Dr. Jim Thomas Profile

Dr. Jim Thomas

Computer Systems Engineer at Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp

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Publications (13)

Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

Commissioning SITELLE: an imaging Fourier transform spectrometer for the Canada France Hawaii Telescope

Marc Baril, Frédéric Grandmont, Julie Mandar, Laurent Drissen, Thomas Martin, Laurie Rousseau-Nepton, Simon Thibault, Denis Brousseau, Steve Levesque, Jim Thomas, Lison Malo, Glenn Morrison, Maëlle le Gal, Windell Jones, Gregory Barrick, Tom Benedict, Derrick Salmon, Simon Prunet, Daniel Devost

Proc. SPIE. 9908, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Telescopes, Mirrors, Metrology, Modulation, Interferometers, Cameras, Sensors, Fourier transforms, Collimators

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Proceedings Article | 8 August 2016 Paper

The upgraded telescope control system performance for the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope

Windell Jones-Palma, Brandon Metz, Kevin K. Ho, Jim Thomas

Proc. SPIE. 9906, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Safety, Clocks, Stars, Chromium, Control systems, Computer programming, Electroluminescence, Servomechanisms, Polonium

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

Laser traffic control system upgrades for Maunakea

Paul Stomski, Randy Campbell, Tom Cumming, Russell Kackley, Shui Kwok, Jim Thomas

Proc. SPIE. 9909, Adaptive Optics Systems V

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Telescopes, Astronomy, Laser scattering, Control systems, Space telescopes, Boron, Astronomical telescopes, Laser guide stars, Keck Observatory

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

SPIRou @ CFHT: design of the instrument control system

Gregory Barrick, Tom Vermeulen, Sébastien Baratchart, Vladimir Reshetov, Shiang-Yu Wang, François Dolon, Olivier Hernandez, Francesco Pepe, François Bouchy, Jennifer Dunn, Michel Dupieux, Gérard Gallou, Marie Larrieu, Alexandre Fonteneau, François Moreau, François Wildi, Laurent Parès, James Thomas, Chi-Hung Yan, René Doyon, Jean-François Donati, Philippe Vallée, Étienne Artigau, Xavier Delfosse, Patrick Rabou, Simon Thibault, Driss Kouach, David Loop

Proc. SPIE. 8451, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy II

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Stars, Sensors, Calibration, Lamps, Control systems, Optical benches, Control systems design, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

An upgrade to the telescope control system (TCS) for the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope

K. K. Ho, W. Cruise, J. Thomas

Proc. SPIE. 8444, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Logic, Computing systems, Amplifiers, Control systems, Computer programming, Head, Space telescopes, Servomechanisms, Analog electronics

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2008 Paper

Improved telescope focus using only two focus images

Gregory Barrick, Tom Vermeulen, James Thomas

Proc. SPIE. 7018, Advanced Optical and Mechanical Technologies in Telescopes and Instrumentation

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Eye, Stars, Imaging systems, Cameras, Image processing, Image quality, Solids, Image quality standards

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Proceedings Article | 14 July 2008 Paper

VASAO: visible all sky adaptive optics: a new adaptive optics concept for CFHT

Olivier Lai, Christian Veillet, Derrick Salmon, Kevin Ho, Marc Baril, Gregory Barrick, Jim Thomas, Douglas Teeple, Tom Benedict, Jean Paul Pique, Hugues Guillet de Chatellus

Proc. SPIE. 7015, Adaptive Optics Systems

KEYWORDS: Diffraction, Telescopes, Stars, Cameras, Sensors, Adaptive optics, Colorimetry, Sodium, Laser guide stars, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper

CFHT WIRCam software architecture and implementation

Tom Vermeulen, Douglas Teeple, Billy Mahoney, James Thomas, Loic Albert, Pierre Martin, Thierry Forveille, Chi-Hung Yan

Proc. SPIE. 6274, Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy

KEYWORDS: Human-machine interfaces, Telescopes, Optical filters, Digital signal processing, Stars, Cameras, Sensors, Interfaces, Image quality, Computer architecture

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

WIRCam: the infrared wide-field camera for the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope

Pascal Puget, Eric Stadler, Rene Doyon, Pierre Gigan, Simon Thibault, Gerard Luppino, Gregory Barrick, Tom Benedict, Thierry Forveille, William Rambold, James Thomas, Tom Vermeulen, Jeff Ward, Jean-Luc Beuzit, Philippe Feautrier, Yves Magnard, Guillaume Mella, Olivier Preis, Philippe Vallee, Shiang-yu Wang, Chueh-Jen Lin, Donald Hall, Klaus Hodapp

Proc. SPIE. 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy

KEYWORDS: Infrared cameras, Thermography, Telescopes, Optical filters, Astronomy, Cameras, Sensors, Infrared radiation, Infrared telescopes, Cryogenics

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2004 Paper

CFHT MegaPrime guide and focus control system

James Thomas, Gregory Barrick, William Cruise, Tom Vermeulen

Proc. SPIE. 5496, Advanced Software, Control, and Communication Systems for Astronomy

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Optical filters, Stars, Cameras, Calibration, Wavefront sensors, Control systems, Distortion, Image analysis, Charge-coupled devices

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