Dr. Charles A. Beichman Profile

Dr. Charles A. Beichman

Executive Director of NExScI

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Publications (52)

Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

The development of HISPEC for Keck and MODHIS for TMT: science cases and predicted sensitivities

Quinn Konopacky, Ashley Baker, Dimitri Mawet, Michael Fitzgerald, Nemanja Jovanovic, Charles Beichman, Garreth Ruane, Rob Bertz, Hiroshi Terada, Richard Dekany, Larry Lingvay, Marc Kassis, David Anderson, Motohide Tamura, Björn Benneke, Thomas Beatty, Tuan Do, Shogo Nishiyama, Peter Plavchan, Jason Wang, Ji Wang, Adam Burgasser, Jean-Baptiste Ruffio, Huihao Zhang, Aaron Brown, Jason Fucik, Aidan Gibbs, Rose Gibson, Sam Halverson, Christopher Johnson, Sonia Karkar, Takayuki Kotani, Evan Kress, Stephanie Leifer, Kenneth Magnone, Jerome Maire, Rishi Pahuja, Michael Porter, Mitsuko Roberts, Ben Sappey, Jim Thorne, Eric Wang, Etienne Artigau, Geoffrey Blake, Gabriela Canalizo, Guo Chen, Greg Doppmann, René Doyon, Courtney Dressing, Min Fang, Thomas Greene, Greg Herczeg, Lynne Hillenbrand, Andrew Howard, Stephen Kane, Tiffany Kataria, Eliza Kempton, Heather Knutson, David Lafrenière, Chao Liu, Stanimir Metchev, Max Millar-Blanchaer, Norio Narita, Gajendra Pandey, S.P. Rajaguru, Paul Robertson, Colette Salyk, Bun'ei Sato, Evertt Schlawin, Sujan Sengupta, Thirupathi Sivarani, Warren Skidmore, Gautam Vasisht, Chikako Yasui, Hui Zhang

Proceedings Volume 12680, 1268007 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2681522

KEYWORDS: Planets, Stars, Exoplanets, Spectrographs, Atmospheres, Spectroscopy, Telescopes

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SPIE Journal Paper | 7 September 2023 Open Access

Open Access

Commissioning observations of HD 189733 with the PAlomar Radial Velocity Instrument

Bryson L. Cale, Aurora Kesseli, Charles Beichman, Gautam Vasisht, Rose Gibson, Rebecca Oppenheimer, Jason Fucik, Dimitri Mawet, Christopher Paine, Kittrin Matthews, Thomas Lockhart, Samuel Halverson, Boqiang Shen, Mahmood Bagheri, Stephanie Leifer, Peter Plavchan, David Hover

JATIS, Vol. 9, Issue 03, 038006, (September 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.9.3.038006

KEYWORDS: Signal detection, Spectral resolution, Spectrographs, Point spread functions, Single mode fibers, Doppler effect, Planets, Telescopes, Equipment, Exoplanets

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SPIE Journal Paper | 19 September 2022

Data reduction pipeline and performance for the Palomar radial velocity instrument

Rose Gibson, Rebecca Oppenheimer, Ricky Nilsson, Charles Beichman, Gautam Vasisht

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 03, 038006, (September 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.3.038006

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Image processing, Spectrographs, Single mode fibers, Point spread functions, Signal to noise ratio, Data acquisition, Absorption, Fiber science

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

An all-photonic, dynamic device for flattening the spectrum of a laser frequency comb for precise calibration of radial velocity measurements

Nemanja Jovanovic, Pradip Gatkine, Boqiang Shen, Maodong Gao, Nick Cvetojevic, Katarzyna Ławniczuk, Ronald Broeke, Charles Beichman, Stephanie Leifer, Jeffrey Jewell, Gautam Vasisht, Dimitri Mawet

Proceedings Volume 12188, 121885D (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630301

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Frequency combs, Modulation, Calibration, Spectrographs, Precision calibration, Polarization, Velocity measurements, Light sources, Chemical elements

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Laser frequency combs are fast becoming critical to reaching the highest radial velocity precisions. One shortcoming is the highly variable brightness of the comb lines across the spectrum (up to 4-5 orders of magnitude). This can result in some lines saturating while others are at low signal and lost in the noise. Losing lines to either of these effects reduces the precision and hence effectiveness of the comb. In addition, the brightness of the comb lines can vary with time which could drive comb lines with initially reasonable SNR’s into the two regimes described above. To mitigate these two effects, laser frequency combs use optical flattener’s. Flattener’s are typically bulk optic setups that disperse the comb light with a grating, and then use a spatial light modulator to control the amplitude across the spectrum before recombining the light into another single mode fiber and sending it to the spectrograph. These setups can be large (small bench top), expensive (several hundred thousand dollars) and have limited stability. To address these issues, we have developed an all-photonic spectrum flattener on a chip. The device is constructed from optical waveguides on a SiN chip. The light from the laser frequency comb’s output optical fiber can be directly connected to the chip, where the light is first dispersed using an arrayed waveguide grating. To control the brightness of each channel, the light is passed through a Mach-Zehnder interferometer before being recombined with a second arrayed waveguide grating. Thermo-optic phase modulators are used in each channel before recombination to path length match the channels as needed. Here we present the results from our first generation prototype. The device operates from 1400-1800 nm (covering the H band), with 20, 20 nm wide channels. The device was mounted on a PCB board to enable electrical control of the active elements and tested in the laboratory. It was demonstrated that the Mach- Zehnder’s allowed for nearly 40 dBs of dynamic modulation of the spectrum, which is greater than that offered by most spatial light modulators. With a smooth spectrum light source (superluminescent light source), we reduced the spectral variation to 3 dBs, limited by the properties of the components used. On a laser frequency comb which had strong modulations at high spatial frequencies, we still managed to reduce the modulation to 5 dBs. These devices are of the order of a US quarter and could play a significant role in future PRV and EPRV initiatives.

