Dr. Matthew J. Nelson Profile

Dr. Matthew J. Nelson

Research Scientist at Univ of Virginia

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Publications (24)

SPIE Journal Paper | 23 March 2019

Ultrastable environment control for the NEID spectrometer: design and performance demonstration

Paul Robertson, Tyler Anderson, Gudmundur Stefansson, Frederick Hearty, Andrew Monson, Suvrath Mahadevan, Scott Blakeslee, Chad Bender, Joe Ninan, David Conran, Eric Levi, Emily Lubar, Amanda Cole, Adam Dykhouse, Shubham Kanodia, Colin Nitroy, Joseph Smolsky, Demetrius Tuggle, Basil Blank, Matthew Nelson, Cullen Blake, Samuel Halverson, Chuck Henderson, Kyle Kaplan, Dan Li, Sarah Logsdon, Michael McElwain, Jayadev Rajagopal, Lawrence Ramsey, Arpita Roy, Christian Schwab, Ryan Terrien, Jason Wright

JATIS Vol. 5 Issue 01

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Optical benches, Temperature metrology, Electronics, Control systems, Exoplanets, Doppler effect, Aluminum, Calibration, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2016 Paper

A system to provide sub-milliKelvin temperature control at T~300K for extreme precision optical radial velocimetry

Paul Robertson, Frederick Hearty, Tyler Anderson, Gudmundur Stefánsson, Eric Levi, Chad Bender, Suvrath Mahadevan, Samuel Halverson, Andrew Monson, Lawrence Ramsey, Arpita Roy, Christian Schwab, Ryan Terrien, Matthew Nelson, Basil Blank

Proc. SPIE. 9908, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Electronics, Doppler effect, Control systems, Exoplanets, Optical benches, Velocimetry, Control systems design, Precision optics, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

Ultra-stable temperature and pressure control for the Habitable-zone Planet Finder spectrograph

Gudmundur Stefánsson, Frederick Hearty, Paul Robertson, Eric Levi, Suvrath Mahadevan, Tyler Anderson, Andrew Monson, Chad Bender, Samuel Halverson, Yiting Li, Lawrence Ramsey, Arpita Roy, Christian Schwab, Ryan Terrien, Matthew Nelson, Basil Blank

Proc. SPIE. 9908, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI

KEYWORDS: Near infrared, Spectrographs, Doppler effect, Sensors, Control systems, Exoplanets, Temperature sensors, Optical benches, Planets, Sensor calibration

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

The iLocater cryostat: design and thermal control strategy for precision radial velocity measurements

Jonathan Crass, Louis Fantano, Frederick Hearty, Justin Crepp, Matthew Nelson, Sheila Wall, David Cavalieri, Corina Koca, David King, Robert Reynolds, Karl Stapelfeldt

Proc. SPIE. 9908, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI

KEYWORDS: Thermography, Optical fibers, Telescopes, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Copper, Single mode fibers, Adaptive optics, Adaptive optics, Control systems, Space telescopes, Cryocoolers

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Proceedings Article | 8 August 2016 Paper

The instrument control software package for the Habitable-Zone Planet Finder spectrometer

Chad Bender, Paul Robertson, Gudmundur Kari Stefansson, Andrew Monson, Tyler Anderson, Samuel Halverson, Frederick Hearty, Eric Levi, Suvrath Mahadevan, Matthew Nelson, Larry Ramsey, Arpita Roy, Christian Schwab, Matthew Shetrone, Ryan Terrien

Proc. SPIE. 9913, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy IV

KEYWORDS: Human-machine interfaces, Telescopes, Astronomy, Stars, Sensors, Calibration, Spectroscopy, Control systems, Telecommunications, Planets

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

iLocater: a diffraction-limited Doppler spectrometer for the Large Binocular Telescope

