Scientific and technical EST publications

 

This section contains the latest articles of the European Solar Telescopes published in peer-reviewed international journals. They provide a general description of the telescope, its science, and a detailed account of the preliminary design of the most important  telescope subsystems. For further information, please contact the EST Canarian Foundation at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

EST General

Science

  • Science Requirement Document for the European Solar Telescope 2nd edition

    Schlichenmaier, R., et al. 2019, Science Requirement Document for the European Solar Telescope 2nd edition, arXiv, https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1912.08650

Optical Design

  • An overview of the preliminary optical design of the European Solar Telescope (EST)

    Belío-Asin, M., et al. 2024, "An overview of the preliminary optical design of the European Solar Telescope (EST)", Proc. SPIE 13094, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes X, 130942G; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019887

  • Optical design of an image slicer-based integral field unit for the THEMIS solar telescope

    Regalado Olivares, et al. 2022, Optical design of an image slicer-based integral field unit for the THEMIS solar telescope, Proc. SPIE, 12188, 1218857, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629265

  • Polarimetric performance of the European Solar Telescope

    Ferro Rodríguez, I., et al. 2022, Polarimetric performance of the European Solar Telescope, Proc. SPIE, 12182, 1218234; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628879

Active optics

  • Active optics strategy for the alignment and operation of the European Solar Telescope

    Belío-Asin, M., et al. 2022. Active optics strategy for the alignment and operation of the European Solar Telescope, Proc. SPIE, 12188, 121883E; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628791

Primary Mirror (M1)

  • The preliminary design of the M1 assembly for the European Solar Telescope

    Tomàs, A., et al. 2022, The preliminary design of the M1 assembly for the European Solar Telescope, Proc. SPIE, 12188, 1218810; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627458

  • M1 Assembly for the EST: selection of the most promising baseline configuration for the preliminary design

    Mato, A., et al. 2022, M1 Assembly for the EST: selection of the most promising baseline configuration for the preliminary design, Proc. SPIE, 12188, 121880C; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628568

Adaptive Secondary Mirror (ASM)

  • Preliminary design of the Adaptive Secondary Mirror for the European Solar Telescope

    Kuiper, S., et al. 2022, Preliminary design of the Adaptive Secondary Mirror for the European Solar Telescope, Proc. SPIE 12185, 1218528; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629495

Telescope structure

  • Advances on the telescope structure conceptual design of the European Solar Telescope

    Rodríguez-López, E., et al. 2022, Advances on the telescope structure conceptual design of the European Solar Telescope, Proc. SPIE 12182, 121823Q; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2625563

  • The European Solar Telescope mount preliminary design

    Sanquirce, R., et al. 2022, The European Solar Telescope mount preliminary design, Proc. SPIE, 12182, 121821H, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629047

  • Overview of telescope structure, enclosure, and pier preliminary design of the European Solar Telescope

    Cózar-Castellano, J., et al. 2022, Overview of telescope structure, enclosure, and pier preliminary design of the European Solar Telescope, Proc. SPIE, 12187, 121871L; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629629

  • Dynamic modeling, control and simulation of the EST Telescope structure: quantifying performance during tracking operation

    González-Cava, J. M., et al. 2022, Dynamic modeling, control and simulation of the EST Telescope structure: quantifying performance during tracking operation, Proc. SPIE, 12187, 1218713; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628247

EST, Structural analysis

  • Structural analysis for the EST preliminary design specifications

    Soler, M., et al. 2022, Structural analysis for the EST preliminary design specifications, Proc. SPIE, 12187, 1218717; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628912

Adaptive Optics (AO)

  • Advanced Phase Diversity Method for telescope static aberration compensation

    Rodríguez-Linares, N., et al. 2025, "Advanced Phase Diversity Method for telescope static aberration compensation", Measurement, Volume 241, 2025, 115761, ISSN 0263-2241, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2024.115761

