Mr. David M. Montgomery Profile

David M. Montgomery

Lead Mechanical Engineer at UKSBS

SPIE Involvement:

Conference Program Committee | Author

Publications (42)

Proceedings Article | 26 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

Flexure-based fibre positioners: design optimisation to follow arbitrary focal plane curvature

T. Louth, S. Watson, D. Montgomery

Proceedings Volume 13100, 131002C (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017991

KEYWORDS: Design, MATLAB, Finite element methods, Computer aided design, Computation time, Manufacturing, Deformation, Spectroscopes, Nonlinear optimization

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Proceedings Article | 5 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

HARMONI at ELT: project status and instrument overview

Niranjan Thatte, Dave Melotte, Benoit Neichel, David Le Mignant, Phil Rees, Fraser Clarke, Vanessa Ferraro-Wood, Oscar Gonzalez, Maia Jones, Alonso Álvarez Urueña, Heribert Argelaguet Vilaseca, Santiago Arribas Mocoroa, José Antonio Caballero, Gonzalo José Carracedo Carballal, Alberto Estrada Piqueras, Irene Ferro, Miriam García García, Isabella Lamperti, Miguel Pereira Santaella, Michele Perna, Javier Piqueras Lopez, Nicolas Bouché, Didier Boudon, Eric Daguise, Nicola Domenis, Jérémy Fensch, Olivier Olivier Flasseur, Rémi Giroud, Matthieu Guibert, Aurelien Jarno, Alexandre Jeanneau, Jens-Kristian Krogager, Maud Langlois, Florence Laurent, Magali Loupias, Jean-Emmanuel Migniau, Dieu Nguyen, Laure Piqueras, Alban Remillieux, Johan Richard, Arlette Pecontal, Lisa Bardou, David Barr, Sylvain Cetre, Sofia Dimoudi, Marc Dubbeldam, Andrew Dunn, Dimitri Gadotti, Joss Guy, David King, Anna McLeod, Simon Morris, Tim Morris, Kieran O'Brien, Emily Ronson, Russell Smith, Lazar Staykov, Mark Swinbank, Matteo Accardo, Domingo Alvarez Mendez, Pablo Alberto Fuerte Rodriguez, Elizabeth George, Derek Ives, Leander Mehrgan, Eric Mueller, Javier Reyes, Ralf Conzelmann, Pablo Gutierrez Cheetham, Angel Alonso Sanchez, Giuseppina Battaglia, Miguel Cagigas, Julio Castro-Almazán, Haresh Chulani, Graciela Delgado-García, Patricia Fernandez Izquierdo, Donaji Esparza-Arredondo, Begoña García-Lorenzo, Alberto Hernández González, Elvio Hernández Suárez, Javier Licandro, Enrique Joven, Roberto López López, Alejandro Antonio Lujan Gonzalez, Yolanda Martín Hernando, Ignacio Martín-Navarro, Evencio Mediavilla, Saúl Menéndez Mendoza, Luz Maria Montoya Martínez, José Peñate Castro, Felipe Murgas, Enric Pallé, Álvaro Pérez, Jose Luis Rasilla, Rafael Rebolo, Horacio Rodríguez, Luis Fernando Rodríguez Ramos, Victor Sánchez Béjar, Tariq Shahbaz, Afrodisio Vega Moreno, Teodora Viera, Mickaël Bonnefoy, Tony Bret, Alexis Carlotti, Jean-Jacques Correia, Stéphane Curaba, Alain Delboulbé, Sylvain Guieu, Adrien Hours, Zoltan Hubert, Laurent Jocou, Yves Magnard, Laurence Michaud, Thibaut Moulin, Fabrice Pancher, Patrick Rabou, Sylvain Rochat, Eric Stadler, Thierry Contini, Marie Larrieu, Sébastien Mamessier, Olivier Boebion, Yan Fantei-Caujolle, Daniel Lecron, Philippe Amram, Patrick Blanchard, William Bon, Anne Bonnefoi, Alexandre Bozier, William Ceria, Zalpha Challita, Yannick Charles, Elodie Choquet, Anne Costille, Audrey Delsanti, Kjetil Dohlen, Franck Ducret, Kacem El Hadi, Benjamin Foulon, Jean-Luc Gimenez, Olivier Groussin, Marc Jaquet, Edgard Renault, Paul Rouquette, Patrice Sanchez, Arthur Vigan, Annie Zavagno, Romain Fétick, Thierry Fusco, Cedric Héritier, Jean-Francois Sauvage, Nicolas Vedrenne, Demet Aksoy, Martin Caldwell, Ann Fitzpatrick, Carl Geddert, Peter Hiscock, Emma Johnson, Murali Nalagatla, Louise Saraff, Joe Shreeves, Matthew Tildesley, Mark Wells, Anastasios Aretos, Lee Barrett, Martin Black, Charlotte Bond, Saskia Brierley, Ian Bryson, Amelia Calderhead, Kenny Campbell, James Carruthers, Lee Chapman, William Cochrane, Rory Gillespie, Joel Harman, Douglas Harvey, Eamonn Harvey, Bethany Johnson, Tom Louth, Mike MacIntosh, Anna MacIver, Chris Miller, David Montgomery, Meenu Murali, John Murray, Norman O'Malley, Ruben Sanchez-Janssen, Noah Schwartz, Patrick Smith, Jonathan Strachan, Stephen Todd, Dawn Wasley, Sandi Wilson, Junyi Zhou, Eric Bell, Oleg Gnedin, Kayhan Gultekin, Mario Mateo, Michael Meyer, Jayne Birkby, Liam Boland, Michele Cappellari, Edgar Castillo Dominguez, David Gooding, Kearn Grisdale, Andrea Hidalgo, James Kariuki, Ian Lewis, Kieran McCall, R. Elliot Meyer, Eduard Muslimov, Adam Lowe, Zeynep Ozer, Sophie Paszynska, Dimitra Rigopoulou, Matthias Tecza, Alec York

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309614 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018520

KEYWORDS: Equipment, Adaptive optics, Design, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Stars, Signal to noise ratio, Image quality, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

ANDES, the high-resolution spectrograph for the ELT: system architecture design of Phase-B-one

A. Zanutta, A. Manuel, M. Aliverti, A. Balestra, O. Bellido-Tirado, A. Brucalassi, L. Cabona, A. Cabral, B. Chazelas, I. Coretti, P. Di Marcantonio, M. Ebert, W. Gaessler, X. Gao, V. Geers, E. Giro, O. Gonzalez, P. Huke, M. Landoni, W. Laun, D. Lee, M. Lehmitz, D. Lunney, M. MacIntosh, A. Marconi, M. Monteiro, D. Montgomery, E. Oliva, L. Origlia, G. Pariani, E. Pinna, E. M. Redaelli, M. Riva, R.-R. Rohloff, P. Santos Diaz, M. Scalera, W. Seifert, C. Selmi, A. Tozzi, C. Waring, M. Weber, B. Wehbe, J. Weingrill, M. Xompero, W. Xu

