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Daniel Küsters

at Univ of California Berkeley

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

Calibration for astrophysics using an artificial star with NIST-traceable distribution of luminous energy (CANDLE) instrument development

Eliad Peretz, Susana Deustua, Joe Rice, Brian Alberding, Eric Shirley, Thinh Bui, Keshet Shavit, Daniel Kuesters, Greg Aldering, Dmitry Vorobiev, Jonathan Papa, Ralph Bohlin, Benjamin Rose, Justin Albert, Piotr Pachowicz, Jean Thomas Landry, Etienne Gauvin, Thomas Michaud-Bayens, Greg Kopp, John Mather, Peter Plavchan, Angelle Tanner

Proceedings Volume 13092, 1309207 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020319

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Stars, Telescopes, Monochromators, Equipment, Observatories, Fiber lasers, Mirrors, Dark energy, James Webb Space Telescope

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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 | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

SCALA update: deci-percent laboratory spectro-radiometric NIST calibration transfer to new flux reference sensors

Daniel Küsters, Benjamin Bastian-Querner, Greg Aldering, Timo Karg, Marko Kossatz, Marek Kowalski, Simona Lombardo

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121847V (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629448

KEYWORDS: Photodiodes, Calibration, Sensors, Monochromators, Absorption, Light sources, Beam splitters, Spectrophotometry, Spectral calibration, Physical cosmology, Amplifiers, Precision calibration

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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 + Presentation + Paper

SCALA upgrade: development of a light source for sub-percent calibration uncertainties

Daniel Küsters, Benjamin Bastian-Querner, Greg Aldering, Summer Blot, Kyle Boone, Yannick Copin, Dustin Hebecker, Timo Karg, Marek Kowalski, Simona Lombardo, Jakob Nordin, David Rubin

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144771 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561602

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Optical calibration, Spectrographs, Photodiodes, Astronomy, Atmospheric modeling, Photonics, Telescopes, Stars, Atmospheric physics

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

Calibrating the SNfactory Integral Field Spectrograph (SNIFS) with SCALA

Daniel Küsters, Simona Lombardo, Marek Kowalski, Greg Aldering, Jakob Nordin, Mickael Rigault

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99084V (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232902

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Planets, Photodiodes, Stray light, Monochromators, Integrating spheres, Stars, Photodiodes, Planets, Electroluminescent displays

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

A flux calibration device for the SuperNova Integral Field Spectrograph (SNIFS)

Simona Lombardo, Greg Aldering, Akos Hoffmann, Marek Kowalski, Daniel Kuesters, Klaus Reif, Michael Rigault

Proceedings Volume 9147, 91474R (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055066

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Telescopes, Mirrors, Integrating spheres, Projection systems, Spectrographs, Light sources, Photodiodes, Lamps, Photons

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