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[instrumentation meeting] Oort room BM4.33 @ 11:00
by vanhese 18 Feb '26

18 Feb '26

Hi All, Today I was supposed to host the weekly instrumentation meeting, but I am sadly sick at home. Is there anyone else who can take over? Kind regards, Emily van Hese

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FW: Application Open: 2026 NYRIA Workshop
by haffert＠strw.leidenuniv.nl 16 Feb '26

16 Feb '26

Hi all, See below for this year’s NYRIA workshop. I sadly don’t have money to send people. So, you will need to find your own if you want to go. Sebastiaan From: Liberman, Joshua - (jliberman) <jliberman(a)arizona.edu> Sent: Monday, 16 February 2026 20:03 To: haffert <haffert(a)strw.leidenuniv.nl> Subject: Application Open: 2026 NYRIA Workshop Hi Sebastiaan, I was wondering if you would be willing to advertise the <https://nyriastronomy.github.io/workshops/2026/> 2026 NYRIA workshop to your department? The NYRIA (Network of Young Researchers for Instrumentation in Astronomy) workshop gathers young professionals in ground-based optical and infrared astronomical instrumentation to present their research and strengthen the global network of instrument scientists. This year's workshop will be held at the University of Arizona from October 19-23, 2026. The NYRIA 2026 workshop application is open and the application deadline is May 15th, 2026. This workshop is a great opportunity for early career researchers (ie. Master's students, PhD students, senior postdocs, and staff) to showcase their work, network with peers, and develop collaborations with other participants from around the world. The workshop will include a series of talks from participants in addition to lectures from invited speakers and tours of local astronomical facilities. The $150 application fee includes the full program, five nights of accommodation, a workshop dinner and tea and coffee breaks. Additional information about the program can be found on the NYRIA website <https://nyriastronomy.github.io/index.html> or you can email us at nyria2026(a)gmail.com <mailto:nyria2026@gmail.com> . Best, Josh Joshua Liberman [he/him] Third-Year PhD Student | Extreme Wavefront Control Lab <https://xwcl.science/> University of Arizona, James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences jliberman(a)arizona.edu <mailto:jliberman@arizona.edu>

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Instrumentation group meeting - 11:00 in Oort room
by haffert＠strw.leidenuniv.nl 11 Feb '26

11 Feb '26

Hi all, Better late than never. Group meeting today in the Oort room at 11:00. Send slides to me. Join Zoom Meeting https://universiteitleiden.zoom.us/j/7267353069?pwd=JQ4pnKb14HkPby0v9XJqmcg… Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards, Dr. Sebastiaan Haffert Assistant professor Leiden Observatory, Leiden University Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The Netherlands

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Dutch Photonics Event 2026
by haffert＠strw.leidenuniv.nl 04 Feb '26

04 Feb '26

Hi all, This might be an interesting event for some of you. I am most likely going to go there. Let me know if you are interested. Best Sebastiaan Dear researchers in optics and photonics, We would like to draw your attention to the DutchPhotonicsEvent ( <https://dutchphotonicsevent.nl/> https://dutchphotonicsevent.nl/) which will be held in the ‘Brabanthallen' venue in ’s Hertogenbosch on September 16 and 17, 2026. The DutchPhotonicsEvent, organized by PhotonicsNL, has a long-standing tradition bringing together industry and academics in the Netherlands. This coming iteration, it will be significantly renewed and expanded to include a two-day scientific conference with three parallel sessions, plenary sessions, a poster session, a job fair, and an exhibit. The ambition is to bring together the national science and industry communities across the entire fields of optics and photonics in The Netherlands. Currently confirmed plenary speakers include Andrea Alù (CUNY, USA) and Christine Silberhorn (Paderborn University, Germany). We hope you and your colleagues will join us for this exciting meeting! We warmly welcome researchers from all levels to submit abstracts for contributed talks or posters. The deadline for abstract submission is March 15. Abstracts should be at maximum 250 words and can contain an optional figure. See the <https://dutchphotonicsevent.nl/submission/> abstract submission website <https://dutchphotonicsevent.nl/submission/> for details. We invite contributions from all areas within optics and photonics and adjacent fields, including these directions (among others): * Integrated photonics * Nonlinear optics * Statistical optics * Quantum optics * Nanophotonics and metasurfaces * Optical fibers * Photonic and photovoltaic materials * Lasers, light sources and detectors * Ultrafast science and applications * Optical communications * Optical sensing and metrology * Neuromorphic photonics * Quantum communication, sensing and computing * Microscopy and computational imaging * Optics in advanced instrumentation We rely on your help and participation to make this initiative a success. Please help us spread the word by forwarding this email to your team members and interested students and colleagues. We hope to see you in Den Bosch in September! Best regards, on behalf of all organizers, Organizing Committee, DutchPhotonicsEvent Petra Wicherink (PhotonicsNL) Andrea Fiore (Eindhoven University of Technology) Anke Peters (Optics Netherlands) Wilbert IJzerman (Signify) Daniela Godoy (PhotonicsNL) Scientific Committee, DutchPhotonicsEvent Ewold Verhagen (AMOLF, chair) Imran Avci (VU Amsterdam) Stefan Bäumer (TNO) Michiel de Dood (Leiden University) Johannes Hohlbein (Wageningen University) Maria Antonietta Loi (Groningen University) David Marpaung (Twente University) Allard Mosk (Utrecht University) Chigo Okonkwo (Eindhoven University of Technology) Silvania Pereira (Delft University of Technology) Jessica Steinlechner (Maastricht University)

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[instrumentation meeting] Oort room BM4.33 @ 11:00
by Michiel Darcis 28 Jan '26

28 Jan '26

Hi all, Another week on this rocky planet and so another instrumentation meeting. Two slides to haffert(a)strw.leidenuniv.nl and m.darcis(a)sron.nl. See you there. Cheers, Michiel Join Zoom Meeting https://universiteitleiden.zoom.us/j/61014126606?pwd=XwqwfIBv4aIIsbHi08SLPz… Meeting ID: 610 1412 6606 Passcode: s3!UMxi!

