Dr. Lewis G. Waller Profile

Dr. Lewis G. Waller

Electronics Engineer at Australian Astronomical Optics Macquarie Univ

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Publications (56)

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Vacuum adhesion of Starbug fibre optic positioning robots in high-altitude ground-based astronomy instrumentation

Ellie O'Brien, Jon Lawrence, Celestina Lacombe, Michael Thomakos, Michael Goodwin, James Gilbert, Slavko Mali, Rolf Muller, Nirmala Kunwar, Jahanzeb Zahoor, Lew Waller, Tony Farrell

Proceedings Volume 12182, 1218237 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629158

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Green fluorescent protein, Observatories, Robots, Fiber optics, Ferroelectric materials, Astronomy, Stellar astronomy, Liquid crystal on silicon, Glasses

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Starbugs are self-motile fibre optic positioning robots developed by AAO-MQ. MANIFEST (MANy Instrument FibrE SysTem) is a facility class Instrument which will operate up to 900 Starbugs on the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). The FOBOS (Fibre-Optic Broadband Optical Spectrograph) Fibre Positioner is a facility class Instrument which will operate up to 1800 Starbugs on the Keck Telescope. Starbugs deliver an optical payload to the location of an astronomical object on the telescope focal plane. The Starbugs are made from a pair of concentric Piezoceramic Tubes (PZT), and a high-voltage waveform is applied to the PZT to create an actuation. Staging of the waveform creates successive microsteps, on the order of 3-20 μm each, at a driven frequency of 100Hz. The Starbugs are adhered to the Glass Field Plate (GFP) using an ancillary vacuum system, which must provide sufficient adhesion force to maintain the Starbug GFP position in the high-altitude environmental conditions at Mauna Kea (MKO) and Las Campanas Observatory (LCO) sites. The minimum vacuum adhesion requirements to achieve Starbug GFP position were used to specify the vacuum pump flow rate and operational head pressure. The vacuum adhesion requirements were experimentally obtained using the Starbug Test Stand, located in Sydney, Australia. The Starbugs Test Stand vacuum adhesion requirements were parametised for dry air mass flow rate and head pressure, and then corrected for the 95th percentile environmental conditions at MKO and LCO. The vacuum system numerical model was verified by the TAIPAN instrument. When corrected for ambient atmospheric conditions at the UK Schmidt Telescope (Siding Spring Observatory, Australia), the numerical model could predict the steady state vacuum pump speed with 1.29% variation from the measured vacuum pump speed recorded by the TAIPAN Instrument control software. This capability of the numerical model will be used for real-time condition monitoring of the Starbugs Instruments.

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

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Overall performance of AESOP: the 4MOST fibre positioner

David Adams, Peter Gillingham, Ellen Houston, Urs Klauser, Yevgen Kripak, Nirmala Kunwar, Jon Lawrence, Slavko Mali, Helen McGregor, Rolf Muller, Naveen Pai, Ellie O'brien, Will Saunders, Scott Smedley, Lew Waller, Jahanzeb Zahoor, Jessica Zheng, Gabriella Baker, Sufyan Baker, Scott Case, Jack Coyne, Wojtek Maslak, Vijay Nichani, Sudharshan Venkatesan, Jurek Brzeski, Timothy Chin, Rebecca Brown, Tony Farrell

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121846M (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627900

KEYWORDS: Spine, Actuators, Fiber science, Telescopes, Tolerancing, Metrology, Galactic astronomy, Calibration, Assembly tolerances, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

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Design of the near infrared camera DIRAC for East Anatolia Observatory

Onur Keskin, Laurent Jolissaint, Deniz Coker, Cahit Yesilyaprak, Bulent Gucsav, Ross Zhelem, David Adams, Nick Binos, Julia Bryant, Scott Case, Timothy Chin, Vladimir Churilov, Robert Content, Tony Farrell, Mario Gonzalez, Urs Klauser, Yevgen Kripak, Nirmala Kunwar, Jon. Lawrence, Nuria Lorente, Summer Luo, Slavko Mali, Erica Mcdonald, Helen McGregor, Rolf Muller, Naveen Pai, Lew Waller, Minh Vuong, Jessica Zheng, Yuriy Kondrat, Vijay Nichani, Jahanzeb Zahoor, Barnaby Norris, Annino Vaccarella, Nick Herrald, James Gilbert

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218440 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629716

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Cameras, Optical filters, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Lenses, Cryogenics, Mirrors, Image quality, Coronagraphy

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

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Hector spectrograph (spector): mechanical engineering overview

Mahesh Mohanan, Jonathan Bland-Hawthorn, Julia Bryant, Rebecca Brown, Robert Content, Scott Croom, Tony Farrell, Michael Goodwin, Ellen Houston, Urs Klauser, Jon Lawrence, Helen McGregor, Naveen Pai, David Robertson, Will Saunders, Lew Waller, Jessica Zheng, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121847P (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630617

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Collimators, Kinematics, Cameras, Mechanical engineering, Sensors, Optical alignment, Beam splitters, Tolerancing, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

MANIFEST@GMT science overview: a multi-interface, multi-mode instrument science and simulations

