Mr. Nirmal Kaipachery Profile

Nirmal Kaipachery

at Indian Institue of Astrophysics

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

The scientific payload of the Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT)

Sagi Ben-Ami, Yossi Shvartzvald, Eli Waxman, Udi Netzer, Yoram Yaniv, Viktor Algranatti, Avishay Gal-Yam, Ofer Lapid, Eran Ofek, Jeremy Topaz, Iair Arcavi, Arooj Asif, Shlomi Azaria, Eran Bahalul, Merlin Barschke, Benjamin Bastian-Querner, David Berge, Vlad Berlea, Rolf Buehler, Louise Dittmar, Anatoly Gelman, Gianluca Giavitto, Or Guttman, Juan Haces Crespo, Daniel Heilbrunn, Arik Kachergincky, Nirmal Kaipachery, Marek Kowalski, Shrinivasrao Kulkarni, Shashank Kumar, Daniel Küsters, Tuvia Liran, Yonit Miron-Salomon, Zohar Mor, Aharon Nir, Gadi Nitzan, Sebastian Philipp, Andrea Porelli, Ilan Sagiv, Julian Schliwinski, Tuvia Sprecher, Nicola De Simone, Nir Stern, Nicholas Stone, Benny Trakhtenbrot, Mikhail Vasilev, Jason Watson, Francesco Zappon

Proceedings Volume 12181, 1218105 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629850

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Ultraviolet radiation, Mirrors, Telescopes, Stars, Signal attenuation, Coating, Space operations, Satellites, Sapphire

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

Design of the ULTRASAT UV camera

Arooj Asif, Merlin Barschke, Benjamin Bastian-Querner, David Berge, Rolf Bühler, Nicola De Simone, Gianluca Giavitto, Juan Haces Crespo, Nirmal Kaipachery, Marek Kowalski, Shrinivasrao Kulkarni, Daniel Küsters, Sebastian Philipp, Heike Prokoph, Julian Schliwinski, Mikhail Vasilev, Jason Watson, Steven Worm, Francesco Zappon, Shay Alfassi, Sagi Ben-Ami, Adi Birman, Kasey Boggs, Greg Bredthauer, Amos Fenigstein, Avishay Gal-Yam, Dmitri Ivanov, Omer Katz, Ofer Lapid, Tuvia Liran, Ehud Netzer, Eran Ofek, Shirly Regev, Yossi Shvartzvald, Joseph Tufts, Dmitry Veinger, Eli Waxman

Proceedings Volume 11821, 118210U (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594253

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Cameras, Space operations, Telescopes, Electronics, Interfaces, Ultraviolet radiation, Field programmable gate arrays, Device simulation, CMOS sensors

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

Sensor characterization for the ULTRASAT space telescope

Benjamin Bastian-Querner, Nirmal Kaipachery, Daniel Küster, Julian Schliwinski, Shay Alfassi, Arooj Asif, Merlin F. Barschke, Sagi Ben-Ami, David Berge, Adi Birman, Rolf Bühler, Nicola De Simone, Amos Fenigstein, Avishay Gal-Yam, Gianluca Giavitto, Juan Haces Crespo, Dmitri Ivanov, Omer Katz, Marek Kowalski, Shrinivasrao Kulkarni, Ofer Lapid, Tuvia Liran, Ehud Netzer, Eran O. Ofek, Sebastian Philipp, Heike Prokoph, Shirly Regev, Yossi Shvartzvald, Mikhail Vasilev, Dmitry Veinger, Jason Watson, Eli Waxman, Steven Worm, Francesco Zappon

Proceedings Volume 11819, 118190F (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593897

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Quantum efficiency, Calibration, Monochromators, Lamps, Mirrors, Ultraviolet radiation, Telescopes, Optical filtering, Beam splitters

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

GLUV Pathfinder: setting up for rapid cadence UV monitoring of the transient universe

Harrison Abbot, Joice Mathew, Ryan Ridden-Harper, Brad Tucker, Eduardo Trifoni, Robert Sharp, James Gilbert, Nirmal Kaipachery, Mikhael Sayat

Proceedings Volume 11444, 114446V (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562172

KEYWORDS: Ultraviolet radiation, Astronomy, Earth's atmosphere, Atmospheric monitoring, Absorption, Near ultraviolet, Ozone, Solar processes, Signal to noise ratio, Wind energy

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

Spectroscopic Investigation of Nebular Gas (SING): a dedicated NUV spectrograph to study extended objects

Bharat Chandra, B. Nair, Ambily Suresh, C. Shanti Prabha, Joice Mathew, Nirmal K., Mayuresh Sarpotdar, Rekhesh Mohan, Margarita Safonova, Sripadmanaban Sriram, Jayant Murthy

