Dr. Anthony J. Horton Profile

Dr. Anthony J. Horton

Instrument Scientist at Macquarie University

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Publications (36)

Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

MAVIS: imager and spectrograph

Simon Ellis, Ross Zhelem, Anthony Horton, Timothy Chin, Nuwanthika Fernando, Max Hewlett, Nuria Lorente, Summer Luo, Richard McDermid, Helen McGregor, David Robertson, Christian Schwab, Scott Smedley, Lew Waller, Jessica Zheng, Johan Kosmalski, Giovanni Cresci, Trevor Mendel, Andrea Bianco, David Brodrick, Jennifer Burgess, Dionne Haynes, Davide Greggio, Robert Content, François Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130961B (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018606

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Tunable filters, Imaging systems, Equipment, Visible radiation, Adaptive optics, Spatial resolution, Mirrors, Charge-coupled devices, Design

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

TAIPAN starbugs: commissioning and the start of science observations

Rebecca Brown, Tony Farrell, Nuwanthika Fernando, Michael Goodwin, Anthony Horton, Celestina Lacombe, Jon Lawrence, Nuria Lorente, Helen McGregor, Ellie O'Brien, Lewis Waller, Tayyaba Zafar, Jessica Zheng

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121840Y (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629109

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Metrology, Connectors, Optical fibers, Spectrographs, Astronomical spectroscopy, Mechanical positioning systems, Technology

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

MAVIS: imager and spectrograph

Ellis Simon, Anthony Horton, Christian Schwab, Timothy Chin, Robert Content, Nuwanthika Fernando, Nuria Lorente, Richard McDermid, Mahesh Mohanan, Helen McGregor, Jacob Pember, David Robertson, Scott Smedley, Will Saunders, Lew Waller, Ross Zhelem, Jessica Zheng, Johan Kosmalski, Giovanni Cresci, Trevor Mendel, Andrea Bianco, David Brodrick, Jennifer Burgess, Dionne Haynes, Davide Greggio, François Rigaut, Alessio Zanutta

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218409 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629238

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Imaging systems, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Spatial resolution, Visible radiation, Imaging spectroscopy, Spherical lenses, Spectroscopy, Diffraction

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

VLT MAVIS: optical designs of the reflective IFU and transmissive spectrograph

Robert Content, Christian Schwab, Simon Ellis, Anthony Horton, Jessica Zheng, Jacob Pember, Ross Zhelem, Scott Smedley, David Robertson, François Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121846G (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2639961

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Spectrographs, Image quality, Diffraction, Spherical lenses, Reflectivity, Sensors, Point spread functions, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Skyhopper CubeSat: a multi-band NIR telescope for precise intensity measurements

David Adams, Robert Content, Jon Lawrence, Helen McGregor, Anthony Horton, Mike Ireland, Lee Spitler, Ross Zhelem, Jochen Greiner, Sylvio Klose, Uwe Laux, Michele Trenti

Proceedings Volume 12180, 121802Y (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2631696

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Mirrors, Telescopes, Sensors, Prisms, Lenses, Optical design, Image quality, Near infrared, Tolerancing

