Mr. Jacob Pember Profile

Jacob Pember

at Institue of Astronomy, KU Leuven

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Publications (26)

Proceedings Article | 25 September 2024 Poster + Paper

MARVEL: optical tolerances for manufacturing, alignment, and operational stability of the spectrograph

J. Pember, G. Raskin, C. Schwab

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130966A (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3021393

KEYWORDS: Tolerancing, Spectrographs, Optical alignment, Optics manufacturing, Equipment, Cryostats, Manufacturing, Cameras, Design, Assembly tolerances

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2024 Poster + Paper

MARVEL: an update on the four-telescope dedicated radial velocity facility at the Mercator Observatory

J. Pember, I. Argyriou, D. Atkinson, G. Ávila, L. Barrett, A. Brandeker, L. Buchhave, D. Coutts, W. De Meester, J. De Ridder, D. Defrère, A. Glasse, M. Güdel, M. Haidar, K. Hakim, S. Halverson, J. Harman, N. Jannsen, M. Janson, A. Kinney, S. Kovacs, R. Laugier, K. Missiaen, B. Montet, J. Morren, E. Palle, J. Pérez Padilla, W. Pessemier, D. Pollacco, B. Pope, S. Prins, A. Quirrenbach, G. Raskin, M. Reggiani, I. Ribas, H. Sana, C. Schwab, D. Seynaeve, R. Sharman, A. Stokes, J. Stürmer, A. Tkachenko, G. Tinetti, H. Van Winckel, B. Vandenbussche, C. Waring, R. Wittenmyer, D. Wright, Y. Zhou, D. Adams, N. Binos, J. Brzeski, Z. Cai, T. Chin, S. Ellis, T. Farrell, T. Feger, A. Ghari Zadeh, Y. Kripak, N. Kunwar, C. Lacombe, J. Lawrence, H. McGregor, D. Robertson, L. Waller, R. Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130966B (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3021409

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Calibration, Fabry Perot interferometers, Observatories, Control systems, Sensors, Control software, Equipment, Domes

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Poster

Characterisation of the STA1600LN CCD detector for the MARVEL instrument

Robyn Sharman, Joel Harman, Gert Raskin, Jacob Pember, Christian Schwab, Suzanne Kovacs, Alistair Glasse

Proceedings Volume PC13103, PC1310311 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019959

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

The CubeSpec mission: high resolution spectroscopy from a CubeSat

Bart Vandenbussche, Gert Raskin, Hugues Sana, Dirk Vandepitte, Jeroen De Maeyer, Pierre Royer, Leonardo Peri, Andrew Tkachanko, Sibo Van Gool, Jorden Windey, Philippe Neuville, Dominic Bowman, Johan Morren, Jake Pember, Maddalena Reggiani, Wim De Munter, Maarten Kempenaers, Bram Vandorden, Tjorven Delabie

Proceedings Volume 13092, 1309206 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3021372

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Stars, Telescopes, Space operations, Spectrographs, Sensors, Spectral resolution, Beam steering

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Poster + Paper

CubeSpec: optical payload

Gert Raskin, Jeroen De Maeyer, Philippe Neuville, Maddalena Reggiani, Pierre Royer, Hugues Sana, Andrew Tkachenko, Sibo Van Gool, Wannes Verstraeten, Jorden Windey, Leonardo Peri, Wim De Munter, Tjorven Delabie, Jakob Pember, Dominic Bowman, Dirk Vandepitte, Bart Vandenbussche

Proceedings Volume 13092, 130922R (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018839

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Mirrors, Image sensors, Stars, Spectral resolution, Space operations, Signal to noise ratio, CMOS sensors, Image quality

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Poster + Paper

CubeSpec: development of the payload control unit for a high-resolution spectroscopy CubeSat

Sibo Van Gool, Jan Goris, Gert Raskin, Bart Vandenbussche, Hugues Sana, Jeroen De Maeyer, Leonardo Peri, Jorden Windey, Pierre Royer, Wim De Munter, Wannes Verstraeten, Jakob Pember, Tjorven Delabie, Maddalena Reggiani, Philippe Neuville, Dominic Bowman, Andrew Tkachenko, Dirk Vandepitte

Proceedings Volume 13092, 130922S (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017965