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[instrumentation meeting] Oort room BW4.33 @11:00
by Michiel Darcis 21 Jan '26

21 Jan '26

Hi all, The TNO people had to cancel the presentation on TES detectors due to illness so we will have a normal instrumentation meeting. Slides to haffert(a)strw.leidenuniv.nl and m.darcis(a)sron.nl and bring your good selfs. Cheers, Michiel Join Zoom Meeting https://universiteitleiden.zoom.us/j/61014126606?pwd=XwqwfIBv4aIIsbHi08SLPz… Meeting ID: 610 1412 6606 Passcode: s3!UMxi!

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Delft science and technology group visit
by haffert＠strw.leidenuniv.nl 19 Jan '26

19 Jan '26

Hello all, Tomorrow we will have the group from Delft visiting us. We have an updated schedule for tomorrow since they couldn’t start in the morning. We now start at 12:45. I also removed the dinner because not enough people are available ( including me ). Schedule for Science and Technology group visit at Leiden Time What Where 12:45 – 13:15 Walk-in + coffee Kaiser Lounge 13:15 – 13:45 Welcome by Sebastiaan + overview presentation of what we do. Meeting room TBD 13:45 – 14:45 Visit to METIS and optical lab 14:45 – 15:15 2x Leiden Presentations + Q/A Meeting room TBD 15:15 – 15:45 Coffee Break 15:45 – 16:30 3x Leiden Presentations + Q/A Meeting room TBD 16:30 – 17:15 Open discussion time Meeting room TBD These are the talks that we will be giving. Sebastiaan : Introduction to Leiden instrumentation. What are our big projects (ELT, GMT, HWO). What technology do we develop (diffractive optics + real/soft time control). Infrastructure (new AO testbed). Rico : HWO + vector vortex coronagraphy Elena : PIAACMC coronagraphy Matthijs: Optical system modeling and non-linear wavefront sensing Yinzi: Fiber nulling and mode sorting Michiel : MKIDS and ZWFS Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards, Dr. Sebastiaan Haffert Assistant professor Leiden Observatory, Leiden University Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The Netherlands

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[instrumentation meeting] Oort room (BM4.33) @11:00
by Michiel Darcis 14 Jan '26

14 Jan '26

Hi all, Today we have another meeting in the Oort room at 11:00. Slides to haffert(a)strw.leidenuniv.nl and m.darcis(a)sron.nl. I heard from a good source we have a celebration tomorrow so even more of an incentive to come! Cheers, Michiel Join Zoom Meeting https://universiteitleiden.zoom.us/j/61014126606?pwd=XwqwfIBv4aIIsbHi08SLPz… Meeting ID: 610 1412 6606 Passcode: s3!UMxi!

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Leiden-Delft technology and science exchange
by haffert＠strw.leidenuniv.nl 13 Jan '26

13 Jan '26

Hi all, I am organizing a meeting next week on Tuesday (Jan 20th) where the research group from Delft that works on space technologies will visit us. We will visit them on a different date to see what they are doing. I am proposing this as a tentative schedule: Proposed schedule for Science and Technology group visit at Leiden Time What Where 9:45 – 10:15 Walk-in + coffee Kaiser Lounge 10:15 – 10:45 Welcome by Sebastiaan + overview presentation of what we do. 11:00 – 11:45 METIS integration hall visit METIS integration hall 11:45 – 13:15 Lunch UFO, The dish 13:15 – 14:00 2x Leiden Presentations + Q/A TBD 14:00 – 14:30 Optical Lab visit 14:30 – 15:15 2x Leiden Presentations + Q/A TBD 15:15 – 15:45 Coffee Break 15:45 – 16:30 2x Leiden Presentations + Q/A TBD 16:30 – 17:15 Discussion about synergies TBD 17:15 – 20:00 Dinner in Leiden Does anyone have any comments or suggestions about the schedule? I was thinking of maybe adding a visit to SRON in, but then we don’t have that much time to discuss the research side. Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards, Dr. Sebastiaan Haffert Assistant professor Leiden Observatory, Leiden University Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The Netherlands

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[instrumentation meeting] Oort room (BM4.33) @ 11:00
by Michiel Darcis 07 Jan '26

07 Jan '26

Hi all, I hope you all had a great holiday and are fully energised to make all your instrumentation wishes come true. The beloved instrumentation meetings are back and they haven’t changed. Send your slides to haffert(a)strw.leidenuniv.nl and m.darcis(a)sron.nl. Cheers, Michiel Join Zoom Meeting https://universiteitleiden.zoom.us/j/61014126606?pwd=XwqwfIBv4aIIsbHi08SLPz… Meeting ID: 610 1412 6606 Passcode: s3!UMxi!

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