Jonathan Lawrence, Jessica Zheng, Helen McGregor, David Adams, Celestina Lacombe, Vitor Hartmann, Michael Goodwin, Nuria Lorente, Ellie O'Brien, Will Saunders, Matthew Colless, Daniel Faes, Jennifer Marshall, Darren DePoy, Nirmala Kunwar, Lew Waller, Alexandar Ji, Dennis Zaritsky, Casey Papovich, Steven Finkelstein, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Tayyaba Zafar, Roderik Overzier, Kyler Kuehn, Luca Cortese, Scott Croom, Sarah Martell, Anilkumar Mailvaganam, Andrew Hopkins, Magda Arnaboldi, Céline Péroux, Christian Johnson

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218417 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628142

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Stars, Interfaces, Telescopes, Polarimetry, Kinematics, Radio astronomy, Gamma radiation, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Final integration of the Gemini High-Resolution Optical SpecTrograph (GHOST) spectrograph

Alan McConnachie, Michael Ireland, Andre Anthony, John Bassett, Greg Burley, Edward Chapin, Vladimir Churilov, Adam Densmore, Jennifer Dunn, Tony Farrell, David Henderson, Brian Hoff, Jordan Lothrop, Scott Macdonald, Steve Margheim, Vladimir Reshetov, Ivan Wevers, Peter Young, Ross Zhelem, Lewis Waller, John Pazder

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121841D (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630715

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Gemini Observatory, Telescopes, Beam splitters, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

TAIPAN starbugs: commissioning and the start of science observations

Nuwanthika Fernando, Rebecca Brown, Tony Farrell, Anthony Horton, Celestina Lacombe, Ellie O'Brien, Helen McGregor, Jessica Zheng, Jon Lawrence, Lewis Waller, Michael Goodwin, Nuria Lorente, Tayyaba Zafar

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121840Y (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629109

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Metrology, Connectors, Optical fibers, Spectrographs, Astronomical spectroscopy, Mechanical positioning systems, Technology

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

MAVIS: imager and spectrograph

Jessica Zheng, Ross Zhelem, Ellis Simon, Christian Schwab, Anthony Horton, Richard McDermid, Will Saunders, Robert Content, Timothy Chin, Mahesh Mohanan, Scott Smedley, David Robertson, Giovanni Cresci, François Rigaut, David Brodrick, Nuwanthika Fernando, Nuria Lorente, Helen McGregor, Jacob Pember, Lew Waller, Johan Kosmalski, Trevor Mendel, Andrea Bianco, Jennifer Burgess, Dionne Haynes, Davide Greggio, Alessio Zanutta

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218409 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629238

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Imaging systems, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Spatial resolution, Visible radiation, Imaging spectroscopy, Spherical lenses, Spectroscopy, Diffraction

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

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AESOP, the 4MOST fibre positioner: engineering principles

Timothy Chin, Dave Adams, Rebecca Brown, Tony Farrell, Peter Gillingham, Ellen Houston, Urs Klauser, Yevgen Kripak, Nirmala Kunwar, Jon Lawrence, Slavko Mali, Helen McGregor, Rolf Muller, Naveen Pai, Ellie O'brien, Will Saunders, Lew Waller, Jahanzeb Zahoor, Jessica Zheng, Gabriella Baker, Sufyan Baker, Scott Case, Jack Coyne, Wojtek Maslak, Vijay Nichani, Sudharshan Venkatesan, Scott Smedley, James Gibson, Jurek Brzeski

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121846N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627903

KEYWORDS: Spine, Telescopes, Tolerancing, Assembly tolerances, Interfaces, Metrology, Kinematics, Assembly equipment, Sensors, Manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

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Spector: integration and performance of the multi-object spectrograph for the Anglo-Australian Telescope

Ross Zhelem, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Rebecca Brown, Julia Bryant, Robert Content, Scott Croom, Tony Farrell, Michael Goodwin, Ellen Houston, Urs Klauser, Jon Lawrence, Helen McGregor, Mahesh Mohanan, Naveen Pai, David Robertson, Richard Mcdermid, Adeline Wang, Will Saunders, Lew Waller, Jessica Zheng, Barnaby Norris, Slavko Mali, Rolf Muller

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218475 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629649

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Sensors, Cameras, Wavefronts, Optical alignment, Collimators, Spectral resolution, Interferometry, Astronomical imaging

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Poster + Paper

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A Starbug's life: a material trade study using fatigue life criteria for high-altitude robotic fibre positioning instruments

Ellie O'Brien, Jon Lawrence, Celestina Lacombe, Michael Thomakos, Michael Goodwin, James Gilbert, Slavko Mali, Rolf Muller, Nirmala Kunwar, Jahanzeb Zahoor, Lew Waller, Tony Farrell

Proceedings Volume 12182, 1218236 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629152

KEYWORDS: Ferroelectric materials, Green fluorescent protein, Electrodes, Telescopes, Mechanics, Safety, Roads, Observatories, Robots, Robotics