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130964D (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3014700

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Spectroscopy, Design, Equipment, Telescopes, Calibration, Interfaces, Sensors, Cameras, Vacuum

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

MOSAIC at the ELT: a unique instrument for the largest ground-based telescope

Roser Pelló, Mathieu Puech, Éric Prieto, Myriam Rodrigues, Rubén Sanchez-Janssen, Gavin Dalton, Franck Ducret, Kacem El Hadi, María García-Vargas, Jeff Lynn, Nazim Bharmal, Diane Chapuis, Michel Dupieux, Clément Hottier, Marie Larrieu, Laurent Martin, Meghna Mohamed, Tim Morris, Ana Pérez, Walter Seifert, Wenli Xu, Simon Morris, Lex Kaper, Jesús Gallego, Jose Afonso, Beatriz Barbuy, Thierry Contini, Alexis Finoguenov, Susan Kassin, Christopher Miller, Göran Ostlin, Laura Pentericci, Daniel Schaerer, Matthias Steinmetz, Bodo Ziegler, Ricardo Araujo, Joar Brynnel, Bruno Castilho, Christopher Conselice, Nick Cvetojevic, Christopher Davison, Julien Dejonghe, Mirka Dessauges-Zavadsky, Kjetil Dohlen, Décio Ferreira, Armando Gil de Paz, Thiago Gonçalves, Isabelle Guinouard, Matthew Hayes, Derek Ives, Annemieke Janssen, Carol Kehrig, Andreas Kelz, Davor Krajnović, Audrey Lanotte, Nicolas Laporte, Philippe Laporte, Soren Larsen, Bertran Lemasle, Ian Lewis, Jiang-Tao Li, Elena Pancino, Matthew Pieri, Christian Surace, Markus Thurneysen, Susanna Vergani, François Wildi, Fernando Álvarez Moreno, Raziye Artan, Mathilde Beaulieu, Eva Besada, Arjan Bik, Charlotte Bond, Mohamed Bouri, Jérémie Boy, David Bramall, Sarah Brands, Antonio Braulio, Tim Butterley, Cristina Cabello, Marina Calero de Ory, Rocio Calvo, Africa Castillo Morales, Zalpha Challita, Stephen Chittik, Andrés Curto Maldonado, Fátima De Frontat, Elfi Dijkstra, Eddy Elswijk, Gilles Fasola, Carmen Feiz, Fabio Fialho, Johan Floriot, Paolo Franzetti, Marco Fumana, Luis Gabarra, Lia Garcia, Adriana Gargiulo, Julien Gaudemard, Domenico Giannone, Polly Gill, Alicia Gomez-Gutierrez, Carole Gouvret, Alan Guenther, Douglas Harvey, José Miguel Ibáñez Mengual, Jorge Iglesias, Yevgeniy Ivanisenko, Peter Kunst, Sander Kwast, Kieran Leschinski, Gianluca Licausi, Sebastiano Ligori, Juan Antonio López Orozco, Adam Lowe, Mike Macintosh, Héctor Magan, Manuel Maldonado, Thomas Marquart, Lucimara Martins, Marisole Melara, Jens Melinder, Jeannet Molema, David Montgomery, María Morales, Francisco Najarro, Nicolas Nardetto, Ramon Navarro, Antoine Ottomani, Tony Pamplona, Cyril Pannetier, Phil Parr-Burman, Sergio Pascual, María Peñataro, Isabel Pérez Grande, Jan Rinze Peterzon, Javier Piqueras, Nicolai Piskunov, Ramon Rodriguez Cardoso, Sergio Rodriguez Venzal, Rick Romp, Hossein Rostami, Frédéric Royer, Daniel Sablowski, Ainhoa Sanchez, Ernesto Sánchez Blanco, Ellen Schalling, Jurgen Schmoll, Noah Schwartz, Jay Stephan, Sylvestre Taburet, David Terrett, Ignacio Torralbo, Niels Tromp, Gerardo Veredas, Yanbin Yang, Alec York, Werner Zeilinger

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309615 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019047

KEYWORDS: Equipment, Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Near infrared, Spectral resolution, Telescopes, Stars, James Webb Space Telescope, Design, Extragalactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

ANDES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: science goals, project overview, and future developments

