Dr. Richard M. McDermid Profile

Dr. Richard M. McDermid

Fellow at Macquarie Univ

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Publications (22)

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

MAVIS: an optical design for the image slicer and spectrograph

Will Saunders, Tim Chin, Chris Schwab, Simon Ellis, Robert Content, Jacob Pember, Ross Zhelem, Jessica Zheng, Scott Smedley, David Robertson, Davide Greggio, Francois Rigaut, Richard Mcdermid

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218444 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630348

KEYWORDS: Lenses, Spectrographs, Mirrors, Cameras, Sensors, Image quality, Collimators, Spherical lenses, Optical design, Collimation

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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 | 14 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

MAVIS IFU with AO for VLT: image slicer concept and design

Robert Content, Giovanni Cresci, Simon Ellis, Richard McDermid, François Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 11451, 1145171 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562744

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Spectrographs, Diffraction, Imaging systems, Adaptive optics, Reflectivity, Integrated optics

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

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 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

The MAVIS Image Simulator: predicting the astrometric performance of MAVIS

Stephanie Monty, François Rigaut, Richard McDermid, Jesse Cranney, Guido Agapito, Cedric Plantet, Davide Greggio, J. Trevor Mendel, Mojtaba Taheri, Daniele Vassallo, Christian Schwab, Giuliana Fiorentino, Giuseppe Bono, Dionne Haynes

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144756 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561433

KEYWORDS: Device simulation, Point spread functions, Adaptive optics, Optical instrument design, Large telescopes, Visible radiation, Optical telescopes, Space operations, Spatial resolution, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

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A high-resolution echelle spectrograph for precision Doppler observations with small telescopes

Jacob Pember, Christian Schwab, Blaise Kuo Tiong, Cassandra Fallscheer, Hannah Worters, David Coutts, Richard McDermid

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114473O (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563235

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Telescopes, Optical instrument design, Doppler effect, Exoplanets, Stars, Spectral resolution, Observatories, Spectrographs, Stellar astronomy

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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 | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

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Hector: a modular integral field spectrograph instrument for the Anglo-Australian Telescope

Julia Bryant, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Jon Lawrence, Will Saunders, Robert Content, Scott Croom, Sudharshan Venkatesan, Mahesh Mohanan, Rebecca Brown, Adeline Wang, Ross Zhelem, Peter Gillingham, Robert Patterson, Helen McGregor, Warrick Couch, Jesse van de Sande, Richard McDermid, Sergio Leon-Saval

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107021H (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309893

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectral resolution, Spectrographs, Kinematics, Telescopes, Ionization, Robotics, Astronomy

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Based on the success of the SAMI integral field spectrograph (IFS) instrument on the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) the capacity for large IFS nearby galaxy surveys on the AAT is being substantially expanded with a new instrument called Hector. The high filling-fraction imaging fibre bundles ‘hexabundles’ of the type used on SAMI, are being enlarged to cover up to 30-arcsec diameter. The aim is to reach two effective radii on most galaxies, where the galaxy rotation curve flattens and >75% of the specific angular momentum of disk galaxies is accounted for. Driven by the key science case, Hector will have a 1.3A spectral resolution, enabling high-order stellar kinematics to be measured on a larger fraction of galaxies than with any other IFS instrument. Hector will be on sky in 2019. The first module of Hector, Hector-I, will have 21 hexabundles and >42 sky fibres to observe 20 galaxies and a calibration star simultaneously. It consists of new blue and red-arm spectrographs that have been designed at the Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO; now called AAO-Macquarie), coupled to the new hexabundles and robotic positioner from AAO-USydney (formerly the Sydney Astrophotonics Instrumentation Laboratory, SAIL) at Sydney University. A novel robotic positioning concept will compensate for varying telecentricity over the 2-degree-field of the AAT to recoup the 20% loss in light at the edge of the field. Hector-I will survey 15,000 galaxies. Additional modules in the future would result in 30,000 galaxies. Hector will take integral field spectroscopy on galaxies with z<0.15 in the 4MOST WAVES-North and WAVES-South∗ regions. The WAVES data, which will come later, will give the environment metrics neces- sary to relate how local and global environments influence galaxy growth through gas accretion, star formation and spins measured with Hector. The WALLABY ASKAP† survey will trace HI gas across the Hector fields, which in combination with Hector will give a complete view of gas accretion and star formation.