KEYWORDS: Actuators, CMOS sensors, Field programmable gate arrays, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Spectrographs, Control systems, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 2024 Presentation

Performance characterization of the iLocater spectrograph

Jonathan Crass, Michael Engelman, Brian Sands, Daniel Pappalardo, Marshall Johnson, Richard Pogge, Justin Crepp, Jeffrey Kruk, Christian Schwab, Jacob Pember, Jerry Mason, Hali Jakeman Flores, Joseph Thomes

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130961E (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020556

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

System design of the Keck Planet Finder

Steven Gibson, Andrew Howard, Kodi Rider, Samuel Halverson, Arpita Roy, Ashley Baker, Jerry Edelstein, Christopher Smith, Benjamin Fulton, Josh Walawender, Max Brodheim, Matthew Brown, Dwight Chan, Fei Dai, William Deich, Colby Gottschalk, Jason Grillo, David Hale, Grant Hill, Bradford Holden, Aaron Householder, Howard Isaacson, Yuzo Ishikawa, Sharon Jelinsky, Marc Kassis, Stephen Kaye, Russ Laher, Kyle Lanclos, Chien-Hsiu Lee, Scott Lilley, Benjamin McCarney, Timothy Miller, Joel Payne, Erik Petigura, Claire Poppett, Michael Raffanti, Ryan Rubenzahl, Dale Sandford, Christian Schwab, Abby Shaum, Martin Sirk, Roger Smith, Jim Thorne, John Valliant, Adam Vandenberg, Shin-Ywan Wang, Edward Wishnow, Truman Wold, Sherry Yeh, Steve Baca, Charles Beichman, Bruce Berriman, Thomas Brown, Kelleen Casey, Jason Chin, James Chong, David Cowley, Mark Devenot, Hamza Elwir, Daniel Finstad, Matthew Fraysse, Ean James, Elisha Jhoti, Joe Killian, Obie Levine, Adela Chenyang Li, Eduardo Marin, Steven Milner, Craig Nance, Timothy O'Hanlon, Daniel Orr, Roberto Ortiz-Soto, Tom Payne, Jacob Pember, Gert Raskin, Maureen Savage, Andreas Seifahrt, Brett Smith, Rob Storesund, Julian Stürmer, Nick Suominen, Jerez Tehero, Tod Von Boeckmann, Keith Wages, Marie Weisfeiler, Mavourneen Wilcox, Peter Wizinowich, Anna Wolfenberger

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309609 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017841

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Equipment, Calibration, Design, Planets, Telescopes, Cameras, Zerodur, Charge-coupled devices, Doppler effect

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

MARVEL: development and strategies of the calibration system

Mariam Haidar, Gert Raskin, Christian Schwab, Julian Stuermer, Jacob Pember, Joris De Ridder, David Coutts, Tobias Feger, Bart Vandenbussche, Hans Van Winckel

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130961H (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020208

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Fabry Perot interferometers, Spectrographs, Lamps, Telescopes, Rubidium, Light sources, Fiber science, Optical fibers, Astronomical spectroscopy, Spectral calibration

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Proceedings Article | 8 September 2022 Paper

MARVEL: optical fiber link

Gerardo Avila, Gert Raskin, Christian Schwab, Jacob Pember, Bart Vandenbussche, Hans Van Winckel, Carlos Guirao, Roman Guemperlein, Julian Stürmer

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121844G (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627382

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Seaborgium, Spectrographs, Near field, Fiber couplers, Vignetting, Silica, Polishing, Stars, Optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

MAVIS: imager and spectrograph

Ellis Simon, Anthony Horton, Christian Schwab, Timothy Chin, Robert Content, Nuwanthika Fernando, Nuria Lorente, Richard McDermid, Mahesh Mohanan, Helen McGregor, Jacob Pember, David Robertson, Scott Smedley, Will Saunders, Lew Waller, Ross Zhelem, Jessica Zheng, Johan Kosmalski, Giovanni Cresci, Trevor Mendel, Andrea Bianco, David Brodrick, Jennifer Burgess, Dionne Haynes, Davide Greggio, François Rigaut, Alessio Zanutta

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218409 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629238

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Imaging systems, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Spatial resolution, Visible radiation, Imaging spectroscopy, Spherical lenses, Spectroscopy, Diffraction