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Starbugs are self-motile fibre optic positioning robots developed by AAO-MQ. The MANIFEST (MANy Instrument FibrE SysTem) is a facility class Instrument which will operate up to 900 Starbugs on the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). The FOBOS (Fibre-Optic Broadband Optical Spectrograph) Fibre Positioner is a facility class Instrument which will operate up to 1800 Starbugs on the Keck Telescope. The Starbugs deliver an optical payload to the location of an astronomical object on the telescope focal plane. The Starbugs are made from a pair of concentric Piezoceramic Tubes (PZT), and a high-voltage waveform is applied to the PZT to create an actuation. Staging of the waveform creates successive microsteps, on the order of 3-20 μm each, at a driven frequency of 100Hz. The Starbugs are adhered to the Glass Field Plate (GFP) using an ancillary vacuum system. The Starbugs have an airtight vacuum sealing component between the PZT and the GFP, called Slippers, which serve as a traction surface against the polished GFP. The Slippers set the science fibre focus offset, which has functional requirements that trace to Observatory level requirements. The Slipper components are subject to non-zero centred fully reversed fatigue loading due to the combined load case of the vacuum induced compression and the shear load of the PZT actuation as the Starbug completes the step. The contact interface between the Slipper and the GFP is subject to surface fatigue and functions as a sacrificial wear surface to ensure the longevity of both the PZT and the optical payload. The fatigue life behaviour of the Slipper, with particular interest on this interface, was defined using industry standard methods and informed the trade study to select the appropriate material for the Slippers to survive a nominal period on-sky (fatigue life). The trade study terms were vacuum sealing ability as a function of mechanical hardness versus fatigue life (108 cycles). Several suitable materials were identified and will be physically prototyped, with results reported in this manuscript.

Proceedings Article | 25 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

GMT-MANIFEST project cost estimate case: applying the PMBOK Guide to the costing of instrumentation for ELTs

David Adams, Celestina Lacombe, Jon Lawrence, Scott Smedley, Rebecca Brown, Ellie O'Brien, Lew Waller, Michael Goodwin, Jessica Zheng, Scott Case, Vitor Hartmann

Proceedings Volume 12187, 1218703 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628270

KEYWORDS: Prototyping, Interfaces, Telescopes, Structured optical fibers, Green fluorescent protein, Systems engineering, Glasses, Electronics, Manufacturing, Control systems design

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

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The MANIFEST pre-concept design

J. Lawrence, M. Goodwin, C. Lacombe, N. Lorente, H. McGregor, E. O'Brien, W. Saunders, L. Waller, T. Zafar, M. Colless, S. Ben-Ami, A. Szentgyorgyi, A. Contos, R. Millan-Gabet, D. DePoy, J. Marshall, L. Schmidt, C. Oliveira, D. Faes, A. Braulio, P. Gillingham, E. Houston, K. Kuehn, S. Mali, V. Nichani, V. Neves Hartmann, H. Ortolan, P. Pires, R. Ribeiro, A. Souza, J. Zheng

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144728 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563238

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Field spectroscopy, Spectral resolution, Prototyping, Optical instrument design, Optical fibers, Glasses, Robots, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

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Starbugs field-allocation simulations for FOBOS

Michael Goodwin, Kyle Westfall, Nick MacDonald, Renate Kupke, Claire Poppett, Jon Lawrence, Celestina Lacombe, David Adams, Nuria Lorente, Helen McGregor, Ellie O’Brien, Lew Waller, Jessica Zheng, Kevin Bundy

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114477Y (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560885

KEYWORDS: Device simulation, Telescopes, Spectroscopes, Detection and tracking algorithms, Robotics, Optical fibers, Fiber optics, Spectrographs, Target detection, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

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MAVIS: science case, imager, and spectrograph

Lorenzo Busoni, Timothy Chin, Mahesh Mohanan, Jacob Pember, Andrea Bianco, Jess Cranney, Fernando Pedichini, Alessio Zanutta, Frédéric Zamkotsian, Simon Ellis, Richard McDermid, Giovanni Cresci, Christian Schwab, Francois Rigaut, Anthony Horton, Robert Content, David Robertson, Lew Waller, Helen McGregor, Ross Zhelem, Marco Gullieuszik, Laura Magrini, Gayandhi De Silva, Guiseppe Bono, Trevor Mendel, Benoit Neichel, Stephanie Monty, Valentina Viotto, David Brodrick, Guido Agapito, Thierry Fusco, Pierre Haguenauer, Cedric Plantet, Bernado Salasnich, Matteo Aliverti, Simone Antoniucci, Andrea Balestra, Andrea Baruffolo, Maria Bergomi, Marco Bonaglia, Elena Carolo, Simonetta Chinellato, Simone Esposito, Daniela Fantinel, Jacopo Farinato, Dionne Haynes, Gaston Gausachs, James Gilbert, Damien Gratadour, Davide Gerggio, Visa Korkiakoski, Demetrio Magrin, Luca Marafatto, Enrico Pinna, Elisa Portaluri, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Roberto Ragazzoni, Stefan Ströbele, Elliott Thorn, Annino Vaccarella, Daniele Vassallo, Hao Zhang, Jean-Claude Bouret

Proceedings Volume 11447, 11447A0 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561930

KEYWORDS: Imaging systems, Spectrographs, Visible radiation, Adaptive optics, Stars, Galactic astronomy, Image quality, V band, Spectral resolution, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