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

MAVIS: science case, imager, and spectrograph

Simon Ellis, Richard McDermid, Giovanni Cresci, Christian Schwab, Francois Rigaut, Timothy Chin, Robert Content, Anthony Horton, Mahesh Mohanan, Helen McGregor, Jacob Pember, David Robertson, Lew Waller, Ross Zhelem, Stephanie Monty, Trevor Mendel, Matteo Aliverti, Guido Agapito, Simone Antoniucci, Andrea Balestra, Andrea Baruffolo, Maria Bergomi, Andrea Bianco, Marco Bonaglia, Guiseppe Bono, Jean-Claude Bouret, David Brodrick, Lorenzo Busoni, Elena Carolo, Simonetta Chinellato, Jess Cranney, Gayandhi De Silva, Simone Esposito, Daniela Fantinel, Jacopo Farinato, Thierry Fusco, Gaston Gausachs, James Gilbert, Damien Gratadour, Davide Gerggio, Marco Gullieuszik, Pierre Haguenauer, Dionne Haynes, Visa Korkiakoski, Demetrio Magrin, Laura Magrini, Luca Marafatto, Benoit Neichel, Fernando Pedichini, Enrico Pinna, Cedric Plantet, Elisa Portaluri, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Roberto Ragazzoni, Bernado Salasnich, Stefan Ströbele, Elliott Thorn, Annino Vaccarella, Daniele Vassallo, Valentina Viotto, Frédéric Zamkotsian, Alessio Zanutta, Hao Zhang

Proceedings Volume 11447, 11447A0 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561930

KEYWORDS: Imaging systems, Spectrographs, Visible radiation, Adaptive optics, Stars, Galactic astronomy, Image quality, V band, Spectral resolution, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

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MAVIS conceptual design

François Rigaut, Richard McDermid, Giovanni Cresci, Valentina Viotto, Simon Ellis, David Brodrick, Guido Agapito, Thierry Fusco, Benoit Neichel, Pierre Haguenauer, Cedric Plantet, Bernardo Salasnich, Matteo Aliverti, Simone Antoniucci, Andrea Balestra, Andrea Baruffolo, Olivier Beltramo-Martin, Maria Bergomi, Andrea Blanco, Marco Bonaglia, Giuseppe Bono, Lorenzo Busoni, Elena Carolo, Simonetta Chinellato, Robert Content, Jesse Cranney, Gayandhi de Silva, Simone Esposito, Daniela Fantinel, Jacopo Farinato, Dionne Haynes, Anthony Horton, Gaston Gausachs, James Gilbert, Damien Gratadour, Davide Greggio, Marco Gullieuszik, Visa Korkiakoski, Demetrio Magrin, Laura Magrini, Luca Marafatto, Helen McGregor, Trevor Mendel, Stephanie Monty, Fernando Pedichini, Enrico Pinna, Elisa Portaluri, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Roberto Ragazzoni, David Robertson, Christian Schwab, Stefan Ströbele, Elliott Thorn, Annino Vaccarella, Daniele Vassallo, Lew Waller, Frédéric Zamkotsian, Alesso Zanutta, Hao Zhang

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114471R (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561886

KEYWORDS: Visible radiation, James Webb Space Telescope, Observatories, Adaptive optics, Large telescopes, Spectrographs, Spatial resolution, Hubble Space Telescope, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 6 January 2020 Paper

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PRAXIS: an OH suppression optimised near infrared spectrograph

S. Ellis, J. Bland-Hawthorn, S. Bauer, S. Case, R. Content, T. Fechner, D. Giannone, R. Haynes, E. Hernandez, A. Horton, U. Klauser, J. Lawrence, S. Leon-Saval, H.-G. Löhmannsröben, S.-S. Min, N. Pai, M. Roth, L. Waller, R. Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 11203, 1120312 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539883

KEYWORDS: Near infrared, Spectrographs, Bragg gratings, Near infrared spectroscopy, Astronomical imaging

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

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The Huntsman Telescope: lessons learned from building an autonomous telescope from COTS components

Anthony Horton, Lee Spitler, Wilfred Gee, Fergus Longbottom, Jaime Alvarado-Montes, Amir Bazkiaei, Sarah Caddy, Steven Lee

Proceedings Volume 11203, 1120306 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539579

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Commercial off the shelf technology, Observatories, Lenses, Astronomical telescopes, Astronomy, CCD cameras, Computer aided design, Exoplanets, Imaging arrays

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

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The TAIPAN Starbugs fibre positioner and spectrograph: integration, commissioning, and initial performance

