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Publications for Peter Tuthill 2020 2019 2018 Publications for Peter Tuthill 2021 2020 Martinod, M., Tuthill, P., Gross, S., Norris, B., Sweeney, D., Norris, B., Tuthill, P., Jovanovic, N., Lozi, J., Guyon, O., Withford, M. (2021). Achromatic photonic tricouplers for Cvetojevic, N., Martinache, F. (2020). Diffraction-limited application in nulling interferometry. Applied Optics, 60(19), polarimetric imaging of protoplanetary disks and mass-loss D100-D107. <a shells with VAMPIRES. Advances in Optical Astronomical href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.423541">[More Instrumentation 2019, Bellingham: SPIE. <a Information]</a> href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2539998">[More Marcote, B., Callingham, J., De Becker, M., Edwards, P., Han, Information]</a> Y., Schulz, R., Stevens, J., Tuthill, P. (2021). AU-scale radio Wang, M., Tuthill, P., Norris, B. (2020). Finding exoplanets in imaging of the wind collision region in the brightest and most the habitable zone with light echoes. Adaptive Optics Systems luminous non-thermal colliding wind binary Apep. Monthly VII 2020, Bellingham: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 501(2), 2478-2486. Engineers (SPIE). <a <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3863">[More href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2559345">[More Information]</a> Information]</a> Cvetojevic, N., Norris, B., Gross, S., Jovanovic, N., Arriola, A., Norris, B., Cvetojevic, N., Lagadec, T., Jovanovic, N., Gross, Lacour, S., Kotani, T., Lawrence, J., Withford, M., Tuthill, P. S., Arriola, A., Gretzinger, T., Martinod, M., Guyon, O., Lozi, (2021). Building hybridized 28-baseline pupil-remapping J., Withford, M., Lawrence, J., Tuthill, P. (2020). First on-sky photonic interferometers for future high-resolution imaging. demonstration of an integrated-photonic nulling interferometer: Applied Optics, 60(19), D33-D42. <a The GLINT instrument. Monthly Notices of the Royal href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.422729">[More Astronomical Society, 491(3), 4180-4193. <a Information]</a> href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/MNRAS/STZ3277">[More Doelman, D., Wardenier, J., Tuthill, P., Fitzgerald, M., Lyke, J., Information]</a> Sallum, S., Norris, B., Warriner, N., Keller, C., Escuti, M., et al Martinod, M., Norris, B., Gross, S., Arriola, A., Gretzinger, T., (2021). First light of a holographic aperture mask: Observation Withford, M., Lagadec, T., Tuthill, P. (2020). GLINT: Imaging at the Keck OSIRIS Imager. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 649, exoplanets using integrated-photonics. 2020 Conference on A168. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004- Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR 2020), 6361/202039027">[More Information]</a> Sydney: Optical Society of America. <a Pope, B., Pueyo, L., Xin, Y., Tuthill, P. (2021). Kernel phase href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/CLEOPR.2020.C7G_2">[More and coronagraphy with automatic differentiation. The Information]</a> Astrophysical Journal, 907(1), abcb00. <a Uyama, T., Norris, B., Jovanovic, N., Lozi, J., Tuthill, P., href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abcb00">[More Guyon, O., Kudo, T., Hashimoto, J., Tamura, M., Martinache, Information]</a> F. (2020). High-contrast H alpha imaging with Sweeney, D., Norris, B., Tuthill, P., Scalzo, R., Wei, J., Betters, Subaru/SCExAO + VAMPIRES. Journal of Astronomical C., Leon-Saval, S. (2021). Learning the lantern: neural network Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 6(4), 1-17. <a applications to broadband photonic lantern modeling. Journal href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.6.4.045004">[More of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 7(2), Information]</a> 028007-1-028007-20. <a Martinod, M., Norris, B., Gross, S., Arriola, A., Gretzinger, T., href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.2.028007">[More Withford, M., Lagadec, T., Tuthill, P. (2020). Imaging Information]</a> exoplanets with nulling interferometry using integrated- Wong, A., Pope, B., Desdoigts, L., Tuthill, P., Norris, B., photonics: the GLINT project. Advances in Optical Betters, C. (2021). Phase retrieval and design with automatic Astronomical Instrumentation 2019, Bellingham: SPIE. <a differentiation: Tutorial. Journal of the Optical Society of href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2539790">[More America B: Optical Physics, 38(9), 2465-2478. <a Information]</a> href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.432723">[More Lewis, G., Tuthill, P. (2020). Microlensing and photon Information]</a> bunching: The impact of decoherence. Monthly Notices of the Wong, A., Norris, B., Tuthill, P., Scalzo, R., Lozi, J., Vievard, Royal Astronomical Society, 491(4), 5789-5792. <a S., Guyon, O. (2021). Predictive control for adaptive optics href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz3443">[More using neural networks. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Information]</a> Instruments, and Systems, 7(1), 19001. <a Lau, R., Hankins, M., Han, Y., Endo, I., Moffat, A., Ressler, href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.019001">[More M., Sakon, I., Sanchez-Bermudez, J., Soulain, A., Stevens, I., Information]</a> Tuthill, P., et al (2020). Resolving Decades of Periodic Spirals Martinod, M., Norris, B., Tuthill, P., Lagadec, T., Jovanovic, from the Wolf-Rayet Dust Factory WR 112. The Astrophysical N., Cvetojevic, N., Gross, S., Arriola, A., Gretzinger, T., Journal, 900(2), 1-13. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538- Withford, M., Leon-Saval, S., et al (2021). Scalable photonic- 4357/abaab8">[More Information]</a> based nulling interferometry with the dispersed multi-baseline Defr�re, D., Absil, O., Berger, J., Danchi, W., Dandumont, GLINT instrument. Nature Communications, 12(1), 2465. <a C., Eisenhauer, F., Ertel, S., Gardner, T., Glauser, A., Hinz, P., href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22769-x">[More Martinod, M., Norris, B., Tuthill, P., et al (2020). Review and Information]</a> scientific prospects of high-contrast optical stellar interferometry. Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VII 2020, Bellingham: Society of Photo-Optical GLINT South: A photonic nulling interferometer pathfinder at Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). <a the Anglo-Australian Telescope for high contrast imaging of href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2561505">[More substellar companions. 2018 Optical and Infrared Information]</a> Interferometry and Imaging VI, Bellingham: Society of Photo- Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). <a Bendek, E., Noyes, M., Flores, C., Belikov, R., Sirbu, D., Mejia href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2313171">[More Prada, C., Tuthill, P., Guyon, O. (2020). Status of NASA's Information]</a> stellar astrometry testbeds for exoplanet detection: Science and technology overview. Space Telescopes and Instrumentation Ireland, M., Defrere, D., Martinache, F., Monnier, J., Norris, B., 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, United States: Tuthill, P., Woillez, J. (2018). Image-plane fringe tracker for SPIE. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2562994">[More adaptive-optics assisted long baseline interferometry. 2018 Information]</a> Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI, Bellingham: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Lozi, J., Guyon, O., Vievard, S., Sahoo, A., Deo, V., Jovanovic, Engineers (SPIE). <a N., Norris, B., Martinod, M., Mazin, B., Walter, A., Tuthill, P., href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2314393">[More et al (2020). Status of the SCExAO instrument: Recent Information]</a> technology upgrades and path to a system-level demonstrator for PSI. Adaptive Optics Systems VII 2020, Bellingham: Society Lykou, F., Zijlstra, A., Kluska, J., Lagadec, E., Tuthill, P., of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). <a Avison, A., Norris, B., Parker, Q. (2018). Infrared observations href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2562832">[More of the asymmetric mass loss of an AGB star. Galaxies, 6(4), 1- Information]</a> 5. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/galaxies6040108">[More Information]</a> Han, Y., Tuthill, P., Lau, R., Soulain, A., Callingham, J., Williams, P., Crowther, P., Pope, B., Marcote, B. (2020). The White, T., Huber, D., Mann, A., Casagrande, L., Grunblatt, S., extreme colliding-wind system Apep: Resolved imagery of the Justesen, A., Silva Aguirre, V., Bedding, T., Ireland, M., central binary and dust plume in the infrared. Monthly Notices Schaefer, G., Tuthill, P. (2018). Interferometric diameters of of the Royal Astronomical Society, 498(4), 5604-5619. <a five evolved intermediate-mass planet-hosting stars measured href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2349">[More with PAVO at the CHARA Array. Monthly Notices of the Royal Information]</a> Astronomical Society, 477(4), 4403-4413. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty898">[More Soulain, A., Sivaramakrishnan, A., Tuthill, P., Thatte, D., Volk, Information]</a> K., Cooper, R., Albert, L., Artigau, E., Cook, N., Doyon, R., et al (2020). The James Webb space telescope aperture masking Tuthill, P. (2018). Masking interferometry at 150: Old enough interferometer. Optical and Infrared Interferometry and to mellow on redundancy? 2018 Optical and Infrared Imaging VII 2020, Bellingham: Society of Photo-Optical Interferometry and Imaging VI, Bellingham: Society of Photo- Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). <a Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2560804">[More href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2313145">[More Information]</a> Information]</a> Callingham, J., Crowther, P., Williams, P., Tuthill, P., Han, Y., Goldsmith, H., Ireland, M., Ma, P., Luther-Davies, B., Wang, Pope, B., Marcote, B. (2020). Two Wolf-Rayet stars at the heart R., Norris, B., Tuthill, P., Madden,
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