Mr. Brian W. Taylor Profile

Brian W. Taylor

Optical Specialist at Australian National Univ

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Publications (20)

Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Presentation

Presentation

MAVIS: progress toward the final design review

François Rigaut, David Brodrick, Richard McDermid, Jennifer Burgess, Giovanni Cresci, Simon Ellis, Trevor Mendel, Jessica Zheng, Nuria Lorente, Ross Zhelem, Summer Luo, Timothy Chin, Anthony Horton, Helen McGregor, Lew Waller, Scott Smedley, Nuwanthika Fernando, Antony Galla, Brian Taylor, Israel Vaughn, Julien Bernard, Nicolas Doucet, Annino Vaccarella, Davide Greggio, Dionne Haynes, Gaston Gausachs, Jesse Cranney, Pierre Haguenauer, Stefan Stroebele, Cedric Plantet, Enrico Pinna, Guido Agapito, Luca Marafatto, Marco Bonaglia, Andrea Bianco, Alessio Zanutta, Matteo Aliverti, Mirko Colapietro, Pietro Schipani, Sergio D’Orsi, Salvatore Savarese, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Rosanna Sordo, Andrea Baruffolo, Andrea Balestra, Bernardo Salasnich, Daniela Fantinel, Damien Gratadour, Daniele Vassallo, Oleksandra Rebrysh, Maria Bergomi, Marco Gullieuszik, Simonetta Chinellato, Valentina Viotto, Elia Costa, Benoit Neichel, Romain Fetick, Roger Haynes, Sam Wade, Tristan Monnier, Max Hewlett, Mojtaba Taheri

Proceedings Volume 13097, 130970I (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019264

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2024 Poster + Paper

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MAVIS: optical and mechanical design overview of the LGS WFS carousel

Brian Taylor, Tony Galla, Davide Greggio, Guido Agapito, Matteo Aliverti, David Brodrick, Jesse Cranney, Gaston Gausachs, Pierre Haguenauer, Cédric Plantet, Stefan Strobele, Valentina Viotto, François Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 13097, 130976T (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019765

KEYWORDS: Wavefront sensors, Spindles, Design, Cameras, Mirrors, Laser guide stars, Interfaces, Adaptive optics, Bragg cells, Tolerancing

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2024 Poster + Paper

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MAVIS: real-time wavefront estimation strategy

Jesse Cranney, Guido Agapito, Cédric Plantet, Enrico Pinna, Valentina Viotto, François Rigaut, Nicolas Doucet, Julien Bernard, Damien Gratadour, Brian Taylor, Antony Galla, David Brodrick, Jennifer Burgess

Proceedings Volume 13097, 130977U (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019270

KEYWORDS: Wavefront sensors, Wavefronts, Adaptive optics, Design, Sensors, Super resolution, Wavefront errors, Visible radiation, Simulations

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

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Statistical basis functions for modelling mid-spatial frequency errors in asphere manufacturing

Israel Vaughn, Andrew Kruse, Brian Taylor, Davide Greggio, Oleksandra Rebrysh

Proceedings Volume 13100, 131000F (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020660

KEYWORDS: Error analysis, Aspheric lenses, Manufacturing, Modeling, Zemax, Optics manufacturing, Optical surfaces, Optical design, Spectrographs, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 2024 Poster + Paper

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MAVIS: mechanical design and prototyping of the adaptive optics module toward the FDR

Matteo Aliverti, Simone Doniselli, Davide Greggio, Oleksandra Rebrysh, Mirko Colapietro, Gaston Gausachs, Valentina Viotto, Bryan Taylor, Antony Galla, Dionne Haynes, Luca Marafatto, Maria Bergomi, David Brodrick, Francois Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130968X (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020276

KEYWORDS: Design, Prototyping, Adaptive optics, Mirrors, Mechanical engineering, Optical components

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

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Upgrade of the Veloce high resolution spectrograph at the Anglo-Australian Telescope

Brian Taylor, David Brodrick, James Cameron, Mark Downing, Gaston Gausachs, Luke Gers, James Gilbert, Alexey Grigoriev, Dionne Haynes, Roger Haynes, Andrew Kruse, Ian Price, Israel Vaughn, Lu Wang, Chris Tinney

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309645 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019731

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Cryostats, Spectrographs, Cameras, Equipment, Aspheric lenses, Optics manufacturing, Vacuum, Windows, Manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

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MAVIS: control electronics design of the adaptive optics module

M. Colapietro, S. Savarese, P. Schipani, S. D'Orsi, G. Capasso, L. Marty, R. Zanmar Sanchez, M. Aliverti, E. Costa, B. Salasnich, V. Viotto, M. Bergomi, K. Radhakrishnan, E. Pinna, M. Bonaglia, S. Ströbele, A. Vaccarella, L. Waller, B. Taylor, D. Brodrick, G. Gausachs, F. Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130968Y (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018905

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Adaptive optics, Design, Equipment, Cameras, Wavefront sensors, Telescopes, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 30 August 2022 Poster + Paper

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MAVIS Adaptive Optics Module: optical configuration and expected performance

Davide Greggio, Brian Taylor, Marco Bonaglia, Valentina Viotto, Maria Bergomi, Enrico Pinna, Guido Agapito, Stefan Ströbele, Matteo Aliverti, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Christian Schwab, Jesse Cranney, Israel Vaughn, Luca Marafatto, Demetrio Magrin, David Brodrick, Simonetta Chinellato, François Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 12185, 121856P (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630017

KEYWORDS: Distortion, Calibration, Adaptive optics, Optics manufacturing, Optical components, Tolerancing, Wavefront sensors, Mirrors, Stars, Monte Carlo methods