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Fiber-fed high-resolution infrared spectroscopy at the diffraction limit with Keck-HISPEC and TMT-MODHIS: status update

Dimitri Mawet, Michael Fitzgerald, Quinn Konopacky, Nemanja Jovanovic, Ashley Baker, Charles Beichman, Rob Bertz, Richard Dekany, Jason Fucik, Mitsuko Roberts, Michael Porter, Rishi Pahuja, Garreth Ruane, Stephanie Leifer, Samuel Halverson, Aidan Gibbs, Chris Johnson, Evan Kress, Kenneth Magnone, Ji Man Sohn, Eric Wang, Aaron Brown, Jerome Maire, Ben Sappey, David Andersen, Hiroshi Terada, Marc Kassis, Etienne Artigau, Bjorn Benneke, Rene Doyon, Takayuki Kotani, Motohide Tamura, Thomas Beatty, Peter Plavchan, Tuan Do, Shogo Nishiyama, Jason Wang, Ji Wang

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121841R (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630142

KEYWORDS: Planets, Exoplanets, Stars, Spectrographs, Spectroscopy, Spectral resolution, Adaptive optics, Single mode fibers, Infrared spectroscopy, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Innovations and advances in instrumentation at the W. M. Keck Observatory, vol. II

Marc Kassis, Steve Allen, Carlos Alvarez, Ravinder Banyal, Robert Bertz, Charles Beichman, Aaron Brown, Matthew Brown, Gerald Cabak, Kevin Bundy, Sylvain Cetre, Jason Chin, Mark Chun, Will Deich, Richard Dekany, Jacques Delorme, Mark Devenot, Greg Doppmann, Michael Fitzgerald, Jason Fucik, Grant Hill, Philip Hinz, Bradford Holden, Andrew Howard, Maodong Gao, Steve Gibson, Percy Gomez, Colby Gottschalk, Peter Gillingham, Tucker Jones, Nemanja Jovanovic, Evan Kirby, Quinn Konopacky, Shanti Krishnan, Renate Kupke, James Larkin, Stephanie Leifer, Hilton Lewis, Scott Lilley, Jessica Lu, James Lyke, Nick MacDonald, Eduardo Marin, Matt Matuszewski, Dimitri Mawet, Rosalie McGurk, Maxwell Millar-Blanchaer, Reston Nash, Craig Nance, James Neill, John O'Meara, Eliad Peretz, Claire Poppett, John Mather, Matthew Radovan, Mitsuko Roberts, Sam Ragland, Kodi Rider, Constance Rockosi, Dale Sandfor, Boqiang Shen, Charles Steidel, Sunil Simha, Andy Skemer, Deno Stelter, Avinash Surendran, James Thorne, Ben McCarney, Kyle Lanclos, Ashley Baker, Ryan Rubenzahl, Arpita Roy, Sam Halverson, Jerry Edelstein, Christopher Martin, Maureen Savage, Dale Sandford, Stephanie Sallum, Josh Walawender, Peter Wizinowich, Kyle Westfall, Kerry Vahala, Shelley Wright, Truman Wold, Sherry Yeh

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218405 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628630

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Spectrographs, Exoplanets, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Imaging systems, Telescopes, Planets, Cameras, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster

Poster

Achieving 1 m/s instrument radial velocity stability with the Palomar Radial Velocity Instrument

Rose Gibson, Gautam Vasisht, Rebecca Oppenheimer, Chalres Beichman, Stephanie Leifer, Jason Fucik, Christopher Paine, Mahmood Bagheri, Bryson Cale

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121845C (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2644698

KEYWORDS: Near infrared, Stars, Single mode fibers, Motion measurement, Frequency combs, Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Signal detection

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation

Presentation

The W.M. Keck Observatory Data Services Initiative: Creating data that is useful, usable, and quick

John O'Meara, Matthew Brown, Jeffrey Mader, Max Brodheim, Tyler Tucker, Josh Walawender, Lucas Fuhrman, Michael Lundquist, Luca Rizzi, Marc Kassis, Charles Beichman, Sean Carey, Bruce Berriman, Meca Lynn

Proceedings Volume 12186, 121860G (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629073

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Keck Observatory, Observatories, Calibration, Databases, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Poster + Presentation + Paper

