Mr. Ian P. Baker Profile

Ian P. Baker

Principal Engineer at Gooch & Housego PLC

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SPIE Journal Paper | 20 October 2020 Open Access

Development of a lightweight camera for high altitude platform systems

Paul C. Rees, Ian Baker, David Thomson, Dean Catterall, Martin Coleman, Martyn Jones, John Mitchell

OE, Vol. 59, Issue 10, 105104, (October 2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.59.10.105104

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Imaging systems, Cameras, Sensors, Wavefronts, Optical engineering, Temperature metrology, Titanium, Interfaces, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

3D-printed optical instrumentation: practical starter designs and initial experiences

Helen Jermak, Iain Steele, Stuart Bates, Ian Baker

Proceedings Volume 10706, 107060S (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312063

KEYWORDS: Computer aided design, Prototyping, Cameras, Telescopes, Mirrors, 3D printing, Sensors, Optical instrument design, Spectrographs, 3D modeling

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2014 Paper

Liverpool Telescope 2: a new robotic facility for time domain astronomy in 2020+

C. Copperwheat, I. Steele, M. Bode, S. Bates, R. Smith, I. Baker, K. Thomson, T. Peacocke

Proceedings Volume 9145, 914511 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055527

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Space telescopes, Robotics, Mirrors, Image segmentation, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Spectroscopy, Gamma radiation, Astronomy, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 7 September 2013 Paper

Fast manufacturing of E-ELT mirror segments using CNC polishing

D. Walker, C. Gray, R. Evans, N. Field, P. Rees, S. Waine, T. Fox-Leonard, I. Baker, G. Davies, J. Mitchell, G. Yu, W. Messelink

Proceedings Volume 8838, 88380K (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023475

KEYWORDS: Polishing, Metrology, Manufacturing, Aspheric lenses, Surface finishing, Prototyping, Mirrors, Optical testing, Optics manufacturing, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2011 Paper

Technologies for producing segments for extremely large telescopes

P. Rees, M. Parry-Jones, D. Walker, I. Baker, P. Harris, H. Li, W. Messelink, J. Mitchell, C. Atkins, R. Evans, S. Hamidi, G. Yu

Proceedings Volume 8126, 812604 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.893360

KEYWORDS: Polishing, Aspheric lenses, Manufacturing, Metrology, Profilometers, Large telescopes, Prototyping, Polishing equipment, Mirrors, Optical testing

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Proceedings Article | 28 September 2004 Paper

The Liverpool Telescope: performance and first results

Michael Bode, R. Zamanov, Robert Lett, Martyn Ford, Ian Baker, Iain Steele, Robert Smith, Gustavo Medrano-Cerda, Stephen Fraser, Mark Bowman, Anthony Mansfield, Dave Carter, A. Gomboc, Christopher Mottram, D. Raback, A. Scott, Jason Etherton, M. Tomlinson, Jonathon Marchant, S. Bates, Paul Rees

Proceedings Volume 5489, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551456

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Control systems, Robotics, Computer programming, Optical instrument design, Stars, Image quality, Actuators, Computing systems

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2003 Paper

Optimized unit telescopes for interferometric arrays

Christopher Haniff, Donald Wilson, John Rogers, Patrick Conway, David Buscher, Anthony Mansfield, Ian Baker

Proceedings Volume 4838, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458888

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Wavefronts, Interferometry, Tolerancing, Optical instrument design, Interferometers, Spherical lenses, Reflector telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 2 August 2000 Paper

Active approach to telescope design for the new generation of 2.0-m-class telescopes

Anthony Mansfield, Ian Baker

Proceedings Volume 4004, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.393951

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Optical instrument design, Collimation, Telescope design, Data transmission, Actuators, Structural design, Wavefronts, Adaptive optics

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