A/Professor Francis Bennet

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Contact email:francis.bennet@anu.edu.au
Contact phone:(02) 6125 8900
Location:AITC1 - Upper - 110
Centre:Advanced Instrumentation Technology Centre
Link:ANU Researchers profile
PhD (ANU, 2011)
Optical Physicist

Personal website

Hobbies include silversmithing, metal work (welding, lathe, milling), flying

  • Birch, M, Bennet, F, Copeland, M et al. 2023, 'A small, low-cost, turbulence profiling instrument for free-space optical communication', Free-Space Laser Communications XXXV (SPIE LASE), ed. Hamid Hemmati, Bryan S. Robinson, SPIE, Online.
  • Martinez Rey, N, Kish, S, Bennet, F et al. 2023, 'AO-enhanced Quantum Communications with the ANU Optical Ground Station', International Conference on Space Optics - ICSO 2022, ed. Kyriaki Minoglou, Nikos Karafolas, Bruno Cugny, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Online.
  • Copeland, M, Bennet, F, Birch, M et al. 2023, 'A Transmitter and Receiver for Lunar Communications on the ANU Optical Ground Station', Free-Space Laser Communications XXXV (SPIE LASE), ed. Hamid Hemmati, Bryan S. Robinson, SPIE, Online, p. 8.
  • Grosse, D, Bennet, F, Copeland, M et al. 2022, 'Satellite detection and tracking capabilities of the Australian National University', 23rd Advance Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS), Maui Economic Development Board, Inc., Maui, Hawaii.
  • Birch, M, Martinez Rey, N, Bennet, F et al. 2022, 'The Mount Stromlo Optical Communication Ground Station', 2022 IEEE International Conference on Space Optical Systems and Applications (ICSOS), IEEE, United States, pp. 134-137.
  • Mudge, K, Clare, B, Jager, E et al. 2022, 'DSTG Laser Satellite Communications -Current Activities and Future Outlook', 2022 IEEE International Conference on Space Optical Systems and Applications (ICSOS), IEEE, United States, pp. 17-21.
  • Korkiakoski, V, Copeland, M, Bennet, F et al. 2020, 'Space-situational awareness adaptive optics at Mount Stromlo: data analysis of the first results', Advances in Optical Astronomical Instrumentation 2019, ed. Simon Ellis & Celine d'Orgeville, SPIE, Bellingham, United States, pp. 1-2.
  • Korkiakoski, V, Copeland, M, Bennet, F et al. 2020, 'Space-situational awareness adaptive optics at Mount Stromlo: data analysis of the first results', Advances in Optical Astronomical Instrumentation 2019, ed. Simon Ellis & Celine d'Orgeville, SPIE, Bellingham, United States, pp. 1-2.
  • Bennet, F, Ferguson, K, Grant, K et al. 2020, 'An Australia/New Zealand optical communications ground station network for next generation satellite communications', Free-Space Laser Communications XXXII 2020, ed. Hamid Hemmati, Don M. Boroson, SPIE, United States, pp. 7pp.
  • Grant , K, Mudge, K, Clare, B et al. 2019, 'Analysis of the impact of turbulence on adaptive optics ground station performance', Advances in Communications Satellite Systems. Proceedings of the 37th International Communications Satellite Systems Conference, IEEE, Japan.
  • Copeland, M, Bennet, F, D'Orgeville, C et al. 2019, 'Satellite and Debris Characterisation with Adaptive Optics Imaging', Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference 2019, ed. S. Ryan, Maui Economic Development Board, Inc., Hawaii.
  • Marin, E, Sivo, G, Lombardi, G et al. 2019, 'GEMS 2.0: Are we there yet?', 6th International Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2019, AO4ELT, Quebec, pp. 1-9.
  • D'Orgeville, C, Fetzer, G, Floyd, S et al. 2018, 'Semiconductor guidestar laser for astronomy, space, and laser communications: Prototype design and expected performance', Adaptive Optics Systems VI 2018, ed. L. Close, L. Schreiber, D. Schmidt, SPIE, United States, pp. 1-12.
  • Copeland, M, Bennet, F, Rigaut, F et al. 2018, 'Adaptive optics corrected imaging for satellite and debris characterisation', SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, ed. Laird M. Close, Laura Schreiber, Dirk Schmidt, SPIE, Bellingham, United States, pp. 1-7.
