Mr. Mahesh P. Burse Profile

Mahesh P. Burse

Scientific Officer at Inter-Univ Ctr for Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Publications (18)

SPIE Journal Paper | 25 July 2019 Open Access

Open Access

Design and development of an adaptive optics system in visible and near-infrared for Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics 2-meter telescope

Jyotirmay Paul, Hillol Kanti Das, Anamparambu Ramaprakash, Mahesh Burse, Pravinkumar Chordia, Kalpesh Chillal, Gaurav Datir, Bhushan Joshi, Pravin Khodade, Abhay Kohok, Vilas Mestry, Sujit Punnadi, Chaitanya Rajarshi, Chikku Shekhar

JATIS, Vol. 5, Issue 03, 039002, (July 2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.5.3.039002

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Prisms, Cameras, Projection systems, Ultraviolet radiation, Mirrors, Infrared cameras, Zemax, Atmospheric modeling

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SPIE Journal Paper | 31 July 2018

Scalable platform for adaptive optics real-time control, part 2: field programmable gate array implementation and performance

Avinash Surendran, Mahesh Burse, Anamparambu Ramaprakash, Padmakar Parihar

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 03, 039002, (July 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.3.039002

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Field programmable gate arrays, Clocks, Digital signal processing, Reconstruction algorithms, Interfaces, Logic, Adaptive control, Computing systems, Telescopes

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SPIE Journal Paper | 31 July 2018

Scalable platform for adaptive optics real-time control, part 1: concept, architecture, and validation

Avinash Surendran, Mahesh Burse, Anamparambu Ramaprakash, Jyotirmay Paul, Hillol Das, Padmakar S. Parihar

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 03, 039001, (July 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.3.039001

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Field programmable gate arrays, Interfaces, Wavefronts, Actuators, Adaptive control, Computer simulations, Telescopes, Logic, Wavefront sensors

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2018 Paper

Paper

Design and development of IR camera

Jyotirmay Paul, A. Ramaprakash, Hillol Das, Mahesh Burse, Pravin Chordia, Pravin Khodade, Abhay Kohok, Vilas Mestry , Deepa Modi , Sujit Punnadi, Chaitanya Rajarshi

Proceedings Volume 10703, 1070368 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311457

KEYWORDS: Infrared cameras, Cameras, Sensors, Optical filters, Adaptive optics, Infrared sensors, Telescopes, Infrared telescopes, Infrared radiation

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SPIE Journal Paper | 11 July 2018

Noise characterization of IUCAA digital sampling array controller

Sabyasachi Chattopadhyay, A. N. Ramaprakash, Bhushan Joshi, Pravinkumar Chordia, Mahesh Burse, Kalpesh Chillal, Sakya Sinha, Sujit Punnadi, Ketan Rikame, Sungwook Hong, Dhruv Paranjpye, Haeun Chung, Changbom Park, Amitesh Omar

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 03, 036002, (July 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.3.036002

KEYWORDS: Interference (communication), Charge-coupled devices, Electrons, Analog electronics, Clocks, Amplifiers, Power supplies, Sensors, Field programmable gate arrays, Statistical modeling

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The IUCAA digital sampling array controller (IDSAC) is a flexible and generic yet powerful CCD controller that can handle a wide range of scientific detectors. Based on an easily scalable modular backplane architecture consisting of single board controllers (SBC), IDSAC can control large detector arrays and mosaics. Each of the SBCs offers the full functionality required to control a CCD independently. The SBCs can be cold swapped without the need to reconfigure them. IDSAC is also available in a backplane-less architecture. Each SBC can handle data from up to four video channels with or without dummy outputs at speeds up to 500-kilo pixels per second (kPPS) per channel with a resolution of 16 bits. Communication with a Linux-based host computer is through a USB3.0 interface, with the option of using copper or optical fibers. A field programmable gate array (FPGA) is used as the master controller in each SBC, which allows great flexibility in optimizing performance by adjusting gain, timing signals, bias levels, etc., using user-editable configuration files without altering the circuit topology. Elimination of thermal kTC noise is achieved via digital correlated double sampling (DCDS). The number of digital samples per pixel (for both reset and signal levels) is user configurable. We present the results of noise performance characterization of IDSAC through simulation, theoretical modeling, and actual measurements. The contribution of different types of noise sources is modeled using a tool to predict noise of a generic DCDS signal chain analytically. The analytical model predicts the net input referenced noise of the signal chain to be 5 electrons for 200-k pixels/s per channel readout rate with three samples per pixel. Using a cryogenic test setup in the lab, the noise is measured to be 5.4 e (24.3 μV), for the same readout configuration. With a better-optimized configuration of 500-kPPS readout rate, the measured noise is down to 3.8 electrons RMS (17 μV), with three samples per interval.

Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Presentation

Presentation

MIRADAS: the facility multi-object medium-resolution NIR spectrograph for the GTC (Conference Presentation)

Stephen Eikenberry, Steven Raines, R. Deno Stelter, Alan Garner, Yigit Dallilar, Kendall Ackley, J. Greg Bennett, Brian Chinn, Scott Mullin, Sidney Schofield, Craig Warner, Frank Varosi, Bo Zhao, Sophia Eikenberry, Claudia Vega, H. Veronica Donoso, Christian Carrera, Denisse Almeida, Gabriel Fuentes, Josep Sabater, José María Gomez, Francisco Garzón, Pablo Lopez, Josefina Rosich, Anthony Russo, Antonio Marin-Franch, Arkaitz Larman, Miguel-Angel Carrera, Greg Fitzgerald, Ian Prees, Todd Stolberg, Peter Kornik, Anamparambu Ramaprakash, Mahesh Burse, Sujit Punnadi, Peter Hammersley

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107021E (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313482

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Astronomical imaging, Near infrared, Infrared telescopes, Multiplexing, Cryogenics, Infrared astronomy, Mid-IR, Infrared spectroscopy, Infrared radiation

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Paper

Design and results for the SAAO wide-field nasmyth camera

Pieter Swanevelder, Dave Carter, James O'Connor, Hannah Worters, Willie Koorts, Briehan Lombaard, Egan Loubser, Keegan Titus, Carel van Gend, Michael Rust, Craig Sass, Hitesh Gajjar, Amanda Sickafoose, A. N. Ramaprakash, Pravin Chordia, Mahesh Burse, Sujit Punnadi, Bhushan Joshi, Sakya Sinha

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107022K (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312540

KEYWORDS: Camera shutters, Charge-coupled devices, Cameras, Telescopes, Astronomy

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SPIE Journal Paper | 2 January 2018

Optimization and performance of the Robert Stobie Spectrograph Near-InfraRed detector system

Gregory Mosby, Briana Indahl, Nathan Eggen, Marsha Wolf, Eric Hooper, Kurt Jaehnig, Donald Thielman, Mahesh Burse

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 014001, (January 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.014001

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Radon, Spectrographs, Cadmium sulfide, Near infrared, Interference (communication), Telescopes, Light emitting diodes, Astronomy, Optical filters

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Proceedings Article | 19 August 2016 Paper

Paper

First results and future plans for the Canarias Infrared Camera Experiment (CIRCE) for the Gran Telescopio Canarias

Alan Garner, Stephen Eikenberry, Miguel Charcos, Yigit Dallilar, Michelle Edwards, Nestor Lasso-Cabrera, Richard Stelter, Antonio Marin-Franch, S. Nicholas Raines, Kendall Ackley, John Bennett, Javier Cenarro , Brian Chinn, Veronica Donoso, Raymond Frommeyer, Kevin Hanna, Michael Herlevich, Jeff Julian, Paola Miller, Scott Mullin, Charles Murphey, Christopher Packham, Frank Varosi, Claudia Vega, Craig Warner, Anamparambu Ramaprakash, Mahesh Burse, Sujit Punnadi, Pravinkumar Chordia, Andreas Gerarts, Héctor de Paz Martín, María Martín Calero, Riccardo Scarpa, Sergio Fernandez Acosta, William Miguel Hernández Sánchez, Benjamin Siegel, Francisco Francisco Pérez, Himar Viera Martín, José Rodríguez Losada, Agustín Nuñez, Álvaro Tejero, Carlos E. Martín González, César Cabrera Rodríguez, Jordi Molgó Sendra, J. Esteban Rodriguez, J. Israel Fernádez Cáceres, Luis A. Rodríguez García, Manuel Huertas Lopez, Raul Dominguez, Tim Gaggstatter, Antonio Cabrera-Lavers, Stefan Geier, Peter Pessev, Ata Sarajedini, A. J. Castro-Tirado

