Dr. Warren Davison Profile

Dr. Warren Davison

Prinicipal Engineer at Univ of Arizona

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Publications (38)

Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

An inexpensive turnkey 6.5m observatory with customizing options

J. Kingsley, R. Angel, W. Davison, D. Neff, J. Teran, B. Assenmacher, K. Peyton, H. Martin, C. Oh, D. Kim, E. Pearce, M. Rascon, T. Connors, D. Alfred, B. Jannuzi, D. Zaritsky, E. Christensen, J. Males, P. Hinz, R. Seaman, K. Gonzales, D. Adriaanse

Proceedings Volume 10700, 107004H (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313889

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Observatories, Actuators, Optical instrument design, Astronomy, Optical design, Surface finishing, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 2014 Paper

Production of primary mirror segments for the Giant Magellan Telescope

H. Martin, R. Allen, J. Burge, J. Davis, W. Davison, M. Johns, D. Kim, J. Kingsley, K. Law, R. Lutz, P. Strittmatter, P. Su, M. Tuell, S. West, P. Zhou

Proceedings Volume 9151, 91510J (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057012

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Monochromatic aberrations, Telescopes, Image segmentation, Polishing, Surface finishing, Optical testing, Active optics, Wavefronts, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 10 October 2012 Paper

On-sun performance of an improved dish-based HCPV system

Thomas Stalcup, J. Roger Angel, Blake Coughenour, Brian Wheelwright, Tom Connors, Warren Davison, David Lesser, Justin Elliott, John Schaefer

Proceedings Volume 8468, 84680F (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.930196

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Prototyping, Glasses, Brain-machine interfaces, Manufacturing, Reflectors, Cooling systems, Solar cells, Solar concentrators, Photovoltaics

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

Enclosure rotation on the Large Binocular Telescope

James Howard, Robert Meeks, David Ashby, Warren Davison, James Wiese, Jeff Urban, Rick Hansen, Jared Schuh

Proceedings Volume 8444, 84443Y (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926493

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Space telescopes, Reliability, Error analysis, Optical instrument design, Observatories, Camera shutters, Current controlled current source, Spherical lenses, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 2010 Open Access

New architecture for utility scale electricity from concentrator photovoltaics

Roger Angel, Thomas Connors, Warren Davison, Blain Olbert, Suresh Sivanandam

Proceedings Volume 7769, 776903 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.863129

KEYWORDS: Reflectors, Receivers, Glasses, Mirrors, Solar concentrators, Solar energy, Manufacturing, Telescopes, Photovoltaics, Optics manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 2010 Paper

Alignment and use of the optical test for the 8.4-m off-axis primary mirrors of the Giant Magellan Telescope

S. West, J. Burge, B. Cuerden, W. Davison, J. Hagen, H. Martin, M. Tuell, C. Zhao, T. Zobrist

Proceedings Volume 7739, 77390N (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857251

KEYWORDS: Holograms, Mirrors, Interferometers, Wavefronts, Holographic interferometry, Optical spheres, Optical testing, Optical alignment, Monochromatic aberrations, Telescopes

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