Nuria P. Lorente, Michael Birchall, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Steve Chapman, Vladimir Churilov, Tony Farrell, Nuwanthika Fernando, Michael Goodwin, Anthony Horton, Urs Klauser, Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence, Slavko Mali, Helen McGregor, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Scott Smedley, Minh Vuong, Lewis Waller, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 11203, 112030C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2541306

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Robots, Telescopes, Robotic systems, Galactic astronomy, Control systems, Metrology, Optical fibers, Extragalactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation

Presentation

A new sky subtraction optimised flat field calibration system for the 3.9m Anglo-Australian telescope (Conference Presentation)

Anthony Horton, Chris Lidman, Doug Gray, Pascal Xavier

Proceedings Volume 10704, 107041N (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313343

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Telescopes, Astronomical imaging, Spectrographs, Domes, Surface conduction electron emitter displays, Lamps, Astronomy, Optical fibers, Stray light

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Given enough exposure time the sensitivity of an astronomical instrument is ultimately limited by systematic errors, and the dominant source of systematic errors for most optical/infrared instruments is imperfect sky subtraction. In turn the limiting factor for sky subtraction accuracy is frequently the accuracy of flat field calibration, making these calibrations critical to the overall performance of the instrument. The Anglo-Australian Telescope’s fibre-fed spectrographs, and in particular the multi-object integral field spectrograph SAMI, are reaching sky subtraction systematic error limits and this has motivated an upgrade to the calibration systems. SAMI and its successor HECTOR are calling for sky subtraction accuracies of at least 0.25%, with a goal of 0.06%, an improvement of 4-17 times. Flat field calibrations can use dark sky, twilight sky or an illuminated screen (‘dome flats’). For multi-object spectrographs such as SAMI recalibration is required for each set of targets. This makes twilight flats impractical as it is impossible to guarantee the availability of clear twilight sky for every configuration. The dark night sky is the ideal calibrator, but the long integration times required result in onerous overheads. What is needed is a dome flat field system accurate enough to replace dark sky flats. To achieve this we have replaced both the existing screen and its illumination system. The effective throughput of optical fibres feeding an instrument vary slightly as their paths change, so high accuracy demands that calibration be done with the telescope in the same position as the science observations. We have applied two new screens to the dome windscreen, either side of the aperture, so that it is possible to move a screen in front of the telescope while in any position. There are two distinct purposes for flat fielding: photometric calibration and sky subtraction. For an ideal telescope these are equivalent but the existence of stray light creates subtle differences, and this has implications for design of the screen. When the primary purpose is sky subtraction the highest possible accuracy will be achieved with a screen that illuminates the telescope from all the directions that the night sky does. Consequently our screens match the size, shape and relative position of the windscreen aperture. The screens are implemented as Avian D diffuse reflectance coating applied to the dome windscreen itself. Avian D is highly Lambertian, has high reflectance and is durable enough for the observatory environment. The screens must be illuminated uniformly, in terms of spatial variations of both total intensity and spectral energy distribution (SED). We use an array of lamps around the end of the telescope tube. By using LEDs we are able to customise the SED and obtain a signal to noise ratio that is more consistent across wavelengths than is possible with traditional quartz tungsten halogen flat field lamps. We present the design of the new flat field calibration system, explain the main design decisions and discuss results from commissioning. These include comparisons between dome and dark sky flats, and measurements of the sky subtraction accuracy.

Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

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The TOLIMAN space telescope

Peter Tuthill, Eduardo Bendek, Olivier Guyon, Anthony Horton, Bryn Jeffries, Nemanja Jovanovic, Pete Klupar, Kieran Larkin, Barnaby Norris, Benjamin Pope, Mike Shao

Proceedings Volume 10701, 107011J (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313269

KEYWORDS: Stars, Planets, Point spread functions, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Exoplanets, Astronomy, Diffraction, Photons, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

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VELOCE’s novel IFU-fitted fibre feed

Scott Case, Vladimir Churilov, Ross Zhelem, Anthony Horton, Jon Lawrence, Michael Edgar, Tony Farrell, Lewis Waller, Yevgen Kripak, Doug Gray, Christopher Ramage, Steve Lee, Mike Ireland, Christian Schwab, Chris Tinney

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107026E (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312939

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Calibration, Telescopes, Optical fibers, Beam splitters, Optics manufacturing, Microlens array, Manufacturing, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

PRAXIS: an OH suppression optimised near infrared spectrograph

S. Ellis, S. Bauer, C. Bacigalupo, J. Bland-Hawthorn, J. Bryant, S. Case, R. Content, T. Fechner, D. Giannone, R. Haynes, E. Hernandez, A. Horton, U. Klauser, J. Lawrence, S. Leon-Saval, E. Lindley, H.-G. Löhmannsröben, S.-S. Min, N. Pai, M. Roth, K. Shortridge, L. Waller, Pascal Xavier, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107020P (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311898

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Bragg gratings, Fiber Bragg gratings, Telescopes, Near infrared, Diffraction gratings, Optical design, Near infrared spectroscopy, Optical filters

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

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PRAXIS: a near infrared spectrograph optimised for OH suppression

S. Ellis, S. Bauer, J. Bland-Hawthorn, S. Case, R. Content, T. Fechner, D. Giannone, R. Haynes, E. Hernandez, A. Horton, U. Klauser, J. Lawrence, S. Leon-Saval, E. Lindley, H.-G. Löhmannsröben, S.-S. Min, N. Pai, M. Roth, K. Shortridge, Nicholas Staszak, Julia Tims, Pascal Xavier, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99084A (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232115

KEYWORDS: Fiber Bragg gratings, Spectrographs, Sensors, Near infrared, Astronomy, Fiber Bragg gratings, Near infrared, Optical design, Telescopes, Near infrared spectroscopy, Metrology, Spectroscopes

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2016 Paper

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The Australian Space Eye: studying the history of galaxy formation with a CubeSat

Anthony Horton, Lee Spitler, Naomi Mathers, Michael Petkovic, Douglas Griffin, Simon Barraclough, Craig Benson, Igor Dimitrijevic, Andrew Lambert, Anthony Previte, John Bowen, Solomon Westerman, Jordi Puig-Suari, Sam Reisenfeld, Jon Lawrence, Ross Zhelem, Matthew Colless, Russell Boyce

Proceedings Volume 9904, 99041Q (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232467

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Eye, Galactic astronomy, Telescopes, Image sensors, Control systems, Space operations, Signal to noise ratio, Light scattering, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2014 Paper

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Photonic lantern behaviour and implications for instrument design

Anthony Horton, Robert Content, Simon Ellis, Jon Lawrence

Proceedings Volume 9151, 915122 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054570

KEYWORDS: Collimation, Microlens, Signal to noise ratio, Spectral resolution, Fiber Bragg gratings, Performance modeling, Near field, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Systems modeling

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2014 Paper

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PRAXIS: low thermal emission high efficiency OH suppressed fibre spectrograph

Robert Content, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Simon Ellis, Luke Gers, Roger Haynes, Anthony Horton, Jon Lawrence, Sergio Leon-Saval, Emma Lindley, Seong-Sik Min, Keith Shortridge, Nick Staszak, Christopher Trinh, Pascal Xavier, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 9151, 91514W (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055597

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Fiber Bragg gratings, Sensors, Microlens, Multimode fibers, Telescopes, Cameras, Absorption, Glasses, Optical design

