Mr. Francisco F. Aguayo Profile

Francisco F. Aguayo

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Progress summary of the Giant Magellan Telescope primary mirror off-axis segment active optics control system risk reduction effort: the Test Cell

Barbara Fischer, Trupti Ranka, Francisco Aguayo, David Ashby, Marianne Cox, Austin Everman, John Ford, Tomas Krasuski, Gary Muller, Wylie Rosenthal, David Schwartz, José Soto, Hector Swett, Divya Thanasekaran, Abhijit Wadhavkar

Proceedings Volume 12182, 121823G (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630155

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Control systems, Mirrors, Calibration, Active optics, Telescopes, Prototyping, Off axis mirrors, Electronics, Safety

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

The GMT Telescope metrology system: easing the complexity of initial and operational alignment and increasing observing efficiency

Breann Sitarski, Andrew Rakich, Hugo Chiquito, Wylie Rosenthal, Priscila Pires, Peter Thompson, Francisco Aguayo, William Schoenell, Patricio Schurter, Glenn Brossus, Rodolphe Conan, Antonin Bouchez, George Angeli, Keath Beifus, King-Ming Lam, Paul Gardner, David Thomas

Proceedings Volume 11445, 114450T (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560681

KEYWORDS: Optical alignment, Telescopes, Metrology, Observatories, Mirrors, Optical components, Visible radiation, Infrared telescopes, Lanthanum, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

The purpose, plan, and progress of the Giant Magellan Telescope primary mirror off-axis segment test cell

Barbara Fischer, Trupti Ranka, Francisco Aguayo, Dave Ashby, Erich Bugueno, Austin Everman, John Ford, Zaven Kechichian, Kurt Kenagy, Tomas Krasuski, Gary Muller, Wylie Rosenthal, David Schwartz, Jose Soto, Hector Swett, Divya Thanasekaran, Abhijit Wadhavkar

Proceedings Volume 11445, 114451H (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561694

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Off axis mirrors, Actuators, Collimation, Active optics, Convection, Control systems, Image quality

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

GMT M1 subsystem: status, design and testing

Francisco Aguayo, Dave Ashby, Erich Bugueno, Barbara Fischer, John Ford, Peter Gray, Michael Gusick, Anthony Hebert, Zaven Kechichian, Trupti Ranka, Dev Sharma, Jose Soto, Hector Swett, Divya Thanasekaran, Frank Tian, Abhijit Wadhavkar

Proceedings Volume 10700, 1070036 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312937

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Actuators, Control systems, Telescopes, Fluctuations and noise, Interfaces, Sensors, Control systems design, Prototyping, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 14 June 2006 Paper

The visible nulling coronagraph: architecture definition and technology development status

B. Levine, Francisco Aguayo, Thomas Bifano, S. Fregoso, Joseph Green, Benjamin Lane, Duncan Liu, Bertrand Mennesson, Shanti Rao, Rocco Samuele, Michael Shao, Edouard Schmidtlin, Eugene Serabyn, Jason Stewart, J. Wallace

Proceedings Volume 6265, 62651A (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672736

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Actuators, Prisms, Interferometers, Coronagraphy, Planets, Nulling interferometry, Telescopes, Deformable mirrors, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 19 November 2003 Paper

Experimental results from the optical planet detector interferometer

J. Kent Wallace, Mike Shao, Benjamin Lane, Bruce Levine, F. Loya, Alireza Azizi, Buck Holmes, F. Aguayo, J. Negron, G. Sanchez, Robert Gappinger

Proceedings Volume 5170, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.506356

KEYWORDS: Interferometers, Metrology, Glasses, Laser metrology, Polarization, Nulling interferometry, Beam splitters, Sensors, Optical fibers, Planets

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