Publications
(2025)
- A reference framework for extremely metal-poor OB star studies: calibrations for stellar parameters and intrinsic colours, M Lorenzo, M Garcia, N Castro, F Najarro, M Cerviño, A Herrero, S Simón-Díaz, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 537, Issue 2, pp.1197-1219, doi:10.1093/mnras/staf071
- The Lyman alpha reference sample - XV. Relating ionised gas kinematics with Lyman-α observables, E. C. Herenz, A. Schaible, P. Laursen, A. Runnholm, J. Melinder, A. Le Reste, M. J. Hayes, G. Östlin, J. Cannon, G. Micheva, M. Roth and K. Saha, A&A, 693 (2025) A252 doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202451012
(2024)
- Outflow from the very massive Wolf-Rayet binary Melnick 34, N. Castro, P. M. Weilbacher, M. M. Roth, P. A. Crowther, A. Monreal-Ibero, J. Brinchmann, G. Micheva, A&A 691 A346 (2024), doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450208
- From gas to stars: MUSEings on the internal evolution of IC 1613, S. Taibi, G. Battaglia, M. M. Roth, S. Kamann, G. Iorio, C. Gallart, R. Leaman, E. D. Skillman, N. Kacharov, M. A. Beasley, P. E. Mancera Piña, G. van de Ven, A&A 689 A88 (2024), doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449468
- The Lyman alpha reference sample - XV. Relating ionised gas kinematics with Lyman-α observables, E. C. Herenz, A. Schaible, P. Laursen, A. Runnholm, J. Melinder, A. Le Reste, M. J. Hayes, G. Östlin, J. Cannon, G. Micheva, M. Roth, K. Saha, A&A 693 A252 (2025), doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202451012
- Future space-based heterodyne interferometry: overcoming limitations in astronomical observations, Paper No. OP24O-OP312-13, Karlsson, W., Touil, S., Günther, A., Dinkelaker, A.,Mayer, A., Muqsit, A., Wilke, P., Mangoldt, T., Madhav, K., Eckardt, A., SPIE. Photonics + Optical Engineering, Novel Optical Systems, Methods, and Applications XXVII,August, 2024, 10.1117/12.3027463
- Unraveling the birthplaces of NGC 2070’s massive stars, tracked with MUSE and revealed with JWST, Castro, N., A&A, 688 (2024) L4, doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347528
- A 500 pc volume-limited sample of hot subluminous stars. I. Space density, scale height, and population properties, Dawson, H., ... Soemitro, A. A., Roth, M. M., ..., 2024, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 686, A25; published June 2024, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202348319
- Runaway OB Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud. III. Updated Kinematics and Insights into Dynamical versus Supernova Ejections, Phillips, G. D., Oey, M. S., Cuevas, M., Castro, N., Kothari, R., The Astrophysical Journal, 966, 2, 243; published May 2024, doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad3909
- Mapping the core of the Tarantula Nebula with VLT-MUSE - III. A template for metal-poor starburst regions in the visual and far-ultraviolet, Crowther, P. A., Castro, N., 2024
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527, 3, 9023; published January 2024, doi:10.1093/mnras/stad3698, NASA ADS - Toward Precision Cosmology with Improved Planetary Nebula Luminosity Function Distances Using VLT-MUSE. II. A Test Sample from Archival Data, Roth, M. M., Weilbacher, P. M., et al., The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 271, 2, 40, April 2024, DOI 10.3847/1538-4365/ad2166
- Monolithic all-fiber Fabry-Perot comb for precision astronomy, Madhav, K., Rahman, A., SPIE Proceedings Volume 13096, Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, June 2024, , Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X, 2024 doi.org/10.1117/12.3020238
- Compact Arrayed Waveguide Stacked Multi-Object Spectrograph (CAWSMOS): design concept and preliminary results, Kalaga Madhav, Eloy Hernandez, Stella Vješnica, Alan Günther, Svend-Marian Bauer, Hakan Önel, Martin M. Roth., SPIE Proceedings Volume 13096, Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, , Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X, 2024 doi.org/10.1117/12.3020178
- CHARA Array Integrated Optics Testbench (CHARIOT) for on-sky experiments, Alyssa V. Mayer, Aline N. Dinkelaker, Kalaga Madhav, Lucas Labadie, Kévin Barjot, Nicholas J. Scott, Narsireddy Anugu, Aurélien Benoit, Robert R. Thomson, Robert J. Harris, Christopher D. Farrington, Rainer Koehler, Karolina Kubiak, Edgar R. Ligon III, Gail H. Schaefer., SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, June 2024
- Preliminary results of the Potsdam Arrayed Waveguide Spectrograph, Paper No. 13096-24, Eloy Hernandez, Alan Günther, Stella Vješnica, Svend-Marian Bauer, Andreas Stoll, Hakan Önel, Kalaga Madhav, Martin M. Roth, SPIE Proceedings Volume 13096, Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X, 2024 doi.org/10.1117/12.3018014
- Novel phase masks with overlapping regions to fabricate fiber Bragg gratings for filtering sky emission lines, Paper No. 13100-235, Xijie Luo, Aashia Rahman, Kalaga V. Madhav, Thomas Siefke, Ria G. Krämer, Daniel Richter, Uwe D. Zeitner, Stefan Nolte, Martin M. Roth, SPIE Proceedings Volume 13100, Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation VI, 2024 doi.org/10.1117/12.3018363
- Enabling photonics-based instruments with NAIR-APREXIS, Paper No. 13100-253, Lucas Labadie, Robert J. Harris, Alyssa V. Mayer, Aline N. Dinkelaker, Kalaga Madhav, Kévin Barjot, Alyssa V. Mayer, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, June 2024.
