Dr. Russ R. Laher Profile

Dr. Russ R. Laher

Downlink Task Lead/Sys Eng at Caltech

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

System design of the Keck Planet Finder

Steven Gibson, Andrew Howard, Kodi Rider, Samuel Halverson, Arpita Roy, Ashley Baker, Jerry Edelstein, Christopher Smith, Benjamin Fulton, Josh Walawender, Max Brodheim, Matthew Brown, Dwight Chan, Fei Dai, William Deich, Colby Gottschalk, Jason Grillo, David Hale, Grant Hill, Bradford Holden, Aaron Householder, Howard Isaacson, Yuzo Ishikawa, Sharon Jelinsky, Marc Kassis, Stephen Kaye, Russ Laher, Kyle Lanclos, Chien-Hsiu Lee, Scott Lilley, Benjamin McCarney, Timothy Miller, Joel Payne, Erik Petigura, Claire Poppett, Michael Raffanti, Ryan Rubenzahl, Dale Sandford, Christian Schwab, Abby Shaum, Martin Sirk, Roger Smith, Jim Thorne, John Valliant, Adam Vandenberg, Shin-Ywan Wang, Edward Wishnow, Truman Wold, Sherry Yeh, Steve Baca, Charles Beichman, Bruce Berriman, Thomas Brown, Kelleen Casey, Jason Chin, James Chong, David Cowley, Mark Devenot, Hamza Elwir, Daniel Finstad, Matthew Fraysse, Ean James, Elisha Jhoti, Joe Killian, Obie Levine, Adela Chenyang Li, Eduardo Marin, Steven Milner, Craig Nance, Timothy O'Hanlon, Daniel Orr, Roberto Ortiz-Soto, Tom Payne, Jacob Pember, Gert Raskin, Maureen Savage, Andreas Seifahrt, Brett Smith, Rob Storesund, Julian Stürmer, Nick Suominen, Jerez Tehero, Tod Von Boeckmann, Keith Wages, Marie Weisfeiler, Mavourneen Wilcox, Peter Wizinowich, Anna Wolfenberger

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309609 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017841

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Equipment, Calibration, Design, Planets, Telescopes, Cameras, Zerodur, Charge-coupled devices, Doppler effect

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

More flexibility in representing geometric distortion in astronomical images

David Shupe, Russ Laher, Lisa Storrie-Lombardi, Jason Surace, Carl Grillmair, David Levitan, Branimir Sesar

Proceedings Volume 8451, 84511M (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925460

KEYWORDS: Photovoltaics, Distortion, Phase transfer function, Software development, Astronomy, Calibration, Standards development, Photometry, Observatories, Image processing

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2010 Paper

The Palomar Transient Factory Survey Camera: first year performance and results

N. Law, R. Dekany, G. Rahmer, D. Hale, R. Smith, R. Quimby, E. Ofek, M. Kasliwal, J. Zolkower, V. Velur, J. Henning, K. Bui, D. McKenna, P. Nugent, J. Jacobsen, R. Walters, J. Bloom, J. Surace, C. Grillmair, R. Laher, S. Mattingly, S. Kulkarni

Proceedings Volume 7735, 77353M (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857400

KEYWORDS: Phase transfer function, Cameras, CCD cameras, Telescopes, Stars, Optical filters, Imaging systems, Observatories, Camera shutters, Image quality

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 2010 Paper

Science data quality assessment for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

Richard Shaw, Deborah Levine, Timothy Axelrod, Russ Laher, Vince Mannings

Proceedings Volume 7740, 77400H (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857293

KEYWORDS: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Data modeling, Astronomy, Calibration, Observatories, Cameras, Data processing, Telescopes, Image quality, Point spread functions

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Proceedings Article | 30 June 2006 Paper

Data quality analysis at the Spitzer Science Center

Vincent Mannings, Russ Laher

Proceedings Volume 6270, 62701Z (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672403

KEYWORDS: Databases, Data archive systems, Data processing, Space operations, Data centers, Astronomy, Calibration, Space telescopes, Infrared astronomy, Image processing

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Proceedings Article | 26 June 2006 Paper

SPITZER bandmerge GUI

M. Pesenson, W. Roby, J. Fowler, R. Laher, J. Chavez, X. Wu, L. Ly, S. Wheelock, D. Henderson

Proceedings Volume 6271, 627112 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669860

KEYWORDS: Human-machine interfaces, Java, Statistical analysis, Data processing, Systems modeling, Error analysis, Space telescopes, Photometry, Diagnostics, Systems engineering

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2005 Paper

Astronomical point-source detection based on nonlinear image filtering with partial differential equations

M. Pesenson, D. Makovoz, W. Reach, J. Rho, R. Laher

Proceedings Volume 5913, 591323 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.615507

KEYWORDS: Nonlinear filtering, Image filtering, Diffusion, Image processing, Image segmentation, Space telescopes, Astronomy, Partial differential equations, Galactic astronomy, Device simulation

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