Mr. Nirmal Kaipachery Profile

Nirmal Kaipachery

at Indian Institue of Astrophysics

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Publications (11)

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

Proc. SPIE. 11444, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray

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

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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

Proc. SPIE. 11203, Advances in Optical Astronomical Instrumentation 2019

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

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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

Proc. SPIE. 11203, Advances in Optical Astronomical Instrumentation 2019

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

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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

Proc. SPIE. 10699, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray

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

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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

Proc. SPIE. 10702, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII

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

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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

Proc. SPIE. 10699, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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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

Proc. SPIE. 9912, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation II

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

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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

Proc. SPIE. 9905, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray

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

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