Dr. Brian Sands Profile

Dr. Brian Sands

at Univ of Notre Dame

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 2024 Presentation

Performance characterization of the iLocater spectrograph

Jonathan Crass, Michael Engelman, Brian Sands, Daniel Pappalardo, Marshall Johnson, Richard Pogge, Justin Crepp, Jeffrey Kruk, Christian Schwab, Jacob Pember, Jerry Mason, Hali Jakeman Flores, Joseph Thomes

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130961E (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020556

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

GPI 2.0: upgrade status of the Gemini Planet Imager

Jeffrey Chilcote, Quinn Konopacky, Randall Hamper, Bruce Macintosh, Christian Marois, Dmitry Savransky, Rémi Soummer, Jean-Pierre Véran, Guido Agapito, Arlene Aleman, Marco Bonaglia, Marc-André Boucher, Joel Burke, Vincent Chambouleyron, Robert De Rosa, Clarissa Do Ó, Jennifer Dunn, Matthew Engstrom, Simone Esposito, Guillaume Filion, Joeleff Fitzsimmons, Oyku Galvan, Dan Kerley, Jean-Thomas Landry, Olivier Lardière, Daniel Levinstein, Mary Anne Limbach, Jérôme Maire, Anna Matzner, Teo Mocnik, Bryony Nickson, Eric Nielsen, Jayke Nguyen, Meiji Nguyen, Saavidra Perera, Dillon Peng, Marshall Perrin, Emiel Por, Laurent Pueyo, Carlos Quiroz, Fredrik Rantakyrö, Brian Sands, Andreas Seifahrt, Garima Singh, Eduardo Wolf

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309699 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020642

KEYWORDS: Equipment, Design, Prisms, Stars, Gemini Observatory, Wavefront sensors, Adaptive optics, Planets, Iterated function systems, Gemini Planet Imager

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Poster + Paper

Testing and performance of IFS upgrades for GPI 2.0

Dillon Peng, Jeffrey Chilcote, Quinn Konopacky, Randall Hamper, Joel Burke, Brian Sands, Matthew Engstrom, Abigail Karaszewski, Rebecca Boyle, Mary Anne Limbach, Alexandra Greenbaum, Anand Sivaramakrishnan, Alexa Rizika, Saavidra Perera, Clarissa Do Ó, Jayke Nguyen, Bruce Macintosh, Joeleff Fitzsimmons, Christian Marois, Fredrik Rantakyrö, Arlene Aleman, Jérôme Maire, Robert De Rosa, Emiel Por, Dmitry Savransky, Meiji Nguyen, Marshall Perrin, Remi Soummer, Laurent Pueyo, Bryony Nickson, Eckhart Spalding

Proceedings Volume 12680, 126801Y (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677675

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Prisms, Design and modelling, Gemini Observatory, Wavefront sensors, Spectral resolution, Optical alignment, Iterated function systems, Gemini Planet Imager

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

Upgrading the Gemini planet imager to GPI 2.0

Saavidra Perera, Jeffrey Chilcote, Quinn Konopacky, Joeleff Fitzsimmons, Randall Hamper, Bruce Macintosh, Christian Marois, Dmitry Savransky, Remi Soummer, Jean-Pierre Veran, Guido Agapito, Arlene Aleman, S. Mark Ammons, Marco Bonaglia, Marc-Andre Boucher, Joel Burke, Maeve Curliss, Robert De Rosa, Clarissa Do Ó, Jennifer Dunn, Simone Esposito, Guillaume Filion, Dan Kerley, Jean-Thomas Landry, Olivier Lardiere, Daniel Levinstein, Duan Li, Mary Anne Limbach, Alex Madurowicz, Jérôme Maire, Maxwell Millar-Blanchaer, Bryony Nickson, Eric Nielsen, Jayke Nguyen, Meiji Nguyen, Dillon Peng, Marshall Perrin, Emiel Por, Lisa Poyneer, Laurent Pueyo, Fredrik Rantakyrö, Brian Sands, Eckhart Spalding, Kaitlyn Summey

Proceedings Volume 12680, 1268001 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676960

KEYWORDS: Equipment, Prisms, Stars, Gemini Observatory, Cameras, Wavefront sensors, Adaptive optics, Exoplanets, Planets, Gemini Planet Imager

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

GPI 2.0: performance of upgrades to the Gemini Planet Imager CAL and IFS

Dillon Peng, Maeve Curliss, Mary Anne Limbach, Jeffrey Chilcote, Randall Hamper, Quinn Konopacky, Joeleff Fitzsimmons, Bruce Macintosh, Christian Marois, Fredrik Rantakyrö, Arlene Aleman, Jérôme Maire, Robert De Rosa, Emiel Por, Dmitry Savransky, Brian Sands, Marshall Perrin, Remi Soummer, Isabel Kain, Laurent Pueyo, Bryony Nickson, Meiji Nguyen, Clarissa Do Ó, Saavidra Perera, Eckhart Spalding

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218443 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630329

KEYWORDS: Prisms, Microlens array, Gemini Observatory, Cameras, Sensors, Wavefront sensors, Spectral resolution, Gemini Planet Imager

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

GPI 2.0: upgrade status of the Gemini Planet Imager

Jeffrey Chilcote, Quinn Konopacky, Joeleff Fitzsimmons, Randall Hamper, Bruce Macintosh, Christian Marois, Dmitry Savransky, Remi Soummer, Jean-Pierre Véran, Guido Agapito, Arlene Aleman, S. Mark Ammons, Marco Bonaglia, Marc-Andre Boucher, Maeve Curliss, Robert De Rosa, Clarissa Do Ó, Jennifer Dunn, Simone Esposito, Guillaume Filion, Dan Kerley, Jean-Thomas Landry, Olivier Lardiere, Daniel Levinstein, Duan Li, Mary Anne Limbach, Alex Madurowicz, Jérôme Maire, Max Millar-Blanchaer, Bryony Nickson, Eric Nielsen, Jayke Nguyen, Meiji Nguyen, Dillon Peng, Saavidra Perera, Marshall Perrin, Emiel Por, Lisa Poyneer, Laurent Pueyo, Fredrik Rantakyrö, Brian Sands, Eckhart Spalding, Kaitlyn Summey

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121841T (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630159

KEYWORDS: Prisms, Stars, Gemini Observatory, Wavefront sensors, Adaptive optics, Exoplanets, Spectral resolution, Planets, Iterated function systems, Gemini Planet Imager

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

The iLocater cryostat and thermal control system: enabling extremely precise radial velocity measurements for diffraction-limited spectrographs

Jonathan Crass, Nandini Sadagopan, Matthew Misch, Alexa Rizika, Brian Sands, Matthew Engstrom, Justin Crepp, James Smous, Jeffrey Chilcote, Louis Fantano, Mike VanSickle, Frederick Hearty, Matthew Nelson

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121844X (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630199

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Exoplanets, Aluminum, Computer aided design, Performance modeling, Cryocoolers, Thermal modeling, Cryogenics, Vacuum equipment, Temperature metrology

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