  • Herrald, N, Bennet, F, D'Orgeville, C et al. 2018, 'Lens mounting techniques for precise radial location of fragile lenses in the NGS2 and Veloce instruments', SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, ed. Laird M. Close, Laura Schreiber, Dirk Schmidt, SPIE, Bellingham, United States, pp. 1-8.
  • Lingham, M, Grosse, D, Bennet, F et al. 2018, 'Adaptive optics tracking and pushing system for space debris manoeuvre', SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, ed. Laird M. Close, Laura Schreiber, Dirk Schmidt, SPIE, Bellingham, United States, pp. 1-15.
  • Korkiakoski, V, Grosse, D, Lingham, M et al. 2018, 'Site characterisation at Mount Stromlo: results with a single-detector stereo-SCIDAR', SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, ed. Laird M. Close, Laura Schreiber, Dirk Schmidt, SPIE, Bellingham, United States, pp. 1-9.
  • Korkiakoski, V, Rigaut, F, Price, I et al. 2018, 'High level adaptive optics supervision software for fast transition to optimal performance', SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, ed. Laird M. Close, Laura Schreiber, Dirk Schmidt, SPIE, Bellingham, United States, pp. 1-9.
  • Bennet, F, Lam, P, Roberts, L et al 2018, 'Free space laser communications with adaptive optics and quantum key distribution', SPIE Photonics West: Free-Space Laser Communication and Atmospheric Propagation XXX, ed. Hamid Hemmati, Don M. Boroson, SPIE, online.
  • Korkiakoski, V, Rigaut, F, Price, I et al. 2018, 'High level adaptive optics supervision software for fast transition to optimal performance', SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, ed. Laird M. Close, Laura Schreiber, Dirk Schmidt, SPIE, Bellingham, United States, pp. 1-9.
  • D'Orgeville, C, Travouillon, T & Bennet, F 2018, 'L' optique adaptative, au-delà  des étoiles (Adaptive optics, beyond the stars)', The Astronomical Journal, vol. P, no. 1, p. 13.
  • Grosse, D, Bennet, F, Rigaut, F et al 2017, 'Space Debris Manoeuvre with Adaptive Optics Using a Ground-based Telescope', 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2017), Curran Associates, Inc., Red Hook, NY, pp. 3785-3790.
  • Sivo, G, Marin, E, Garrel, V et al 2017, 'Getting ready for GeMS 2.0: A workhorse AO facility', 5th Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2017, ed. K Daniel, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain, pp. 11pp.
  • Korkiakoski, V, Grosse, D, Thorn, E et al. 2017, 'Site characterisation at mount stromlo observatory: The first results', 5th Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2017, ed. K Daniel, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain, pp. 1-9.
  • Bennet, F, Petkovic, M, Sheard, B et al 2017, 'High-Altitude airborne platform characterisation of adaptive optic corrected ground based laser', 18th Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, AMOS, ed. S Ryan, Curran Associates, Inc., Red Hook, NY, pp. 1-7.
  • Copeland, M, Bennet, F, Rigaut, F et al 2017, 'Satellite and debris characterisation in LEO and GEO using adaptive optics', 18th Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, AMOS, ed. S Ryan, Curran Associates, Inc., Red Hook, NY, pp. 1-6.
  • Thorn, E, Korkiakoski, V, Grosse, D et al 2017, 'Stereo-SCIDAR System for Improvement of Adaptive Optics Space Debris-tracking Activities', 18th Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, AMOS, ed. S Ryan, Curran Associates, Inc., Red Hook, NY, pp. 1-6.
  • Rigaut, F, Price, I, D'Orgeville, C et al 2016, 'NGS2: A focal plane array upgrade for the GeMS multiple tip-Tilt wavefront sensor', SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016, ed. F Malbet, M J Creech-Eakman & P G Tuthill, SPIE, Bellingham, Washington, pp. -.
  • Korkiakoski, V, Osborn, J, Grosse, D et al 2016, 'Single detector stereo-SCIDAR for Mount Stromlo: Data analysis', Laser Communication and Propagation through the Atmosphere and Oceans V, ed. van Eijk A.M.J.Davis, SPIE, USA, pp. 11pp.