A. Marconi, M. Abreu, V. Adibekyan, V. Alberti, S. Albrecht, J. Alcaniz, M. Aliverti, C. Allende Prieto, J. Alvarado-Gomez, C. Alves, P. Amado, M. Amate, M. Andersen, S. Antoniucci, E. Artigau, C. Bailet, C. Baker, V. Baldini, A. Balestra, S. Barnes, F. Baron, S. C. Barros, S. Bauer, M. Beaulieu, O. Bellido-Tirado, B. Benneke, T. Bensby, E. Bergin, P. Berio, K. Biazzo, L. Bigot, A. Bik, J. Birkby, N. Blind, O. Boebion, I. Boisse, E. Bolmont, J. Bolton, M. Bonaglia, X. Bonfils, L. Bonhomme, F. Borsa, J.-C. Bouret, A. Brandeker, W. Brandner, C. Broeg, M. Brogi, D. Brousseau, A. Brucalassi, J. Brynnel, L. Buchhave, D. Buscher, L. Cabona, A. Cabral, G. Calderone, R. Calvo-Ortega, F. Cantalloube, B. Canto Martins, L. Carbonaro, Y. Caujolle, G. Chauvin, B. Chazelas, A.-L. Cheffot, Y. Cheng, A. Chiavassa, L. Christensen, R. Cirami, M. Cirasuolo, N. Cook, R. Cooke, I. Coretti, S. Covino, N. Cowan, G. Cresci, S. Cristiani, V. Cunha Parro, G. Cupani, V. D'Odorico, K. Dadi, I. de Castro Leão, A. De Cia, J. De Medeiros, F. Debras, M. Debus, A. Delorme, O. Demangeon, F. Derie, M. Dessauges-Zavadsky, P. Di Marcantonio, S. Di Stefano, F. Dionies, A. Domiciano de Souza, R. Doyon, J. Dunn, S. Egner, D. Ehrenreich, J. Faria, D. Ferruzzi, C. Feruglio, M. Fisher, A. Fontana, B. Frank, C. Fuesslein, M. Fumagalli, T. Fusco, J. Fynbo, O. Gabella, W. Gaessler, E. Gallo, X. Gao, L. Genolet, M. Genoni, P. Giacobbe, E. Giro, R. Gonçalves, O. Gonzalez, J. González-Hernández, C. Gouvret, F. Gracia Témich, M. Haehnelt, C. Haniff, A. Hatzes, R. Helled, H. Hoeijmakers, I. Hughes, P. Huke, Y. Ivanisenko, A. Järvinen, S. Järvinen, A. Kaminski, J. Kern, J. Knoche, A. Kordt, H. Korhonen, A. Korn, D. Kouach, G. Kowzan, L. Kreidberg, M. Landoni, A. Lanotte, A. Lavail, B. Lavie, D. Lee, M. Lehmitz, J. Li, W. Li, J. Liske, C. Lovis, S. Lucatello, D. Lunney, M. MacIntosh, N. Madhusudhan, L. Magrini, R. Maiolino, J. Maldonado, L. Malo, A. W. Man, T. Marquart, C. M. Marques, E. Marques, P. Martinez, A. Martins, C. J. A. Martins, J. H. Martins, P. Maslowski, C. Mason, E. Mason, R. McCracken, M. A. Melo e Sousa, P. Mergo, G. Micela, D. Milaković, P. Mollière, M. Monteiro, D. Montgomery, C. Mordasini, J. Morin, A. Mucciarelli, M. Murphy, M. N'Diaye, N. Nardetto, B. Neichel, N. Neri, A. Niedzielski, E. Niemczura, B. Nisini, L. Nortmann, P. Noterdaeme, N. Nunes, L. Oggioni, F. Olchewsky, E. Oliva, H. Önel, L. Origlia, G. Östlin, N. N.-Q. Ouellette, E. Pallé, P. Papaderos, G. Pariani, L. Pasquini, J. Peñate Castro, F. Pepe, C. Peroux, L. Perreault Levasseur, S. Perruchot, P. Petit, O. Pfuhl, L. Pino, J. Piqueras, N. Piskunov, A. Pollo, K. Poppenhaeger, M. Porru, J. Puschnig, A. Quirrenbach, E. Rauscher, R. Rebolo, E. M. Redaelli, S. Reffert, D. Reid, A. Reiners, P. Richter, M. Riva, S. Rivoire, C. Rodríguez-López, I. Roederer, D. Romano, M. Roth, S. Rousseau, J. Rowe, A. Saccardi, S. Salvadori, N. Sanna, N. Santos, P. Santos Diaz, J. Sanz-Forcada, M. Sarajlic, J.-F. Sauvage, D. Savio, A. Scaudo, S. Schäfer, R. Schiavon, T. Schmidt, C. Selmi, R. Simoes, A. Simonnin, S. Sivanandam, M. Sordet, R. Sordo, F. Sortino, D. Sosnowska, S. Sousa, A. Spang, R. Spiga, E. Stempels, J. R. Stevenson, K. Strassmeier, A. Suárez Mascareño, A. Sulich, X. Sun, N. Tanvir, F. Tenegi-Sanginés, S. Thibault, S. Thompson, P. Tisserand, A. Tozzi, M. Turbet, J.-P. Véran, P. Vallée, I. Vanni, R. Varas, A. Vega-Moreno, K. Venn, A. Verma, J. Vernet, M. Viel, G. Wade, C. Waring, M. Weber, J. Weder, B. Wehbé, J. Weingrill, M. Woche, M. Xompero, E. Zackrisson, A. Zanutta, M. Zapatero Osorio, M. Zechmeister, J. Zimara

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309613 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017966

KEYWORDS: Stars, Spectrographs, Physics, Equipment, Observational astronomy, Exoplanets, Galactic astronomy, Planets, Telescopes, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

MOONS fibre positioning module: instrument build overview

Stephen Watson, Raziye Artan, David Atkinson, Steven Beard, Martin Black, Ciaran Breen, Ian Bryson, Jose Carrera, Stefane Caseiro, Lee Chapman, Stephen Chittick, William Cochrane, Miriam Colling, Oscar Gonzalez, Markus Hug, Ciaran Lawrence, Alexander Lay, David Montgomery, Yves Moser, Johannes Nix, Alan O'Brien, Phil Rees, William Taylor, Bart Willemse

Proceedings Volume 12188, 1218829 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627329

KEYWORDS: Metrology, Resistance, Cameras, Calibration, Spectrographs, Computer aided design, Optical alignment, Connectors, Tolerancing, Microsystems

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation

HARMONI at ELT: Design and testing of the focal plane relay window flusher

William A. Cochrane, David M. Montgomery, Patrick Smith, Norman O'Malley, William Humphreys, Fraser Clarke

Proceedings Volume 12188, 1218812 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630390

KEYWORDS: Relays, Visible radiation, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Iterated function systems, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

HARMONI at ELT: overview of the capabilities and expected performance of the ELT's first light, adaptive optics assisted integral field spectrograph.

Niranjan Thatte, Dave Melotte, Benoit Neichel, David Le Mignant, Ian Bryson, Fraser Clarke, Vanessa Ferraro-Wood, Thierry Fusco, Oscar Gonzalez, Hermine Schnetler, Matthias Tecza, Sandi Wilson, Alonso Álvarez Urueña, Heribert Vilaseca, Santiago Arribas, Gonzalo José Carracedo Carballale, Alejandro Crespo, Alberto Estrada Piqueras, Miriam García García, Cecilai Martínez Martín, Miguel Pereira Santaella, Michele Perna, Javier Piqueras Lopez, Niolas Bouché, Didier Boudon, Eric Daguise, Karen Disseau, Jérémy Fensch, Adrien Girardot, Matthieu Guibert, Aurélien Jarno, Alexandre Jeanneau, Jens-Kristian Krogager, Florence Laurent, Magali Loupias, Jean-Emmanuel Migniau, Laure Piqueras, Alban Remillieux, Johan Richard, Arlette Pecontal, Lisa Bardou, David Barr, Sylvain Cetre, Rishi Deshmukh, Sofia Dimoudi, Marc Dubbledam, Andrew Dunn, Dimitri Gadotti, Joss Guy, David King, David Little, Anna McLeod, Simon Morris, Tim Morris, Kieran O'Brien, Emily Ronson, Russell Smith, Lazar Staykov, Mark Swinbank, Matthew Townson, Matteo Accardo, Domingo Alvarez Mendez, Elizabeth George, Joshua Hopgood, Derek Ives, Leander Mehrgan, Eric Mueller, Javier Reyes, Ralf Conzelmann, Pablo Gutierrez Cheetham, Ángel Alonso-Sánchez, Giuseppina Battaglia, Miguel Cagigas, Haresh Chulani, Graciela Delgado García, Patricia Fernandez Izquierdo, Ana Belén Fragoso López, Begoña García-Lorenzo, Alberto Hernández González, Elvio Hernandez Suarez, Jose Miguel Herreros Linares, Enrique Joven, Roberto López López, Alejandro Antonio Lujan Gonzalez, Yolanda Martín Hernando, Evencio Mediavilla, Saúl Menéndez Mendoza, Luz Maria Montoya Martínez, José Peñate Castro, Álvaro Pérez, Jose Luis Rasilla, Rafael Rebolo, Luis Fernando Rodríguez Ramos, Afrodisio Vega-Moreno, Teodora Viera, Natacha Zanon Dametto, Alexis Carlotti, Jean-Jacques Correia, Stéphane Curaba, Alain Delboulbe, Sylvain Guieu, Adrien Hours, Zoltan Hubert, Laurent Jocou, Yves Magnard, Thibaut Moulin, Fabrice Pancher, Patrick Rabou, Eric Stadler, Maxime Vérove, Thierry Contini, Marie Larrieu, Olivier Boebion, Yan Fantei-Caujolle, Daniel Lecron, Sylvain Rousseau, Philippe Amram, Olivier Beltramo-Martin, William Bon, Anne Bonnefoi, William Ceria, Zalpha Challita, Yannick Charles, Elodie Choquet, Carlos Correia, Anne Costille, Kjetil Dohlen, Franck Ducret, Kacem El Hadi, Jean-Luc Gach, Jean-Luc Gimenez, Olivier Groussin, Marc Jaquet, Pierre Jouve, Fabrice Madec, Felipe Pedreros, Edgard Renault, Patrice Sanchez, Arthur Vigan, Pascal Vola, Annie Zavago, Romain Fetick, Caroline Lim, Cyril Petit, Jean-Francois Sauvage, Nicolas Védrenne, Fehim Taha Bagci, Martin Caldwell, Ellis Elliott, Peter Hiscock, Emma Johnson, Murali Nalagatla, Aristea Seitis, Mark Wells, Martin Black, Charlotte Bond, Saskia Brierley, Kenny Campbell, Neil Campbell, James Carruthers, William Cochrane, Chris Evans, Joel Harman, William Humphreys, Thomas Louth, Chris Miller, David Montgomery, Meenu Murali, John Murray, Norman O'Malley, Ruben Sanchez-Janssen, Noah Schwartz, Patrick Smith, Jonathan Strachan, Stephen Todd, Stuart Watt, Martyn Wells, Asim Yaqoob, Eric Bell, Oleg Gnedin, Kayhan Gultekin, Mario Mateo, Michael Meyer, Munadi Ahmad, Jayne Birkby, Michael Booth, Michele Cappellari, Edgar Castillo Dominguez, Jorge Chao Ortiz, David Gooding, Kearn Grisdale, Andrea Hidalgo, Laurence Hogan, James Kariuki, Ian Lewis, Adam Lowe, Zeynep Ozer, Laurence Routledge, Dimitra Rigopoulou, Alec York