Proceedings Volume 11203, 112031K (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539889

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Microchannel plates, Space operations, Telescopes, Ultraviolet radiation

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

GLUV pathfinder mission

Nirmal K., Joice Mathew, James Gilbert, Rob Sharp, Harrison Abbot, R. Ridden-Harper, B. Tucker

Proceedings Volume 11203, 112030I (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539908

KEYWORDS: Ultraviolet radiation, Spectroscopy, Ozone, Sensors, Ultraviolet telescopes, Global Positioning System, Astronomy, Telescopes, Computing systems, Temperature sensors

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

PIONS: a CubeSat imager to observe variable UV sources

S. Ambily, Joice Mathew, Mayuresh Sarpotdar, Jayant Murthy, V. Aggarval, S. Nagabhushanam, Divya Rao, Sachin Jeeragal, Kaipachery Nirmal, A. G. Sreejith, Binukumar Gopalakrishnan, Margarita Safonova

Proceedings Volume 10699, 106993E (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311670

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Microchannel plates, CMOS sensors, Ultraviolet radiation, Field programmable gate arrays, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Opto-mechanical assembly and ground calibration of LUCI

Joice Mathew, B. Nair, S. Sriram, P. U. Kamath, Ajin Prakash, Mayuresh Sarpotdar, S. Ambily, Nirmal K., A. G. Sreejith, Margarita Safonova, Jayant Murthy, Noah Brosch

Proceedings Volume 10699, 106992V (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312733

KEYWORDS: Ultraviolet radiation, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Mirrors, Calibration, Collimators, Ultraviolet telescopes, Charge-coupled devices, Aerospace engineering, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Wavelength calibration of a tunable spatial heterodyne spectrometer

K. Nirmal, Sridharan R., S. Sriram, Suresh Ambily, Joice Mathew, Mayuresh Sarpotdar, Jayant Murthy, Binukumar Gopalakrishnan, Margarita Safonova

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107024V (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312454

KEYWORDS: Monochromators, Calibration, Lamps, Spectroscopy, Sensors, Heterodyning, Spectral calibration, Halogens, Fourier transforms, Beam splitters

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SPIE Journal Paper | 17 May 2018

Design and modeling of a tunable spatial heterodyne spectrometer for emission line studies

Nirmal Kaipachery, Sridharan Rengaswamy, Sripadmanaban Nadar Sriram, Jayant Murthy, Ambily Suresh, Margarita Safonova, Aickara Gopinathan Sreejith, Joice Mathew, Mayuresh Sarpotdar

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 02, 025001, (May 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.025001

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectroscopy, Heterodyning, Spectral resolution, Fourier transforms, Lamps, Systems modeling, Beam splitters, Mirrors, Stars

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SPIE Journal Paper | 14 December 2016

Pointing system for the balloon-borne astronomical payloads

Kaipacheri Nirmal, Sreejith Aickara Gopinathan, Joice Mathew, Mayuresh Sarpotdar, Ambily Suresh, Ajin Prakash, Margarita Safonova, Jayant Murthy

JATIS, Vol. 2, Issue 04, 047001, (December 2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.2.4.047001

KEYWORDS: Sun, Astronomy, Sensors, Imaging systems, Gyroscopes, Magnetometers, Control systems, Magnetism, Global Positioning System, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

Balloon UV experiments for astronomical and atmospheric observations

Sreejith A. G., Joice Mathew, Mayuresh Sarpotdar, Nirmal K., Ambily S., Ajin Prakash, Margarita Safonova, Jayant Murthy

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99084E (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232246

KEYWORDS: Astronomy, Ultraviolet radiation, Atmospheric chemistry, Spectrographs, Comets, CMOS sensors, Sensors, Star sensors, Telescopes, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

Noise modeling and analysis of an IMU-based attitude sensor: improvement of performance by filtering and sensor fusion

Nirmal K., Sreejith A. G., Joice Mathew, Mayuresh Sarpotdar, Ambily Suresh, Ajin Prakash, Margarita Safonova, Jayant Murthy

Proceedings Volume 9912, 99126W (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234255

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Sensors, Gyroscopes, Performance modeling, Sensor performance, Sensor fusion, Seaborgium, Error analysis, Stochastic processes, Interference (communication)

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2016 Paper

Near UV imager with an MCP-based photon counting detector

S. Ambily, Joice Mathew, Mayuresh Sarpotdar, A. G. Sreejith, K. Nirmal, Ajin Prakash, Margarita Safonova, Jayant Murthy

Proceedings Volume 9905, 990539 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232435

KEYWORDS: Ultraviolet radiation, Exoplanets, Spectroscopy, Planets, Homodyne detection, Atmospheric modeling, Spectral resolution, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Interferometers

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