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MAVIS conceptual design

Robert Content, François Rigaut, Richard McDermid, Giovanni Cresci, Valentina Viotto, Simon Ellis, David Brodrick, Guido Agapito, Thierry Fusco, Benoit Neichel, Pierre Haguenauer, Cedric Plantet, Bernardo Salasnich, Matteo Aliverti, Simone Antoniucci, Andrea Balestra, Andrea Baruffolo, Maria Bergomi, Marco Bonaglia, Giuseppe Bono, Lorenzo Busoni, Elena Carolo, Simonetta Chinellato, Gayandhi de Silva, Simone Esposito, Daniela Fantinel, Jacopo Farinato, Dionne Haynes, Anthony Horton, Gaston Gausachs, James Gilbert, Damien Gratadour, Davide Greggio, Marco Gullieuszik, Visa Korkiakoski, Demetrio Magrin, Laura Magrini, Luca Marafatto, Helen McGregor, Trevor Mendel, Stephanie Monty, Fernando Pedichini, Enrico Pinna, Elisa Portaluri, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Roberto Ragazzoni, David Robertson, Christian Schwab, Stefan Ströbele, Elliott Thorn, Annino Vaccarella, Daniele Vassallo, Lew Waller, Frédéric Zamkotsian, Hao Zhang, Andrea Blanco, Alesso Zanutta, Olivier Beltramo-Martin, Jesse Cranney

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114471R (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561886

KEYWORDS: Visible radiation, James Webb Space Telescope, Observatories, Adaptive optics, Large telescopes, Spectrographs, Spatial resolution, Hubble Space Telescope, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

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Integration of the Gemini High-Resolution Optical SpecTrograph (GHOST) bench spectrograph

Alan McConnachie, Michael Ireland, Andre Anthony, Scott MacDonald, Jordan Lothrop, Brian Hoff, Greg Burley, Edward Chapin, Sam Lambert, Ivan Wevers, Jennifer Dunn, Adam Densmore, Vladimir Reshetov, John Bassett, Vladimir Churilov, Tony Farrell, David Henderson, Steve Margheim, Lewis Waller, Peter Young, John Pazder, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144743 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561985

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Gemini Observatory, Integrated optics, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Observatories, Astronomical imaging, Astronomical telescopes, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 6 January 2020 Paper

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PRAXIS: an OH suppression optimised near infrared spectrograph

S. Ellis, J. Bland-Hawthorn, S. Bauer, S. Case, R. Content, T. Fechner, D. Giannone, R. Haynes, E. Hernandez, A. Horton, U. Klauser, S.-S. Min, N. Pai, M. Roth, L. Waller, R. Zhelem, J. Lawrence, S. Leon-Saval, H.-G. Löhmannsröben

Proceedings Volume 11203, 1120312 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539883

KEYWORDS: Near infrared, Spectrographs, Bragg gratings, Near infrared spectroscopy, Astronomical imaging

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Proceedings Article | 6 January 2020 Paper

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Optical performance of the GHOST fiber cable

Michael Ireland, Ross Zhelem, Vladimir Churilov, Scott Case, Yuriy Kondrat, Kristin Fiegert, Lewis Waller, Jon Lawrence, Tony Farrell

Proceedings Volume 11203, 1120318 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539924

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Optical fiber cables, Microlens array, Microlens, Astronomical imaging, Geometrical optics, Gemini Observatory, Optical testing, Lenses

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

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The TAIPAN Starbugs fibre positioner and spectrograph: integration, commissioning, and initial performance

Michael Birchall, Nuria P. Lorente, Jon Lawrence, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Steve Chapman, Vladimir Churilov, Tony Farrell, Nuwanthika Fernando, Michael Goodwin, Urs Klauser, Kyler Kuehn, Slavko Mali, Helen McGregor, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Scott Smedley, Minh Vuong, Lewis Waller, Ross Zhelem, Anthony Horton

Proceedings Volume 11203, 112030C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2541306

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Robots, Telescopes, Robotic systems, Galactic astronomy, Control systems, Metrology, Optical fibers, Extragalactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 13 July 2018 Paper

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Wide-field multi-object spectroscopy with MANIFEST

Jon Lawrence, David Brown, Matthew Colless, Daniel Faes, Tony Farrell, Michael Goodwin, Kyler Kuehn, Will Saunders, Lew Waller, Claudia Oliveria, Henrique Ortolan, Sagi Ben-Ami, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Timothy Chin, Adam Contos, Nuria Lorente, Ross Zhelem, Darren Depoy, Ian Evans, Peter Gillingham, Sungwook Hong, Narae Hwang, Wong-Seob Jeong, Urs Klauser, Slavko Mali, Jennifer Marshall, Helen McGregor, Rolf Muller, Rafael Millan-Gabet, Vijay Nichani, naveen Pai, Sung-Joon Park, Travis Prochaska, Luke Schmidt, Aline Souza, Andrew Szentgyorgyi

Proceedings Volume 10702, 10702A6 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314178

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Paper

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Performance of the first production-ready actuators for the 4MOST-AESOP fiber positioner

Jurek Brzeski, Sufyan Baker, Scott Case, Urs Klauser, Jon Lawrence, Slavko Mali, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Scott Smedley, Gabriella Baker, Rebecca Brown, Peter Gillingham, Sudharshan Venkatesan, Lew Waller

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107027Z (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312863

KEYWORDS: Spine, Actuators, Connectors, Manufacturing, Tolerancing, Structured optical fibers, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Paper

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Radioactive emission from high-index,optical glasses and atypical effects on CCDs

Michael Edgar, Janez Kos, Don Mayfield, Naveen Pai, Andrew Sheinis, Jeffrey Simpson, Nicholas Stazak , Lewis Waller, Ross Zhelem, Gayandhi De Silva

Proceedings Volume 10706, 1070633 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2307305

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Sensors, Charge-coupled devices, Cameras, Silicon, Particles, Lenses, Lanthanum, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Presentation

