Lasers, lenses and light curves : adaptive optics microscopy and peculiar transiting exoplanets

Author(s):
Werkhoven, T.I.M.
Published
2014
Publication type
Doctoral Thesis

Abstract

In the first part of this thesis, we present an adaptive optics implementation for multi-photon microscopy correcting sample-induced wavefront aberrations using either direct wavefront sensing to run a close-loop adaptive optics system (Chapter 3), or use a model-based sensorless approach to iteratively correct the wavefront aberrations (Chapter 4). In the second part we present an analysis of the disintegrating exoplanet KIC 12557548 b where we model the dust tail generated by the host star's induced evaporation of the planet in Chapter 5, and in Chapter 6 we investigate the eclipse of 1SWASP J140747.93-394542.6 observed by SuperWASP indicative of an exoplanet hosting a ring system and potentially exomoons

ExomoonsTransitExoplanetConfocal microscopyWavefront sensingAdaptive optics
Defense date
2014-06-26
Language
English
Supervisor(s)
Keller, C.U.; Gerritsen, H.C.
Qualification
Ph.D.
Degree granting institution
Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Leiden
hdl
1887/26966
ISBN(s)
9789462036024

Funding

Sponsorship
This research is supported by the Dutch Technology Foundation STW, which is part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and partly funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (project number 10 433).