  • Contrast optimization in wide-field AO

    Rodriguez-Linares, N., et al. 2024, "Contrast optimization in wide-field AO", Proc. SPIE 13097, Adaptive Optics Systems IX, 130977O; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018299

  • Phase diversity application on the EST MCAO testbench

    Rodriguez-Linares, N., et al. 2024, "Phase diversity application on the EST MCAO testbench", Proc. SPIE 13097, Adaptive Optics Systems IX, 130975O; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018276

  • Chromaticity in solar adaptive optics: a case study for the European Solar Telescope

    Femenía-Castellá, B., et al. 2022, Chromaticity in solar adaptive optics: a case study for the European Solar Telescope, Proc. SPIE 12185, 121855N; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629529

  • Adaptive Optics at the European Solar Telescope: status and future developments

    Femenía-Castellá, B., et al. 2022, Adaptive Optics at the European Solar Telescope: status and future developments, Proc. SPIE, 12185, 121851Z; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629516

  • Laboratory results of SCAO: getting ready for the EST MCAO

    González-Cava, J. M., et al. 2022, Laboratory results of SCAO: getting ready for the EST MCAO, Proc. SPIE 12185, 1218542; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628242

  • Optomechanical integration of the MCAO prototype testbed for EST, Proc. SPIE

    Feijóo, N., et al. 2022, Optomechanical integration of the MCAO prototype testbed for EST, Proc. SPIE, 12185, 121856C; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627695

Local seeing analysis

  • Local seeing analysis for the European Solar Telescope

    Soler, M., et al 2024, "Local seeing analysis for the European Solar Telescope", Proc. SPIE 13094, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes X, 130945F; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020069

MCAO testbed

  • Deformable mirrors for the EST testbed: testing and characterization

    González-Cava, J. M., et al. 2022 Deformable mirrors for the EST testbed: testing and characterization, Proc. SPIE 12185, 121857R; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627918

Control

  • Status of the European Solar Telescope control system

    Quintero Nehrkorn, J., et al. 2024, "Status of the European Solar Telescope control system", Proc. SPIE 13101, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VIII, 1310104 (25 July 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019815

  • Active optics control and its integration with the adaptive optics in the European Solar Telescope (EST)

    León-Gil, J., et al. 2024, "Active optics control and its integration with the adaptive optics in the European Solar Telescope (EST)", Proc. SPIE 13101, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VIII, 1310144; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020209

  • Enhancing the accuracy of solar polarimetry by coalescing slow and fast modulation: method description and first performance tests

    Zeuner, F., et al. 2022, Enhancing the accuracy of solar polarimetry by coalescing slow and fast modulation: method description and first performance tests, Proc. SPIE 12184, 121840T; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629250

  • Real-time inversion of solar spectropolarimetric data at high spatial and temporal resolution: HPC and GPU implementations

    Bellot Rubio, L.R., et al. 2022, Real-time inversion of solar spectropolarimetric data at high spatial and temporal resolution: HPC and GPU implementations, Proc. SPIE 12189, 121890I, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630334

Light Distribution System

  • Design of the Coudé Light Distribution for the European Solar Telescope

    Feijóo, N., et al. 2022, Design of the Coudé Light Distribution for the European Solar Telescope, Proc. SPIE, 12188, 121884O; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628795

Instrumentation: EMBER

  • Conceptual design of the infrared Integral Field Spectropolarimeter for the European Solar Telescope

    Quintero Noda, C., et al. 2024, "Conceptual design of the infrared integral field spectropolarimeter for the European Solar Telescope", Proc. SPIE 13094, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes X, 130942C; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018749

  • Conceptual optical design of the infrared Integral Field Spectropolarimeter for the European Solar Telescope

    Regalado Olivares, S., et al. 2024, "Conceptual optical design of the infrared integral field spectropolarimeter for the European Solar Telescope", Proc. SPIE 13100, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation VI, 13; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018788

 

 

Other Instrumentation related

 