Presentation

TAIPAN: the AAO's first Starbug positioner and spectrograph (Conference Presentation)

Helen McGregor, Nuria P. Lorente, Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence, Carlos Bacigalupo, David Brown, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Steve Chapman, Vladimir Churilov, Robert Content, Tony Farrell, Michael Goodwin, Urs Klauser, Slavko Mali, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Scott Smedley, Minh Vuong, Lewis Waller, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107021A (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313032

KEYWORDS: Astronomical imaging, Telescopes, Spectroscopes, Spectrographs, Observatories, Prototyping, Robots, Optical fibers, Glasses, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2018 Paper

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AESOP: the 4MOST fiber positioner

Jurek Brzeski, Sufyan Baker, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Peter Gillingham, Urs Klauser, Gabriella Baker, Tony Farrell, Jon Lawrence, Slavko Mali, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Scott Smedley, Sudharshan Venkatesan, Lew Waller

Proceedings Volume 10702, 1070279 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2310062

KEYWORDS: Kinematics, Actuators, Electronics, Tolerancing, Telescopes, Assembly tolerances, Adhesives

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

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VELOCE’s novel IFU-fitted fibre feed

Chris Tinney, Yevgen Kripak, Scott Case, Vladimir Churilov, Ross Zhelem, Anthony Horton, Mike Ireland, Jon Lawrence, Michael Edgar, Tony Farrell, Lewis Waller, Christian Schwab, Doug Gray, Steve Lee, Christopher Ramage

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107026E (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312939

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Calibration, Telescopes, Optical fibers, Beam splitters, Optics manufacturing, Microlens array, Manufacturing, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

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Sphinx: a massively multiplexed fiber positioner for MSE

Scott Smedley, Gabriella Baker, Rebecca Brown, James Gilbert, Peter Gillingham, Will Saunders, Andrew Sheinis, Sudharshan Venkatesan, Lew Waller

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107021M (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2310021

KEYWORDS: Spine, Actuators, Metrology, Telescopes, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

PRAXIS: an OH suppression optimised near infrared spectrograph

S. Ellis, S. Bauer, J. Bland-Hawthorn, S. Case, R. Content, T. Fechner, D. Giannone, R. Haynes, E. Hernandez, A. Horton, U. Klauser, J. Lawrence, S.-S. Min, N. Pai, M. Roth, Pascal Xavier, Ross Zhelem, H.-G. Löhmannsröben, C. Bacigalupo, J. Bryant, S. Leon-Saval, E. Lindley, L. Waller, K. Shortridge

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107020P (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311898

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Bragg gratings, Fiber Bragg gratings, Telescopes, Near infrared, Diffraction gratings, Optical design, Near infrared spectroscopy, Optical filters

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

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Final design and assembly of the GHOST Cassegrain unit

Yuriy Kondrat, Vladimir Churilov, Lewis Waller, Peter Young, Tony Farrel, Gabriella Baker, Michael Edgar, Michael Ireland, Urs Klauser, Jon Lawrence, Slavko Mali, Richard McDermid, Rolf Muller, Jon Nielsen, Naveen Pai, Gordon Robertson, Andrew Sheinis, Ross Zhelem, Scott Case

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107026H (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313059

KEYWORDS: Prisms, Telescopes, Gemini Observatory, Spectrographs, Cameras, Servomechanisms, Control systems, Electronics

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

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GHOST optical fiber system

Vladimir Churilov, Ross Zhelem, Scott Case, Yuriy Kondrat, Lewis Waller, Jon Lawrence, Michael Edgar, Gabriella Baker, Kristin Fiegert, Michael Ireland

Proceedings Volume 10702, 1070269 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312401

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Gemini Observatory, Telescopes, Astronomical imaging, Spectrographs, Observatories, Astronomical telescopes, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Fiber optics

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

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The MANIFEST prototyping design study

Jonathan Lawrence, David Brown, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Steve Chapman, Vladimir Churilov, Matthew Colless, Robert Content, Michael Goodwin, Urs Klauser, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria P. Lorente, Slavko Mali, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Will Saunders, Keith Shortridge, Nicholas Staszak, Julia Tims, Minh Vuong, Lewis Waller, Ross Zhelem, Sagi Ben-Ami, Darren Depoy, Ian Evans, George Jacoby, Jennifer Marshall, Travis Prochaska, Luke Schmidt, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Tony Farrell

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99089O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232412

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Prototyping, Spectrographs, Optical instrument design, Optical instrument design, Cameras, Interfaces, Connectors, Metrology, Glasses, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

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TAIPAN instrument fibre positioner and Starbug robots: engineering overview

Nicholas Staszak, David Brown, Nuria P. Lorente, Ross Zhelem, Lew Waller, Robert Content, Andrew Hopkins, Urs Klauser, Naveen Pai, Rolf Mueller, Slavko Mali, Minh Vuong, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Michael Goodwin, Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence, Vijay Nichani

Proceedings Volume 9912, 99121W (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233583

KEYWORDS: Metrology, Telescopes, Glasses, Connectors, Cameras, Control systems, Space telescopes, Fiber science, Electronics, Coating

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

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TAIPAN fibre feed and spectrograph: engineering overview

Nicholas Staszak, Robert Content, Vladimir Churilov, Scott Case, Rebecca Brown, Andrew Hopkins, Kyler Kuehn, Naveen Pai, Urs Klauser, Vijay Nichani, Lew Waller, Ross Zhelem, Jon Lawrence