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218420 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628834

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Stars, Iterated function systems, Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Wavefront sensors, Spatial resolution, Sensors, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

ANDES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: science case, baseline design and path to construction

A. Marconi, M. Abreu, V. Adibekyan, V. Alberti, S. Albrecht, J. Alcaniz, M. Aliverti, C. Allende Prieto, J. D. Alvarado Gómez, P. J. Amado, M. Amate, M. I. Andersen, E. Artigau, C. Baker, V. Baldini, A. Balestra, S. A. Barnes, F. Baron, S. C. C. Barros, S. M. Bauer, M. Beaulieu, O. Bellido-Tirado, B. Benneke, T. Bensby, E. A. Bergin, K. Biazzo, A. Bik, J. L. Birkby, N. Blind, I. Boisse, E. Bolmont, M. Bonaglia, X. Bonfils, F. Borsa, A. Brandeker, W. Brandner, C. H. Broeg, M. Brogi, D. Brousseau, A. Brucalassi, J. Brynnel, L. A. Buchhave, D. F. Buscher, A. Cabral, G. Calderone, R. Calvo-Ortega, B. L. Canto Martins, F. Cantalloube, L. Carbonaro, G. Chauvin, B. Chazelas, A.-L. Cheffot, Y. S. Cheng, A. Chiavassa, L. Christensen, R. Cirami, N. J. Cook, R. J. Cooke, I. Coretti, S. Covino, N. Cowan, G. Cresci, S. Cristiani, V. Cunha Parro, G. Cupani, V. D'Odorico, I. de Castro Leão, A. De Cia, J. R. De Medeiros, F. Debras, M. Debus, O. Demangeon, M. Dessauges-Zavadsky, P. Di Marcantonio, F. Dionies, R. Doyon, J. Dunn, D. Ehrenreich, J. P. Faria, C. Feruglio, M. Fisher, A. Fontana, M. Fumagalli, T. Fusco, J. Fynbo, O. Gabella, W. Gaessler, E. Gallo, X. Gao, L. Genolet, M. Genoni, P. Giacobbe, E. Giro, R. S. Gonçalves, O. Gonzalez, J. I. González Hernández, F. Gracia Témich, M. G. Haehnelt, C. Haniff, A. Hatzes, R. Helled, H.J. Hoeijmakers, P. Huke, S. Järvinen, A. Järvinen, A. Kaminski, A. Korn, D. Kouach, G. Kowzan, L. Kreidberg, M. Landoni, A. Lanotte, A. Lavail, J. Li, J. Liske, C. Lovis, S. Lucatello, D. Lunney, M. MacIntosh, N. Madhusudhan, L. Magrini, R. Maiolino, L. Malo, A. Man, T. Marquart, E. L. Marques, A. M. Martins, C. J. A. P. Martins, P. Maslowski, C. Mason, E. Mason, R. A. McCracken, P. Mergo, G. Micela, T. Mitchell, P. Mollière, M. Monteiro, D. Montgomery, C. Mordasini, J. Morin, A. Mucciarelli, M. T. Murphy, M. N'Diaye, B. Neichel, A. T. Niedzielski, E. Niemczura, L. Nortmann, P. Noterdaeme, N. Nunes, L. Oggioni, E. Oliva, H. Önel, L. Origlia, G. Östlin, E. Palle, P. Papaderos, G. Pariani, J. Peñate Castro, F. Pepe, L. Perreault Levasseur, P. Petit, L. Pino, J. Piqueras, A. Pollo, K. Poppenhaeger, A. Quirrenbach, E. Rauscher, R. Rebolo, E. M. A. Redaelli, S. Reffert, D. T. Reid, A. Reiners, P. Richter, M. Riva, S. Rivoire, C. Rodríguez-López, I. U. Roederer, D. Romano, S. Rousseau, J. Rowe, S. Salvadori, N. Santos, P. Santos Diaz, J. Sanz-Forcada, M. Sarajlic, J.-F. Sauvage, S. Schäfer, R. P. Schiavon, T. M. Schmidt, C. Selmi, S. Sivanandam, M. Sordet, R. Sordo, F. Sortino, D. Sosnowska, S. G. Sousa, E. Stempels, K. G. Strassmeier, A. Suárez Mascareño, A. Sulich, X. Sun, N.R. Tanvir, F. Tenegi-Sanginés, S. Thibault, S. J. Thompson, A. Tozzi, M. Turbet, P. Vallée, R. Varas, K. Venn, J.-P. Véran, A. Verma, M. Viel, G. Wade, C. Waring, M. Weber, J. Weder, B. Wehbe, J. Weingrill, M. Woche, M. Xompero, E. Zackrisson, A. Zanutta, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, M. Zechmeister, J. Zimara

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218424 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628689

KEYWORDS: Physics, Spectrographs, Stars, Astronomy, Galactic astronomy, Astrophysics, Exoplanets, Planets, Spectral resolution, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster

