Dr. Lewis G. Waller Profile

Dr. Lewis G. Waller

Electronics Engineer at Australian Astronomical Optics Macquarie Univ

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Publications (61)

Proceedings Article | 25 September 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

MARVEL: an update on the four-telescope dedicated radial velocity facility at the Mercator Observatory

J. Pember, I. Argyriou, D. Atkinson, G. Ávila, L. Barrett, A. Brandeker, L. Buchhave, D. Coutts, W. De Meester, J. De Ridder, D. Defrère, A. Glasse, M. Güdel, M. Haidar, K. Hakim, S. Halverson, J. Harman, N. Jannsen, M. Janson, A. Kinney, S. Kovacs, R. Laugier, K. Missiaen, B. Montet, J. Morren, E. Palle, J. Pérez Padilla, W. Pessemier, D. Pollacco, B. Pope, S. Prins, A. Quirrenbach, G. Raskin, M. Reggiani, I. Ribas, H. Sana, C. Schwab, D. Seynaeve, R. Sharman, A. Stokes, J. Stürmer, A. Tkachenko, G. Tinetti, H. Van Winckel, B. Vandenbussche, C. Waring, R. Wittenmyer, D. Wright, Y. Zhou, D. Adams, N. Binos, J. Brzeski, Z. Cai, T. Chin, S. Ellis, T. Farrell, T. Feger, A. Ghari Zadeh, Y. Kripak, N. Kunwar, C. Lacombe, J. Lawrence, H. McGregor, D. Robertson, L. Waller, R. Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130966B (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3021409

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Calibration, Fabry Perot interferometers, Observatories, Control systems, Sensors, Control software, Equipment, Domes

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Presentation

Presentation

MAVIS: progress toward the final design review

François Rigaut, David Brodrick, Richard McDermid, Jennifer Burgess, Giovanni Cresci, Simon Ellis, Trevor Mendel, Jessica Zheng, Nuria Lorente, Ross Zhelem, Summer Luo, Timothy Chin, Anthony Horton, Helen McGregor, Lew Waller, Scott Smedley, Nuwanthika Fernando, Antony Galla, Brian Taylor, Israel Vaughn, Julien Bernard, Nicolas Doucet, Annino Vaccarella, Davide Greggio, Dionne Haynes, Gaston Gausachs, Jesse Cranney, Pierre Haguenauer, Stefan Stroebele, Cedric Plantet, Enrico Pinna, Guido Agapito, Luca Marafatto, Marco Bonaglia, Andrea Bianco, Alessio Zanutta, Matteo Aliverti, Mirko Colapietro, Pietro Schipani, Sergio D’Orsi, Salvatore Savarese, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Rosanna Sordo, Andrea Baruffolo, Andrea Balestra, Bernardo Salasnich, Daniela Fantinel, Damien Gratadour, Daniele Vassallo, Oleksandra Rebrysh, Maria Bergomi, Marco Gullieuszik, Simonetta Chinellato, Valentina Viotto, Elia Costa, Benoit Neichel, Romain Fetick, Roger Haynes, Sam Wade, Tristan Monnier, Max Hewlett, Mojtaba Taheri

Proceedings Volume 13097, 130970I (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019264

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Presentation

Presentation

GNAO: the new AO facility for Gemini North, facility overview at preliminary design

Gaetano Sivo, Julia Scharwächter, Masen Lamb, Manuel Lazo, Célia Blain, Stephen Goodsell, Martin Tschimmel, Jennifer Lotz, Scott Dahm, Kim Tomasino-Reed, William Rambold, Joseph D'amato, Ricardo Cardenes, Tim Gaggstatter, Pedro Gigoux, Jed Diller, Thomas Schneider, Charles Cavedoni, Stacy Kang, Stanislas Karewicz, Heather Carr, Logan Sato, Paul Hirst, John White, Lindsay Magill, Molly Grogan, Suresh Sivanandam, Adam Muzzin, Scott Chapman, Uriel Conod, Jennifer Dunn, Jean-Pierre Véran, Edward Chapin, Morten Andersen, Franck Marchis, Ruben Diaz, John Blakeslee, Michael Pierce, Rodrigo Carrasco, Hwihyun Kim, Anja Feldmeier-Krause, Alan McConnachie, James Jee, Wesley Fraser, Mark Ammons, Christopher Packham, John Bally, Trent Dupuy, Daniel Huber, Chadwick Trujillo, Marcos van Dam, Jon Lawrence, Thierry Fusco, Benoît Neichel, Julien Charton, Marc Ferrari, Michael Goodwin, Sylvain Cetre, Pierre Jouve, Carlos Correia, Andrew Rakich, Jessica Zheng, Yizheng Wang, Timothy Chin, Lew Waller, Tony Farrell, Summer Luo, Jean-François Sauvage, Cédric Taïssir Héritier, Delphine Barbon-Dubosc, Francois Dolon, Nisrine Arab, Matthieu Grau

