Dr. Mark R. Ackermann Profile

Dr. Mark R. Ackermann

at Sandia National Labs

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Publications (9)

Proceedings Article | 4 August 2010 Paper

Pancake ELT: a practical design for an Extremely Large Telescope

Mark Ackermann, John McGraw, Peter Zimmer

Proceedings Volume 7733, 773320 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857062

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Spherical lenses, Aspheric lenses, Large telescopes, Optical design, Optical instrument design, Monochromatic aberrations, Image quality, Optical telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2010 Paper

Optical design of the CCD/Transit Instrument with Innovative Instrumentation (CTI-II) Telescope

Mark Ackermann, John McGraw, Malcolm MacFarlane, Tom Williams, Peter Zimmer, Walter Gerstle, Francisco Roybal

Proceedings Volume 7733, 773311 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856066

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Distortion, Lens design, Optical instrument design, Image quality, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Optical design, Optical imaging, Spherical lenses

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

Ground-based observatory operations optimized and enhanced by direct atmospheric measurements

John McGraw, Peter Zimmer, Mark Ackermann, Dean Hines, Anthony Hull, Lisa Rossmann, Daniel Zirzow, Steven Brown, Gerald Fraser, Keith Lykke, Allan Smith, Christopher Stubbs, John Woodward

Proceedings Volume 7739, 773929 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857787

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astronomy, Earth's atmosphere, LIDAR, Observatories, Calibration, Space telescopes, Stars, Atmospheric modeling, Focus stacking software

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Proceedings Article | 21 July 2010 Paper

Space-based photometric precision from ground-based telescopes

Peter Zimmer, John Mcgraw, Mark Ackermann, Dean Hines, Anthony Hull, Lisa Rossmann, Daniel Zirzow, Steven Brown, Claire Cramer, Gerald Fraser, Keith Lykke, Allan Smith, Christopher Stubbs, John Woodward

Proceedings Volume 7735, 77358D (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857700

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Telescopes, Stars, Aerosols, Atmospheric particles, Atmospheric modeling, LIDAR, Clouds, Absorption, Scattering

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Proceedings Article | 11 September 2008 Paper

Improved spherical aberration corrector for fast spherical primary mirrors

Mark Ackermann, John McGraw, Peter Zimmer

Proceedings Volume 7061, 70610I (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.791666

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Spherical lenses, Aspheric lenses, Monochromatic aberrations, Telescopes, Image quality, Image quality standards, Large telescopes, Optical design, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2008 Paper

Five-lens corrector for Cassegrain-form telescopes

Mark Ackermann, John McGraw, Peter Zimmer

Proceedings Volume 7060, 70600D (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.792089

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Distortion, Aspheric lenses, Spherical lenses, Image quality, Optical instrument design, Lens design, Space telescopes, Refractor telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 23 June 2006 Paper

The second-generation CCD/Transit Instrument (CTI-II) precision astrometric and photometric survey

John McGraw, Mark Ackermann, Walter Gerstle, Tom Williams, Peter Zimmer

Proceedings Volume 6267, 62673T (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672496

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Charge-coupled devices, Calibration, Clocks, Sensors, Photometry, Refraction, Point spread functions, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 23 June 2006 Paper

Are curved focal planes necessary for wide-field survey telescopes?

Mark Ackermann, John McGraw, Peter Zimmer

Proceedings Volume 6267, 626740 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670521

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Charge-coupled devices, Space telescopes, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Optical instrument design, Image quality, Optical design, Mirrors, Quantum efficiency, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 25 June 2003 Paper

High-sensitivity scatterometer with a bidirectional ring laser

Rafael Quintero-Torres, M. Navarro, Mark Ackermann, Jean-Claude Diels

Proceedings Volume 4969, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.502747

KEYWORDS: Laser scattering, Modulators, Scattering, Backscatter, Reflection, Bidirectional reflectance transmission function, Sensors, Solids, Scatter measurement, Light scattering

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