Poster + Presentation + Paper

JWST/NIRCam coronagraphy: commissioning and first on-sky results

Julien Girard, Jarron Leisenring, Jens Kammerer, Mario Gennaro, Marcia Rieke, John Stansberry, Armin Rest, Eiichi Egami, Ben Sunnquist, Martha Boyer, Alicia Canipe, Matteo Correnti, Bryan Hilbert, Marshall Perrin, Laurent Pueyo, Remi Soummer, Marsha Allen, Howard Bushouse, Jonathan Aguilar, Brian Brooks, Dan Coe, Audrey DiFelice, David Golimowski, George Hartig, Dean Hines, Anton Koekemoer, Bryony Nickson, Nikolay Nikolov, Vera Kozhurina-Platais, Nor Pirzkal, Massimo Robberto, Anand Sivaramakrishnan, Sangmo Tony Sohn, Randal Telfer, Chi Rai Wu, Thomas Beatty, Michael Florian, Kevin Hainline, Doug Kelly, Karl Misselt, Everett Schlawin, Fengwu Sun, Christina Williams, Christopher Willmer, Christopher Stark, Marie Ygouf, Aarynn Carter, Charles Beichman, Thomas Greene, Thomas Roellig, John Krist, Jéa Adams Redai, Jason Wang, Charles Clark, Dan Lewis, Malcolm Ferry

Proceedings Volume 12180, 121803Q (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629636

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Stars, James Webb Space Telescope, Point spread functions, Distortion, Telescopes, Signal to noise ratio, Calibration, Target acquisition, Exoplanets, Astronomical imaging, Near infrared, Direct methods, Astronomical instrumentation

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Proceedings Article | 23 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Data processing for high-contrast imaging with the James Webb Space Telescope

Marie Ygouf, Graça Rocha, Charles Beichman, Alexandra Greenbaum, Jarron Leisenring, Matthew De Furio, Michael Meyer, Julien Girard, Laurent Pueyo, Marshall Perrin, Taichi Uyama, Joseph Green, Jeffrey Jewell

Proceedings Volume 11443, 114433N (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561628

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Data processing, Image processing, Human-computer interaction, Exoplanets, Planets, Point spread functions, Control systems, Coronagraphy, Environmental sensing

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

A microresonator-based etalon for visible light precision radial velocity measurements

Stephanie Leifer, Anatoliy Savchenkov, Abdelkrim El Amili, Charles Beichman, Andrey Matsko, Yu-Hung Lai, Stuart Love, Dmitri Strekalov, Christian Schwab, Lute Maleki, Samuel Halverson, Ian Coddington, Mahmood Bagheri

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114471L (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562369

KEYWORDS: Fabry–Perot interferometers, Visible radiation, Velocity measurements, Calibration, Spectral calibration, Magnesium fluoride, Microresonators, Ceramics, Composites, Resonators

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Keck Planet Finder: design updates

Steven Gibson, Andrew Howard, Kodi Rider, Arpita Roy, Jerry Edelstein, Marc Kassis, Jason Grillo, Sam Halverson, Martin Sirk, Christopher Smith, Steve Allen, Ashley Baker, Charles Beichman, Bruce Berriman, Thomas Brown, Kelleen Casey, Jason Chin, David Coutts, David Cowley, William Deich, Tobias Feger, Benjamin Fulton, Luke Gers, Yulia Gurevich, Yuzo Ishikawa, Ean James, Sharon Jelinsky, Stephen Kaye, Kyle Lanclos, Adela Li, Scott Lilley, Ben McCarney, Tim Miller, Steve Milner, Timothy O'Hanlon, Jacob Pember, Mike Raffanti, Constance Rockosi, Ryan Rubenzahl, Dave Rumph, Dale Sandford, Maureen Savage, Christian Schwab, Andreas Seifahrt, Abby Shaum, Roger Smith, Julian Stuermer, Jim Thorne, Adam Vandenberg, Tod Von Boeckmann, Cindy Wang, Qifan Wang, Marie Weisfeiler, Mavourneen Wilcox, Edward Wishnow, Peter Wizinowich, Truman Wold, Anna Wolfenberger

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144742 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561783

KEYWORDS: Planets, Spectroscopy, Keck Observatory, Exoplanets, Doppler effect, Optical fabrication, Zerodur, Optical benches, Charge-coupled devices, CCD image sensors

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Proceedings Article | 2 March 2020 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Status and future developments of integrated photonic spectrographs for astronomy and Earth and planetary sciences

N. Jovanovic, N. Cvetojevic, M. Daal, B. Mazin, R. Moreira, D. Mawet, G. Vasisht, C. Beichman, K. Wallace, J. Jewell, S. Leifer, R. Dekany, M. Porter

Proceedings Volume 11287, 112870K (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2546959

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Astronomy, Telescopes, Waveguides, Single mode fibers, Spectral resolution, Sensors, Integrated photonics, Planetary science, Photonic devices

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Precision astrometry mission for exoplanet detection around binary stars

Eduardo Bendek, Peter Tuthill, Olivier Guyon, Gautam Vasisht, Ruslan Belikov, Kieran Larkin, Charles Beichman, Michael Shao, Eric Mamajek, Dan Sirbu, Laura Coyle

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106980G (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313919

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Stars, Telescopes, Planets, Sensors, Calibration, Mirrors, Exoplanets

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

The HOSTS survey for exo-zodiacal dust: preliminary results and future prospects

S. Ertel, G. Kennedy, D. Defrère, P. Hinz, A. Shannon, B. Mennesson, W. C. Danchi, C. Gelino, J. M. Hill, W. Hoffman, G. Rieke, E. Spalding, J. Stone, A. Vaz, A. Weinberger, P. Willems, O. Absil, P. Arbo, V. Bailey, C. Beichman, G. Bryden, E. Downey, O. Durney, S. Esposito, A. Gaspar, P. Grenz, C. Haniff, J. Leisenring, L. Marion, T. McMahon, R. Millan-Gabet, M. Montoya, K. Morzinski, E. Pinna, J. Power, A. Puglisi, A. Roberge, E. Serabyn, A. Skemer, K. Stapelfeldt, K. Y. L. Su, V. Vaitheeswaran, M. Wyatt