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 precision radial velocity error budget for the Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph (GHOST)

Michael Ireland, Étienne Artigau, Greg Burley, Michael Edgar, Steve Margheim, Gordon Robertson, John Pazder, Richard McDermid, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99087A (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233927

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Gemini Observatory, Exoplanets, Cameras, Distortion, Monochromatic aberrations, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Spatial frequencies, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

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Hector: a new massively multiplexed IFU instrument for the Anglo-Australian Telescope

Julia Bryant, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Jon Lawrence, Scott Croom, David Brown, Sudharshan Venkatesan, Peter Gillingham, Ross Zhelem, Robert Content, Will Saunders, Nicholas Staszak, Jesse van de Sande, Warrick Couch, Sergio Leon-Saval, Julia Tims, Richard McDermid, Adam Schaefer

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99081F (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230740

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Stars, Kinematics, Iterated function systems, Cameras, Glasses, Mirrors, Aspheric lenses

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

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Progress on the Gemini High-Resolution Optical SpecTrograph (GHOST) design

Michael Ireland, Andre Anthony, Greg Burley, Eric Chisholm, Vladimir Churilov, Jennifer Dunn, Gabriella Frost, Jon Lawrence, David Loop, Peter McGregor, Sarah Martell, Alan McConnachie, Richard McDermid, John Pazder, Vlad Reshetov, J. Robertson, Andrew Sheinis, Julia Tims, Peter Young, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91471J (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057356

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Gemini Observatory, Cameras, Telescopes, Optical design, Stars, Sensors, Astronomy, Space telescopes, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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Increasing sky coverage with the Gemini North ALTAIR/LGS AO system

Julian Christou, Maxime Boccas, Angelic Ebbers, Richard McDermid, Richard Oram, Chadwick Trujillo, Brian Walls

Proceedings Volume 8447, 84473E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925507

KEYWORDS: Stars, Sodium, Adaptive optics, Gemini Observatory, National Ignition Facility, Laser guide stars, Point spread functions, Rayleigh scattering, Linear filtering, Wavefront sensors

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

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Weighing black holes using open-loop focus corrections for LGS-AO observations of galaxy nuclei at Gemini Observatory

Richard McDermid, Davor Krajnovic, Michele Cappellari, Chadwick Trujillo, Julian Christou, Roger Davies

Proceedings Volume 7736, 77365W (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856572

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, National Ignition Facility, Point spread functions, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Gemini Observatory, Sodium, Stars, Kinematics, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 13 July 2010 Paper

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ALTAIR performance and updates at Gemini North

Julian Christou, Benoit Neichel, Francois Rigaut, Michael Sheehan, Richard McDermid, Gelys Trancho, Chadwick Trujillo, Brian Walls

Proceedings Volume 7736, 77361R (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856776

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Adaptive optics, Stars, K band, Gemini Observatory, Calibration, Wavefront sensors, Telescopes, Data modeling, Laser guide stars

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2008 Paper

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Calibration issues for MUSE

Andreas Kelz, Martin Roth, Svend Bauer, Joris Gerssen, Thomas Hahn, Peter Weilbacher, Uwe Laux, Magali Loupias, Johan Kosmalski, Richard McDermid, Roland Bacon

Proceedings Volume 7014, 701458 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789407

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Copper, Sensors, Lamps, Spectrographs, Photodiodes, Charge-coupled devices, Electronics, Image quality, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 28 June 2006 Paper

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GLAS: engineering a common-user Rayleigh laser guide star for adaptive optics on the William Herschel Telescope

Gordon Talbot, Don Carlos Abrams, Nikolaos Apostolakos, Richard Bassom, Colin Blackburn, Maarten Blanken, Diego Cano Infantes, Alan Chopping, Kevin Dee, Nigel Dipper, Eddy Elswijk, Bernard Enthoven, Thomas Gregory, Rik ter Horst, Ron Humphreys, Jan Idserda, Paul Jolley, Sjouke Kuindersma, Richard McDermid, Tim Morris, Richard Myers, Sergio Pico, Johan Pragt, Simon Rees, Jürg Rey, Marcos Reyes, René Rutten, Ton Schoenmaker, Jure Skvarc, Niels Tromp, Simon Tulloch, Auke Veninga

