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Dr. David Pearson

at UK Astronomy Technology Ctr

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Publications (10)

Proceedings Article | 11 January 2023 Presentation

Utilizing the UK’s quantum optical ground station infrastructure for advanced satellite-based quantum communication demonstrations

Ross Donaldson, Cameron Simmons, Peter Barrow, Elizabeth Eso, Rebecca Harwin, Stuart Robertson, Hannah Robarts, Alex Pickston, David Pearson, Alessandro Fedrizzi, Andy Vick, Gerald Buller

Proceedings Volume PC12335, PC123350A (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2647354

KEYWORDS: Quantum communications, Satellites, Satellite communications, Quantum optics, Quantum key distribution

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

Additively manufactured mirrors for CubeSats

Carolyn Atkins, William Brzozowski, Naomi Dobson, Maria Milanova, Stephen Todd, David Pearson, Cyril Bourgenot, David Brooks, Robert Snell, Wenjuan Sun, Peter Cooper, Simon Alcock, Ioana-Theodora Nistea

Proceedings Volume 11116, 1111616 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2528119

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Additive manufacturing, 3D printing, Prototyping, Metals, Space mirrors, Design for manufacturability, Manufacturing, Aluminum, Nickel

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

Lightweighting design optimisation for additively manufactured mirrors

Proceedings Volume 11116, 1111617 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2528105

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Additive manufacturing, Design for manufacturability, 3D printing, Lightweight mirrors, Printing, Polishing, Finite element methods, Surface finishing

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2019 Open Access

An automated system for hydroxide catalysis bonding of precision-aligned optical systems

D. Robertson, W. Brzozowski, E. Fitzsimons, C. Killow, P. Parr-Burman, M. Perreur-Lloyd, D. Pearson, H. Ward, M. Wells

Proceedings Volume 11180, 1118050 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2536099

KEYWORDS: Optical alignment, Catalysis, Nanoimprint lithography, Interferometers, Optical benches, Computer aided design, Prototyping, Optical fabrication, Metrology, Optical components

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Proceedings Article | 16 July 2018 Open Access

ERIS: revitalising an adaptive optics instrument for the VLT

R. Davies, S. Esposito, H.-M. Schmid, W. Taylor, G. Agapito, A. Agudo Berbel, A. Baruffolo, V. Biliotti, B. Biller, M. Black, A. Boehle, B. Briguglio, A. Buron, L. Carbonaro, A. Cortes, G. Cresci, M. Deysenroth, A. Di Cianno, G. Di Rico, D. Doelman, M. Dolci, R. Dorn, F. Eisenhauer, D. Fantinel, D. Ferruzzi, H. Feuchtgruber, N. Förster Schreiber, X. Gao, H. Gemperlein, R. Genzel, E. George, S. Gillessen, C. Giordano, A. Glauser, A. Glindemann, P. Grani, M. Hartl, J. Heijmans, D. Henry, H. Huber, M. Kasper, C. Keller, M. Kenworthy, J. Kühn, H. Kuntschner, J. Lightfoot, D. Lunney, M. MacIntosh, F. Mannucci, S. March, M. Neeser, P. Patapis, D. Pearson, M. Plattner, A. Puglisi, S. Quanz, C. Rau, A. Riccardi, B. Salasnich, J. Schubert, F. Snik, E. Sturm, A. Valentini, C. Waring, E. Wiezorrek, M. Xompero

Proceedings Volume 10702, 1070209 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311480

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Calibration, Mirrors, Galactic astronomy, Wavefront sensors, Control systems, L band

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Development of cryogenic mechanisms for the VLT/ERIS instrument

Adrian Glauser, Walter Bachmann, Polychronis Patapis, Mike MacIntosh, Ric Davies, Helmut Feuchtgruber, Stephen March, David Pearson, Sascha Quanz, Christian Rau, William Taylor, Hans Martin Schmid, Chris Waring

Proceedings Volume 10702, 1070230 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313399

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Optical filters, Tolerancing, Cryogenics, Bandpass filters, Cryogenic mechanisms, Calibration, Coronagraphy, Sensors, Optical components