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106981V (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313685

KEYWORDS: Stars, Planets, Calibration, Statistical analysis, Exoplanets, Space telescopes, Nulling interferometry, Astronomy, Telescopes, Interferometry

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The presence of large amounts of dust in the habitable zones of nearby stars is a significant obstacle for future exo-Earth imaging missions. We executed the HOSTS (Hunt for Observable Signatures of Terrestrial Systems) survey to determine the typical amount of such exozodiacal dust around a sample of nearby main sequence stars. The majority of the data have been analyzed and we present here an update of our ongoing work. Nulling interferometry in N band was used to suppress the bright stellar light and to detect faint, extended circumstellar dust emission. We present an overview of the latest results from our ongoing work. We find seven new N band excesses in addition to the high confidence confirmation of three that were previously known. We find the first detections around Sun-like stars and around stars without previously known circumstellar dust. Our overall detection rate is 23%. The inferred occurrence rate is comparable for early type and Sun-like stars, but decreases from 71^{+11 -20}% for stars with previously detected mid- to far-infrared excess to 11^{+9 -4}% for stars without such excess, confirming earlier results at high confidence. For completed observations on individual stars, our sensitivity is five to ten times better than previous results. Assuming a lognormal luminosity function of the dust, we find upper limits on the median dust level around all stars without previously known mid to far infrared excess of 11.5 zodis at 95% confidence level. The corresponding upper limit for Sun-like stars is 16 zodis. An LBTI vetted target list of Sun-like stars for exo-Earth imaging would have a corresponding limit of 7.5 zodis. We provide important new insights into the occurrence rate and typical levels of habitable zone dust around main sequence stars. Exploiting the full range of capabilities of the LBTI provides a critical opportunity for the detailed characterization of a sample of exozodiacal dust disks to understand the origin, distribution, and properties of the dust.

Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

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UKIRT under new management: status and plans

K. Hodapp, T. Kerr, W. Varricatt, R. McLaren, D. Lonborg, D. H. Hall, S. Jacobson, J. Bruursema, S. Dahm, B. Dorland, J. Munn, F. Vrba, J. Dempsey, Y. Shvartzvald, G. Bryden, B. S. Gaudi, C. Beichman, S. Calchi Novati, C. Henderson, S. Jacklin, K. Stassun, M. Penny, Mike Irwin, Andy Lawrence

Proceedings Volume 10700, 107002Z (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311923

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astronomy, Observatories, Imaging spectroscopy, Infrared telescopes, Near infrared, Cameras, Sensors, Planets, Detector arrays

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2014 Paper

Paper

Enhancement of the Spitzer Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) distortion correction for parallax measurements

Patrick Lowrance, Sean Carey, James Ingalls, Jason Surace, Peter Capak, John Stauffer, Chas Beichman, David Shupe, J. Davy Kirkpatrick

Proceedings Volume 9143, 914358 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057195

KEYWORDS: Distortion, Infrared cameras, Calibration, Infrared telescopes, Distance measurement, Infrared radiation, Cryogenics, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

Paper

Precision near-infrared radial velocity instrumentation I: absorption gas cells

Peter Plavchan, G. Anglada-Escude, R. White, P. Gao, C. Davison, S. Mills, C. Beichman, C. Brinkworth, J. Johnson, M. Bottom, D. Ciardi, K. Wallace, B. Mennesson, K. von Braun, G. Vasisht, L. Prato, S. Kane, A. Tanner, B. Walp, S. Crawford, S. Lin

Proceedings Volume 8864, 88641J (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023690

KEYWORDS: Data modeling, Methane, Calibration, Absorption, Spectrographs, Stars, Planets, Exoplanets, Velocity measurements, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

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Electric field conjugation with the project 1640 coronagraph

Eric Cady, Christoph Baranec, Charles Beichman, Douglas Brenner, Rick Burruss, Justin Crepp, Richard Dekany, David Hale, Lynne Hillenbrand, Sasha Hinkley, E. Robert Ligon, Thomas Lockhart, Ben Oppenheimer, Ian Parry, Laurent Pueyo, Emily Rice, Lewis Roberts, Jennifer Roberts, Michael Shao, Anand Sivaramakrishnan, Remi Soummer, Hong Tang, Tuan Truong, Gautam Vasisht, Fred Vescelus, J. Kent Wallace, Chengxing Zhai, Neil Zimmerman

Proceedings Volume 8864, 88640K (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024635

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Wavefronts, Iterated function systems, Stars, Telescopes, Cameras, Sensors, Adaptive optics, Wavefront sensors, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

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Estimate low- and high-order wavefront using P1640 calibrator measurements

C. Zhai, G. Vasisht, M. Shao, T. Lockhart, E. Cady, B. Oppenheimer, R. Burruss, J. Roberts, C. Beichman, D. Brenner, J. Crepp, R. Dekany, L. Hillenbrand, S. Hinkley, I. Parry, L. Pueyo, E. Rice, L. Roberts, A. Sivaramakrishnan, R. Soummer, H. Tang, F. Vescelus, K. Wallace, N. Zimmerman

Proceedings Volume 8864, 88640L (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024754

KEYWORDS: Wavefronts, Coronagraphy, Error analysis, Calibration, Wavefront aberrations, Spatial frequencies, Monte Carlo methods, Adaptive optics, Atmospheric propagation, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