Proceedings Volume 9912, 991223 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233796

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Collimators, Telescopes, Aspheric lenses, Cameras, Sensors, Neodymium, Galactic astronomy, Connectors, Ions

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SPIE Journal Paper | 10 August 2015 Open Access

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First light results from the High Efficiency and Resolution Multi-Element Spectrograph at the Anglo-Australian Telescope

Andrew Sheinis, Borja Anguiano Jimenez, Martin Asplund, Carlos Bacigalupo, Samuel Barden, Michael Birchall, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Jurek Brzeski, Russell Cannon, Daniela Carollo, Scott Case, Andrew Casey, Vladimir Churilov, Warrick Couch, Robert Dean, Gayandhi De Silva, Valentina D’Orazi, Ly Duong, Tony Farrell, Kristin Fiegert, Kenneth Freeman, Gabriella Frost, Luke Gers, Michael Goodwin, Doug Gray, Andrew Green, Ron Heald, Jeroen Heijmans, Michael Ireland, Damien Jones, Prajwal Kafle, Stefan Keller, Urs Klauser, Yuriy Kondrat, Janez Kos, Jon Lawrence, Steve Lee, Slavko Mali, Sarah Martell, Darren Mathews, Don Mayfield, Stan Miziarski, Rolf Muller, Naveen Pai, Robert Patterson, Ed Penny, David Orr, Katharine Schlesinger, Sanjib Sharma, Keith Shortridge, Jeffrey Simpson, Scott Smedley, Greg Smith, Darren Stafford, Nicholas Staszak, Minh Vuong, Lewis Waller, Elizabeth Wylie de Boer, Pascal Xavier, Jessica Zheng, Ross Zhelem, Daniel Zucker, Tomaz Zwitter

JATIS, Vol. 1, Issue 03, 035002, (August 2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.1.3.035002

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Sensors, Mirrors, Cameras, Collimators, Telescopes, Multi-element lenses, Stars, Control systems, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2014 Paper

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Advances in the Echidna fiber-positioning technology

James Gilbert, Tony Farrell, Will Saunders, Lewis Waller, Jurek Brzeski, Peter Gillingham, Scott Smedley, Greg Smith, Andrew Sheinis, Rolf Muller

Proceedings Volume 9151, 91511X (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057126

KEYWORDS: Spine, Actuators, Telescopes, Prototyping, Spectrographs, Point spread functions, Collimators, Optical fibers, Metrology, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2014 Paper

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The MANIFEST fibre positioning system for the Giant Magellan Telescope

James Gilbert, George Jacoby, Michael Ireland, Samuel Richards, Jon Lawrence, David Brown, Jurek Brzeski, Scott Case, Matthew Colless, Tony Farrell, Luke Gers, Michael Goodwin, Andrew Hopkins, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria P. Lorente, Stan Miziarski, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Azizi Rakman, Will Saunders, Nick Staszak, Julia Tims, Lew Waller, Minh Vuong

Proceedings Volume 9147, 914794 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055742

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Prototyping, Glasses, Metrology, Connectors, Optical fabrication, Coating, Astronomical telescopes, Optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

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The 4MOST instrument concept overview

Roger Haynes, David Sun, Joar Brynnel, Roelof de Jong, Samuel Barden, Olivier Schnurr, Olga Bellido, Eric Depagne, Jakob Walcher, Dionne Haynes, Roland Winkler, Svend-Marian Bauer, Allar Saviauk, Frank Dionies, Cristina Chiappini, Axel Schwope, Matthias Steinmetz, Richard McMahon, Sofia Feltzing, Patrick Francois, Scott Trager, Ian Parry, Mike Irwin, Nicholas Walton, David King, Eduaro Gonzalez-Solares, Ian Tosh, Gavin Dalton, Kevin Middleton, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Pascal Jagourel, Shan Mignot, Mathieu Cohen, Jean-Philippe Amans, Frederic Royer, Paola Sartoretti, Johan Pragt, Gerrit Gerlofsma, Ronald Roelfsema, Ramon Navarro, Guido Thimm, Walter Seifert, Trifon Trifonov, Wenli Xu, Florian Lang-Bardl, Bernard Muschielok, Hans-Joachim Hess, Frank Grupp, Hans Boehringer, Thomas Boller, Tom Dwelly, Ralf Bender, Piero Rosati, Olaf Iwert, Gert Finger, Jean-Louis Lizon L'Allemand, Will Saunders, Andrew Sheinis, Gabriella Frost, Lewis Waller, Tony Farrell, Florence Laurent, Patrick Caillier, Roland Bacon, Johan Richard, Johan Kosmalski, Wolfgang Ansorge, Norbert Christlieb, Holger Mandel, Jörg Schlichter

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91476I (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057253

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Telescopes, Sensors, Calibration, Spectrographs, Metrology, Neodymium, Ions, Optical instrument design, Optical design

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2014 Paper

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HERMES travels by CAN bus

Rolf Muller, Minh Vuong, Keith Shortridge, Lewis Waller, Tony Farrell, Andrew Sheinis

Proceedings Volume 9152, 91522A (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055022

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Amplifiers, Computer programming, Servomechanisms, Control systems, Cameras, Device simulation, Software development, Sensors, Optical amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

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KOALA, a wide-field 1000 element integral-field unit for the Anglo-Australian Telescope: assembly and commissioning