Proceedings Volume 13097, 130970J (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019911

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

MAVIS: imager and spectrograph

Simon Ellis, Ross Zhelem, Anthony Horton, Timothy Chin, Nuwanthika Fernando, Max Hewlett, Nuria Lorente, Summer Luo, Richard McDermid, Helen McGregor, David Robertson, Christian Schwab, Scott Smedley, Lew Waller, Jessica Zheng, Johan Kosmalski, Giovanni Cresci, Trevor Mendel, Andrea Bianco, David Brodrick, Jennifer Burgess, Dionne Haynes, Davide Greggio, Robert Content, François Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130961B (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018606

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Tunable filters, Imaging systems, Equipment, Visible radiation, Adaptive optics, Spatial resolution, Mirrors, Charge-coupled devices, Design

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

MAVIS: control electronics design of the adaptive optics module

M. Colapietro, S. Savarese, P. Schipani, S. D'Orsi, G. Capasso, L. Marty, R. Zanmar Sanchez, M. Aliverti, E. Costa, B. Salasnich, V. Viotto, M. Bergomi, K. Radhakrishnan, E. Pinna, M. Bonaglia, S. Ströbele, A. Vaccarella, L. Waller, B. Taylor, D. Brodrick, G. Gausachs, F. Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130968Y (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018905

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Adaptive optics, Design, Equipment, Cameras, Wavefront sensors, Telescopes, Sensors

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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

Poster + Paper

Overall performance of AESOP: the 4MOST fibre positioner

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

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

Poster + Paper

Design of the near infrared camera DIRAC for East Anatolia Observatory

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

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 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

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

John Pazder, 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, Lewis Waller, Peter Young, Ross Zhelem

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 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

AESOP, the 4MOST fibre positioner: engineering principles

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

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 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

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

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

Poster + Paper

Hector spectrograph (spector): mechanical engineering overview

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

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

TAIPAN starbugs: commissioning and the start of science observations

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

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

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

Poster + Paper

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

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

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

Poster + Paper

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

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

Paper

The MANIFEST pre-concept design

J. Lawrence, S. Ben-Ami, A. Braulio, M. Colless, A. Contos, D. DePoy, D. Faes, P. Gillingham, M. Goodwin, E. Houston, K. Kuehn, C. Lacombe, N. Lorente, S. Mali, J. Marshall, H. McGregor, R. Millan-Gabet, V. Nichani, V. Neves Hartmann, E. O'Brien, C. Oliveira, H. Ortolan, P. Pires, R. Ribeiro, W. Saunders, L. Schmidt, A. Souza, A. Szentgyorgyi, L. Waller, T. Zafar, 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, David Adams, Kevin Bundy, Renate Kupke, Celestina Lacombe, Jon Lawrence, Nuria Lorente, Nick MacDonald, Helen McGregor, Ellie O’Brien, Claire Poppett, Lew Waller, Kyle Westfall, Jessica Zheng

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

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

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

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, Olivier Beltramo-Martin, Maria Bergomi, Andrea Blanco, Marco Bonaglia, Giuseppe Bono, Lorenzo Busoni, Elena Carolo, Simonetta Chinellato, Robert Content, Jesse Cranney, 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, Alesso Zanutta, Hao Zhang

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

Poster + Paper

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

John Pazder, Alan McConnachie, Michael Ireland, Andre Anthony, John Bassett, Greg Burley, Edward Chapin, Vladimir Churilov, Adam Densmore, Jennifer Dunn, Tony Farrell, David Henderson, Brian Hoff, Sam Lambert, Jordan Lothrop, Scott MacDonald, Steve Margheim, Vladimir Reshetov, Ivan Wevers, Lewis Waller, Peter Young, 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, J. Lawrence, S. Leon-Saval, H.-G. Löhmannsröben, S.-S. Min, N. Pai, M. Roth, L. Waller, R. Zhelem

