Image: Very Large Telescope facility of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), Paranal, Chile.
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ASGARD Instrument
ASGARD Instrument
A visiting instrument for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI), designed to perform science by combining signals from four of the VLTI's telescopes in the mid-infrared.
Image: ASGARD instrument with its four modules: HEIMDALLR (Purple), BIFROST (Red), Baldr (Green), and NOTT (Gray). [Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 9.2 (2023): 025007-025007]
Engagement: Development of NOTT's photonic beam combiner for nulling interferometry in the mid-infrared using the Ultrafast Laser Inscription fabrication technique on Gallium Lanthanum Sulphide or GLS glass of the chalcogenide glass family.
Image: NOTT's photonic beam combiner, called 4T-nuller.
Image: Some members of the ASGARD team. ASGARD Workshop 2023, March, KU Leuven.
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