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Precision near-infrared radial velocity instrumentation II: noncircular core fiber scrambler

Peter Plavchan, M. Bottom, P. Gao, J. Wallace, B. Mennesson, D. Ciardi, S. Crawford, S. Lin, C. Beichman, C. Brinkworth, J. Johnson, C. Davison, R. White, G. Anglada-Escude, K. von Braun, G. Vasisht, L. Prato, S. Kane, A. Tanner, B. Walp, S. Mills

Proceedings Volume 8864, 88640G (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023696

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Spectrographs, Calibration, Cameras, Telescopes, Stars, Visible radiation, Velocity measurements, Planets, K band

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We have built and commissioned a prototype agitated non-circular core ber scrambler for precision spectroscopic radial velocity measurements in the near-infrared H band. We have collected the rst on-sky performance and modal noise tests of these novel bers in the near-infrared at H and K bands using the CSHELL spectrograph at the NASA InfraRed Telescope Facility (IRTF). We discuss the design behind our novel reverse injection of a red laser for co-alignment of star-light with the ber tip via a corneWe have built and commissioned a prototype agitated non-circular core fiber scrambler for precision spectroscopic radial velocity measurements in the near-infrared H band. We have collected the first on-sky performance and modal noise tests of these novel fibers in the near-infrared at H and K bands using the CSHELL spectrograph at the NASA InfraRed Telescope Facility (IRTF). We discuss the design behind our novel reverse injection of a red laser for co-alignment of star-light with the fiber tip via a corner cube and visible camera. We summarize the practical details involved in the construction of the fiber scrambler, and the mechanical agitation of the fiber at the telescope. We present radial velocity measurements of a bright standard star taken with and without the fiber scrambler to quantify the relative improvement in the obtainable blaze function stability, the line spread function stability, and the resulting radial velocity precision. We assess the feasibility of applying this illumination stabilization technique to the next generation of near-infrared spectrographs such as iSHELL on IRTF and an upgraded NIRSPEC at Keck. Our results may also be applied in the visible for smaller core diameter fibers where Fiber modal noise is a significant factor, such as behind an adaptive optics system or on a small < 1 meter class telescope such as is being pursued by the MINERVA and LCOGT collaborations.r cube and visible camera. We summarize the practical details involved in the construction of the ber scrambler, and the mechanical agitation of the ber at the telescope. We present radial velocity measurements of a bright standard star taken with and without the ber scrambler to quantify the relative improvement in the obtainable blaze function stability, the line spread function stability, and the resulting radial velocity precision. We assess the feasibility of applying this illumination stabilization technique to the next generation of near-infrared spectrographs such as iSHELL on IRTF and an upgraded NIRSPEC at Keck. Our results may also be applied in the visible for smaller core diameter bers where ber modal noise is a signi cant factor, such as behind an adaptive optics system or on a small < 1 meter class telescope such as is being pursued by the MINERVA and LCOGT collaborations.

Proceedings Article | 21 September 2012 Paper

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Science opportunities with the near-IR camera (NIRCam) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Charles Beichman, Marcia Rieke, Daniel Eisenstein, Thomas Greene, John Krist, Don McCarthy, Michael Meyer, John Stansberry

Proceedings Volume 8442, 84422N (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925447

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Stars, Planets, Galactic astronomy, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Sensors, Wavefronts, Cameras, Coronagraphy

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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Project 1640: the world's first ExAO coronagraphic hyperspectral imager for comparative planetary science

Ben Oppenheimer, Charles Beichman, Douglas Brenner, Rick Burruss, Eric Cady, Justin Crepp, Lynne Hillenbrand, Sasha Hinkley, E. Ligon, Thomas Lockhart, Ian Parry, Laurent Pueyo, Emily Rice, Lewis Roberts, Jennifer Roberts, Michael Shao, Anand Sivaramakrishnan, Rémi Soummer, Gautam Vasisht, Fred Vescelus, J. Kent Wallace, Chengxing Zhai, Neil Zimmerman

Proceedings Volume 8447, 844720 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926419

KEYWORDS: Stars, Adaptive optics, Coronagraphy, Planets, Wavefronts, Speckle, Sensors, Imaging systems, Control systems, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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A first order wavefront estimation algorithm for P1640 calibrator

C. Zhai, G. Vasisht, M. Shao, T. Lockhart, E. Cady, B. Oppenheimer, R. Burruss, J. Roberts, C. Beichman, D. Brenner, J. Crepp, R. Dekany, S. Hinkley, L. Hillenbrand, E. R. Ligon, I. Parry, L. Pueyo, E. Rice, L. Roberts, A. Sivaramakrishnan, R. Soummer, F. Vescelus, K. Wallace, N. Zimmerman

Proceedings Volume 8447, 84476W (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927015

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Wavefronts, Coronagraphy, Adaptive optics, Actuators, Imaging systems, Cameras, Speckle, Spatial frequencies, Wavefront sensors

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Proceedings Article | 29 September 2011 Paper

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NIRCam coronagraphic Lyot stop: design, fabrication, and testing

Yalan Mao, Torben Andersen, Tracy Kubo, Miguel Virgen, Henry Chan, Greg Feller, Lynn Huff, Eric Smith, Gopal Vasudevan, Steve Somerstein, Tom Jamieson, Scott Horner, John Krist, Charles Beichman, Carmen Barone, Ron Schmidt, Donna Levin, Steve Seymour, Douglas Kelly, Marcia Rieke

