Publications and communications of Colin Dandumont

Hastanin, J., Mazy, E., Clermont, L., Michel, C., Dandumont, C., Georges, M., Rossi, L., Marcotte, S., Rabecki, F., & Thizy, C. (08 August 2025). Cost-effective BRDF spectroscopic bench involving gimbal-based sample positioning system. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 13567, 73. doi:10.1117/12.3059479

Mazy, E., Michel, C., Hastanin, J., Clermont, L., Rossi, L., Dandumont, C., Georges, M., Marcotte, S., & Thizy, C. (08 August 2025). Improved BRDF metrology platform for Copernicus CO2I FCU calibration. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 13567. doi:10.1117/12.3059481

Loicq, J., Defrere, D., Laugier, R., Saathof, R., Bouwmeester, J., Piron, P., Dandumont, C., Moreau, V., Borguet, B., Hallibert, P., Alaluf, D., Schifano, L., Escudero, I., & Lueftinger, T. (28 July 2025). Exoplanet explorer: a single spacecraft nulling interferometer. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 13699, 83. doi:10.1117/12.3072787

Michel, C., Clermont, L., Chouffart, Q., Mazy, E., Dandumont, C., De Rauw, D., La China, F., Fuente, I., Arts, M., Fougnie, B., & Zhao, Y. (28 July 2025). On-ground testing facility refinement for calibration of multiviewing, multichannel, multipolarisation imager (3MI) flight model 2. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 13699, 12. doi:10.1117/12.3071578

Defrere, D., Laugier, R., Martinod, M.-A., Garreau, G., Missiaen, K., Salman, M., Raskin, G., Dandumont, C., Ertel, S., Ireland, M. J., Kraus, S., Labadie, L., Mazzolli, A., Medgyesi, G., Sanny, A., Absil, O., Abraham, P., Berger, J.-P., Bonduelle, M., ... Woillez, J. (2024). L-band nulling interferometry at the VLTI with Asgard/NOTT: status and plans. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 14. doi:10.1117/12.3019922

Glauser, A. M., Quanz, S. P., Hansen, J., Dannert, F., Ireland, M. J., Linz, H., Absil, O., Alei, E., Angerhausen, D., Birbacher, T., Defrere, D., Fortier, A., Huber, P. A., Kammerer, J., Laugier, R., Lichtenberg, T., Noack, L., Ranganathan, M., Rugheimer, S., ... Wyatt, M. (2024). The Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE): a space mission for mid-infrared nulling interferometry. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 48. doi:10.1117/12.3019090

Loicq, J., Defrere, D., Laugier, R., Saathof, R., Bouwmeester, J., Piron, P., Potin, S., Dandumont, C., Moreau, V., Borguet, B., Hallibert, P., Alaluf, D., Escudero Sanz, I., Lueftinger, T., Mennesson, B., & Danchi, W. (2024). Single spacecraft nulling interferometer for exoplanets: preliminary concept. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 113. doi:10.1117/12.3018998

Martinod, M.-A., Defrere, D., Ireland, M. J., Kraus, S., Martinache, F., Tuthill, P. G., Allouche, F., Bouzerand, E., Bryant, J., Carter, J., Chhabra, S., Courtney-Barrer, B., Crous, F., Cvetojevic, N., Dandumont, C., Ertel, S., Gardner, T., Garreau, G., Glauser, A. M., ... Taras, A. (2024). Pushing high angular resolution and high contrast observations on the VLTI from Y to L band with the Asgard instrumental suite: integration status and plans. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 12. doi:10.1117/12.3016296

Garreau, G., Bigioli, A., Laugier, R., Raskin, G., Morren, J., Berger, J.-P., Dandumont, C., Goldsmith, H.-D. K., Gross, S., Ireland, M., Labadie, L., Loicq, J., Madden, S., Martin, G., Martinod, M.-A., Mazzoli, A., Sanny, A., Shao, H., Yan, K., & Defrere, D. (15 February 2024). Asgard/NOTT: L-band nulling interferometry at the VLTI. II. Warm optical design and injection system. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 10 (01). doi:10.1117/1.jatis.10.1.015002

Martinod, M.-A., Defrere, D., Ireland, M., Kraus, S., Martinache, F., Tuthill, P., Bigioli, A., Bouzerand, E., Bryant, J., Chhabra, S., Courtney-Barrer, B., Crous, F., Cvetojevic, N., Dandumont, C., Ertel, S., Gardner, T., Garreau, G., Glauser, A. M., Labadie, L., ... Taras, A. (27 June 2023). High-angular resolution and high contrast observations from Y to L band at the Very Large Telescope Interferometer with the Asgard Instrumental suite. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 9 (02). doi:10.1117/1.jatis.9.2.025007

Laugier, R., Defrere, D., Woillez, J., Courtney-Barrer, B., Dannert, F., Matter, A., Dandumont, C., Gross, S., Absil, O., Bigioli, A., Garreau, G., Labadie, L., Loicq, J., Martinod, M.-A., Mazzoli, A., Raskin, G., & Sanny, A. (13 March 2023). Asgard/NOTT: L-band nulling interferometry at the VLTI. I. Simulating the expected high-contrast performance. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 671. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202244351

Dandumont, C., Laugier, R., Emsenhuber, A., Gagne, J., Absil, O., Bigioli, A., Bonavita, M., Garreau, G., Ireland, M. J., Martinod, M.-A., Loicq, J., & Defrere, D. (26 August 2022). VLTI/Hi-5: detection yield predictions for young giant exoplanets. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 12183. doi:10.1117/12.2627942