Justin Crepp, Jonathan Crass, David King, Andrew Bechter, Eric Bechter, Ryan Ketterer, Robert Reynolds, Philip Hinz, Derek Kopon, David Cavalieri, Louis Fantano, Corina Koca, Eleanya Onuma, Karl Stapelfeldt, Joseph Thomes, Sheila Wall, Steven Macenka, James McGuire, Ronald Korniski, Leonard Zugby, Joshua Eisner, B Gaudi, Fred Hearty, Kaitlin Kratter, Marc Kuchner, Giusi Micela, Matthew Nelson, Isabella Pagano, Andreas Quirrenbach, Christian Schwab, Michael Skrutskie, Alessandro Sozzetti, Charles Woodward, Bo Zhao

Proc. SPIE. 9908, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Doppler effect, Cameras, Spectroscopy, Single mode fibers, Adaptive optics, Adaptive optics, Space telescopes, Spectral resolution, Planets

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2015 Paper

First light with ALES: A 2-5 micron adaptive optics Integral Field Spectrograph for the LBT

Andrew Skemer, Philip Hinz, Manny Montoya, Michael Skrutskie, Jarron Leisenring, Oli Durney, Charles Woodward, John Wilson, Matt Nelson, Vanessa Bailey, Denis Defrere, Jordan Stone

Proc. SPIE. 9605, Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets VII

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Mirrors, Prisms, Sensors, Calibration, Adaptive optics, Exoplanets, Planets, Focus stacking software, Iterated function systems

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

The Habitable-zone Planet Finder: A status update on the development of a stabilized fiber-fed near-infrared spectrograph for the for the Hobby-Eberly telescope

Suvrath Mahadevan, Lawrence Ramsey, Ryan Terrien, Samuel Halverson, Arpita Roy, Fred Hearty, Eric Levi, Gudmundur Stefansson, Paul Robertson, Chad Bender, Chris Schwab, Matt Nelson

Proc. SPIE. 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Near infrared, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Optical design, Sensors, Calibration, Copper, Exoplanets, Planets

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

Fizeau interferometric imaging of Io volcanism with LBTI/LMIRcam

J. Leisenring, P. Hinz, M. Skrutskie, A. Skemer, C. Woodward, C. Veillet, C. Arcidiacono, V. Bailey, M. Bertero, P. Boccacci, A. Conrad, K. de Kleer, I. de Pater, D. Defrère, J. Hill, K.-H. Hofmann, L. Kaltenegger, A. La Camera, M. Nelson, D. Schertl, J. Spencer, G. Weigelt, J. Wilson

Proc. SPIE. 9146, Optical and Infrared Interferometry IV

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Telescopes, Mirrors, Image restoration, Image resolution, Interferometry, Deconvolution, Reconstruction algorithms, Spatial resolution, Information operations

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

Environmental control system for Habitable-zone Planet Finder (HPF)

Fred Hearty, Eric Levi, Matt Nelson, Suvrath Mahadevan, Adam Burton, Lawrence Ramsey, Chad Bender, Ryan Terrien, Samuel Halverson, Paul Robertson, Arpita Roy, Basil Blank, Ken Blanchard, Gudmundur Stefansson

Proc. SPIE. 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Electronics, Sensors, Calibration, Control systems, Diodes, Optical benches, Thermal modeling, Temperature metrology, Liquids

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

The Habitable-zone Planet Finder: a stabilized fiber-fed NIR spectrograph for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope

Suvrath Mahadevan, Lawrence Ramsey, Chad Bender, Ryan Terrien, Jason Wright, Sam Halverson, Fred Hearty, Matt Nelson, Adam Burton, Stephen Redman, Steven Osterman, Scott Diddams, James Kasting, Michael Endl, Rohit Deshpande

Proc. SPIE. 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV

KEYWORDS: Near infrared, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Stars, Sensors, Calibration, Quantum efficiency, Lamps, Space telescopes, Planets

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

Performance of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) high-resolution near-infrared multi-object fiber spectrograph