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PRAXIS is a second generation instrument that follows on from GNOSIS, which was the first instrument using fibre Bragg gratings for OH suppression to be deployed on a telescope. The Bragg gratings reflect the NIR OH lines while being transparent to the light between the lines. This gives in principle a much higher signal-noise ratio at low resolution spectroscopy but also at higher resolutions by removing the scattered wings of the OH lines. The specifications call for high throughput and very low thermal and detector noise so that PRAXIS will remain sky noise limited even with the low sky background levels remaining after OH suppression. The optical and mechanical designs are presented. The optical train starts with fore-optics that image the telescope focal plane on an IFU which has 19 hexagonal microlenses each feeding a multi-mode fibre. Seven of these fibres are attached to a fibre Bragg grating OH suppression system while the others are reference/acquisition fibres. The light from each of the seven OH suppression fibres is then split by a photonic lantern into many single mode fibres where the Bragg gratings are imprinted. Another lantern recombines the light from the single mode fibres into a multi-mode fibre. A trade-off was made in the design of the IFU between field of view and transmission to maximize the signal-noise ratio for observations of faint, compact objects under typical seeing. GNOSIS used the pre-existing IRIS2 spectrograph while PRAXIS will use a new spectrograph specifically designed for the fibre Bragg grating OH suppression and optimised for 1.47 μm to 1.7 μm (it can also be used in the 1.09 μm to 1.26 μm band by changing the grating and refocussing). This results in a significantly higher transmission due to high efficiency coatings, a VPH grating at low incident angle and optimized for our small bandwidth, and low absorption glasses. The detector noise will also be lower thanks to the use of a current generation HAWAII-2RG detector. Throughout the PRAXIS design, from the fore-optics to the detector enclosure, special care was taken at every step along the optical path to reduce thermal emission or stop it leaking into the system. The spectrograph design itself was particularly challenging in this aspect because practical constraints required that the detector and the spectrograph enclosures be physically separate with air at ambient temperature between them. At present, the instrument uses the GNOSIS fibre Bragg grating OH suppression unit. We intend to soon use a new OH suppression unit based on multicore fibre Bragg gratings which will allow an increased field of view per fibre. Theoretical calculations show that the gain in interline sky background signal-noise ratio over GNOSIS may very well be as high as 9 with the GNOSIS OH suppression unit and 17 with the multicore fibre OH suppression unit.

Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

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KOALA, a wide-field 1000 element integral-field unit for the Anglo-Australian Telescope: assembly and commissioning

Ross Zhelem, Jurek Brzeski, Scott Case, Vladimir Churilov, Simon Ellis, Tony Farrell, Andrew Green, Anthony Heng, Anthony Horton, Michael Ireland, Damien Jones, Urs Klauser, Jon Lawrence, Stan Miziarski, David Orr, Naveen Pai, Nick Staszak, Julia Tims, Minh Vuong, Lew Waller, Pascal Xavier

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91473K (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055588

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Microlens array, Telescopes, Image segmentation, Mirrors, Microlens, Lamps, Imaging arrays, Optical fibers, Coating

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

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Hector: a high-multiplex survey instrument for spatially resolved galaxy spectroscopy

Jon Lawrence, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Julia Bryant, Jurek Brzeski, Matthew Colless, Scott Croom, Luke Gers, James Gilbert, Peter Gillingham, Michael Goodwin, Jeroen Heijmans, Anthony Horton, Mike Ireland, Stan Miziarski, Will Saunders, Greg Smith

Proceedings Volume 8446, 844653 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925260

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Stars, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Microlens array, Spectroscopes, Microlens, Interfaces, Cameras, Galaxy groups and clusters

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

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CYCLOPS2: the fibre image slicer upgrade for the UCLES high resolution spectrograph

Anthony Horton, C. Tinney, Scott Case, Tony Farrell, Luke Gers, Damien Jones, Jon Lawrence, Stan Miziarski, Nick Staszak, David Orr, Minh Vuong, Lew Waller, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84463A (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924945

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Calibration, Stars, Spectral resolution, Telescopes, Lamps, Exoplanets, Planets, Cameras, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

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GNOSIS: a novel near-infrared OH suppression unit at the AAT