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99084Q (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232672

KEYWORDS: Infrared cameras, Polarimetry, Astronomy, X-rays, Stars, Spectroscopy, Spectroscopes, Sensors, Galactic astronomy, Binary data

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

Paper

MIRADAS for the Gran Telescopio Canarias

Stephen Eikenberry, Steven Nicholas Raines, Richard Deno Stelter, Alan Garner, Yigit Dallilar, Kendall Ackley, John Greg Bennett, Charles Murphey, Paola Miller, David Tooke, Luke Williams, Brian Chinn, Scott Mullin, Sidney Schofield, Craig Warner, Frank Varosi, Bo Zhao, Sophia Eikenberry, Claudia Vega, Hipatia Donoso, Josep Sabater, José María Gómez, Jordi Torra, Josefina Rosich Minguell, Francisco Garzón López, Nicolás Cardiel, Jesús Gallego Maestro, Antonio Marín-Franch, Julio Galipienzo, Miguel Ángel Carrera Astigarraga, Greg Fitzgerald, Ian Prees, Todd Stolberg, Peter Kornik, Anamparambu Ramaprakash, Mahesh Burse, Sujit Punnadi, P. Hammersley

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99081L (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232533

KEYWORDS: Infrared telescopes, Infrared radiation, Spectrographs, Astronomical imaging, Mirrors, Sensors, Astronomy, Telescopes, Spectral resolution, Relays

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

Paper

Evaluating noise performance of the IUCAA sidecar drive electronics controller (ISDEC) based system for TMT on-instrument wavefront sensing (OIWFS) application

Mahesh Burse, Sabyasachi Chattopadhyay, A. Ramaprakash, Sakya Sinha, Swapnil Prabhudesai, Sujit Punnadi, Pravin Chordia, Abhay Kohok

Proceedings Volume 9915, 991520 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232265

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Wavefront sensors, Control systems, Analog electronics, Multiplexers, Stars, Field programmable gate arrays, Power supplies, Electrons, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

Paper

IDSAC-IUCAA digital sampler array controller

Sabyasachi Chattopadhyay, Pravin Chordia, A. Ramaprakash, Mahesh Burse, Bhushan Joshi, Kalpesh Chillal

Proceedings Volume 9915, 991524 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232477

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Video processing, Cadmium sulfide, Video, Analog electronics, Interference (communication), Clocks, Sensors, Power supplies, Signal to noise ratio

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In order to run the large format detector arrays and mosaics that are required by most astronomical instruments, readout electronic controllers are required which can process multiple CCD outputs simultaneously at high speeds and low noise levels. These CCD controllers need to be modular and configurable, should be able to run multiple detector types to cater to a wide variety of requirements. IUCAA Digital Sampler Array Controller (IDSAC), is a generic CCD Controller based on a fully scalable architecture which is adequately flexible and powerful enough to control a wide variety of detectors used in ground based astronomy. The controller has a modular backplane architecture that consists of Single Board Controller Cards (SBCs) and can control up to 5 CCDs (mosaic or independent). Each Single Board Controller (SBC) has all the resources to a run Single large format CCD having up to four outputs. All SBCs are identical and are easily interchangeable without needing any reconfiguration. A four channel video processor on each SBC can process up to four output CCDs with or without dummy outputs at 0.5 Megapixels/Sec/Channel with 16 bit resolution. Each SBC has a USB 2.0 interface which can be connected to a host computer via optional USB to Fibre converters. The SBC uses a reconfigurable hardware (FPGA) as a Master Controller. IDSAC offers Digital Correlated Double Sampling (DCDS) to eliminate thermal kTC noise. CDS performed in Digital domain (DCDS) has several advantages over its analog counterpart, such as - less electronics, faster readout and easier post processing. It is also flexible with sampling rate and pixel throughput while maintaining the core circuit topology intact. Noise characterization of the IDSAC CDS signal chain has been performed by analytical modelling and practical measurements. Various types of noise such as white, pink, power supply, bias etc. has been considered while creating an analytical noise model tool to predict noise of a controller system like IDSAC. Several tests are performed to measure the actual noise of IDSAC. The theoretical calculation matches very well with practical measurements within 10% accuracy.

Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

Paper

ISDEC-2 and ISDEC-3 controllers for HAWAII detectors

Mahesh Burse, A. Ramaprakash, Pravinkumar Chordia, Sujit Punnadi, Kalpesh Chillal, Vilas Mestri, Rupali Bharti, Sakya Sinha, Abhay Kohok

Proceedings Volume 9915, 991526 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232510

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Electronics, Astronomy, Observatories, Telescopes, Field programmable gate arrays, Interfaces, Clocks, Control systems, Analog electronics

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2015 Paper

Paper

Development of a scalable generic platform for adaptive optics real time control

Avinash Surendran, Mahesh Burse, A. Ramaprakash, Padmakar Parihar

Proceedings Volume 9654, 965425 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2180704

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Field programmable gate arrays, Clocks, Wavefront sensors, Control systems, Charge-coupled devices, Telescopes, Wavefronts, Logic, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

Paper

Project status of the Robert Stobie spectrograph near infrared instrument (RSS-NIR) for SALT

Marsha Wolf, Mark Mulligan, Michael Smith, Douglas Adler, Curtis Bartosz, Matthew Bershady, David Buckley, Mahesh Burse, Pravin Chordia, J. Christopher Clemens, Harland Epps, Kristine Garot, Briana Indahl, Kurt Jaehnig, Ron Koch, William Mason, Gregory Mosby, Kenneth Nordsieck, Jeffrey Percival, Sujit Punnadi, Anamparambu Ramaprakash, J. Alan Schier, Andrew Sheinis, Stephen Smee, Donald Thielman, Mark Werner, Theodore Williams, Jeffrey Wong

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91470B (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056736

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Cameras, Near infrared, Diffraction gratings, Beam splitters, Optical filters, Collimators, Received signal strength, Spectroscopes, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

Paper

The Robo-AO software: fully autonomous operation of a laser guide star adaptive optics and science system

Reed Riddle, Mahesh Burse, Nicholas Law, Shriharsh Tendulkar, Christoph Baranec, Alexander Rudy, Marland Sitt, Ankit Arya, Athanasios Papadopoulos, A. Ramaprakash, Richard Dekany

Proceedings Volume 8447, 84472O (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925475

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Control systems, Laser guide stars, Robotic systems, Cameras, Robotics, Astronomy, Imaging systems, Telecommunications

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

Paper

Robo-AO: autonomous and replicable laser-adaptive-optics and science system

C. Baranec, R. Riddle, A. Ramaprakash, N. Law, S. Tendulkar, S. Kulkarni, R. Dekany, K. Bui, J. Davis, M. Burse, H. Das, S. Hildebrandt, S. Punnadi, R. Smith

Proceedings Volume 8447, 844704 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924867

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Mirrors, Cameras, Imaging systems, Infrared cameras, Laser systems engineering, Observatories, Stars, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2010 Paper

Paper

Controller and data acquisition system for SIDECAR ASIC driven HAWAII detectors

Anamparambu Ramaprakash, Mahesh Burse, Pravin Chordia, Kalpesh Chillal, Abhay Kohok, Vilas Mestry, Sujit Punnadi, Sakya Sinha

Proceedings Volume 7742, 77422I (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858455

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Data acquisition, Human-machine interfaces, Staring arrays, Field programmable gate arrays, Cryogenics, Astronomy, Electrons, Interfaces, Readout integrated circuits

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