  • Dixon, T, Bennet, F, Price, I et al 2016, 'Characterising latency for AO optical sensors: An implementation', Adaptive Optics Systems V, ed. E Marchetti, L M Close and J P Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, Washington, pp. -.
  • Grosse, D, Bennet, F, Korkiakoski, V et al 2016, 'Single detector stereo-SCIDAR for Mount Stromlo', Adaptive Optics Systems V, ed. E Marchetti, L M Close and J P Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, Washington, pp. -.
  • Bennet, F, Rigaut, F, Price, I et al 2016, 'AO corrected satellite imaging from Mount Stromlo', Adaptive Optics Systems V, ed. E Marchetti, L M Close and J P Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, Washington, pp. -.
  • Thorn, E, Grosse, D, Rigaut, F et al 2016, 'Site testing for space situational awareness', 17th Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, AMOS 2016, ed. S Ryan, AMOS, TBC, pp. 1-6pp.
  • Copeland, M, Bennet, F, Zovaro, H et al, eds, 2016, Adaptive Optics for Satellite and Debris Imaging in LEO and GEO, AMOS, TBC.
  • Zovaro, H, Bennet, F, Copeland, M et al 2016, 'Harnessing Adaptive Optics for Space Debris Collision Mitigation', 17th Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, AMOS 2016, ed. S Ryan, AMOS, TBC, pp. 1-9pp.
  • Bennet, F, Price, I, Rigaut, F et al 2016, 'Satellite Imaging with Adaptive Optics on a 1 M Telescope', 17th Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, AMOS 2016, ed. S Ryan, AMOS, TBC, pp. 1-9pp.
  • Dixon, T, Bennet, F, Price, I et al 2016, 'Characterizing latency for AO optical sensors: An implementation', SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016, ed. F Malbet, M J Creech-Eakman & P G Tuthill, SPIE, Bellingham, Washington, pp. 1-7.
  • Bennet, F, D'Orgeville, C, Price, I et al 2015, 'Adaptive optics for satellite imaging and space debris ranging', Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference AMOS 2015, Curran Associates, Inc., Hawai'i USA, pp. 9pp.
  • Bennet, F, D'Orgeville, C, Gao, Y et al 2014, 'Adaptive optics for space debris tracking', Adaptive Optics Systems IV, ed. Marchetti, E., Close L.M., Veran, J.-P., SPIE, Bellingham, USA.
  • D'Orgeville, C, Bennet, F, Blundell, M et al 2014, 'A sodium laser guide star facility for the ANU/EOS space debris tracking adaptive optics demonstrator', Adaptive Optics Systems IV, ed. Marchetti, E., Close L.M., Veran, J.-P., SPIE, Bellingham, USA.
  • Bennet, F, D'Orgeville, C, Gao, Y et al 2014, 'Ground based adaptive optic enhanced LIDAR for space environment management', Australian Institute of Physics Congress - The Art of Physics, ed. Conference Organising committee, Australian Institute of Physics, Canberra.
  • Bennet, F, Uhlendorf, K, Gardhouse, W et al 2013, 'Integrated optic segment piston sensor for the GMT', 3rd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (AO4ELT 2013), ed. Simone Esposito and Luca Fini, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Florence, Italy, pp. 8pp.
  • Conan, R, Bennet, F, Bouchez, A et al 2013, 'The Giant Magellan Telescope laser tomography adaptive optics system', 3rd Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, (AO4ELT 2013), Florence.
  • Bennet, F & Molina, M 2012, 'Nonlinear light localization around the core of a holey fiber', Journal of the Optical Society of America B, vol. 29, no. 8, pp. 2161-2165.
  • Bennet, F, Conan, R, D'Orgeville, C et al 2012, 'Adaptive optics for laser space debris removal', Adaptive Optics Systems III, ed. Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Amsterdam, pp. 844744(1-6).
  • Bouchez, A, Acton, D, Arcidiacono, C et al 2012, 'The Giant Magellan Telescope adaptive optics program', Adaptive Optics Systems III, ed. Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Amsterdam, pp. 1-12.
  • Conan, R, Bennet, F, Bouchez, A et al 2012, 'The giant magellan telescope laser tomography adaptive optics system', Adaptive Optics Systems III, ed. Brent L. Ellerbroek, Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Veran, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Amsterdam, pp. 1-17.