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

CubeSats for infrared astronomy

Wayne Holland, Steve Watson, Colin Cunningham, Tom Bradshaw, Martin Crook, Andy Vick, David Pearson, Maria Milanova, Steve Greenland, Stephen Todd, Chris Waring, Ewan Fitzsimons, Donald MacLeod

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106981T (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311431

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Space telescopes, Sensors, Satellites, Spectroscopy, Infrared astronomy, Astronomy, Mirrors, Thermography, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

NIX, the imager for ERIS: the AO instrument for the VLT

David Pearson, William Taylor, Ric Davies, Mike MacIntosh, David Henry, David Lunney, Chris Waring, Xiaofeng Gao, John Lightfoot, Adrian Glauser, Sascha Quanz, Michael Meyer, Hans Martin Schmid, Stephen March, Walter Bachmann, Helmut Feuchtgruber, Elizabeth George, Eckhard Sturm, Beth Biller, Sasha Hinckley, Matthew Kenworthy, Paola Amico, Andreas Glindemann, Marcus Kasper, Harald Kuntschner, Reinhold Dorn, Sebastian Egner

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99083F (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234074

KEYWORDS: Imaging systems, Adaptive optics, Imaging spectroscopy, Imaging systems, Sensors, Cameras, Optical filters, Image filtering, Control systems, Current controlled current source, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 17 October 2014 Paper

GreenHouse Observations of the Stratosphere and Troposphere (GHOST): a novel shortwave infrared spectrometer developed for the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle

Neil Humpage, Hartmut Bösch, Paul Palmer, Phil Parr-Burman, Andrew J. Vick, Naidu Bezawada, Martin Black, Andrew Born, David Pearson, Jonathan Strachan, Martyn Wells

Proceedings Volume 9242, 92420P (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2067330

KEYWORDS: Infrared spectroscopy, Carbon dioxide, Atmospheric modeling, Sensors, Signal to noise ratio, Spectroscopy, Short wave infrared radiation, Gases, Mirrors, Shortwaves

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2014 Paper

MOSAIC at the E-ELT: A multi-object spectrograph for astrophysics, IGM and cosmology

F. Hammer, B. Barbuy, J. Cuby, L. Kaper, S. Morris, C. Evans, P. Jagourel, G. Dalton, P. Rees, M. Puech, M. Rodrigues, D. Pearson, K. Disseau

Proceedings Volume 9147, 914727 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055148

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Molybdenum, James Webb Space Telescope, Spectrographs, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Stars, Spectral resolution, Physics, Adaptive optics

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The Universe is comprised of hundreds of billions of galaxies, each populated by hundreds of billions of stars. Astrophysics aims to understand the complexity of this almost incommensurable number of stars, stellar clusters and galaxies, including their spatial distribution, formation, and current interactions with the interstellar and intergalactic media. A considerable fraction of astrophysical discoveries require large statistical samples, which can only be addressed with multi-object spectrographs (MOS). Here we introduce the MOSAIC study of an optical/near-infrared MOS for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), which has capabilities specified by science cases ranging from stellar physics and exoplanet studies to galaxy evolution and cosmology. Recent studies of critical technical issues such as sky-background subtraction and multi-object adaptive optics (MOAO) have demonstrated that such a MOS is feasible with current technology and techniques. In the 2020s the E-ELT will become the world’s largest optical/IR telescope, and we argue that it has to be equipped as soon as possible with a MOS. MOSAIC will provide a vast discovery space, enabled by a multiplex of ∼ 200 and spectral resolving powers of R = 5 000 and 20 000. MOSAIC will also offer the unique capability of 10-to-20 ‘high-definition’ (MOAO) integral-field units, optimised to investigate the physics of the sources of reionisation, providing the most efficient follow-up of observations with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The combination of these modes will enable the study of the mass-assembly history of galaxies over cosmic time, including high-redshift dwarf galaxies and studies of the distribution of the intergalactic medium. It will also provide spectroscopy of resolved stars in external galaxies at unprecedented distances, from the outskirts of the Local Group for main-sequence stars, to a significant volume of the local Universe, including nearby galaxy clusters, for luminous red supergiants.

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