HARMONI at ELT: cooled environment for focal plane relay optics and guide star sensors; design ahead of FDR

Tom Louth, David Montgomery, Stuart Watt, William Cochrane, Fraser Clarke, Kjetil Dohlen, William Humphreys

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121842N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627706

KEYWORDS: Relays, Star sensors, Environmental sensing, Visible radiation, Spectrographs, Wavefronts, Wavefront sensors, Thermography, Telescopes, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 2022 Poster + Paper

HARMONI at ELT: towards a final design for the Natural Guide Star Sensors system

K. Dohlen, P. Vola, Z. Challita, T. Morris, JF Sauvage, L. Jocou, A. Estrada, T. Louth, W. Bon, M. Dubbeldam, D. Montgomery, J-L Gimenez, T. Viera Cuberlo, Y. Charles, D. Le Mignant, A. Carlotti, J. Pequeiras, K. El Hadi, W. Humphreys, B. Neichel, T. Fusco, F. Clarke, D. Melotte, N. Thatte

Proceedings Volume 12187, 121871D (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628938

KEYWORDS: Wavefront sensors, Sensors, Iterated function systems, Interfaces, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Control systems, Calibration, Star sensors, Relays

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Design and testing of the MOONS fibre positioning units

Steve Watson, David Atkinson, Steven Beard, Martin Black, Ian Bryson, Jose Carrera, Stefane Caserio, Lee Chapman, William Cochrane, Miriam Colling, Alasdair Fairley, Oscar Gonzalez, Markus Hug, Ciaran Lawrence, Alexander Lay, David Montgomery, Yves Moser, Johannes Nix, Alan O'Brien, Phil Rees, William Taylor, Bart Willemse

Proceedings Volume 11451, 1145127 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563319

KEYWORDS: Visible radiation, Spectrographs, Spectroscopes, Multiplexing, Astronomy, Microsystems, Product engineering

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

HARMONI: first light spectroscopy for the ELT: instrument final design and quantitative performance predictions

Niranjan Thatte, Ian Bryson, Fraser Clarke, Vanessa Ferraro-Wood, Thierry Fusco, David Le Mignant, Dave Melotte, Benoit Neichel, Hermine Schnetler, Matthias Tecza, Santiago Arribas, Alejandro Crespo, Alberto Estrada Piqueras, Miriam García García, Miguel Pereira Santaella, Javier Piqueras López, Jeremy Blaizot, Nicholas Bouché, Didier Boudon, Diane Chapuis, Eric Daguise, Karen Disseau, Matthieu Guibert, Aurelien Jarno, Alexandre Jeanneau, Florence Laurent, Magali Loupias, Jean-Emmanuel Migniau, Laure Piqueras, Alban Remillieux, Johan Richard, Arlette Pécontal-Rousset, Lisa Bardou, Madeline Close, Rishi Deshmukh, Sofia Dimoudi, Marc Dubbledam, David King, Simon Morris, Timothy Morris, Kieran O'Brien, Lazar Staykov, Mark Swinbank, Matthew Townson, Eddy Younger, Matteo Accardo, Domingo Avarez Mendez, Ralf Conzelmann, Sebastian Egner, Elizabeth George, Frederic Gonté, Joshua Hopgood, Derek Ives, Leander Mehrgan, Eric Mueller, Celine Peroux, Joel Vernet, Angel Alonso Sanchez, Battaglia Giuseppina, Miguel Cagigas, José Miguel Delgado, Patricia Fernandez Izquierdo, Ana Belén Fragoso López, Maria Begoña Garcia-Lorenzo, Elvio Hernandez Suarez, José Miguel Herreros Linares, Enrique Joven, Roberto López, Yolanda Martín Hernando, Evencio Mediavilla, Ana Monreal, José Peñate Castro, Jose Luis Rasilla, Rafael Rebolo, Luis Fernando Rodríguez-Ramos, Afrodisio Vega Moreno, Teodora Viera, Alexis Carlotti, Jean-Jacques Correia, Alain Delboulbe, Sylvain Guieu, Adrien Hours, Zoltan Hubert, Laurent Jocou, Yves Magnard, Thibaut Moulin, Fabrice Pancher, Patrick Rabou, Eric Stadler, Thierry Contini, Marie Larrieu, Yan Fantei-Caujolle, Daniel Lecron, Sylvain Rousseau, Olivier Beltramo-Martin, William Bon, Anne Bonnefoi, William Ceria, Elodie Choquet, Carlos Correia, Anne Costille, Kjetil Dohlen, Franck Ducret, Kacem El-Hadi, Benoit Epinat, Romain Fetick, Jean-Luc Gach, Olivier Groussin, Issa Jaafar, Joel Le Merrer, Marc Llored, Felipe Pedreros, Edgard Renault, Patrice Sanchez, Arthur Vigan, Pascal Vola, Caroline Lim, Nicola Vedrenne, Cyril Petit, Jean-Francois Sauvage, Taha Bagci, Nick Cann, Jorge Chao Ortiz, Ellis Elliott, Tea Seitis, Ian Tosh, Josh Anderson, Martin Black, Charlotte Bond, Andy Born, Kenny Campbell, Neil Campbell, James Carruthers, William Cochrane, Naomi Dobson, Chris Evans, Angus Gallie, Oscar Gonzalez, Joel Harman, David Henry, William Humphreys, Tom Louth, Chris Miller, David Montgomery, John Murray, Norman O'Malley, Lynn Ritchie, Ruben Sanchez-Janssen, Noah Schwartz, Patrick Smith, Stuart Watt, Martyn Wells, Sandi Wilson, Kayhan Gultekin, Mario Mateo, Michael Meyer, Monica Valluri, Munadi Ahmad, Michael Booth, John Capone, Michele Cappellari, David Gooding, Kearn Grisdale, Andrea Hidalgo, James Kariuki, Ian Lewis, Adam Lowe, Jim Lynn, Alvaro Menduina, Zeynep Ozer, Roy Preece, Dimitra Rigopoulou, Myriam Rodrigues, Laurence Routledge

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114471W (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562144

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopes, Adaptive optics, Visible radiation, Spectrographs, Large telescopes, Spectral resolution, Modes of laser operation, Tomography, Quantitative analysis, Computer simulations

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Characterization of an f/2 freeform active mirror

Szigfrid Farkas, Tibor Agócs, Gabby Aitink-Kroes, Lee Chapman, William Cochrane, Wayne Holland, Emmanuel Hugot, Fahad Iqbal, Dávid Jáger, Michel Marcos, György Mező, Maria Milanova, Chris Miller, David Montgomery, Michiel Rodenhuis, Mélanie Roulet, Hermine Schnetler

Proceedings Volume 10706, 1070617 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313413

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Mirrors, Finite element methods, Computer aided design, Optics manufacturing, Optical testing, Solid modeling, Control systems, Performance modeling

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Proceedings Article | 20 November 2017 Open Access

Large aperture telescope technology: a design for an active lightweight multi-segmented fold-out space mirror