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 | 10 July 2018 Paper

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

Scott Smedley, Gabriella Baker, Sufyan Baker, Scott Case, Rebecca Brown, Jurek Brzeski, Peter Gillingham, Urs Klauser, Jon Lawrence, Slavko Mali, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, 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 | 9 July 2018 Presentation

Presentation

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

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, Helen McGregor

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

Paper

AESOP: the 4MOST fiber positioner

Jurek Brzeski, Gabriella Baker, Sufyan Baker, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Tony Farrell, Peter Gillingham, Urs Klauser, 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

Paper

VELOCE’s novel IFU-fitted fibre feed

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

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

Paper

GHOST optical fiber system

Vladimir Churilov, Ross Zhelem, Scott Case, Yuriy Kondrat, Kristin Fiegert, Lewis Waller, Jon Lawrence, Michael Edgar, Gabriella Baker, 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 | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

PRAXIS: an OH suppression optimised near infrared spectrograph

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

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

Paper

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 Paper

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Final design and assembly of the GHOST Cassegrain unit

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

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 | 9 August 2016 Paper

Paper

The MANIFEST prototyping design study

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

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

Paper

TAIPAN instrument fibre positioner and Starbug robots: engineering overview

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

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

Paper

TAIPAN fibre feed and spectrograph: engineering overview

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

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

Open Access

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

Paper

Advances in the Echidna fiber-positioning technology

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

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

Paper

The MANIFEST fibre positioning system for the Giant Magellan Telescope

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

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

Paper

The 4MOST instrument concept overview

Roger Haynes, Samuel Barden, Roelof de Jong, Olivier Schnurr, Olga Bellido, Jakob Walcher, Dionne Haynes, Roland Winkler, Svend-Marian Bauer, Frank Dionies, Allar Saviauk, Cristina Chiappini, Axel Schwope, Joar Brynnel, Matthias Steinmetz, Richard McMahon, Sofia Feltzing, Patrick Francois, Scott Trager, Ian Parry, Mike Irwin, Nicholas Walton, David King, David Sun, 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, Norbert Christlieb, Holger Mandel, Trifon Trifonov, Wenli Xu, Florian Lang-Bardl, Bernard Muschielok, Jörg Schlichter, 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, Tony Farrell, Lewis Waller, Eric Depagne, Florence Laurent, Patrick Caillier, Johan Kosmalski, Johan Richard, Roland Bacon, Wolfgang Ansorge

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

Paper

HERMES travels by CAN bus

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

Paper

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, Andrew Green, 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

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

Paper

TAIPAN: optical spectroscopy with StarBugs

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

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

Paper

First light results from the Hermes spectrograph at the AAT

Andrew Sheinis, Sam Barden, Michael Birchall, Daniela Carollo, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Jurek Brzeski, Scott Case, Russell Cannon, Vladimir Churilov, Warrick Couch, Robert Dean, Gayandhi De Silva, Valentina D'Orazi, Tony Farrell, Kristin Fiegert, Kenneth Freeman, Gabriella Frost, Luke Gers, Michael Goodwin, Doug Gray, Ron Heald, Jeroen Heijmans, Damien Jones, Stephan Keller, 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, David Orr, 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

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

Paper

Integrating the HERMES spectrograph for the AAT

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

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

Paper

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

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

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

Paper

MANIFEST instrument concept and related technologies

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

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

Paper

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

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

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

Paper

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

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

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

Paper

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

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

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

Paper

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

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

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

Paper

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

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

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

Paper

IRIS2: a working infrared multi-object spectrograph and camera

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

Paper

AAOmega: a multipurpose fiber-fed spectrograph for the AAT

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

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

Paper

Engineering performance of IRIS2 infrared imaging camera and spectrograph

Vladimir Churilov, John Dawson, Greg Smith, Lew Waller, John Whittard, Roger Haynes, Allan Lankshear, 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

Paper

AAO2: a general purpose CCD controller for the AAT

Lew Waller, John Barton, Don Mayfield, Jason Griesbach

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

Paper

The data flow system for the AAO2 controllers

Keith Shortridge, Tony Farrell, 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

Paper

The performance of OzPoz: a multifiber positioner on the VLT

Peter Gillingham, Dan Popovic, Tony Farrell, 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

Paper

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

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

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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