GRIS

  • First light of the upgraded Gregor Infrared Spectrograph Infrared Spectrograph

    Quintero Noda, C., et al. 2024, "First light of the upgraded Gregor Infrared Spectrograph", Proc. SPIE 13094, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes X, 1309442; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018736

  • Upgrading the Polarisation Modulation Unit of the Gregor Infrared Spectrograph

    Quintero Noda, C., et al. 2024, "Upgrading the polarisation modulation unit of the Gregor Infrared Spectrograph", Proc. SPIE 13094, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes X, 130942E; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018721

  • Latest optical and mechanical upgrades in the GREGOR Infrared Spectrograph for simultaneous spectral observations

    Regalado Olivares, S., et al. 2024, "Latest optical and mechanical upgrades in the GREGOR Infrared Spectrograph for simultaneous spectral observations", Proc. SPIE 13100, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation V; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018805

  • Use of A Finite State Machine Approach for Sequence Control in the GREGOR Infrared Spectrograph (GRIS)

    Matta-Gómez, A., et al. 2024, "Use of a finite state machine approach for sequence control in the GREGOR infrared spectrograph (GRIS)", Proc. SPIE 13101, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VIII, 131013P; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019673

  • The upgraded GREGOR infrared spectrograph

    Quintero Noda, C., et al. 2022, The upgraded GREGOR infrared spectrograph, Proc. SPIE, 12184, 121840U; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628721

  • Synchronized observations with multiple detectors in GRIS: a demonstrator of an instrument for the European Solar Telescope (EST)

    Quintero Nehrkorn, J., et al. 2022, Synchronized observations with multiple detectors in GRIS: a demonstrator of an instrument for the European Solar Telescope (EST), Proc. SPIE, 12189, 1218921, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629601

  • Optical and mechanical updates in the GREGOR Infrared Spectrograph for simultaneous spectral observations

    Regalado Olivares, S., et al. 2022, Optical and mechanical updates in the GREGOR Infrared Spectrograph for simultaneous spectral observations, Proc. SPIE, 12188, 121885B, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628928

  • Development of a 35-micron slicer-based Integral Field Unit for high-resolution 2D solar spectroscopy

    Regalado Olivares, S., et al. 2022, Development of a 35-micron slicer-based Integral Field Unit for high-resolution 2D solar spectroscopy, Proc. SPIE, 12188, 1218855, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628951

 

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Scientific publications

 

  1. Quintero Noda, C., Schlichenmaier, R., Bellot Rubio, L.R., Löfdahl, M., Khomenko, E., Jurcak, J., Leenarts, J., Kuckein, C., González Manrique, S.J., et al. 2022, The European Solar Telescope, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 666, A21, 36 p.  [Download PDF] 
  2. Schlichenmaier, R., Bellot Rubio, L.R., Collados, M., Erdelyi, R., Feller, A., Fletcher, J., Jurcak, J., Khomenko, E. Leenarts, J., Matthews, S., et al. 2019, Science Requirement Document for the European Solar Telescope 2nd edition, arXiv, https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1912.08650 [Download PDF] 
 
SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2022

 