C. Trinh, S. Ellis, J. Lawrence, A. Horton, J. Bland-Hawthorn, S. Leon-Saval, J. Bryant, S. Case, M. Colless, W. Couch, K. Freeman, L. Gers, K. Glazebrook, R. Haynes, S. Lee, H.-G. Löhmannsröben, S. Miziarski, J. O'Byrne, W. Rambold, M. Roth, B. Schmidt, K. Shortridge, S. Smedley, C. Tinney, P. Xavier, J. Zheng

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84463J (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926483

KEYWORDS: Fiber Bragg gratings, Photonics, Sensors, Single mode fibers, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Signal to noise ratio, Relays, Thermal modeling, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

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The AAO's Gemini High-Resolution Optical SpecTrograph (GHOST) concept

Michael Ireland, Stuart Barnes, David Cochrane, Matthew Colless, Peter Connor, Anthony Horton, Steve Gibson, Jon Lawrence, Sarah Martell, Peter McGregor, Tom Nicolle, Kathryn Nield, David Orr, J. Robertson, Stuart Ryder, Andrew Sheinis, Greg Smith, Nick Staszak, Julia Tims, Pascal Xavier, Peter Young, Jessica Zheng

Proceedings Volume 8446, 844629 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925746

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Gemini Observatory, Microlens, Cameras, Spectral resolution, Astronomy, Observatories, Ultraviolet radiation, Telescopes, Point spread functions

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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Concepts for multi-IFU robotic positioning systems

Stan Miziarski, Jurek Brzeski, Joss Bland Hawthorn, James Gilbert, Michael Goodwin, Jeroen Heijmans, Anthony Horton, Jon Lawrence, Will Saunders, Greg Smith, Nicholas Staszak

Proceedings Volume 8450, 845018 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925100

KEYWORDS: Robots, Magnetism, Actuators, Prisms, Mirrors, Prototyping, Robotics, Robotic systems, Tolerancing, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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PRAXIS: a low background NIR spectrograph for fibre Bragg grating OH suppression

Anthony Horton, Simon Ellis, Jon Lawrence, Joss Bland-Hawthorn

Proceedings Volume 8450, 84501V (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924874

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Fiber Bragg gratings, Sensors, Telescopes, Near infrared, Space telescopes, Optical filters, Cryogenics, Single mode fibers, Mercury cadmium telluride

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 2010 Paper

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GNOSIS: an OH suppression unit for near-infrared spectrographs

S. Ellis, J. Bland-Hawthorn, J. Lawrence, J. Bryant, R. Haynes, A. Horton, S. Lee, S. Leon-Saval, Hans-Gerd Löhmannsröben, J. Mladenoff, J. O'Byrne, W. Rambold, M. Roth, C. Trinh

Proceedings Volume 7735, 773516 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856348

KEYWORDS: Fiber Bragg gratings, Photonics, Spectrographs, Single mode fibers, Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Astronomy, Space telescopes, Stars, Near infrared spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2010 Paper

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HERMES: revisions in the design for a high-resolution multi-element spectrograph for the AAT

Samuelk Barden, Damien Jones, Stuart Barnes, Jeroen Heijmans, Anthony Heng, Greg Knight, David Orr, Greg Smith, Vladimir Churilov, Jurek Brzeski, Lewis Waller, Keith Shortridge, Anthony Horton, Don Mayfield, Roger Haynes, Dionne Haynes, Denis Whittard, Michael Goodwin, Scott Smedley, Ian Saunders, Peter Gillingham, Ed Penny, Tony Farrell, Minh Vuong, Ron Heald, Steve Lee, Rolf Muller, Ken Freeman, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Daniel Zucker, Gayandhi De Silva

Proceedings Volume 7735, 773509 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856103

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectrographs, Beam splitters, Cameras, Stars, Relays, Calibration, Optical design, Control systems, Lamps

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Proceedings Article | 1 August 2008 Paper