Dandumont, C., Mazzoli, A., Laborde, V., Laugier, R., Bigioli, A., Garreau, G., Gross, S., Ireland, M. J., Kenchington Goldsmith, H.-D., Labadie, L., Martinod, M.-A., Raskin, G., Sanny, A., Loicq, J., & Defrere, D. (26 August 2022). Technical requirements and optical design of the Hi-5 spectrometer. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 12183. doi:10.1117/12.2627939

Defrere, D., Bigioli, A., Dandumont, C., Garreau, G., Laugier, R., Martinod, M.-A., Absil, O., Berger, J.-P., Bouzerand, E., Courtney-Barrer, B., Emsenhuber, A., Ertel, S., Gagne, J., Glauser, A. M., Gross, S., Ireland, M. J., Kenchington Goldsmith, H.-D., Kluska, J., Kraus, S., ... Woillez, J. (26 August 2022). L-band nulling interferometry at the VLTI with Asgard/Hi-5: status and plans. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 12183. doi:10.1117/12.2627953

Garreau, G., Bigioli, A., Raskin, G., Berger, J.-P., Dandumont, C., Kenchington Goldsmith, H.-D., Gross, S., Ireland, M. J., Labadie, L., Laugier, R., Loicq, J., Madden, S., Martin, G., Mazzoli, A., Morren, J., Shao, H., Yan, K., & Defrere, D. (26 August 2022). Design of the VLTI/Hi-5 light injection system. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 12183. doi:10.1117/12.2629180

Laugier, R., Defrere, D., Matter, A., Gross, S., Courtney-Barrer, B., Dannert, F., Woillez, J., Absil, O., & Dandumont, C. (26 August 2022). The expected performance of nulling at the VLTI down to 5 mas. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 12183. doi:10.1117/12.2629292

Martinod, M.-A., Defrere, D., Ireland, M. J., Kraus, S., Martinache, F., Tuthill, P., Bigioli, A., Bryant, J., Chhabra, S., Courtney-Barrer, B., Crous, F., Cvetojevic, N., Dandumont, C., Garreau, G., Lagadec, T., Laugier, R., Mortimer, D. J., Norris, B., Robertson, G., & Taras, A. (26 August 2022). High-angular and high-contrast VLTI observations from J to M band with the Asgard instrumental suite. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 12183. doi:10.1117/12.2628151

Sanny, A., Gross, S., Labadie, L., Defrere, D., Bigioli, A., Laugier, R., Dandumont, C., & Withford, M. J. (26 August 2022). Development of the 4-telescope photonic nuller of Hi-5 for the characterization of exoplanets in the mid-IR. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 12183. doi:10.1117/12.2628903

Dannert, F. A., Ottiger, M., Quanz, S. P., Laugier, R., Fontanet, E., Gheorghe, A., Absil, O., Dandumont, C., Defrere, D., Gascón, C., Glauser, A. M., Kammerer, J., Lichtenberg, T., Linz, H., & Loicq, J. (09 August 2022). Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE): II. Signal simulation, signal extraction, and fundamental exoplanet parameters from single-epoch observations. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 664, 22. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202141958

Quanz, S. P., Ottiger, M., Fontanet, E., Kammerer, J., Menti, F., Dannert, F., Gheorghe, A., Absil, O., Airapetian, V. S., Alei, E., Allart, R., Angerhausen, D., Blumenthal, S., Buchhave, L. A., Cabrera, J., Carrión-González, Ó., Chauvin, G., Danchi, W. C., Dandumont, C., ... Wyatt, M. C. (09 August 2022). Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE): I. Improved exoplanet detection yield estimates for a large mid-infrared space-interferometer mission. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 664, 21. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202140366

Dandumont, C., Defrere, D., & Loicq, J. (11 June 2021). Feasibility study of an interferometric Small-Sat to study exoplanets. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 11852. doi:10.1117/12.2599624

Dandumont, C., Kammerer, J., Defrere, D., & Loicq, J. (December 2020). Performance study of interferometric small-sats to detect exoplanets: Updated exoplanet yield and application to nearby exoplanets [Poster presentation]. SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2020.

Dandumont, C., Kammerer, J., Defrere, D., & Loicq, J. (December 2020). Performance study of interferometric small-sats to detect exoplanets:Updated exoplanet yield and application to nearby exoplanets. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 11446. doi:10.1117/12.2562119

Defrere, D., Absil, O., Berger, J.-P., Danchi, W. C., Dandumont, C., Eisenhauer, F., Ertel, S., Gardner, A., Glauser, A., Hinz, P., Ireland, M., Kammerer, J., Kraus, S., Labadie, L., Lacour, S., Laugier, R., Loicq, J., Martin, G., Martinache, F., ... Woillez, J. (December 2020). Review and scientific prospects of high-contrast optical stellar interferometry. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 11446. doi:10.1117/12.2561505

Dandumont, C., Defrere, D., Kammerer, J., Absil, O., Quanz, S. P., & Loicq, J. (23 September 2020). Exoplanet detection yield of a space-based Bracewell interferometer from small to medium satellites. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 6 (3). doi:10.1117/1.JATIS.6.3.035004

Adler, A., Anthony, N., Archimbaud, M., Beeck, S., Bjorge-Engeland, I., Bogacz, E., Boutier, F., Camplone, V., Collier, H., Dandumont, C., Dhuicque, O., Drozd, B., Eizinger, M., Fayolle-Chambe, M., Galetsky, V., Linder, B., Lopez-Contreras, E., Milasevicius, M., Mueller, F., ... Zeif, R. (May 2020). GRAVL: a new satellite mission concept aiming to detect earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.5 Mw and higher [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly 2020. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-8304

Dandumont, C. (2018). From mission analysis to systems engineering of the OUFTI-Next nanosatellite [Master’s dissertation, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/238824