  1. Belío-Asin, M., et al. 2022. Active optics strategy for the alignment and operation of the European Solar Telescope, Proc. SPIE, 12188, 121883E; 
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628568 [Download PDF]
  2. Cózar-Castellano, J., et al. 2022, Overview of telescope structure, enclosure, and pier preliminary design of the European Solar Telescope, Proc. SPIE, 12187, 121871L;
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629629. [Download PDF]
  3. Feijóo, N., et al. 2022, Design of the Coudé Light Distribution for the European Solar Telescope, Proc. SPIE, 12188, 121884O;
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628795. [Download PDF] 
  4. Feijóo, N., et al. 2022, Optomechanical integration of the MCAO prototype testbed for EST, Proc. SPIE, 12185, 121856C;
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627695. [Download PDF] 
  5. Femenía-Castellá, B., et al. 2022, Chromaticity in solar adaptive optics: a case study for the European Solar Telescope, Proc. SPIE 12185, 121855N;
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629529. [Download PDF] 
  6. Femenía-Castellá, B., et al. 2022, Adaptive Optics at the European Solar Telescope: status and future developments, Proc. SPIE, 12185, 121851Z;
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629516. [Download PDF]
  7. Ferro Rodríguez, I., et al. 2022, Polarimetric performance of the European Solar Telescope, Proc. SPIE, 12182, 1218234;
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628879. [Download PDF]
  8. González-Cava, J. M., et al. 2022 Deformable mirrors for the EST testbed: testing and characterization, Proc. SPIE 12185, 121857R;
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627918. [Download PDF]
  9. González-Cava, J. M., et al. 2022, Dynamic modeling, control and simulation of the EST Telescope structure: quantifying performance during tracking operation, Proc. SPIE, 12187, 1218713;
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628247. [Download PDF] 
  10. González-Cava, J. M., et al. 2022, Laboratory results of SCAO: getting ready for the EST MCAO, Proc. SPIE 12185, 1218542;
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628242. [Download PDF]
  11. Kuiper, S., et al. 2022, Preliminary design of the Adaptive Secondary Mirror for the European Solar Telescope, Proc. SPIE 12185, 1218528;
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629495. [Download PDF]
  12. Mato, A., et al. 2022, M1 Assembly for the EST: selection of the most promising baseline configuration for the preliminary design, Proc. SPIE, 12188, 121880C;
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628568. [Download PDF]
  13. Quintero Nehrkorn, J., et al. 2022, Synchronized observations with multiple detectors in GRIS: a demonstrator of an instrument for the European Solar Telescope (EST), Proc. SPIE, 12189, 1218921,
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629601. [Download PDF]
  14. Quintero Noda, C., et al. 2022, The upgraded GREGOR infrared spectrograph, Proc. SPIE, 12184, 121840U;
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628721. [Download PDF]
  15. Quintero Noda, C., et al. 2022, Overview of the status of the European Solar Telescope, Proc. SPIE, 12182, 1218215,
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628967. [Download PDF]
  16. Regalado Olivares, S., et al. 2022, Optical and mechanical updates in the GREGOR Infrared Spectrograph for simultaneous spectral observations, Proc. SPIE, 12188, 121885B,
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628928. [Download PDF]
  17. Regalado Olivares, et al. 2022, Optical design of an image slicer-based integral field unit for the THEMIS solar telescope, Proc. SPIE, 12188, 1218857,
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629265. [Download PDF]
  18. Regalado Olivares, S., et al. 2022, Development of a 35-micron slicer-based Integral Field Unit for high-resolution 2D solar spectroscopy, Proc. SPIE, 12188, 1218855,
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628951. [Download PDF]
  19. Rodríguez-López, E., et al. 2022, Advances on the telescope structure conceptual design of the European Solar Telescope, Proc. SPIE 12182, 121823Q;
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2625563. [Download PDF]
  20. Sanquirce, R., et al. 2022, The European Solar Telescope mount preliminary design, Proc. SPIE, 12182, 121821H,
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629047. [Download PDF] 
  21. Soler, M., et al. 2022, Structural analysis for the EST preliminary design specifications, Proc. SPIE, 12187, 1218717;
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628912. [Download PDF]
  22. Tomàs, A., et al. 2022, The preliminary design of the M1 assembly for the European Solar Telescope, Proc. SPIE, 12188, 1218810;
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627458. [Download PDF]
  23. Bellot Rubio, L.R., Cabrera Morales, M., & Cobos Carrascosa, J.P. 2022, Real-time inversion of solar spectropolarimetric data at high spatial and temporal resolution: HPC and GPU implementations, Proc. SPIE 12189, 121890I
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630334. [Download PDF]
  24. Zeuner, F., Gisler, D., Bianda, M., Ramelli, R., & Berdyugina, S.V. 2022, Enhancing the accuracy of solar polarimetry by coalescing slow and fast modulation: method description and first performance tests, Proc. SPIE 12184, 121840T; 
    https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629250. [Download PDF]