S. Thompson, A. Doel, M. Whalley, R. Edeson, I. Tosh, O. Poyntz-Wright, E. Atad-Ettedgui, D. Montgomery, J. Nawasra

Proceedings Volume 10565, 105651Y (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309210

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Actuators, Manufacturing, Aluminum, Space telescopes, Space mirrors, Astronomical imaging, Telescopes, Tolerancing, Surface roughness

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

Implementation and performance of the metrology system for the multi-object optical and near-infrared spectrograph MOONS

Holger Drass, Leonardo Vanzi, Miguel Torres-Torriti, Rolando Dünner , Tzu-Chiang Shen, Francisco Belmar, Lousie Dauvin, Tomás Staig, Jonathan Antognini, Mauricio Flores, Yerko Luco, Clémentine Béchet, David Boettger, Steven Beard, David Montgomery, Stephen Watson, Alexandre Cabral, Mahmoud Hayati, Manuel Abreu, Phil Rees, Michele Cirasuolo, William Taylor, Alasdair Fairley

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99088E (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232654

KEYWORDS: Metrology, Spectrographs, Cameras, Astronomical imaging, Time metrology, Calibration, Electroluminescent displays, Target detection, Staring arrays, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

Development of the fibre positioning unit of MOONS

David Montgomery, David Atkinson, Stephen Beard, William Cochrane, Holger Drass, Isabelle Guinouard, David Lee, William Taylor, Phil Rees, Steve Watson

Proceedings Volume 9908, 990895 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234183

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Astronomical imaging, Prototyping, Switches, Electronics, Computer programming, Diodes, Metrology, Interfaces, Signal detection

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

The E-ELT first light spectrograph HARMONI: capabilities and modes

Niranjan Thatte, Fraser Clarke, Ian Bryson, Hermine Shnetler, Matthias Tecza, Thierry Fusco, Roland Bacon, Johan Richard, Evencio Mediavilla, Benoît Neichel, Santiago Arribas, Begoña Garcia-Lorenzo, Christopher Evans, Alban Remillieux, Kacem El Madi, Jose Miguel Herreros, Dave Melotte, Kieran O'Brien, Ian Tosh, Joël Vernet, Peter Hammersley, Derek Ives, Gert Finger, Ryan Houghton, Dimitra Rigopoulou, James Lynn, Jamie Allen, Simon Zieleniewski, Sarah Kendrew, Vanessa Ferraro-Wood, Arlette Pécontal-Rousset, Johan Kosmalski, Florence Laurent, Magali Loupias, Laure Piqueras, Edgar Renault, Jeremy Blaizot, Eric Daguisé, Jean-Emmanuel Migniau, Aurélien Jarno, Andy Born, Angus Gallie, David Montgomery, David Henry, Noah Schwartz, William Taylor, Gérard Zins, Luis Fernando Rodríguez-Ramos, Miguel Cagigas, Giuseppina Battaglia, Refael Rebolo López, Elvio Hernández Suárez, José Vicente Gigante-Ripoll, Javier Piqueras López, Montserrat Villa Martin, Carlos Correia, Sandrine Pascal, Leonardo Blanco, Pascal Vola, Benoit Epinat, Celine Peroux, Arthur Vigan, Kjetil Dohlen, Jean-Francois Sauvage, Martin Lee, Alexis Carlotti, Christophe Verinaud, Tim Morris, Richard Myers, Andrew Reeves, Mark Swinbank, Ariadna Calcines, Marrie Larrieu

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99081X (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230629

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Wavefront sensors, Sensors, Stars, Telescopes, Relays, Iterated function systems, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

FAME: freeform active mirror experiment

Gabby Aitink-Kroes, Tibor Agócs, Chris Miller, Martin Black, Szigfrid Farkas, Sabri Lemared, Felix Bettonvil, David Montgomery, Michel Marcos, Attila Jaskó, Farian van Duffelen, Zalpha Challita, Sandy Fok, Fatemeh Kiaeerad, Emmanuel Hugot, Hermine Schnetler, Lars Venema

Proceedings Volume 9912, 99121I (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232939

KEYWORDS: Disk lasers, Disk lasers, Imaging systems, Freeform optics, Actuators, Optical design, Mirrors, Diffraction, Control systems, Optics manufacturing, Metrology

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

Thermal expansion as a precision actuator

Chris Miller, David Montgomery, Martin Black, Hermine Schnetler

Proceedings Volume 9912, 991269 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231392

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Mirrors, Sensors, Freeform optics, Resistance, Electronics, Active optics, Monochromatic aberrations, Temperature metrology, Disk lasers

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2014 Paper

The metrology system for the multi-object optical and near-infrared spectrograph MOONS

Miguel Torres-Torriti, Leonardo Vanzi, Rolando Dünner, Francisco Belmar, Louise Dauvin, Tzu-Chiang Chen, Michele Cirasuolo, William Taylor, Hermine Schnetler, David Montgomery, Philip Rees, Alexandre Cabral

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91478M (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055686

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Metrology, Staring arrays, Imaging systems, Spectrographs, Calibration, Sensors, Distance measurement, Astronomical imaging, Computing systems

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2014 Paper

HARMONI: the first light integral field spectrograph for the E-ELT

Niranjan Thatte, Fraser Clarke, Ian Bryson, Hermine Schnetler, Matthias Tecza, Roland Bacon, Alban Remillieux, Evencio Mediavilla, José Miguel Herreros Linares, Santiago Arribas, Christopher Evans, David Lunney, Thierry Fusco, Kieran O'Brien, Ian Tosh, Derek Ives, Gert Finger, Ryan Houghton, Roger Davies, James Lynn, Jamie Allen, Simon Zieleniewski, Sarah Kendrew, Vanessa Ferraro-Wood, Arlette Pécontal-Rousset, Johan Kosmalski, Johan Richard, Aurelien Jarno, Angus Gallie, David Montgomery, David Henry, Gérard Zins, David Freeman, Begona García-Lorenzo, Luis Rodríguez-Ramos, Jorge Revuelta, Elvio Hernandez Suarez, Alberto Bueno-Bueno, José Vincente Gigante-Ripoll, Adolfo Garcia, Kjetil Dohlen, Benoît Neichel

Proceedings Volume 9147, 914725 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055436

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectral resolution, Spectroscopy, Adaptive optics, Spectrographs, Visible radiation, Iterated function systems, Sensors, Calibration, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2014 Paper

Development of the fibres of MOONS

Isabelle Guinouard, David Lee, Hermine Schnetler, William Taylor, Jean-Philippe Amans, David Montgomery, Ernesto Oliva

Proceedings Volume 9151, 91514S (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054735

KEYWORDS: Connectors, Spectrographs, Microlens, Optical fibers, Prototyping, Cameras, Large telescopes, Cryogenics, Telescopes, Optical testing

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

MOONS: the Multi-Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph for the VLT