Proceedings Volume 8150, 81500E (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.896451

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Point spread functions, James Webb Space Telescope, Absorbance, Optical filters, Image filtering, Ferroelectric LCDs, Staring arrays, Coating, Silicon

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Proceedings Article | 11 August 2010 Paper

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Planetary system and star formation science with non-redundant masking on JWST

Anand Sivaramakrishnan, David Lafrenière, Peter Tuthill, Michael Ireland, James Lloyd, Frantz Martinache, Russell Makidon, Rémi Soummer, René Doyon, Mathilde Beaulieu, Sébastien Parmentier, Charles Beichman

Proceedings Volume 7731, 77313W (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858161

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Stars, Space telescopes, Visibility, Sensors, Planets, Telescopes, Calibration, Point spread functions, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 11 August 2010 Paper

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The JWST/NIRCam coronagraph flight occulters

John Krist, Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian, Richard Muller, Stuart Shaklan, Douglas Kelly, Daniel Wilson, Charles Beichman, Eugene Serabyn, Yalan Mao, Pierre Echternach, John Trauger, Kurt Liewer

Proceedings Volume 7731, 77313J (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856488

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, James Webb Space Telescope, Coating, Aluminum, Antireflective coatings, Photomasks, Microscopes, Absorbance, Neodymium, Image transmission

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Proceedings Article | 5 August 2010 Paper

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NIRCam: development and testing of the JWST near-infrared camera

Thomas Greene, Charles Beichman, Michael Gully-Santiago, Daniel Jaffe, Douglas Kelly, John Krist, Marcia Rieke, Eric Smith

Proceedings Volume 7731, 77310C (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856615

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Sensors, Cameras, Coronagraphy, Fermium, Frequency modulation, Optical fabrication, Cryogenics, Image segmentation, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 2009 Paper

Paper

Planetary system and star formation science with non-redundant masking on JWST

Anand Sivaramakrishnan, Peter Tuthill, Michael Ireland, James Lloyd, Frantz Martinache, Rémi Soummer, Russell Makidon, René Doyon, Mathilde Beaulieu, Charles Beichman

Proceedings Volume 7440, 74400Y (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.826633

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Space telescopes, Stars, Wavefronts, Point spread functions, Coronagraphy, Telescopes, Sensors, Calibration, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 2009 Paper

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The JWST/NIRCam coronagraph: mask design and fabrication

John Krist, Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian, Charles Beichman, Pierre Echternach, Joseph Green, Kurt Liewer, Richard Muller, Eugene Serabyn, Stuart Shaklan, John Trauger, Daniel Wilson, Scott Horner, Yalan Mao, Stephen Somerstein, Gopal Vasudevan, Douglas Kelly, Marcia Rieke

Proceedings Volume 7440, 74400W (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.826448

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, James Webb Space Telescope, Stars, Halftones, Telescopes, Diffraction, Coating, Photomasks, Sapphire, Light scattering

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2008 Paper

Paper

Terrestrial Planet Finder Interferometer: 2007-2008 progress and plans

P. Lawson, O. Lay, S. Martin, R. Peters, R. Gappinger, A. Ksendzov, D. Scharf, A. Booth, C. Beichman, E. Serabyn, K. Johnston, W. Danchi

Proceedings Volume 7013, 70132N (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.786822

KEYWORDS: Nulling interferometry, Planets, Mid-IR, Robots, Interferometers, Stars, Spatial filters, Interferometry, Space operations, Signal detection

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2008 Paper

Paper

Gattini: a multisite campaign for the measurement of sky brightness in Antarctica

Anna Moore, Graham Allen, Eric Aristidi, Michael Ashley, Tim Bedding, Chas Beichman, Runa Briguglio, Maurizio Busso, Maurizio Candidi, David Ciardi, Xiangqun Cui, Giuseppe Cutispoto, Elisa Distefano, Patrick Espy, Jon Everett, Longlong Feng, Jingyao Hu, Zhaoji Jiang, Suzanne Kenyon, Craig Kulesa, Jon Lawrence, Brice Le Roux, Tim Leslie, Yuangshen Li, Daniel Luong-Van, Andre Phillips, Weijian Qin, Roberto Ragazzoni, Reed Riddle, Lucia Sabbatini, Piero Salinari, Will Saunders, Zhaohui Shang, Dennis Stello, John Storey, Bo Sun, Nicolas Suntzeff, Melinda Taylor, Gino Tosti, Nick Tothill, Tony Travouillon, Gerard Van Belle, Kaspar Von Braun, Lifan Wang, Jun Yan, Huigen Yang, Xiangyan Yuan, Zhenxi Zhu, Xu Zhou

Proceedings Volume 7012, 701226 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789783

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Optical filters, Astronomy, Stars, Domes, Clouds, Astronomical imaging, Observatories, CCD cameras, Sun

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Proceedings Article | 19 September 2007 Paper

Paper

Finding Earth clones with SIM: the most promising near-term technique to detect, find masses for, and determine three-dimensional orbits of nearby habitable planets

Michael Shao, Stephen Unwin, Charles Beichman, Joseph Catanzarite, Stephen Edberg, James Marr, Geoffrey Marcy

Proceedings Volume 6693, 66930C (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734671

KEYWORDS: Planets, Stars, Exoplanets, Interferometers, Solar system, Jupiter, Space operations, Analog electronics, 3D modeling, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 19 September 2007 Paper