- On the large-quantity fabrication and reproducibility of all-fiber photonic lanterns, Paper No. 13100-254, Julian Rypalla, Stella Vješnica, Kalaga V. Madhav, Adrian Lorenz, Tina Eschrich, Elmar Schmälzlin, Aline N. Dinkelaker, Martin M. Roth, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, June 2024
- The CHARA Array Integrated Optics Testbed or CHARIOT, Madhav, K., Dinkelaker, A.,et al., 243rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, id. 301.16. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 56, No. 2 e-id 2024n2i301p16,.
- Fiber-connectorized ultrafast-laser-inscribed K-band integrated optics beam combiner for the CHARA telescope array, Jacopo Siliprandi, David G. MacLachlan, Calum A. Ross, Tarun K. Sharma, Lucas Labadie, Kalaga Madhav, Abani S. Nayak, Aline N. Dinkelaker, Martin M. Roth, Nicholas J. Scott, Vincent Coudé du Foresto, Robert R. Thomson, and Aurélien Benoit, Appl. Opt. 63, 159-166, 2024, doi.org/10.1364/AO.510293
Bachelor, master, diploma and doctoral theses
Mayer, Alyssa 2024: CHara ARray Integrated Optics Testbench (CHARIOT) for ultrafast laser written astrophotonic beam combiners. Master thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Josef Rypalla, Julian 2024: On the large quantity fabrication and reproducibility of all-fiber photonic
lantern. Master thesis, University of Potsdam
Rodriguez Alvarez, Carlos Enrique 2024: Entwicklung und Untersuchung eines Temperaturkompensators für Faser Bragg-Gitter zur Anwendung in der Astronomie. Master thesis, Technische Universität Berlin
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with support by Dr. Hakan Önel (AIP)
Nayak, Abani 2022: Design, Characterization and On-sky Testing of an Integrated Optics Device for Stellar Interferometry: from Pupil Remappers to Discrete Beam Combiner. PhD thesis, University of Potsdam
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Stoll, Andreas 2022: Advanced Spectroscopic Instruments Enabled By Integrated Optics. PhD thesis, University of Potsdam
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Smarzyk, Sebastian 2022: Characeterisation of a discrete beam combiners for stellar interferometry with 6 telescopes. Master thesis, University of Potsdam
Mayer, Alyssa 2022: Fundamental and Technical Signal-to-Noise Calculations for Near-Infrared Heterodyne Interferometry in Space. Master thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Diab, Momen 2021: Enabling astrophotonics: adaptive optics and photoniclanterns for coupling starlight into the single-moderegime. PhD thesis, University of Potsdam
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Hernandez, Eloy 2020: Numerical simulations in multimode fibres for astronomical spectroscopy. PhD thesis, University of Potsdam
Mitzkus, Martin 2017: Spectroscopic Surface Brightness Fluctuations: Probing Bright Evolved Stars in Unresolved Stellar Populations. PhD thesis, University of Potsdam
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Latest publications
The following list contains the most recent AIP publications from members of this section/group. For more publications, please see AIP publications at ADS.
Lorenzo, M., ... Castro, N., ..., 2025
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 537, 2, 1197; published February 2025
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 537, 2, 1197; published February 2025
Participating AIP sections and groups:
Astrophotonics (innoFSPEC)
Herenz, E. C., ... Micheva, G., Roth, M., ..., 2025
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 693, A252; published January 2025
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 693, A252; published January 2025
Participating AIP sections and groups:
Milky Way and the Local Volume,
Project Management,
Astrophotonics (innoFSPEC)
Castro, N., Weilbacher, P. M., Roth, M. M., ... Micheva, G., 2024
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 691, A346; published November 2024
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 691, A346; published November 2024
Participating AIP sections and groups:
Astrophotonics (innoFSPEC),
Galaxies and Quasars,
3D and Multi Object Spectroscopy,
Milky Way and the Local Volume,
Project Management
Taibi, S., ... Roth, M. M., ... Kacharov, N., ..., 2024
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 689, A88; published September 2024
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 689, A88; published September 2024
Participating AIP sections and groups:
Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo,
Astrophotonics (innoFSPEC),
Milky Way and the Local Volume
Castro, N., 2024
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 688, L4; published August 2024
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 688, L4; published August 2024
Participating AIP sections and groups:
Astrophotonics (innoFSPEC)
Dawson, H., ... Soemitro, A. A., Roth, M. M., ..., 2024
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 686, A25; published June 2024
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 686, A25; published June 2024
Participating AIP sections and groups:
Astrophotonics (innoFSPEC)
Phillips, G. D., Oey, M. S., Cuevas, M., Castro, N., Kothari, R., 2024
The Astrophysical Journal, 966, 2, 243; published May 2024
The Astrophysical Journal, 966, 2, 243; published May 2024
Participating AIP sections and groups:
Astrophotonics (innoFSPEC)
Jacoby, G. H., Ciardullo, R., Roth, M. M., Arnaboldi, M., Weilbacher, P. M., 2024
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 271, 2, 40; published April 2024
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 271, 2, 40; published April 2024
Participating AIP sections and groups:
Astrophotonics (innoFSPEC),
Galaxies and Quasars,
3D and Multi Object Spectroscopy
Crowther, P. A., Castro, N., 2024
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527, 3, 9023; published January 2024
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527, 3, 9023; published January 2024
Participating AIP sections and groups:
Astrophotonics (innoFSPEC)
Jovanovic, N., ... Dinkelaker, A. N., ... Stoll, A., ..., 2023
Journal of Physics: Photonics, 5, 4, 042501; published October 2023
Journal of Physics: Photonics, 5, 4, 042501; published October 2023
Participating AIP sections and groups:
Astrophotonics (innoFSPEC)