M. Cirasuolo, J. Afonso, M. Carollo, H. Flores, R. Maiolino, E. Oliva, S. Paltani, Leonardo Vanzi, Christopher Evans, M. Abreu, David Atkinson, C. Babusiaux, Steven Beard, F. Bauer, M. Bellazzini, Ralf Bender, P. Best, N. Bezawada, P. Bonifacio, A. Bragaglia, I. Bryson, D. Busher, A. Cabral, K. Caputi, M. Centrone, F. Chemla, A. Cimatti, M-R. Cioni, G. Clementini, J. Coelho, D. Crnojevic, E. Daddi, J. Dunlop, S. Eales, S. Feltzing, A. Ferguson, M. Fisher, A. Fontana, J. Fynbo, B. Garilli, G. Gilmore, A. Glauser, I. Guinouard, F. Hammer, P. Hastings, A. Hess, R. Ivison, P. Jagourel, M. Jarvis, L. Kaper, G. Kauffman, A. Kitching, A. Lawrence, D. Lee, B. Lemasle, G. Licausi, S. Lilly, D. Lorenzetti, D. Lunney, F. Mannucci, R. McLure, D. Minniti, D. Montgomery, B. Muschielok, K. Nandra, R. Navarro, P. Norberg, S. Oliver, L. Origlia, N. Padilla, J. Peacock, F. Pedichini, J. Peng, L. Pentericci, J. Pragt, M. Puech, S. Randich, P. Rees, A. Renzini, N. Ryde, M. Rodrigues, I. Roseboom, F. Royer, R. Saglia, A. Sanchez, R. Schiavon, H. Schnetler, D. Sobral, R. Speziali, D. Sun, R. Stuik, A. Taylor, W. Taylor, S. Todd, E. Tolstoy, M. Torres, M. Tosi, E. Vanzella, L. Venema, F. Vitali, M. Wegner, M. Wells, V. Wild, G. Wright, G. Zamorani, M. Zoccali

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91470N (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056012

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Stars, Spectral resolution, Spectroscopy, Astronomical imaging, Sensors, Cameras, Control systems, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Open Access

Performance of the K-band multi-object spectrograph (KMOS) on the ESO VLT

Ray Sharples, Ralf Bender, Alex Agudo Berbel, Richard Bennett, Naidu Bezawada, Roberto Castillo, Michele Cirasuolo, Paul Clark, George Davidson, Richard Davies, Roger Davies, Marc Dubbeldam, Alasdair Fairley, Gert Finger, Natascha Schreiber, Reinhard Genzel, Reinhold Haefner, Achim Hess, Ives Jung, Ian Lewis, David Montgomery, John Murray, Bernard Muschielok, Jeff Pirard, Suzanne Ramsay, Philip Rees, Josef Richter, David Robertson, Ian Robson, Stephen Rolt, Roberto Saglia, Ivo Saviane, Joerg Schlichter, Linda Schmidtobreik, Alex Segovia, Alain Smette, Matthias Tecza, Stephen Todd, Michael Wegner, Erich Wiezorrek

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91470W (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055496

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectrographs, Astronomical imaging, Telescopes, Calibration, Stars, Electronics, K band, Infrared radiation, Cryogenics

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Open Access

Status of the KMOS multi-object near-infrared integral field spectrograph

Ray Sharples, Ralf Bender, Alex Agudo Berbel, Richard Bennett, Naidu Bezawada, Michele Cirasuolo, Paul Clark, George Davidson, Richard Davies, Roger Davies, Marc Dubbeldam, Alasdair Fairley, Gert Finger, Reinhard Genzel, Reinhold Haefner, Achim Hess, Ian Lewis, David Montgomery, John Murray, Bernard Muschielok, Natascha Förster-Schreiber, Jeff Pirard, Suzanne Ramsay, Phil Rees, Josef Richter, David Robertson, Ian Robson, Stephen Rolt, Roberto Saglia, Jörg Schlichter, Mathias Tecza, Stephen Todd, Michael Wegner, Erich Wiezorrek

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84460K (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926021

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Sensors, Mirrors, Calibration, Spectral resolution, Image quality, Astronomical imaging, Electronics, Off axis mirrors, Lamps

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

MOONS: a multi-object optical and near-infrared spectrograph for the VLT

M. Cirasuolo, J. Afonso, R. Bender, P. Bonifacio, C. Evans, L. Kaper, Ernesto Oliva, Leonardo Vanzi, Manuel Abreu, Eli Atad-Ettedgui, Carine Babusiaux, Franz Bauer, Philip Best, Naidu Bezawada, Ian Bryson, Alexandre Cabral, Karina Caputi, Mauro Centrone, Fanny Chemla, Andrea Cimatti, Maria-Rosa Cioni, Gisella Clementini, João Coelho, Emanuele Daddi, James Dunlop, Sofia Feltzing, Annette Ferguson, Hector Flores, Adriano Fontana, Johan Fynbo, Bianca Garilli, Adrian Glauser, Isabelle Guinouard, Jean-François Hammer, Peter Hastings, Hans-Joachim Hess, Rob Ivison, Pascal Jagourel, Matt Jarvis, G. Kauffman, A. Lawrence, D. Lee, G. Li Causi, S. Lilly, D. Lorenzetti, R. Maiolino, F. Mannucci, R. McLure, D. Minniti, D. Montgomery, B. Muschielok, K. Nandra, R. Navarro, P. Norberg, L. Origlia, N. Padilla, J. Peacock, F. Pedicini, L. Pentericci, J. Pragt, M. Puech, S. Randich, A. Renzini, N. Ryde, M. Rodrigues, F. Royer, R. Saglia, A. Sánchez, H. Schnetler, D. Sobral, R. Speziali, S. Todd, E. Tolstoy, M. Torres, L. Venema, F. Vitali, M. Wegner, M. Wells, V. Wild, G. Wright

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84460S (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925871

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Spectroscopy, Stars, Astronomical imaging, Astronomy, Near infrared spectroscopy, Spine, Optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

The opto-mechanical design of HARMONI: a first light integral field spectrograph for the E-ELT

Niranjan Thatte, Mathias Tecza, David Freeman, Angus Gallie, David Montgomery, Fraser Clarke, Ana Belén Fragoso-Lopez, Javier Fuentes, Fernando Gago, Adolfo Garcia, Felix Gracia, Johan Kosmalski, James Lynn, Dario Sosa, Santiago Arribas, Roland Bacon, Roger Davies, Thierry Fusco, David Lunney, Evencio Mediavilla, Alban Remillieux, Hermine Schnetler

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84461L (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926011

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Visible radiation, Calibration, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Spectral resolution, Cameras, Optomechanical design

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

Recent testing of a micro autonomous positioning system for multi-object instrumentation

W. Cochrane, D. Atkinson, T. Bailie, C. Dickson, T. Lim, X. Luo, D. Montgomery, H. Schnetler, W. Taylor, B. Wilson

Proceedings Volume 8450, 845019 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924644

KEYWORDS: Metrology, Mirrors, Telescopes, Reliability, Space telescopes, Cameras, Electronics, Astronomy, Lithium, Ions

