Publications by Mats G. Löfdahl

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Peer-reviewed journal articles

Evaluation of image-shift measurement algorithms for solar Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensors,
Löfdahl, Astronomy & Astrophysics, A90, 524, 2010. [Preprint]

Striation and convection in penumbral filaments,
Spruit, Scharmer, & Löfdahl, Astronomy & Astrophysics, A72, 521, 2010. [Preprint]

High-order aberration compensation with Multi-frame Blind Deconvolution and Phase Diversity image restoration techniques,
Scharmer, Löfdahl, van Werkhoven, & de la Cruz Rodriguez, Astronomy & Astrophysics, A68, 521, 2010. [Preprint]

CRISP spectropolarimetric imaging of penumbral fine structure,
Scharmer, Narayan, Hillberg, de la Cruz Rodriguez, Sütterlin, Löfdahl, van Noort, Kiselman & Lagg, Astrophysical Journal Letters, pp. L69-L72, 689(1), 2008.

Multi-frame deconvolution with space-variant point spread functions by use of inverse filtering and FFT,
Löfdahl, Applied Optics, 46(21), pp. 4686-4693, 2007. [Preprint]

Contrast analysis of solar faculae and magnetic bright points,
Berger, Rouppe van der Voort & Löfdahl, Astrophysical Journal, 661(2):1272--1288

Observations of dark-cored filaments in sunspot penumbrae,
Langhans, Scharmer, Kiselman, & Löfdahl, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 464, pp. 763-774, 2007. [doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065215]

Erratum -- A comparative study of the contrast of solar magnetic elements in CN and CH,
Zakharov, Gandorfer, Solanki, & Löfdahl (2007), Astronomy & Astrophysics, 461, pp. 695.

Rapid temporal variability of faculae: High resolution observations and modelling,
De Pontieu, Carlsson, Stein, Löfdahl, van Noort, Nordlund, Rouppe van der Voort, & Scharmer, Astrophysical Journal, 646, pp. 1405, 2006. [Preprint] [Movies]

Solar image restoration by use of multi-frame blind deconvolution with multiple objects and phase diversity,
van Noort, Rouppe van der Voort & Löfdahl (2005), Solar Physics, 228(1-2), pp. 191-215. [Abstract] [Preprint] [doi:10.1007/s11207-005-5782-z]

A comparative study of the contrast of solar magnetic elements in CN and CH,
Zakharov, Gandorfer, Solanki, & Löfdahl (2005), Astronomy & Astrophysics, 437, pp. L43-L46. [Preprint] [doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200500135]

Inclination of magnetic fields and flows in sunspot penumbrae,
Langhans, Scharmer, Kiselman, Löfdahl & Berger (2005), Astronomy & Astrophysics, 436(3), pp. 1087-1101 [Preprint] [doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20052678]

Solar magnetic elements at 0.1 arcsec resolution - General appearance and magnetic structure,
Berger, Rouppe van der Voort, Löfdahl, Carlsson, Fossum, Hansteen, Marthinussen, Title & Scharmer (2004), Astronomy & Astrophysics, 428, pp. 613-628 (plus online material). [Abstract] [Preprint] [doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20040436]

Penumbral structure at 0.1 arcsec resolution. I. General appearance and power spectra,
Rouppe van der Voort, Löfdahl, Kiselman, & Scharmer (2004), Astronomy & Astrophysics, 414, pp. 717-726. [Abstract] [Preprint] [doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20031611]

Dark cores in sunspot penumbral filaments,
Scharmer, Gudiksen, Kiselman, Löfdahl & Rouppe van der Voort (2002), Nature, 420, pp. 151-153. [Abstract] [Preprint] [doi:10.1038/nature01173]

Two dual-wavelength sequences of high-resolution solar photospheric images captured over several hours and restored by use of phase diversity,
Löfdahl, Berger & Seldin (2001), Astronomy & Astrophysics, 377, pp. 1128-1135. [Abstract] [Preprint] [doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20011118]

An algorithm for resolving 2π ambiguities in interferometric measurements by use of multiple wavelengths,
Löfdahl & Eriksson (2001), Optical Engineering, 40(6), pp. 984-990. [Abstract] [Preprint] [doi:10.1117/1.1365936]

Calibration of a deformable mirror and Strehl ratio measurements by use of phase diversity,
Löfdahl, Scharmer & Wei (2000), Applied Optics, 39(1), pp. 94. [Abstract] [Offprint]

