Dr. Thomas Blümchen Profile

Dr. Thomas Blümchen

at Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie

SPIE Involvement:

Author

Publications (7)

Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

Status of the ARGOS ground layer adaptive optics system

Wolfgang Gässler, Sebastian Rabien, Simone Esposito, Michael Lloyd-Hart, Lothar Barl, Udo Beckmann, Thomas Bluemchen, Marco Bonaglia, José Luis Borelli, Guido Brusa, Joar Brynnel, Peter Buschkamp, Lorenzo Busoni, Luca Carbonaro, Claus Connot, Richard Davies, Matthias Deysenroth, Olivier Durney, Richard Green, Hans Gemperlein, Victor Gasho, Marcus Haug, Pete Hubbard, Sebastian Ihle, Martin Kulas, Reinhard Lederer, Jason Lewis, Christina Loose, Michael Lehmitz, Jamison Noenickx, Edmund Nussbaum, Gilles Orban de Xivry, Diethard Peter, Andreas Quirrenbach, Matt Rademacher, Walfried Raab, Jesper Storm, Christian Schwab, Vidhya Vaitheeswaran, Julian Ziegleder

Proceedings Volume 8447, 844702 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926167

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Wavefront sensors, Mirrors, Sensors, Adaptive optics, Laser systems engineering, Calibration, Laser guide stars, Stars, Optical fabrication

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 16 September 2011 Paper

Status report on the Large Binocular Telescope's ARGOS ground-layer AO system

M. Hart, S. Rabien, L. Busoni, L. Barl, U. Beckmann, M. Bonaglia, Y. Boose, J. Borelli, T. Bluemchen, L. Carbonaro, C. Connot, M. Deysenroth, R. Davies, O. Durney, M. Elberich, T. Ertl, S. Esposito, W. Gaessler, V. Gasho, H. Gemperlein, P. Hubbard, S. Kanneganti, M. Kulas, K. Newman, J. Noenickx, G. Orban de Xivry, D. Peter, A. Quirrenbach, M. Rademacher, C. Schwab, J. Storm, V. Vaitheeswaran, G. Weigelt, J. Ziegleder

Proceedings Volume 8149, 81490J (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.893916

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Mirrors, Sensors, Stars, Control systems, Cameras, Wavefronts, Beam splitters, Wavefront sensors

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 28 July 2010 Open Access

ARGOS: the laser guide star system for the LBT

S. Rabien, N. Ageorges, L. Barl, U. Beckmann, T. Blümchen, M. Bonaglia, J. Borelli, J. Brynnel, L. Busoni, L. Carbonaro, R. Davies, M. Deysenroth, O. Durney, M. Elberich, S. Esposito, V. Gasho, W. Gässler, H. Gemperlein, R. Genzel, R. Green, M. Haug, M. Hart, P. Hubbard, S. Kanneganti, E. Masciadri, J. Noenickx, G. Orban de Xivry, D. Peter, A. Quirrenbach, M. Rademacher, H. Rix, P. Salinari, C. Schwab, J. Storm, L. Strüder, M. Thiel, G. Weigelt, J. Ziegleder

Proceedings Volume 7736, 77360E (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857210

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Mirrors, Stars, Laser systems engineering, Wavefront sensors, Sensors, Laser guide stars, Telescopes, Calibration, Turbulence

Read Abstract +

DOWNLOAD PAPER

Proceedings Article | 25 July 2008 Paper

Cryogenic wheel mechanisms for the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): detailed design and test results from the qualification program

O. Krause, S. Birkmann, T. Blümchen, A. Böhm, M. Ebert, U. Grözinger, Th. Henning, R. Hofferbert, A. Huber, D. Lemke, R.-R. Rohloff, S. Scheithauer, T. Gross, G. Luichtel, C. Stein, R. Stott, M. Übele, J. Amiaux, J.-L. Auguères, A. Glauser, A. Zehnder, M. Meijers, R. Jager, P. Parr-Burrman, G. Wright

Proceedings Volume 7018, 701824 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789319

KEYWORDS: Interfaces, James Webb Space Telescope, Kinematics, Cryogenics, Position sensors, Sensors, Mid-IR, Magnetism, Spectroscopy, Optical filters

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 23 July 2008 Paper

A cryogenic dithering stage for moving SPHERE-IRDIS' detector

Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, Thomas Blümchen, Markus Feldt, Vianak Naranjo, Jose Ramos, Klaus-Dieter Müller, Harry Marth, Patrick Pertsch, Kjetil Dohlen

Proceedings Volume 7018, 701829 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788839

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Sensors, Cryogenics, Optical spheres, Exoplanets, Dielectrics, Optical benches, Ceramics, Calibration, Planets

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 3 March 2003 Paper

Design issues for the SUNRISE Telescope

Hermann Bittner, Elke Schmidt, Klaus-Ruediger Haertel, Clemens Kaiser, Thomas Bluemchen

Proceedings Volume 4857, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.474297

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Optical instrument design, Space telescopes, Sun, Wavefronts, Optical components, Optics manufacturing, Thermography, Tolerancing

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 14 February 2003 Paper

Characterization of polarizing beamsplitters by ray tracing

Thomas Bluemchen, Achim Gandorfer

Proceedings Volume 4843, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458616

KEYWORDS: Beam splitters, Polarization, Prisms, Sensors, Spectrographs, Spectroscopy, Solar telescopes, Ray tracing, Polarimetry, Optical aberrations

Read Abstract +

Showing 5 of 7 publications

View contact details

UPDATE YOUR PROFILE

Is this your profile? Update it now.

Sign into your SPIE.org account

Don’t have a profile and want one?

Create an account on SPIE.org

Keywords/Phrases

Search In:

Publication Years