roberto Castillo, Ralf Conzelmann, Angela Cortes, Françoise Delplancke, Diego Del Valle, Frederic Derie, Alvaro Diaz, Reinaldo Donoso, Reinhold Dorn, Philippe Duhoux, Christophe Dupuy, Frank Eisenhauer, Christian Elao, Eloy Fuenteseca, Ruben Fernandez, Daniel Gaytan, Andreas Glindemann, Jaime Gonzales, Sylvain Guieu, Stephane Guisard, Pierre Haguenauer, Andreas Haimerl, Volker Heinz, Juan Pablo Henriquez, P. van der Heyden, Norbert Hubin, Rodrigo Huerta, Lieselotte Jochum, Alfredo Leiva, Samuel Lévêque, Jean-Louis Lizon, Fernando Luco, Pedro Mardones, Angel Mellado, Juan Osorio, Jürgen Ott, Laurent Pallanca, Marcus Pavez, Luca Pasquini, Isabelle Percheron, Jean-Francois Pirard, Duc Than Phan, Juan Carlos Pineda, Andres Pino, Sebastien Poupar, Andres Ramírez, Claudio Reinero, Miguel Riquelme, Juan Romero, Thomas Rivinius, Chester Rojas, Felix Rozas, Fernando Salgado, Silvia Scheithauer, Christian Schmid, Markus Schöller, Waldo Siclari, Christian Stephan, Richard Tamblay, Mario Tapia, Konrad Tristram, Guillermo Valdes, Willem-Jan de Wit, Andrew Wright, Gerard Zins

Proceedings Volume 9907, 99071Z (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233350

KEYWORDS: Interferometry, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Interferometers, Stars, Infrared radiation, Interferometry, Astatine, Mirrors, Mid-IR, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

NAOMI: a low-order adaptive optics system for the VLT interferometer

Frédéric Yves Gonté, Jaime Alonso, Emmanuel Aller-Carpentier, Luigi Andolfato, Jean-Philippe Berger, Angela Cortes, Françoise Delplancke-Strobele, Rob Donaldson, Reinhold Dorn, Christophe Dupuy, Sebastian Egner, Stefan Huber, Norbert Hubin, Jean-Paul Kirchbauer, Miska Le Louarn, Paul Lilley, Paul Jolley, Alessandro Martis, Jérôme Paufique, Luca Pasquini, Jutta Quentin, Robert Ridings, Javier Reyes, Pavel Shchkaturov, Marcos Suarez, Thanh Phan Duc, Guillermo Valdes, Julien Woillez, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Jean-Luc Beuzit, Sylvain Rochat, Christophe Vérinaud, Thibaut Moulin, Alain Delboulbé, Laurence Michaud, Jean-Jacques Correia, Alain Roux, Didier Maurel, Eric Stadler, Yves Magnard

Proceedings Volume 9907, 990720 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233993

KEYWORDS: Interferometry, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Mirrors, Astatine, Relays, Actuators, Stars, Real-time computing, Deformable mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

Performance monitoring of an AO instrument: the case of SINFONI

Angela Cortes

Proceedings Volume 9909, 99092K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231893

KEYWORDS: Wavefront sensors, Adaptive optics, Calibration, Stars, Mirrors, Wavefronts, Avalanche photodetectors, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Real-time computing

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

New results on a Cn2 profiler for GeMS

A. Cortes, B. Neichel, A. Guesalaga, J. Osborn, F. Rigaut, D. Guzman

Proceedings Volume 8447, 84475T (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925242

KEYWORDS: Turbulence, Stars, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Gemini Observatory, Atmospheric optics, Neodymium, Monte Carlo methods, Tomography, Laser guide stars

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

Evaluation of performance of the MACAO systems at the VLTI

Sridharan Rengaswamy, Pierre Haguenauer, Stephane Brillant, Angela Cortes, Julien Girard, Stephane Guisard, Jérôme Paufique, Andres Pino

Proceedings Volume 7734, 773436 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857373

KEYWORDS: IRIS Consortium, Strontium, Adaptive optics, Mirrors, Stars, Deformable mirrors, Diamond, Observatories, Telescopes, Modulation

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

The very large telescope Interferometer: 2010 edition

Pierre Haguenauer, Jaime Alonso, Pierre Bourget, Stephane Brillant, Philippe Gitton, Stephane Guisard, Sébastien Poupar, Nicolas Schuhler, Roberto Abuter, Luigi Andolfato, Guillaume Blanchard, Jean-Philippe Berger, Angela Cortes, Frédéric Dérie, Françoise Delplancke, Nicola Di Lieto, Christophe Dupuy, Bruno Gilli, Andreas Glindemann, Serge Guniat, Gerhard Huedepohl, Andreas Kaufer, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Samuel Lévêque, Serge Ménardi, Antoine Mérand, Sebastien Morel, Isabelle Percheron, Than Phan Duc, Andres Pino, Andres Ramirez, Sridharan Rengaswamy, Andrea Richichi, Thomas Rivinius, Johannes Sahlmann, Markus Schoeller, Christian Schmid, Stan Stefl, Guillermo Valdes, Gerard van Belle, Stefan Wehner, Markus Wittkowski

Proceedings Volume 7734, 773404 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857070

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astatine, Interferometers, Interferometry, Adaptive optics, Large telescopes, Mirrors, Observatories, Statistical analysis, Image quality

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Adaptive Optics Systems IX

16 June 2024 | Yokohama, Japan

Adaptive Optics Systems VIII

17 July 2022 | Montréal, Québec, Canada

Adaptive Optics Systems VII

14 December 2020 | Online Only, California, United States

Adaptive Optics Systems VII

13 December 2020 | San Diego, California, United States

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