Dynamics of magnetic flux elements in the solar photosphere,
van Ballegooijen, Nisenson, Noyes, Löfdahl, Stein, Nordlund & Krishnakumar (1998), Astrophysical Journal, 509, pp. 435. [Abstract] [Offprint] [doi:10.1086/306471]

Measurements of solar magnetic element dispersal,
Berger, Löfdahl, Shine & Title (1998), Astrophysical Journal, 506, pp. 439. [Abstract] [Offprint] [doi:10.1086/306228]

Measurements of solar magnetic element motion from high resolution filtergrams,
Berger, Löfdahl, Shine & Title (1998), Astrophysical Journal, 495, pp. 973. [Abstract] [Offprint] [Plates] [doi:10.1086/305309]

Preparation of a dual wavelength sequence of high resolution solar photospheric images using phase diversity,
Löfdahl, Berger, Shine & Title (1998), Astrophysical Journal, 495, pp. 965. [Abstract] [Offprint] [Plates] [doi:10.1086/305308]

Fine structures of magnetic field in solar quiet region,
Zhang, Scharmer, Löfdahl & Yi (1998), Solar Physics, 183, pp. 283. [Abstract]

Evaluation of phase-diversity techniques for solar-image restoration,
Paxman, Seldin, Löfdahl, Scharmer & Keller (1996), Astrophysical Journal, 466, pp. 1087-1099. [Abstract] [Offprint] [doi:10.1086/177578]

Wavefront sensing and image restoration from focused and defocused solar images,
Löfdahl & Scharmer (1994), Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplements Series, 107, pp. 243-264. [Abstract] [Offprint]

Swedish solar telescope: Short summary of instrumentation and observation techniques,
Scharmer & Löfdahl (1991), Advances in Space Research: Opening Frontiers in Solar Research, 11(5), pp. 129-132. [Abstract] [doi:10.1016/0273-1177(91)90369-U]


Peer-reviewed conference proceedings articles

Wavefront sensing and wavefront reconstruction for the 4m European Solar Telescope EST,
Berkefeld, Soltau, Del Moro, & Löfdahl, in Proc. SPIE 7736 Adaptive Optics Systems II, pp. 77362J-77362J-9, 2010.

Adaptive optics and MCAO for the 4-m European Solar Telescope EST,
Soltau, Berkefeld, Sánchez Capuchino, Collados Vera, Del Moro, Löfdahl, & Scharmer, in Proc. SPIE 7736 Adaptive Optics Systems II, pp. 77360U-77360U-11, 2010.

Recent high resolution observations and interpretations of sunspot fine structure,
Scharmer, Langhans, Kiselman & Löfdahl, 2007, in New Solar Physics with Solar-B Mission, Proc. 6th Solar-B Science Meeting, Shibata, Nagata, & Sakurai, eds., vol. 369 of Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, p. 71 [Preprint]

What are 'Faculae'?,
Berger, Title, Tarbell, Rouppe van der Voort, Löfdahl, and Scharmer, 2007, in New Solar Physics with Solar-B Mission, Shibata, Nagata, & Sakurai, eds., vol. 369 of Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, p. 103

Solar image restoration,
Löfdahl, van Noort & Denker (2007), invited review, in Proc. Modern Solar Facilities - Advanced Solar Science, workshop in Göttingen 27-29 September, 2006, Kneer, Puschmann & Wittmann, eds., pp. 119-126. [Viewgraphs] [Preprint]

Solar image restoration by use of multi-object multi-frame blind deconvolution,
van Noort, Rouppe van der Voort & Löfdahl, 2006, in Solar MHD: Theory and Observations - a High Spatial Resolution Perspective, NSO Workshop #23, Leibacher, Stein & Uitenbroek, eds., ASP Conf. Ser. 354:55. [Poster a0] [Poster a4] [Preprint]

Phase diverse speckle inversion applied to data from the Swedish 1-meter solar telescope,
Löfdahl & Scharmer (2003), Proc. SPIE 4853, Innovative Telescopes and Instrumentation for Solar Astrophysics, Keil & Avakyan, eds., pp. 567-575. [Abstract] [Preprint]

Adaptive optics system for the new Swedish solar telescope,
Scharmer, Dettori, Löfdahl & Shand (2003), Proc. SPIE 4853, Innovative Telescopes and Instrumentation for Solar Astrophysics, Keil & Avakyan, eds., pp. 370-380. [Abstract] [Preprint]

Multi-frame blind deconvolution with linear equality constraints,
Löfdahl (2002), in Proc. SPIE 4792, Image Reconstruction from Incomplete Data II, Bones, Fiddy, & Millane, eds., pp. 146-155. [Abstract] [Preprint]