  • Zeller, E, Bennet, F, Neshev, D et al 2011, 'Laminated Air Structured and Fluid Infiltrated Polymer Waveguides', IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 23, no. 21, pp. 1564-1566.
  • Bennet, F, Alexander, T, Halinger, F et al. 2011, 'Self-trapping of broad beams in defocusing nonlinear lithium niobate waveguide arrays', European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO-EUROPE_EQEC 2011), IEEE, Munich Germany.
  • Bennet, F, Neshev, D & Kivshar, Y 2011, 'Observation of nonlinear self-trapping of broad beams in defocusing waveguide arrays', Physical Review Letters, vol. 106, no. 9, pp. 093901.
  • Bennet, F, Amuli, I, Neshev, D et al 2010, 'Switching from nonlinear beam focusing to defocusing in periodic structures', Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Quantum Electronics and Laser Science/Conference on Photonic Applications, Systems and Technologies (CLEO/QELS 2010), ed. Craig Arnold, Tommaso Baldacchini, Malcolm Gower, et al, Optical Society of America, San Jose, CA.
  • Bennet, F, Amuli, I, Sukhorukov, A et al. 2010, 'Focusing-to-defocusing crossover in nonlinear periodic structures', Optics Letters, vol. 35, no. 19, pp. 3213-3215.
  • Bennet, F & Farnell, J 2010, 'Waveguide arrays in selectively infiltrated photonic crystal fibres', Optics Communications, vol. 283, no. 20, pp. 4069-4073.
  • Bennet, F H & Farnell, J 2010 'Waveguide arrays in selectively infiltrated photonic crystal fibres', Optics Communications, vol. 283, pp. 4069-4073.
  • Lobanov, V, Kalinovich, A, Sukhorukov, A et al 2009, 'Nonlinear reflection of optical beams in the media with a thermal nonlinearity', Laser Physics, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 1112-1116.
  • Bennet, F, Farnell, J, Rasmussen, P et al 2008, 'Nonlocal gap solitons in fully and selectively liquid infiltrated photonic crystal fibres', Australian Institute of Physics Congress 2008, Australian Institute of Physics, Adelaide Australia.
  • Bennet, F, Rasmussen, P, Rosberg, C et al. 2008, 'Nonlocal Gap Solitons in Infiltrated Photonic Crystal Fibres', Frontiers in Optics, FiO 2008, Optical Society of American (OSA), Rochester, NY.
  • Rasmussen, P, Bennet, F, Neshev, D et al. 2009, 'Observation of two-dimensional nonlocal gap solitons', Optics Letters, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 295-297.
  • Zeller, E, Bennet, F, Neshev, D et al 2009, 'Planar fluid infiltrated waveguide arrays in SU8 epoxy polymer', Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology in association with the International Workshop on Dissipative Solitons (ACOLS ACOFT 2009), ed. Australian Optical Society, Australian Optical Society, Australia, pp. 150-151.
  • Bennet, F, Zeller, E, Larter, T et al 2009, 'Light propagation in novel fluid infiltrated polymer waveguide arrays', European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/IQEC 2009), ed. Optical Society of America, Optical Society of America, USA, p. 1.
  • Bennet, F, Amuli, I, Neshev, D et al 2009, 'Observation of focusing to defocusing crossover in nonlinear two-dimensional periodic structures', Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology in association with the International Workshop on Dissipative Solitons (ACOLS ACOFT 2009), ed. Australian Optical Society, Australian Optical Society, Australia, p. 2.
  • Bennet, F, Rosberg, C, Neshev, D et al 2008, 'Temporal nonlinear beam dynamics in infiltrated photonics crystal fibres', Proceedings of SPIE - Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging, vol. 6801, pp. I1-11.
  • Bennet, F, Rosberg, C, Rasmussen, P et al 2008, 'Nonlocal gap soliton in liquid infiltrated photonic crystal fibres', COIN and Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (COIN-ACOFT 2008), ed. Conference Program Committee, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Sydney Australia, pp. 1-2.
  • Rosberg, C, Bennet, F, Neshev, D et al 2007, 'Tunable diffraction and self-defocusing in liquid-filled photonic cyrstal fibres', Optics Express, vol. 15, no. 19, pp. 12145-12150.
  • Searle, A, Savage, C, Altin, P et al 2005, 'Through Einsteins Eyes', Australian Physics, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 84-86.