Dr. Mark E. Furber Profile

Dr. Mark E. Furber

Senior Program Manager

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2000 Paper

Active optical system design for the 4.2-m SOAR telescope

Victor Krabbendam, Gregory Ruthven, Victor Bennett, John Blackburn, Charles Cox, Chi Keung, Terence Facey, Mark Furber, Conrad Neufeld, Richard Rockwell, Andrea Sarnik, John Stein

Proceedings Volume 4003, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391503

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Actuators, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Wavefronts, Control systems, Interfaces, Shape memory alloys, Databases, Phase modulation

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 1999 Paper

Optimal design of wavefront sensors for adaptive optical systems: effects of grating period and subaperture size in a shearing interferometer

Mark Furber, David Jordan

Proceedings Volume 3762, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.363581

KEYWORDS: Wavefront sensors, Condition numbers, Actuators, Sensors, Wavefronts, Space sensors, Deformable mirrors, Shearing interferometers, Optical design, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 1999 Paper

Spatial bandwidth of influence functions in adaptive optical systems

Mark Furber, David Jordan

Proceedings Volume 3762, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.363562

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Actuators, Condition numbers, Wavefront sensors, Wavefronts, Space sensors, Deformable mirrors, Mirrors, Fourier transforms, Space mirrors

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 July 1997

Optimal design of wavefront sensors for adaptive optical systems: part 1, controllability and observability analysis

Mark Furber, David Jordan

OE, Vol. 36, Issue 07, (July 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.601394

KEYWORDS: Wavefronts, Actuators, Wavefront sensors, Sensors, Space sensors, Condition numbers, Control systems design, Deformable mirrors, Matrices, Control systems

SPIE Journal Paper | 1 July 1997

Optimal design of wavefront sensors for adaptive optical systems: part 2, optimization of sensor subaperture locations

Mark Furber, David Jordan

OE, Vol. 36, Issue 07, (July 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.601395

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Condition numbers, Wavefront sensors, Actuators, Monte Carlo methods, Optical engineering, Wavefronts, Deformable mirrors, Mirrors, Optimization (mathematics)

Proceedings Article | 12 October 1996 Paper

Four-meter diameter adaptive optical system technology demonstration

Charles Cox, Mark Furber

Proceedings Volume 2807, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.255095

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Control systems, Actuators, Wavefront sensors, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Electronics, Wavefronts, Sensors, Optical fabrication

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Proceedings Article | 8 June 1995 Paper

Control software development for a large adaptive optical system

William Corrigan, Mark Furber, Daniel Ramirez, Charles Cox

Proceedings Volume 2479, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.211447

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Actuators, Software development, Sensors, Electronics, Wavefront sensors, Adaptive optics, Mirrors, Wavefronts, Human-machine interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 8 May 1995 Paper

Stability of measured influence functions in a large active optical system

Charles Cox, Mark Furber, William Corrigan, David Blaszak

Proceedings Volume 2443, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208286

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Wavefront sensors, Control systems, Mirrors, Wavefronts, Deformable mirrors, Computing systems, Active optics, Optics manufacturing, Sodium

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Proceedings Article | 8 May 1995 Paper

Fault analysis and detection in large active optical systems

Charles Cox, Mark Furber, David Jordan, David Blaszak

Proceedings Volume 2443, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208290

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Control systems, Wavefronts, Sensors, Deformable mirrors, Detection and tracking algorithms, Error analysis, Active optics, Model-based design, Statistical modeling

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Proceedings Article | 31 May 1994 Paper

Correctability modeling of a large deformable mirror

Mark Furber, David Blaszak, Mario Pieri

Proceedings Volume 2201, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176119

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Mirrors, Wavefronts, Deformable mirrors, Systems modeling, Control systems, Adaptive optics, Error analysis, Astronomy, Active optics

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Proceedings Article | 31 May 1994 Paper

Interferometric measurement and analysis of influence functions for a large deformable mirror

Mark Furber, Charles Cox, David Blaszak, Charles Houghton

Proceedings Volume 2201, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176114

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Deformable mirrors, Wavefronts, Interferometry, Finite element methods, Astronomy, Active optics, Process modeling

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Showing 5 of 11 publications

Conference Committee Involvement (3)

Astronomical Adaptive Optics Systems and Applications III

29 August 2007 | San Diego, California, United States

Astronomical Adaptive Optics Systems and Applications II

3 August 2005 | San Diego, California, United States

Astronomical Adaptive Optics Systems and Applications

3 August 2003 | San Diego, California, United States

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