Paper

Terrestrial planet finder interferometer: 2006-2007 progress and plans

P. Lawson, O. Lay, S. Martin, C. Beichman, K. Johnston, W. Danchi, R. Gappinger, S. Hunyadi, A. Ksendzov, B. Mennesson, R. Peters, D. Scharf, E. Serabyn, S. Unwin

Proceedings Volume 6693, 669308 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734914

KEYWORDS: Planets, Nulling interferometry, Interferometers, Stars, Mid-IR, Spatial resolution, Interferometry, Space operations, Robots, Astrophysics

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Proceedings Article | 19 September 2007 Paper

Paper

Hunting planets and observing disks with the JWST NIRCam coronagraph

John Krist, Charles Beichman, John Trauger, Marcia Rieke, Steve Somerstein, Joseph Green, Scott Horner, John Stansberry, Fang Shi, Michael Meyer, Karl Stapelfeldt, Thomas Roellig

Proceedings Volume 6693, 66930H (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734873

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Stars, Planets, James Webb Space Telescope, Point spread functions, Wavefronts, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Sensors, Diffraction

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Proceedings Article | 19 September 2007 Paper

Paper

Observing exoplanets with the JWST NIRCam grisms

Thomas Greene, Charles Beichman, Daniel Eisenstein, Scott Horner, Douglas Kelly, Yalan Mao, Michael Meyer, Marcia Rieke, Fang Shi

Proceedings Volume 6693, 66930G (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.732506

KEYWORDS: Stars, James Webb Space Telescope, Exoplanets, Sensors, Signal to noise ratio, Planets, Spectroscopy, Optical filters, Jupiter, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper

Paper

Status of the terrestrial planet finder interferometer (TPF-I)

Charles Beichman, Peter Lawson, Oliver Lay, Asif Ahmed, Steve Unwin, K. Johnston

Proceedings Volume 6268, 62680S (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.673583

KEYWORDS: Planets, Stars, Space operations, Interferometers, Nulling interferometry, Computer simulations, Interferometry, Robots, Telescopes, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2005 Paper

Paper

High contrast imaging with the JWST NIRCAM coronagraph

Joseph Green, Charles Beichman, Scott Basinger, Scott Horner, Michael Meyer, David Redding, Marcia Rieke, John Trauger

Proceedings Volume 5905, 59050L (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.619343

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Stars, Coronagraphy, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Adaptive optics, Planets, Gemini Observatory, Calibration, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2005 Paper

Paper

A roadmap for NASA's search for other Earths

Charles Beichman, Wesley Traub, Michael Devirian, Adam Burrows

Proceedings Volume 5899, 589907 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.624220

KEYWORDS: Planets, Stars, Planetary systems, James Webb Space Telescope, Chemical elements, Space telescopes, Solar system, Telescopes, Earth's atmosphere, Atmospheric sensing

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Proceedings Article | 12 October 2004 Paper

Paper

Terrestrial Planet Finder: science overview

Stephen Unwin, Charles Beichman

Proceedings Volume 5487, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550949

KEYWORDS: Planets, Stars, Mid-IR, Visible radiation, Solar system, Infrared radiation, Clouds, Atmospheric physics, Atmospheric sensing, Planetary systems

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Proceedings Article | 12 October 2004 Paper

Paper

On-orbit performance of the MIPS instrument

George Rieke, Erick Young, James Cadien, Charles Engelbracht, Karl Gordon, Douglas Kelly, Frank Low, Karl Misselt, Jane Morrison, James Muzerolle, G. Rivlis, John Stansberry, Jeffrey Beeman, Eugene Haller, David Frayer, William Latter, Alberto Noriega-Crespo, Deborah Padgett, Dean Hines, J. Douglas Bean, William Burmester, Gerald Heim, Thomas Glenn, R. Ordonez, John Schwenker, S. Siewert, Donald Strecker, S. Tennant, John Troeltzsch, Bryce Unruh, R. Warden, Peter Ade, Almudena Alonso-Herrero, Myra Blaylock, Herve Dole, Eiichi Egami, Joannah Hinz, Emeric LeFloch, Casey Papovich, Pablo Perez-Gonzalez, Marcia Rieke, Paul Smith, Kate Su, Lee Bennett, David Henderson, Nanyao Lu, Frank Masci, Misha Pesenson, Luisa Rebull, Jeonghee Rho, Jocelyn Keene, Susan Stolovy, Stefanie Wachter, William Wheaton, Paul Richards, Harry Garner, M. Hegge, Monte Henderson, Kim MacFeely, David Michika, Chris Miller, Mark Neitenbach, Jeremiah Winghart, R. Woodruff, E. Arens, Charles Beichman, Stephen Gaalema, Thomas Gautier, Charles Lada, Jeremy Mould, Gerry Neugebauer, Karl Stapelfeldt

Proceedings Volume 5487, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551965

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Mirrors, Electronics, Photometry, Detector arrays, Space telescopes, Far infrared, Calibration, Aluminum, Infrared radiation

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2003 Paper

Paper

NGST NIRCam scientific program and design concept

Marcia Rieke, Stefi Baum, Charles Beichman, David Crampton, Rene Doyon, Daniel Eisenstein, Thomas Greene, Klaus-Werner Hodapp, Scott Horner, Doug Johnstone, Lawrence Lesyna, Simon Lilly, Michael Meyer, Peter Martin, Donald McCarthy, George Rieke, Thomas Roellig, John Stauffer, John Trauger, Erick Young