Ross Zhelem, Jurek Brzeski, Scott Case, Vladimir Churilov, Simon Ellis, Tony Farrell, Anthony Heng, Anthony Horton, Michael Ireland, Damien Jones, Urs Klauser, Jon Lawrence, Stan Miziarski, David Orr, Naveen Pai, Nick Staszak, Julia Tims, Minh Vuong, Lew Waller, Pascal Xavier, Andrew Green

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91473K (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055588

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Microlens array, Telescopes, Image segmentation, Mirrors, Microlens, Lamps, Imaging arrays, Optical fibers, Coating

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

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TAIPAN: optical spectroscopy with StarBugs

Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence, David Brown, Scott Case, Matthew Colless, Robert Content, Luke Gers, Michael Ireland, Michael Goodwin, Andrew Hopkins, Nuria Lorente, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Azizi Rakman, Will Saunders, Nick Staszak, Julia Tims, Lewis Waller, James Gilbert, Samuel Richards

Proceedings Volume 9147, 914710 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055677

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Stars, Astronomy, Prototyping, Control systems, Metrology, Optical spectroscopy, Spectroscopes, Astronomical imaging

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

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First light results from the Hermes spectrograph at the AAT

Michael Birchall, Andrew Sheinis, Sam Barden, Daniela Carollo, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Jurek Brzeski, Scott Case, Vladimir Churilov, Warrick Couch, Robert Dean, Gayandhi De Silva, Tony Farrell, Kristin Fiegert, Kenneth Freeman, Gabriella Frost, Luke Gers, Michael Goodwin, Doug Gray, Ron Heald, Jeroen Heijmans, Damien Jones, Urs Klauser, Yuriy Kondrat, Jon Lawrence, Steve Lee, Slavko Mali, Sarah Martell, Darren Mathews, Don Mayfield, Stan Miziarski, Rolf Muller, Naveen Pai, Robert Patterson, Ed Penny, Keith Shortridge, Scott Smedley, Greg Smith, Darren Stafford, Nicholas Staszak, Minh Vuong, Lewis Waller, Elizabeth Wylie de Boer, Pascal Xavier, Jessica Zheng, Ross Zhelem, Daniel Zucker, Russell Cannon, Valentina D'Orazi, Stephan Keller, Jeffrey Simpson, David Orr

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91470Y (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055595

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectrographs, Cameras, Control systems, Collimators, Mirrors, Electronics, Charge-coupled devices, Telescopes, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2012 Paper

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Integrating the HERMES spectrograph for the AAT

Daniel Zucker, Stan Miziarski, Gayandhi De Silva, Urs Klauser, Ed Penny, Robert Dean, Greg Smith, Keith Shortridge, Naveen Pai, Minh Vuong, Daniela Carollo, Ross Zhelem, Andrew Sheinis, Sam Barden, Tony Farrell, Yuriy Kondrat, Steve Lee, Luke Gers, Rolf Muller, Michael Birchall, Michael Goodwin, Denis Whittard, Elisabeth Wylie de Boer, Darren Stafford, Matthew Colless, Vladimir Churilov, Ron Heald, Jurek Brzeski, Kenneth Freeman, Jon Lawrence, Jessica Zheng, Pascal Xavier, David Orr, Robert Patterson, Scott Case, Damien Jones, Chiaki Kobayashi, Nicholas Staszak, Darren Mathews, Doug Gray, Don Mayfield, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Scott Smedley, Kristin Fiegert, Guy Monnet, Anthony Heng, Martin Asplund, Jeroen Heijmans, Lewis Waller

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84460W (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925806

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectrographs, Stars, Control systems, Device simulation, Cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Electronics, Telescopes, Collimators

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

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CYCLOPS2: the fibre image slicer upgrade for the UCLES high resolution spectrograph

Tony Farrell, Nick Staszak, Minh Vuong, Lew Waller, Ross Zhelem, David Orr, C. Tinney, Luke Gers, Stan Miziarski, Scott Case, Damien Jones, Anthony Horton, Jon Lawrence

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84463A (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924945

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Calibration, Stars, Spectral resolution, Telescopes, Lamps, Exoplanets, Planets, Cameras, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

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MANIFEST instrument concept and related technologies

James Gilbert, Guy Monnet, Luke Gers, Matthew Colless, Jon Lawrence, Julia Tims, Andrew Hopkins, Rolf Muller, Greg Smith, Scott Case, Jurek Brzeski, Tony Farrell, Lewis Waller, Jeroen Heijmans, Stan Miziarski, Michael Goodwin, Will Saunders

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84467I (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925125

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Metrology, Cameras, Astronomy, Space telescopes, Glasses, Astronomical telescopes, Imaging systems, Control systems, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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Starbugs: all-singing, all-dancing fibre positioning robots

Will Saunders, Jurek Brzeski, Rolf Muller, Stan Miziarski, Julia Tims, James Gilbert, Lew Waller, Jeroen Heijmans, Michael Goodwin, Alex Bennet

Proceedings Volume 8450, 84501A (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924502

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Control systems, Prototyping, Metrology, Actuators, Cameras, Robots, Astronomy, Electronics, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2010 Paper

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HERMES: revisions in the design for a high-resolution multi-element spectrograph for the AAT