John Wilson, F. Hearty, M. Skrutskie, S. Majewski, R. Schiavon, D. Eisenstein, J. Gunn, J. Holtzman, D. Nidever, B. Gillespie, D. Weinberg, B. Blank, C. Henderson, S. Smee, R. Barkhouser, A. Harding, S. Hope, G. Fitzgerald, T. Stolberg, J. Arns, M. Nelson, S. Brunner, A. Burton, E. Walker, C. Lam, P. Maseman, J. Barr, F. Leger, L. Carey, N. MacDonald, G. Ebelke, S. Beland, T. Horne, E. Young, G. Rieke, M. Rieke, T. O'Brien, J. Crane, M. Carr, C. Harrison, R. Stoll, M. Vernieri, M. Shetrone, C. Allende-Prieto, J. Johnson, P. Frinchaboy, G. Zasowski, A. Garcia Perez, D. Bizyaev, K. Cunha, V. Smith, Sz. Meszaros, B. Zhao, M. Hayden, S. D. Chojnowski, B. Andrews, C. Loomis, R. Owen, M. Klaene, J. Brinkmann, F. Stauffer, D. Long, W. Jordan, D. Holder, F. Cope, T. Naugle, B. Pfaffenberger, D. Schlegel, M. Blanton, D. Muna, B. Weaver, S. Snedden, K. Pan, H. Brewington, E. Malanushenko, V. Malanushenko, A. Simmons, D. Oravetz, S. Mahadevan, S. Halverson

Proc. SPIE. 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Telescopes, Mirrors, Spectrographs, Stars, Cameras, Sensors, Calibration, Collimators, Astronomical imaging

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

On-sky operations and performance of LMIRcam at the Large Binocular Telescope

J. Leisenring, M. Skrutskie, P. Hinz, A. Skemer, V. Bailey, J. Eisner, P. Garnavich, W. Hoffmann, T. Jones, M. Kenworthy, P. Kuzmenko, M. Meyer, M. Nelson, T. Rodigas, J. Wilson, V. Vaitheeswaran

Proc. SPIE. 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV

KEYWORDS: Diffraction, Point spread functions, Telescopes, Mirrors, Electronics, Stars, Sensors, Interferometry, Adaptive optics, Cadmium sulfide

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Proceedings Article | 12 September 2012 Paper

First AO-corrected interferometry with LBTI: steps towards routine coherent imaging observations

Phil Hinz, P. Arbo, V. Bailey, T. Connors, O. Durney, Simone Esposito, W. Hoffmann, T. Jones, J. Leisenring, M. Montoya, M. Nash, M. Nelson, T. McMahon, E. Pinna, A. Puglisi, A. Skemer, M. Skrutskie, V. Vaitheeswaran

Proc. SPIE. 8445, Optical and Infrared Interferometry III

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Telescopes, Coherence imaging, Stars, Imaging systems, Cameras, Interferometry, Adaptive optics, Exoplanets, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

Characterization of multicolor type-II InAs/GaSb strained-layer superlattice photodetectors for use in astronomical observation

Andre Wong, Matthew Nelson, Elena Plis, Michael Skrutskie, Lihong Yao, Tom Vandervelde, Sanjay Krishna, Hasul Kim, Arezou Khoshakhlagh, Stephen Myers

Proc. SPIE. 7742, High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy IV

KEYWORDS: Infrared detectors, Mid-IR, Photodetectors, Astronomy, Quantum wells, Sensors, Electrons, Monochromators, Superlattices, Laser sintering

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2010 Paper

The Large Binocular Telescope mid-infrared camera (LMIRcam): final design and status

M. Skrutskie, T. Jones, P. Hinz, P. Garnavich, J. Wilson, M. Nelson, E. Solheid, O. Durney, W. Hoffmann, V. Vaitheeswaran, T. McMahon, J. Leisenring, A. Wong

Proc. SPIE. 7735, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III

KEYWORDS: Mid-IR, Telescopes, Optical filters, Mirrors, Electronics, Cameras, Sensors, L band, Optical benches, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2010 Paper

Testing of an extended-wavelength InGaAs array in an astronomical spectrograph

Matthew Nelson, Lihong Yao, Andre Wong, Michael Skrutskie, John Wilson, Shrikrishna Kanneganti

Proc. SPIE. 7742, High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy IV

KEYWORDS: Readout integrated circuits, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Prisms, Astronomy, Indium gallium arsenide, Mercury cadmium telluride, Sensors, Lamps, Astronomical telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2010 Paper