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Proceedings Article | 30 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

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MAVIS: preliminary design of the adaptive optics module

Valentina Viotto, Enrico Pinna, Guido Agapito, Matteo Aliverti, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Andrea Balestra, Andrea Baruffolo, Olivier Beltramo-Martin, Maria Bergomi, Marco Bonaglia, Runa Briguglio, Giulio Capasso, Luca Carbonaro, Elena Carolo, Simonetta Chinellato, Mirko Colapietro, Elia Costa, Jesse Cranney, Ciro Del Vecchio, Simone Doniselli, Sergio D'Orsi, Daniela Fantinel, Jacopo Farinato, Thierry Fusco, Antony Galla, Gaston Gausachs, Paolo Grani, Damien Gratadour, Davide Greggio, Pierre Haguenauer, Nick Herrald, Demetrio Magrin, Luca Marafatto, Benoit Neichel, Cedric Plantet, Alfio Puglisi, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Fabio Rossi, Bernardo Salasnich, Salvatore Savarese, Pietro Schipani, Chiara Selmi, Rosanna Sordo, Stefan Ströbele, Brian Taylor, Annino Vaccarella, Daniele Vassallo, Simone Esposito, Roberto Ragazzoni, David Brodrick, Jennifer Burgess, François Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 12185, 1218520 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629441

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Adaptive optics, Point spread functions, Actuators, Wavefront sensors, Imaging systems, Sodium, Wavefronts, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

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MAVIS: preliminary mechanical design overview of the adaptive optics module

Matteo Aliverti, Simone Doniselli, Gaston Gausachs, Davide Greggio, Valentina Viotto, Bryan Taylor, Antony Galla, Nicholas Herrald, Warrick Schofield, Dionne Haynes, Luca Marafatto, Maria Bergomi, Simonetta Chinellato

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218441 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630068

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Cameras, Adhesives, Aluminum, Optical components, Adaptive optics, Spectrographs, Objectives, Thermal analysis, Astronomical adaptive optics

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SPIE Journal Paper | 27 January 2022

InGaAs focal plane array for transient astronomy in the NIR

Marcus Birch, Jamie Soon, Tony Travouillon, Trevor Mendel, Brian Taylor, Blaise Anthony Kuo Tiong

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 01, 016001, (January 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.1.016001

KEYWORDS: Indium gallium arsenide, Staring arrays, Sensors, Near infrared, Astronomy, Mercury cadmium telluride, Radon, Cameras, Telescopes, Commercial off the shelf technology

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation

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DREAMS telescope: opto-mechanical design

Tony Travouillon, Anna Moore, Jamie Soon, Antony Galla, David Adams, John Hart, Brian Taylor

Proceedings Volume 11445, 114454L (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562980

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Optical instrument design, Optical design, Infrared telescopes, Optomechanical design, Indium gallium arsenide, Cameras, Electromagnetism, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Paper

Conceptual optical designs for an eight channel imager/polarimeter

Brian Taylor

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107025M (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2315027

KEYWORDS: Optical design, Near infrared, Sensors, CCD image sensors, Charge-coupled devices, Collimators

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

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NEWS: the near-infrared Echelle for wideband spectroscopy

Mark Veyette, Philip Muirhead, Zachary Hall, Brian Taylor, Jimmy Ye

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99086M (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232632

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Sensors, Stars, Computer aided design, Near infrared, Planets, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

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HIPO in-flight performance aboard SOFIA

Edward Dunham, Thomas Bida, Peter Collins, Georgi Mandushev, Ian McLean, Michael Person, Erin Smith, Brian Taylor, Saeid Zoonematkermani

Proceedings Volume 8446, 844618 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926749

KEYWORDS: Photometry, Telescopes, Mirrors, Stars, Scintillation, Signal to noise ratio, Observatories, Global Positioning System, Pluto, Coating

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2008 Paper

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HIPO data products

E. Dunham, J. Elliot, T. Bida, P. Collins, B. Taylor, S. Zoonematkermani

Proceedings Volume 7014, 70144Z (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788040

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Digital signal processing, Telescopes, Camera shutters, Image storage, Clocks, Mirrors, Stars, Wavefront sensors, Global Positioning System

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

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HIPO: a high-speed imaging photometer for occultations

Edward Dunham, James Elliot, Thomas Bida, Brian Taylor

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552152

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Telescopes, Photometry, Sensors, Image quality, Electronics, Beam splitters, Camera shutters, Stars, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2004 Paper

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Performance of the Lowell Observatory instrumentation system

Brian Taylor, Edward Dunham, James Elliot

Proceedings Volume 5496, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552511

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Observatories, Control systems, Human-machine interfaces, Charge-coupled devices, Cameras, Interfaces, Imaging systems, Sensors, Image processing

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Proceedings Article | 20 June 2000 Paper

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HOPI: a high-speed occultation photometer and imager for SOFIA

Edward Dunham, James Elliot, Brian Taylor

Proceedings Volume 4014, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.389135

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Charge-coupled devices, Cameras, Photometry, Sensors, Electronics, Observatories, Space telescopes, Collimators

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Proceedings Article | 16 June 2000 Paper

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Lowell Observatory instrumentation system (LOIS): a modular control system for astronomical instrumentation

Brian Taylor, Edward Dunham, Adam Gould, David Osip, James Elliot

Proceedings Volume 4009, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388418

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Telescopes, Control systems, Observatories, Human-machine interfaces, Cameras, Sensors, Image analysis, Imaging systems, Image display

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