Minh Vuong, Jeroen Heijmans, Ken Freeman, Michael Goodwin, Don Mayfield, Dionne Haynes, David Orr, Vladimir Churilov, Gayandhi De Silva, Ron Heald, Keith Shortridge, Tony Farrell, Rolf Muller, Greg Smith, Daniel Zucker, Peter Gillingham, Jurek Brzeski, Anthony Horton, Roger Haynes, Stuart Barnes, Ian Saunders, Ed Penny, Samuelk Barden, Greg Knight, Scott Smedley, Anthony Heng, Denis Whittard, Damien Jones, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Steve Lee, Lewis Waller

Proceedings Volume 7735, 773509 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856103

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectrographs, Beam splitters, Cameras, Stars, Relays, Calibration, Optical design, Control systems, Lamps

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2008 Paper

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Big innovations in a small instrument: technical challenges in a new CCD system design for the Automated Patrol Telescope

John Dawson, David Correll, Don Mayfield, Sam Barden, Jurek Brzeski, Denis Whittard, Andre Phillips, Anthony Horton, Stan Miziarski, Urs Klauser, Vladimir Churilov, Michael Ashley, Will Saunders, Lew Waller, Greg Smith

Proceedings Volume 7018, 70184G (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788624

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Sensors, Space telescopes, Charge-coupled devices, Cameras, Optical filters, Actuators, Optical instrument design, Observatories, Optical design

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2008 Paper

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Concepts for a high-resolution multi-object spectrograph for galactic archeology on the Anglo-Australian Telescope

Greg Smith, Stan Miziarski, Damien Jones, Tony Farrell, Greg Knight, Anthony Horton, Lew Waller, Simon Ellis, Ken Freeman, Samuel Barden, Roger Haynes, Vladimir Churilov, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, William Rambold

Proceedings Volume 7014, 70144J (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788549

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Collimators, Spectral resolution, Spectrographs, Mirrors, Sensors, Telescopes, Relays, Image resolution, Diffraction

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Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper

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Performance of AAOmega: the AAT multi-purpose fiber-fed spectrograph

Greg Smith, Gabriella Frost, Dennis Whittard, Will Saunders, David Correll, Ron Heald, Lew Waller, John Dawson, Tony Farrel, Allan Lankshear, Don Mayfield, Robert Sharp, Roger Haynes, Vladimir Churilov

Proceedings Volume 6269, 62690G (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671022

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Spectrographs, Point spread functions, Sensors, Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Calibration, Light scattering, Optical design, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

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IRIS2: a working infrared multi-object spectrograph and camera

Greg Smith, Keith Shortridge, C. Evans, John Barton, Chris Tinney, Roger Haynes, Vladimir Churilov, John Dawson, Simon Ellis, Tony Farrell, Stuart Ryder, Allan Lankshear, John Whittard, Lew Waller, Jeremy Bailey

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550980

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Sensors, Cameras, Optical filters, Spectroscopy, Molybdenum, Image quality, Astronomical imaging, Imaging spectroscopy, Image processing

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

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AAOmega: a multipurpose fiber-fed spectrograph for the AAT

Vladimir Churilov, John Dawson, Allan Lankshear, Greg Smith, Terry Bridges, Lew Waller, Will Saunders, Roger Haynes, Gabriella Frost, David Correll

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551013

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Spectrographs, Sensors, Mirrors, Control systems, Electronics, Collimators, Molybdenum, Switches, Beam splitters

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

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Engineering performance of IRIS2 infrared imaging camera and spectrograph

Lew Waller, Roger Haynes, John Whittard, Greg Smith, Allan Lankshear, Vladimir Churilov, John Dawson, Stuart Ryder, Chris Tinney

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550965

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Cameras, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Imaging systems, Collimators, Infrared sensors, Infrared imaging, Infrared radiation, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 29 September 2004 Paper

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AAO2: a general purpose CCD controller for the AAT

Jason Griesbach, John Barton, Don Mayfield, Lew Waller

Proceedings Volume 5499, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550293

KEYWORDS: Clocks, Digital signal processing, Sensors, Charge-coupled devices, Video, Analog electronics, Video processing, Control systems, Power supplies, Connectors

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2004 Paper

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The data flow system for the AAO2 controllers

Tony Farrell, Keith Shortridge, Jeremy Bailey, Lewis Waller

Proceedings Volume 5496, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550362

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Control systems, Fiber optics, Data processing, Image processing, Data acquisition, Interfaces, Charge-coupled devices, Human-machine interfaces, Computing systems

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2003 Paper

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The performance of OzPoz: a multifiber positioner on the VLT

Tony Farrell, Peter Gillingham, Dan Popovic, Lew Waller

Proceedings Volume 4841, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461950

KEYWORDS: Stars, Telescopes, Calibration, Spectrographs, Computer programming, Charge-coupled devices, Projection systems, Earthquakes, CCD cameras, Frame grabbers

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2003 Paper

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The Fiber Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) project: the Anglo-Australian Observatory role

Scott Smedley, Peter Gillingham, Jurek Brzeski, Damien Jones, Gabriella Frost, Roger Haynes, Jason Griesbach, John Dawson, Greg Smith, Chris Arridge, Anna Moore, Masayuki Akiyama, Katie Noakes, Rolf Muller, David Correll, Stan Miziarski, Tony Farrell, Lew Waller

Proceedings Volume 4841, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.462002

KEYWORDS: Spine, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Electronics, Cameras, Observatories, Imaging systems, Electrodes, Calibration, Astronomical imaging

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