Integration and characterization of HAWAII-1RG detector with FORCAST fast-readout electronics for LMIRcam

Jarron Leisenring, Matthew Nelson, William Hoffmann, Justin Schoenwald, Andre Wong, Michael Skrutskie

Proc. SPIE. 7735, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III

KEYWORDS: Infrared cameras, Human-machine interfaces, Point spread functions, Telescopes, Electronics, Clocks, Sensors, Field programmable gate arrays, Data acquisition, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2010 Paper

The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) high-resolution near-infrared multi-object fiber spectrograph

John Wilson, Fred Hearty, Michael Skrutskie, Steven Majewski, Ricardo Schiavon, Daniel Eisenstein, Jim Gunn, Basil Blank, Chuck Henderson, Stephen Smee, Robert Barkhouser, Al Harding, Greg Fitzgerald, Todd Stolberg, Jim Arns, Matt Nelson, Sophia Brunner, Adam Burton, Eric Walker, Charles Lam, Paul Maseman, Jim Barr, French Leger, Larry Carey, Nick MacDonald, Todd Horne, Erick Young, George Rieke, Marcia Rieke, Tom O'Brien, Steve Hope, John Krakula, Jeff Crane, Bo Zhao, Mike Carr, Craig Harrison, Robert Stoll, Mary Vernieri, Jon Holtzman, Matt Shetrone, Carlos Allende-Prieto, Jennifer Johnson, Peter Frinchaboy, Gail Zasowski, Dmitry Bizyaev, Bruce Gillespie, David Weinberg

Proc. SPIE. 7735, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Telescopes, Mirrors, Spectrographs, Silica, Cameras, Sensors, Silicon, Collimators, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2008 Paper

LMIRcam: an L/M-band imager for the LBT combined focus

John Wilson, Philip Hinz, M. Skrutskie, Terry Jones, Elliott Solheid, Jarron Leisenring, Peter Garnavich, Matthew Kenworthy, Matthew Nelson, Charles Woodward

Proc. SPIE. 7013, Optical and Infrared Interferometry

KEYWORDS: Zemax, Monochromatic aberrations, Telescopes, Optical filters, Mirrors, Imaging systems, Sensors, Infrared radiation, Tolerancing, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2008 Paper

High sensitivity infrared extended wavelength response InGaAs detectors

Matthew Nelson, Michael Skrutskie, Srikrishna Kanneganti, Chan Park

Proc. SPIE. 7021, High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy III

KEYWORDS: Readout integrated circuits, Infrared sensors, Astronomy, Indium gallium arsenide, Sensors, Calibration, Quantum efficiency, Diodes, Infrared radiation, Cryogenics

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2008 Paper

The performance of TripleSpec at Palomar

Terry Herter, Charles Henderson, John Wilson, Keith Matthews, Gustavo Rahmer, Marco Bonati, Philip Muirhead, Joseph Adams, James Lloyd, Michael Skrutskie, Dae-Sik Moon, Stephen Parshley, Matthew Nelson, Frantz Martinache, George Gull

Proc. SPIE. 7014, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Telescopes, Mirrors, Spectrographs, Prisms, Stars, Cameras, Sensors, Space telescopes, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2006 Paper

Development of extended wavelength response InGaAs detectors for astronomical applications

Matthew Nelson, Michael Bush, Michael Skrutskie, Srikrishna Kanneganti, Chan Park, Ori Fox

Proc. SPIE. 6276, High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy II

KEYWORDS: Readout integrated circuits, Astronomy, Indium gallium arsenide, Electronics, Sensors, Quantum efficiency, Imaging spectroscopy, Diodes, Cryogenics, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2006 Paper

A hand-held near-infrared slit spectrograph for Earth observations

Srikrishna Kanneganti, Chan Park, Heather Hershley, Aaron Smith, Michael Skrutskie, John Wilson, Wes Traub, Charles Lam, Matthew Nelson

Proc. SPIE. 6265, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation I: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Optical design, Indium gallium arsenide, Cameras, Sensors, Argon, Video, Lamps, Diffusers, Mechanical engineering

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