Proceedings Volume 4850, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.489103

KEYWORDS: Tunable filters, Stars, Optical filters, Coronagraphy, Galactic astronomy, Planets, Calibration, Space telescopes, Cameras, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 3 March 2003 Paper

Paper

Optical Planet Discoverer: how to turn a 1.5-m telescope into a powerful exo-planetary systems imager

Bertrand Mennesson, Michael Shao, Bruce Levine, J. Kent Wallace, Duncan Liu, Eugene Serabyn, Stephen Unwin, Charles Beichman

Proceedings Volume 4860, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457646

KEYWORDS: Planets, Stars, Nulling interferometry, Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Waveguides, Wavefronts, Single mode fibers, Imaging systems, Jupiter

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Proceedings Article | 26 February 2003 Paper

Paper

Visible light Terrestrial Planet Finder: planet detection and spectroscopy by nulling interferometry with a single aperture telescope

Bruce Levine, Michael Shao, Charles Beichman, Bertrand Mennesson, Rhonda Morgan, Glenn Orton, Eugene Serabyn, Stephen Unwin, T. Velusamy, Neville Woolf

Proceedings Volume 4852, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460925

KEYWORDS: Planets, Stars, Interferometers, Telescopes, Nulling interferometry, Space telescopes, Spectroscopy, Jupiter, Visible radiation, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 16 December 2002 Paper

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Selected mission architectures for the Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF): large, medium, and small

Charles Beichman, Daniel Coulter, Chris Lindensmith, Peter Lawson

Proceedings Volume 4835, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461532

KEYWORDS: Planets, Coronagraphy, Stars, Interferometers, Visible radiation, Mirrors, Space operations, Infrared radiation, Infrared telescopes, Thermography

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 1998 Paper

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Exo-zodiacal disk mapper: a space interferometer to detect and map zodiacal disks around nearby stars

Pierre Bely, Richard Burg, Larry Petro, Jean Gay, Pierre Baudoz, Yves Rabbia, Jean-Marie Perrin, Lawrence Wade, Charles Beichman

Proceedings Volume 3350, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317135

KEYWORDS: Stars, Interferometers, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Space operations, Planets, Mirrors, Signal to noise ratio, Solar system, Beam splitters

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 1998 Paper

Paper

Planet Discoverer Interferometer (PDI) I: a potential precursor to Terrestrial Planet Finder

Neville Woolf, James Roger Angel, Charles Beichman, James Burge, Michael Shao, Domenick Tenerelli

Proceedings Volume 3350, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317132

KEYWORDS: Planets, Interferometers, Stars, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Sensors, Signal detection, Mirrors, Planetary systems, Solar system

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 1998 Paper

Paper

Terrestrial Planet Finder: the search for life-bearing planets around other stars

Charles Beichman

Proceedings Volume 3350, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317137

KEYWORDS: Planets, Stars, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Clouds, Solar system, Interferometers, Space operations, Earth's atmosphere, Atmospheric sensing

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Proceedings Article | 3 July 1998 Paper

Paper

ISOPHOT far-infrared serendipity sky survey

Manfred Stickel, Dietrich Lemke, Stefan Bogun, Ulrich Klaas, M. Kunkel, L. Toth, Stephan Hotzel, Uwe Herbstmeier, Martin Kessler, Rene Laureijs, Martin Burgdorf, Charles Beichman, Michael Rowan-Robinson, A. Efstathiou, Gotthard Richter, M. Braun

Proceedings Volume 3349, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.316509

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Galactic astronomy, Calibration, Software development, Data analysis, Databases, Space telescopes, Signal detection, Signal to noise ratio, Far infrared

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Proceedings Article | 9 June 1994 Paper

Paper

ASEPS-0 Testbed Interferometer

M. Mark Colavita, Michael Shao, Braden Hines, J. Kent Wallace, Yekta Gursel, Fabien Malbet, Jeffrey Yu, Harjit Singh, Charles Beichman, Xiaopei Pan, T. Nakajima, Shrinivas Kulkarni

Proceedings Volume 2200, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177230

KEYWORDS: Stars, Interferometers, Telescopes, Mirrors, Sensors, Metrology, Infrared radiation, Laser metrology, Control systems, Planets

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 1993 Paper

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Integration and evaluation of a near-infrared camera utilizing a HgCdTe NICMOS3 array for the Mt. Palomar 200-inch Observatory

Carlos Jorquera, Charles Beichman, Carl Bruce, Thomas Gautier, Thomas Jarrett

Proceedings Volume 1946, (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.158705

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Staring arrays, Electronics, Telescopes, Infrared detectors, Amplifiers, Clocks, Data acquisition, Optical filters, Electrons

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Proceedings Article | 5 January 1993 Paper

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Development and test of an IR camera for astronomical observation at the Palomar 200-inch observatory using the NICMOS II array

Carl Bruce, Charles Beichman, Dale Van Buren, Thomas Gautier, Carlos Jorquera, Kirk Seaman

Proceedings Volume 1762, (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138986

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Telescopes, Electronics, Imaging systems, Multiplexers, Capacitance, Observatories, Astronomy, Calibration, Data acquisition

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Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets III

28 August 2007 | San Diego, California, United States

Interferometry in Space

26 August 2002 | Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing

14 July 1993 | San Diego, CA, United States

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