A predictor approach to closed-loop phase-diversity wavefront sensing,
Löfdahl & Scharmer (2000), in Proc. SPIE 4013, UV, Optical, and IR Telescopes and Instrumentation VI, Breckinridge & Jacobsen, eds., pp. 737-748. [Preprint]

Resolving piston ambiguities when phasing a segmented mirror,
Löfdahl & Eriksson (2000), in Proc. SPIE 4013, UV, Optical, and IR Telescopes and Instrumentation VI, Breckinridge & Jacobsen, eds., pp. 774-782. [Preprint]

A workstation based solar/stellar adaptive optics system,
Scharmer, Shand, Löfdahl, Dettori & Wei (2000), in Proc. SPIE 4007, Adaptive Optical Systems Technology, Wizinowich, ed., pp. 239-250. [Preprint]

Fast phase diversity wavefront sensing for mirror control,
Löfdahl, Duncan, & Scharmer (1998), in Proc. SPIE 3353, Adaptive Optical System Technologies, Bonnaccini & Tyson, eds., pp. 952-963. [Preprint]

A phase diversity experiment to measure piston misalignment on the segmented primary mirror of the Keck II telescope,
Löfdahl, Kendrick, Harwit, Mitchell, Duncan, Seldin, Paxman & Acton (1998), in Proc. SPIE 3356, Space Telescopes and Instruments V, Bely & Breckinridge, eds., pp. 1190-1201. [Preprint]

Application of phase-diversity to solar images,
Löfdahl & Scharmer, (1994), in Proc. SPIE 2302, Image reconstruction and restoration, Schultz and Snyder, eds., pp. 254-267. Invited paper.


Other conference proceedings articles

SST/CRISP Magnetometry with Fe I 630.2 nm,
Narayan, Scharmer, Hillberg, Löfdahl, van Noort, Sutterlin, & Lagg (2008), in Proc. 12th European Solar Physics Meeting, Freiburg, Germany, September, 8-12, 2008, p.2.2-64, 12:120.

Spectropolarimetry of Sunspots at 0.16 arcsec resolution,
Scharmer, Henriques, Hillberg, Kiselman, Löfdahl, Narayan, Sütterlin, van Noort & de La Cruz Rodriguez (2008), in Proc. 12th European Solar Physics Meeting, Freiburg, Germany, September, 8-12, 2008, p.2.5, 12:2.

First results from the Swedish 1-m solar telescope,
Scharmer, Kiselman, Löfdahl & Rouppe van der Voort, ASP Conference Series 307, Proc. Third International Workshop on Solar Polarization, Trujillo Bueno & Sánchez Almeida, eds., Tenerife, 2003. [Abstract] [Preprint]

The multi aperture imaging array,
Zarifis, Bell, Benson, Cuneo, Duncan, Herman, Holmes, Sigler, Stone, Stubbs, Kendrick, Paxman, Seldin & Löfdahl (1999), in ASP Conf. Series 194, Working on the Fringe: Optical and IR Interferometry from Ground and Space, Unwin and Stachnik, eds, pp. 278. [Draft] [ADS]

Orthogonalization of basis functions for diagonalized wavefront sensing,
Löfdahl (1999), in ASP Conf. Series 183, Proc. Nineteenth Sacramento Peak Summer Workshop, High Resolution Solar Physics: Theory, Observations, and Techniques, Rimmele, Radick, & Balasubramaniam, Eds., pp. 320-329 [Preprint]

Phase-diversity restoration of solar images,
Löfdahl & Scharmer (1993), in Proc. Thirteenth Sacramento Peak Summer Workshop, Real Time and Post Facto Solar Image Correction, Radick, Ed., pp. 89-104.

The ROYACS user library,
Löfdahl (1992), in Proc. LEST Mini-Workshop, Software for Solar Image Processing, Yi, Darvann & Molowny Horas, Eds.


Abstracts with no corresponding proceedings articles

EST: the European Solar Telescope,
Kiselman, Löfdahl & Scharmer, Astronomdagar, Kiruna, Sweden, 2007. [Poster]

The Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope,
Kiselman, Löfdahl, Scharmer & van Noort, Astronomdagar, Kiruna, Sweden, 2007. [Poster]

Restoration of seeing-degraded solar images,
Löfdahl, Astronomdagar, Uppsala, Sweden, 21-22 October, 2005. [Viewgraphs]

Dark-cored penumbral filaments - the building blocks of sunspot penumbrae?,
Langhans, Scharmer, Kiselman & Löfdahl, Astronomdagar, Uppsala, Sweden, 21-22 October, 2005.

