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Dr. Robert Upton

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Proceedings Article | 20 November 2017 Open Access

Weighing supermassive black holes with the UV photon sieve space telescope

Vladimir Airapetian, Robert Upton, Joseph Davila, Marzouk Marzouk, Kenneth Carpenter, Kimberly Weaver

Proceedings Volume 10564, 105643R (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309025

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

Quasi-static wavefront control for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope

Luke Johnson, R. Upton, T. Rimmele, S. Barden

Proceedings Volume 8444, 84443O (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926624

KEYWORDS: Wavefronts, Active optics, Telescopes, Control systems, Disk lasers, Wavefront sensors, Actuators, Mirrors, Optical calibration, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 3 September 2010 Paper

Active reconstruction and alignment strategies for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope

Robert Upton, Thomas Rimmele

Proceedings Volume 7793, 77930E (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857252

KEYWORDS: Monochromatic aberrations, Telescopes, Actuators, Wavefront sensors, Mirrors, Wavefronts, Active optics, Solar telescopes, Device simulation, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2010 Paper

The adaptive optics and wavefront correction systems for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope

K. Richards, T. Rimmele, S. Hegwer, R. Upton, F. Woeger, J. Marino, S. Gregory, B. Goodrich

Proceedings Volume 7736, 773608 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857515

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Wavefront sensors, Wavefronts, Mirrors, Control systems, Telescopes, Cameras, Digital signal processing, Actuators, Solar telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 22 August 2009 Paper

Presentation, analysis, and simulation of active alignment strategies for the James Webb Space Telescope

Robert Upton

Proceedings Volume 7433, 743302 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.825164

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, James Webb Space Telescope, Wavefronts, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Wavefront sensors, Monte Carlo methods, Device simulation, Matrices, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper

The wavefront correction system for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope

T. Rimmele, K. Richards, J. Roche, S. Hegwer, R. Hubbard, E. Hansen, B. Goodrich, R. Upton

Proceedings Volume 6272, 627212 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672330

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Wavefronts, Telescopes, Wavefront sensors, Control systems, Mirrors, Digital signal processing, Cameras, Solar telescopes, Performance modeling

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Proceedings Article | 26 June 2006 Paper

Active optical alignment of the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope

Robert Upton, Thomas Rimmele, Robert Hubbard

Proceedings Volume 6271, 62710R (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671826

KEYWORDS: Wavefront sensors, Telescopes, Wavefronts, Optical alignment, Mirrors, Monochromatic aberrations, Active optics, Solar telescopes, Code v, MATLAB

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Proceedings Article | 23 June 2006 Paper

TMT studies on thermal seeing modeling: mirror seeing model validation

Konstantinos Vogiatzis, Robert Upton

Proceedings Volume 6271, 627115 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670278

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Refractive index, Thermal modeling, Geometrical optics, Atmospheric optics, Systems modeling, Astronomy, Turbulence, Zemax, Thirty Meter Telescope

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Proceedings Article | 7 July 2004 Paper

Active optics challenges of a thirty-meter segmented mirror telescopy

George Angeli, Robert Upton, Anna Segurson, Brent Ellerbroek

Proceedings Volume 5382, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.566326

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Sensors, Active optics, Atmospheric optics, Actuators, Segmented mirrors, Wind energy, Motion models, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 22 January 2004 Paper

Integrated modeling tools for large ground-based optical telescopes

George Angeli, Anna Segurson, Robert Upton, Brooke Gregory, Myung Cho

Proceedings Volume 5178, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.506438

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Integrated modeling, Mirrors, Device simulation, Space telescopes, Code v, Operating systems, Systems modeling, Ray tracing, Data modeling

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 June 2001

Detector patterns from optical disks

Robert Upton, Tomas Milster

OE, Vol. 40, Issue 06, (June 2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.1369410

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Modulation, Diffraction, Signal detection, Optical discs, Phase shift keying, Reflectivity, Optical engineering, Computer simulations, Convolution

Proceedings Article | 6 July 2000 Paper

Exit pupil patterns from optical disks

Robert Upton, Tomas Milster

Proceedings Volume 4081, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390501

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Diffraction, Optical discs, Phase shift keying, Optical storage, Optical scanning systems, Information operations, Reflectivity, Fourier transforms, Convolution

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Proceedings Article | 28 June 1999 Paper

Cross talk cancellation with a quadrant cell detector

Robert Upton, Farhad Akhavan, Tomas Milster, Warren Bletscher, James Erwin, Anson Nicol, Steban Flores

Proceedings Volume 3864, 386409 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.997569

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Optical storage, Signal detection, Collimation, Diffraction, Optical filters, Reflectivity, Electronics, Electronic filtering, Oxygen

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 February 1999

Objective lens design for multiple-layer optical data storage

Tomas Milster, Robert Upton, Hui Luo

OE, Vol. 38, Issue 02, (February 1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.602088

KEYWORDS: Objectives, Monochromatic aberrations, Aspheric lenses, Telescopes, Optical storage, Lens design, Glasses, Data storage, Spherical lenses, Tolerancing

Proceedings Article | 23 October 1998 Paper

Complex-plane description of differential plane detection in optical data storage

Robert Upton, Tomas Milster

Proceedings Volume 3401, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.327946

KEYWORDS: Reflectivity, Servomechanisms, Signal detection, Sensors, Optical storage, Interference (communication), Optical tracking, Modulation, Laser marking, Fourier transforms

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 1997 Paper

Objective lens design for multiple-layer optical data storage

Tomas Milster, Robert Upton, Hui Luo

Proceedings Volume 3109, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.280685

KEYWORDS: Objectives, Monochromatic aberrations, Aspheric lenses, Telescopes, Optical storage, Glasses, Lens design, Multilayers, Data storage, Spherical lenses

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