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FLEX-the first light explorer: a pathfinder instrument for fibre Bragg grating OH suppression

Anthony Horton, Simon Ellis, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Roger Haynes, Andrew McGrath

Proceedings Volume 7014, 701435 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788629

KEYWORDS: Fiber Bragg gratings, Single mode fibers, Spectrographs, Near infrared, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Astronomy, Relays, Spectral resolution, Airglow

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2008 Paper

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Big innovations in a small instrument: technical challenges in a new CCD system design for the Automated Patrol Telescope

Stan Miziarski, Michael Ashley, Greg Smith, Sam Barden, John Dawson, Anthony Horton, Will Saunders, Jurek Brzeski, Vladimir Churilov, Urs Klauser, Lew Waller, Don Mayfield, David Correll, Andre Phillips, Denis Whittard

Proceedings Volume 7018, 70184G (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788624

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Sensors, Space telescopes, Charge-coupled devices, Cameras, Optical filters, Actuators, Optical instrument design, Observatories, Optical design

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2008 Paper

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AAOmicron: a wide-field near-infrared multi-object spectrograph concept for the AAT

Roger Haynes, Simon Ellis, Peter Gillingham, Anthony Horton, William Rambold, Greg Smith

Proceedings Volume 7014, 70143R (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788650

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Spectrographs, Sensors, Near infrared, Galactic astronomy, Cameras, Telescopes, Astronomical imaging, Near infrared spectroscopy, Radon

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2008 Paper

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Concepts for a high-resolution multi-object spectrograph for galactic archeology on the Anglo-Australian Telescope

Samuel Barden, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Vladimir Churilov, Simon Ellis, Tony Farrell, Ken Freeman, Roger Haynes, Anthony Horton, Damien Jones, Greg Knight, Stan Miziarski, William Rambold, Greg Smith, Lew Waller

Proceedings Volume 7014, 70144J (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788549

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Collimators, Spectral resolution, Spectrographs, Mirrors, Sensors, Telescopes, Relays, Image resolution, Diffraction

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2008 Paper

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FLEX - the first light explorer: a fully OH-suppressed near-infrared integral field spectrograph

Simon Ellis, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Anthony Horton, Roger Haynes, Andrew McGrath

Proceedings Volume 7014, 701421 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788527

KEYWORDS: Fiber Bragg gratings, Light scattering, Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Absorption, Spectral resolution, Ionization, Scattering, Near infrared, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 2006 Paper

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Coupling light into optical fibres near the diffraction limit

Anthony Horton, Joss Bland-Hawthorn

Proceedings Volume 6269, 62691K (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670943

KEYWORDS: Single mode fibers, Diffraction, Astronomy, Astrophotonics, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Optical fibers, Multimode fibers, Photonics, Spectroscopes

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Proceedings Article | 28 June 2006 Paper

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Instruments without optics: an integrated photonic spectrograph

J. Bland-Hawthorn, A. Horton

Proceedings Volume 6269, 62690N (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670931

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Astronomy, Diffraction, Diffraction gratings, Photonics, Spectrographs, Integrated photonics, Phased arrays, Multiplexers, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

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DAzLE: the dark ages z (redshift) Lyman-α Explorer

Anthony Horton, Ian Parry, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Sonia Cianci, David King, Richard McMahon, Steve Medlen

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551591

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Cameras, Galactic astronomy, Image filtering, Stars, Near infrared, Contamination, Signal to noise ratio, Astronomy, Collimators

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

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CIRPASS: description, performance, and astronomical results

Ian Parry, Andrew Bunker, Andrew Dean, Michelle Doherty, Anthony Horton, David King, Marie Lemoine-Busserole, Craig Mackay, Richard McMahon, Steve Medlen, Robert Sharp, Joanna Smith

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552012

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Molybdenum, Sensors, Gemini Observatory, Cameras, Astronomy, Near infrared, Astronomical imaging

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