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

VLT MAVIS: optical designs of the reflective IFU and transmissive spectrograph

Robert Content, Christian Schwab, Simon Ellis, Anthony Horton, Jessica Zheng, Jacob Pember, Ross Zhelem, Scott Smedley, David Robertson, François Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121846G (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2639961

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Spectrographs, Image quality, Diffraction, Spherical lenses, Reflectivity, Sensors, Point spread functions, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

MAVIS: an optical design for the image slicer and spectrograph

Will Saunders, Tim Chin, Chris Schwab, Simon Ellis, Robert Content, Jacob Pember, Ross Zhelem, Jessica Zheng, Scott Smedley, David Robertson, Davide Greggio, Francois Rigaut, Richard Mcdermid

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218444 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630348

KEYWORDS: Lenses, Spectrographs, Mirrors, Cameras, Sensors, Image quality, Collimators, Spherical lenses, Optical design, Collimation

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Paper

MARVEL: optical design for the spectrograph

Jacob Pember, Christian Schwab, Gert Raskin

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121844P (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629082

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Optical design, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation

MARVEL: the Mercator radial-velocity facility

Gert Raskin, Jacob Pember, Christian Schwab, Bart Vandenbussche, Gerardo Avila, Julian Stürmer, Hans Van Winckel, Denis Defrère, Pierre Royer, Andrew Tkachenko, Joris De Ridder, Hugues Sana, Joel Harman, William Humphreys, Robyn Sharman, Chris Waring, Alistair Glasse

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121841L (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627381

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Spectrographs, Robotics, Planets, Optical spectroscopy, Optical fibers, Observatories, Lanthanum, Exoplanets

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Poster + Paper

CubeSpec: LED-based calibration system

Job Schuermans, Gert Raskin, Dominic Bowman, Jeroen De Maeyer, Maarten Kempenaers, Jacob Pember, Pierre Royer, Hugues Sana, Christian Schwab, Bart Vandenbussche

Proceedings Volume 12180, 1218030 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630366

KEYWORDS: Fabry–Perot interferometers, Calibration, Spectrographs, Refractive index, Light emitting diodes, Collimators, Solids, Mirrors, Telescopes, Signal to noise ratio

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Paper

CubeSpec: optical payload design

Gert Raskin, Jeroen de Maeyer, Bart Vandenbussche, Dominic Bowman, Jan Goris, Maarten Kempenaers, Jacob Pember, Pierre Royer, Job Schuermans, Andrew Tkachenko, Dirk Vandepitte, Wim De Munter, Jelle Lanting, Hugues Sana

Proceedings Volume 12180, 121802Z (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630480

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Sensors, Zerodur, Stars, Space operations, Cameras, Signal to noise ratio, Prisms

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 2022 Poster + Paper

MARVEL: extracting high-precision radial velocities of exoplanet hosts

N. Jannsen, D. Seynaeve, J. De Ridder, J. Stürmer, J. Pember, C. Schwab, L. A. Buchhave, G. Raskin, B. Vandenbussche, H. Sana, A. Tkachenko, P. Royer, W. De Meester, H. Van Winckel, I. Ribas

Proceedings Volume 12186, 121861U (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630748

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Stars, Exoplanets, Spectrographs, Charge-coupled devices, Planets, Telescopes, Sensors, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation + Paper

IRANTI: a compact flexible configuration infrared échelle spectrograph integrating emerging technologies for precise radial velocity measurements

Blaise Kuo Tiong, Christian Schwab, Tobias Feger, Theodoros Anagnos, Jacob Pember, Surangkhana Rukdee, Leonardo Vanzi, David Coutts

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114474H (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561352

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, New and emerging technologies, Velocity measurements, Single mode fibers, Adaptive optics, Near infrared, Cameras, Sensors, Optical design, Relays

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Fiber modal noise mitigation by a rotating double scrambler

G. Raskin, J. Pember, D. Rogozin, C. Schwab, D. Coutts

Proceedings Volume 11451, 114516F (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562083

KEYWORDS: Velocity measurements, Spectrographs, Light wave propagation, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