High resolution magnetogram measurements of solar faculae,
Berger, van der Voort, & Löfdahl, (2005), AGU spring meeting, May, 2005. [Viewgraphs]

High-resolution observing techniques,
Scharmer & Löfdahl (2004), 3rd ESMN School on Solar Magnetometry and Solar Magnetism, Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia. 3-10 November, 2004. [Viewgraphs]

Image quality effects from wavelength dependent pupil apodisation in narrow-band filters,
Löfdahl & Scharmer (2004), Solar Image Processing Workshop II, Annapolis, Maryland, USA. 3-5 November, 2004. [Viewgraphs]

Multi-object phase diversity solar image reconstruction,
van Noort, Rouppe van der Voort & Löfdahl (2004), Solar Image Processing Workshop II, Annapolis, Maryland, USA. 3-5 November, 2004.

Image reconstruction,
Denker, Tritschler & Löfdahl (2004), Solar Image Processing Workshop II, Annapolis, Maryland, USA. 3-5 November, 2004.

Innovative information technology for space weather research,
Wang, Qu, Shih, Denker, Gerbessiotis, Löfdahl, Rees & Keller (2004), American Astronomical Society Meeting 204, #52.09

Observations of solar magnetic elements with 0.1 arcsec resolution,
Berger, Rouppe van der Voort, Löfdahl, Carlsson, Fossum, Hansteen, Marthinussen, Title & Scharmer (2004), American Astronomical Society Meeting 204, #20.05

Intensity oscillations in the upper transition region above active region plage,
De Pontieu, Erdelyi, de Wijn & Löfdahl (2003), AGU Fall Meeting 2003, abstract SH42B-0540

Observations of magnetoconvection in sunspots with 100 km resolution,
Berger, Löfdahl, Scharmer & Title (2003), BAAS #34, 11.08

Observation and modelling of micropore formation in active network regions,
Berger, Löfdahl & Bercik (2002), BAAS 34, p. 953

The use of the Shack-Hartmann wavefront data for phase-diversity analysis,
Löfdahl & Scharmer (1997), LEST workshop: Towards a Next Generation, Large Solar Telescope, Kiepenheuer Institut für Sonnenphysik, Freiburg, Dec. 1997

Phase-diversity restoration of two simultaneous 70-minute photospheric sequences,
Löfdahl, Berger, Title & Shine (1997), Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 29(2), p. 896 (poster abstract).

Measurements of magnetic element dynamics in the network,
Berger, Löfdahl, Shine & Title (1997), Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 29(2), p. 896 (poster abstract).

A phase diversity sensor to measure piston misalignment on the the Keck II segmented mirror,
Harwit, Löfdahl, Kendrick, Seldin, Paxman, Acton & Duncan (1997), in NGST Technology Challenge Review, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA, 7-12 July 1997. [Viewgraphs]

Phase-diversity restoration of solar images,
Löfdahl & Scharmer (1993), OSA Annual Meeting Technical Digest, 16, Conference edition p. 67.

JOSO meeting 1992... (abstract)


Dissertations

Phase diversity wavefront sensing and image restoration applied to high-resolution solar observations,
Löfdahl (1996), [Part text], PhD thesis, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.

Diffuse reflection from rough surfaces,
Löfdahl (1989), Master's thesis, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.


Books

Image restoration,
Denker, Tritschler & Löfdahl (2005), in Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering, Driggers, eds., Marcel Dekker, Inc. [Preprint] [doi:10.1081/E-EOE-120038539] [doi:10.1081/E-EOE-120038539]

Fysikalen I-V,
Löfdahl, Kann & Groth, eds. (1992), Fysikalen, Fysiksektionen, Tekniska Högskolans Studentkĺr.


Popular writing

Svarta droppen,
Kiselman & Löfdahl (2004), Populär astronomi, 2, p. 38

En störande atmosfär,
Löfdahl (1996), Akademiska Gobitar, 1, pp. 29-31


Miscellaneous

Scharmer, Löfdahl, Rouppe van der Voort (2000), Frontispiece in Solar Physics 196(1)

The SVST AO system: First results,
Scharmer, Wei, Löfdahl & Shand (1999), www.solarphysics.kva.se/mats/AO/onoff/onoff.html


Mats Löfdahl <mats@astro.su.se>
Time-stamp: <2011-01-11 14:57:52 mats>