Volume 2 Issue 4 | Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (2024)

Daylight operation of a sodium laser guide star for adaptive optics wavefront sensing

TOPICS: Micro optical fluidics, Sodium, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Wavefront sensors, Signal to noise ratio, Laser guide stars, Polarizers, Infrared telescopes, Stars

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Special Section Guest Editorial: Future large-aperture ultraviolet/optical/infrared space observatory

TOPICS: Space telescopes, Space observatories, Astrophysics, James Webb Space Telescope, Astronomy, Exoplanets, Observatories, Galactic astronomy, Planetary systems, Hubble Space Telescope

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Special Section Guest Editorial: In Memoriam, Richard G. (Rick) Lyon

TOPICS: Exoplanets, Imaging systems, Coronagraphy, Roads, Astrophysics, Data centers, Deconvolution, Interferometry, Astronomy

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CHISL: the combined high-resolution and imaging spectrograph for the LUVOIR surveyor

Kevin France, Brian Fleming, Keri Hoadley

TOPICS: Spectrographs, Sensors, Imaging spectroscopy, Ultraviolet radiation, Imaging systems, Planets, Galactic astronomy, Stars, Spectroscopy, Microchannel plates

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Maximized exoEarth candidate yields for starshades

TOPICS: Telescopes, Stars, Space telescopes, Planets, Coronagraphy, Solids, Space operations, Sun, Optical instrument design, Signal to noise ratio

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Extension of ATLAST/LUVOIR’s capabilities to 5 μm or beyond

TOPICS: Stars, Exoplanets, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Planets, Spectroscopy, Infrared telescopes, Infrared radiation, Earth's atmosphere, James Webb Space Telescope

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Performance and prospects of far ultraviolet aluminum mirrors protected by atomic layer deposition

TOPICS: Aluminum, Atomic layer deposition, Reflectivity, Mirrors, Oxides, Optical coatings, Far ultraviolet, Thin films, Laser induced fluorescence, Ultraviolet radiation

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Architecture for in-space robotic assembly of a modular space telescope

TOPICS: Space telescopes, Mirrors, Telescopes, Metrology, Robotics, Space operations, Optical instrument design, Astronomical telescopes, James Webb Space Telescope, Computer aided design

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Infrastructure for large space telescopes

TOPICS: Space telescopes, Space operations, Observatories, Telescopes, Astrophysics, Satellites, Optical instrument design, Mirrors, James Webb Space Telescope, Space observatories

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Technology gap assessment for a future large-aperture ultraviolet-optical-infrared space telescope

TOPICS: Space telescopes, Coronagraphy, Mirrors, Telescopes, Wavefronts, Sensors, Control systems, Exoplanets, Astrophysics, Actuators

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Path to a UV/optical/IR flagship: review of ATLAST and its predecessors

TOPICS: Space telescopes, Telescopes, Observatories, Exoplanets, Ultraviolet radiation, Optical instrument design, UV optics, Planets, Mirrors, Space observatories

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Innovative telescope architectures for future large space observatories

TOPICS: Space telescopes, Telescopes, Mirrors, Observatories, Point spread functions, Phase modulation, Space observatories, Coronagraphy, Astronomical telescopes, Aerospace engineering

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Detectors and cooling technology for direct spectroscopic biosignature characterization

TOPICS: Sensors, Mercury cadmium telluride, Single photon detectors, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Spectral resolution, Superconductors, Quasiparticles, Helium, Spectroscopes, Space telescopes

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Designing astrophysics missions for NASA’s Space Launch System

TOPICS: Space telescopes, Telescopes, Phase modulation, Optical instrument design, Laser sintering, James Webb Space Telescope, Space operations, Mirrors, Observatories, Astrophysics

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Future large-aperture UVOIR space observatory: reference designs

TOPICS: Mirrors, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Coronagraphy, Optical instrument design, Exoplanets, Observatories, Space observatories, Laser sintering, Stars

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Reflections on the discovery space for a large ultraviolet-visible telescope: inputs from the European-led EUVO exercise

TOPICS: Space telescopes, Stars, Ultraviolet radiation, Magnetism, Telescopes, Planets, Spatial resolution, James Webb Space Telescope, Reflector telescopes, Planetary systems

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Examining the angular resolution of the ASTRO-H’s soft x-ray telescopes

TOPICS: Spatial resolution, X-ray telescopes, Mirrors, Telescopes, X-rays, Error analysis, Raster graphics, Reflectors, X-ray imaging, Sensors

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Source-based calibration of space instruments using calculable synchrotron radiation

TOPICS: Calibration, Aerospace engineering, Synchrotron radiation, Ultraviolet radiation, Vacuum ultraviolet, Space telescopes, Electron beams, Spectrographs, Spectroscopy, X-rays

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High-resolution broadband spectroscopy using externally dispersed interferometry at the Hale telescope: part 2, photon noise theory

TOPICS: Signal to noise ratio, Spectrographs, Interference (communication), Interferometry, Point spread functions, Interferometers, Spectroscopes, Sensors, Image resolution, Fourier transforms

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Integration of a 6LilnSe2 thermal neutron detector into a CubeSat instrument

TOPICS: Sensors, Crystals, Lithium, Scintillators, Silicon, Asteroids, Particles, Avalanche photodiodes, Gamma radiation, Semiconductors

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Gain drift compensation with no feedback-loop developed for the X-Ray Integral Field Unit/ATHENA readout chain

TOPICS: Amplifiers, Diodes, X-ray telescopes, Transistors, X-rays, Resistance, Multiplexing, X-ray astronomy, Calibration, Sensors

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Pointing system for the balloon-borne astronomical payloads

TOPICS: Sun, Astronomy, Sensors, Imaging systems, Gyroscopes, Magnetometers, Control systems, Magnetism, Global Positioning System, Cameras

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Point spread function reconstruction validated using on-sky CANARY data in multiobject adaptive optics mode

TOPICS: Point spread functions, Optical transfer functions, Adaptive optics, Tomography, Calibration, Content addressable memory, Chromium, Stars, Telescopes, Real-time computing

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