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

Engineering technology development in the UK for HARMONI: an E-ELT first light instrument

Fraser Clarke, Angus Gallie, David Montgomery, Matthias Tecza, Niranjan Thatte

Proceedings Volume 8450, 84504H (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925307

KEYWORDS: Camera shutters, Computer programming, Cryogenics, Chemical elements, Surface finishing, Manufacturing, Spectrographs, Optical alignment, Reliability, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

Novel technologies for large deformable mirrors

Mel Strachan, David Montgomery, Richard Myers, Kevin Cooke, Joanne Hampshire, Matthias Kroedel, Jim Hough, Sheila Rowan, Mariëlle van Veggel, Katherine Kirk, Erman Uzgur, Shin-Sung Kim, Martin Strangwood

Proceedings Volume 7736, 773664 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.865331

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Deformable mirrors, Silicon carbide, Mirrors, Polishing, Surface finishing, Glasses, Adaptive optics, Distortion, Catalysis

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

First concept for the E-ELT cryogenic infrastructure

J. L. Lizon, J. C. Gonzalez, C. Monroe, I. Bryson, D. Montgomery

Proceedings Volume 7739, 77393J (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856329

KEYWORDS: Nitrogen, Cryogenics, Helium, Telescopes, Liquids, Sensors, Reliability, Head, Space telescopes, Cooling systems

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Proceedings Article | 21 July 2010 Paper

A prototype micro-autonomous positioning system for mirror deployment within multi-object instruments

W. Taylor, D. Atkinson, W. Cochrane, D. Montgomery, H. Schnetler, T. E. Baillie, S. Clausen

Proceedings Volume 7739, 77391D (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856723

KEYWORDS: Robots, Mirrors, Electronics, Telescopes, Prototyping, Manufacturing, Electrodes, Metrology, Cameras, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2010 Paper

SCUBA-2: engineering and commissioning challenges of the world's largest sub-mm instrument at the JCMT

Simon Craig, Helen McGregor, Eli Atad-Ettedgui, David Montgomery, Dan Bintley, Tim Chuter, Wayne Holland, David Lunney, Michael MacIntosh, Erik Starman, James Webb

Proceedings Volume 7741, 77411K (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857621

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Sensors, Magnetism, Optical alignment, Antennas, Telescopes, Niobium, Optics manufacturing, Magnetic sensors, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2010 Open Access

Recent progress on the KMOS multi-object integral-field spectrograph for ESO VLT

Ray Sharples, Ralf Bender, Alex Agudo Berbel, Richard Bennett, Naidu Bezawada, Nicolas Bouché, David Bramall, Mark Casali, Michele Cirasuolo, Paul Clark, Mark Cliffe, Richard Davies, Roger Davies, Niv Drory, Marc Dubbeldam, Alasdair Fairley, Gert Finger, Reinhard Genzel, Reinhold Haefner, Achim Hess, Paul Jeffers, Ian Lewis, David Montgomery, John Murray, Bernard Muschielok, Natascha Förster Schreiber, Jean Pirard, Suzie Ramsay-Howat, Philip Rees, Josef Richter, David Robertson, Ian Robson, Stephen Rolt, Roberto Saglia, Joerg Schlichter, Mathias Tecza, Stephen Todd, Michael Wegner, Erich Wiezorrek

Proceedings Volume 7735, 773515 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856125

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Sensors, Astronomical imaging, Spectroscopy, Mirrors, Electronics, Off axis mirrors, Manufacturing, Infrared spectroscopy, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2008 Paper

Precision radial velocity spectrograph

Hugh R. A. Jones, John Rayner, Larry Ramsey, David Henry, Bill Dent, David Montgomery, Andy Vick, Derek Ives, Ian Egan, David Lunney, Phil Rees, Adrian Webster, Chris Tinney, Mike Liu

Proceedings Volume 7014, 70140Y (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789807

KEYWORDS: Stars, Spectrographs, Planets, Telescopes, Calibration, Exoplanets, Mirrors, Infrared radiation, Sensors, CCD cameras

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2008 Paper

Smart instrument technologies to meet extreme instrument stability requirements

Colin Cunningham, Peter Hastings, Florian Kerber, David Montgomery, Lars Venema, Pascal Vola

Proceedings Volume 7018, 70181U (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789237

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Imaging spectroscopy, Active optics, Astronomical imaging, Aerospace engineering, Imaging systems, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2006 Paper

Opto-mechanical design of SCUBA-2

Eli Atad-Ettedgui, Tully Peacocke, David Montgomery, David Gostick, Helen McGregor, Mark Cliff, Ian Saunders, Leo Ploeg, Michiel Dorrepaal, Bart van Venrooij

Proceedings Volume 6273, 62732H (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669231

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Sensors, Metrology, Polishing, Cryogenics, Photovoltaics, Surface finishing, Camera shutters, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2006 Paper

SCUBA-2: a 10,000-pixel submillimeter camera for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

Wayne Holland, Michael MacIntosh, Alasdair Fairley, Dennis Kelly, David Montgomery, David Gostick, Eli Atad-Ettedgui, Maureen Ellis, Ian Robson, Matthew Hollister, Adam Woodcraft, Peter Ade, Ian Walker, Kent Irwin, Gene Hilton, William Duncan, Carl Reintsema, Anthony Walton, William Parkes, Camelia Dunare, Michel Fich, Jan Kycia, Mark Halpern, Douglas Scott, Andy Gibb, Janos Molnar, Ed Chapin, Dan Bintley, Simon Craig, Tomas Chylek, Tim Jenness, Frossie Economou, Gary Davis

Proceedings Volume 6275, 62751E (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671186

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Sensors, Astronomy, Cameras, Camera shutters, Bolometers, Computer aided design, Electronics, Staring arrays

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

The cryo-mechanical design of SCUBA-2: a wide-field imager for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

David Gostick, Dave Montgomery, Bob Wall, Helen McGregor, Mark Cliffe, Adam Woodcraft, Fred Gannaway

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551749

KEYWORDS: Camera shutters, Sensors, Mirrors, Telescopes, Imaging systems, Cryogenics, Aluminum, Copper, Thermal modeling, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2003 Paper

Design status of WFCAM: a wide-field camera for the UK Infrared Telescope

David Henry, Mark Casali, David Montgomery, Keith Burch, Ken Laidlaw, Derek Ives, Andrew Vick, Alan Bridger, David Lunney, Andrew Adamson, Nicholas Rees, Tomas Chylek, Timothy Chuter

Proceedings Volume 4841, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457204

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Sensors, Imaging systems, Mirrors, Infrared telescopes, Astronomy, Infrared cameras, Optical instrument design, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2003 Paper

Precision cryogenic mechanisms for the Michelle mid-infrared spectrograph

David Montgomery, John Murray

Proceedings Volume 4841, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459892

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Telescopes, Mirrors, Aluminum, Cryogenic mechanisms, Lead, Spindles, Mid-IR, Spectrographs, Device simulation

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