Proceedings Volume 6272, 62722H (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669942

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Control systems, Mirrors, Laser safety, Laser systems engineering, Laser guide stars, Pulsed laser operation, Charge-coupled devices, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper

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Probing unexplored territories with MUSE: a second generation instrument for the VLT

R. Bacon, S. Bauer, P. Boehm, D. Boudon, S. Brau-Nogué, P. Caillier, L. Capoani, C. Carollo, N. Champavert, T. Contini, E. Daguisé, D. Dallé, B. Delabre, J. Devriendt, S. Dreizler, J. Dubois, M. Dupieux, J. Dupin, E. Emsellem, P. Ferruit, M. Franx, G. Gallou, J. Gerssen, B. Guiderdoni, T. Hahn, D. Hofmann, A. Jarno, A. Kelz, C. Koehler, W. Kollatschny, J. Kosmalski, F. Laurent, S. Lilly, J. Lizon, M. Loupias, S. Lynn, A. Manescau, R. McDermid, C. Monstein, H. Nicklas, L. Parès, L. Pasquini, A. Pécontal-Rousset, E. Pécontal, R. Pello, C. Petit, J.-P. Picat, E. Popow, A. Quirrenbach, R. Reiss, E. Renault, M. Roth, J. Schaye, G. Soucail, M. Steinmetz, S. Stroebele, R. Stuik, P. Weilbacher, H. Wozniak, P. de Zeeuw

Proceedings Volume 6269, 62690J (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669772

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Spatial resolution, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Spectroscopes, Spectral resolution, Telescopes, Imaging spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper

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The ESO Adaptive Optics Facility

S. Ströbele, R. Arsenault, R. Bacon, R. Biasi, D. Bonaccini-Calia, M. Downing, R. Conzelmann, B. Delabre, R. Donaldson, M. Duchateau, S. Esposito, E. Fedrigo, D. Gallieni, W. Hackenberg, N. Hubin, M. Kasper, M. Kissler-Patig, M. Le Louarn, R. McDermid, S. Oberti, J. Paufique, A. Riccardi, R. Stuik, E. Vernet

Proceedings Volume 6272, 62720B (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672289

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Mirrors, Actuators, Digital signal processing, Calibration, Sensors, Galactic astronomy, Field programmable gate arrays, Deformable mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

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The second-generation VLT instrument MUSE: science drivers and instrument design

Roland Bacon, Svend-Marian Bauer, Richard Bower, Sylvie Cabrit, Michele Cappellari, Marcella Carollo, Francoise Combes, Roger Davies, Bernard Delabre, Hans Dekker, Julien Devriendt, Slimane Djidel, Michel Duchateau, Jean-Pierre Dubois, Eric Emsellem, Pierre Ferruit, Marijn Franx, Gerard Gilmore, Bruno Guiderdoni, Francois Henault, Norbert Hubin, Bruno Jungwiert, Andreas Kelz, Miska Le Louarn, Ian Lewis, Jean-Louis Lizon, Richard McDermid, Simon Morris, Uwe Laux, Olivier Le Fèvre, Blandine Lantz, Simon Lilly, James Lynn, Luca Pasquini, Arlette Pecontal, Patrick Pinet, Dan Popovic, Andreas Quirrenbach, Roland Reiss, Martin Roth, Matthias Steinmetz, Remko Stuik, Luc Wisotzki, P. Tim de Zeeuw

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.549009

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Adaptive optics, Spectrographs, Spatial resolution, Spectroscopes, Spectral resolution, Spectroscopy, Planets, James Webb Space Telescope, Atmospheric optics

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

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Adaptive-optics-assisted integral field spectroscopy with OASIS and NAOMI

Richard McDermid, Roland Bacon, Gilles Adam, Chris Benn, Michele Cappellari

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552912

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Adaptive optics, Kinematics, Spatial resolution, Spectrographs, Spectroscopy, Point spread functions, Spectral resolution, Stars, Data modeling

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