MARVEL, a four-telescope array for high-precision radial-velocity monitoring

G. Raskin, C. Schwab, B. Vandenbussche, J. De Ridder, C. Lanthermann, J. Pérez Padilla, A. Tkachenko, H. Sana, P. Royer, S. Prins, L. Decin, D. Defrère, J. Pember, D. Atkinson, A. Glasse, D. Pollacco, G. Tinetti, M. Guedel, J. Stuermer, I. Ribas, A. Brandeker, L. Buchhave, S. Halverson, G. Avila, J. Morren, H. Van Winckel

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114473K (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560895

KEYWORDS: Exoplanets, Stars, Atmospheric optics, Planets, Velocity measurements, Spectroscopic atmospheric monitoring techniques, Telescopes, Solar system, Infrared spectroscopy, Photometry

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

Selecting optimal glass combinations for atmospheric dispersion correctors

Jacob Pember, Christian Schwab, Davide Greggio

Proceedings Volume 11451, 1145153 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563249

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Atmospheric optics, Atmospheric corrections, Spectroscopic atmospheric monitoring techniques, Astronomy, Coronagraphy, Fiber couplers, Doppler effect, Spectroscopy, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

Initial measurements of focal ratio degradation in ZBLAN fluoride fibers for K band spectroscopy

Jacob Pember, Simon Ellis, Tayyaba Zafar

Proceedings Volume 11451, 1145121 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561967

KEYWORDS: K band, ZBLAN, Near infrared, Diffusion, Optical fibers, Zirconium, Indium, Glasses, Laser sources, Optical filters

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

MAVIS: science case, imager, and spectrograph

Simon Ellis, Richard McDermid, Giovanni Cresci, Christian Schwab, Francois Rigaut, Timothy Chin, Robert Content, Anthony Horton, Mahesh Mohanan, Helen McGregor, Jacob Pember, David Robertson, Lew Waller, Ross Zhelem, Stephanie Monty, Trevor Mendel, Matteo Aliverti, Guido Agapito, Simone Antoniucci, Andrea Balestra, Andrea Baruffolo, Maria Bergomi, Andrea Bianco, Marco Bonaglia, Guiseppe Bono, Jean-Claude Bouret, David Brodrick, Lorenzo Busoni, Elena Carolo, Simonetta Chinellato, Jess Cranney, Gayandhi De Silva, Simone Esposito, Daniela Fantinel, Jacopo Farinato, Thierry Fusco, Gaston Gausachs, James Gilbert, Damien Gratadour, Davide Gerggio, Marco Gullieuszik, Pierre Haguenauer, Dionne Haynes, Visa Korkiakoski, Demetrio Magrin, Laura Magrini, Luca Marafatto, Benoit Neichel, Fernando Pedichini, Enrico Pinna, Cedric Plantet, Elisa Portaluri, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Roberto Ragazzoni, Bernado Salasnich, Stefan Ströbele, Elliott Thorn, Annino Vaccarella, Daniele Vassallo, Valentina Viotto, Frédéric Zamkotsian, Alessio Zanutta, Hao Zhang

Proceedings Volume 11447, 11447A0 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561930

KEYWORDS: Imaging systems, Spectrographs, Visible radiation, Adaptive optics, Stars, Galactic astronomy, Image quality, V band, Spectral resolution, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Keck Planet Finder: design updates

Steven Gibson, Andrew Howard, Kodi Rider, Arpita Roy, Jerry Edelstein, Marc Kassis, Jason Grillo, Sam Halverson, Martin Sirk, Christopher Smith, Steve Allen, Ashley Baker, Charles Beichman, Bruce Berriman, Thomas Brown, Kelleen Casey, Jason Chin, David Coutts, David Cowley, William Deich, Tobias Feger, Benjamin Fulton, Luke Gers, Yulia Gurevich, Yuzo Ishikawa, Ean James, Sharon Jelinsky, Stephen Kaye, Kyle Lanclos, Adela Li, Scott Lilley, Ben McCarney, Tim Miller, Steve Milner, Timothy O'Hanlon, Jacob Pember, Mike Raffanti, Constance Rockosi, Ryan Rubenzahl, Dave Rumph, Dale Sandford, Maureen Savage, Christian Schwab, Andreas Seifahrt, Abby Shaum, Roger Smith, Julian Stuermer, Jim Thorne, Adam Vandenberg, Tod Von Boeckmann, Cindy Wang, Qifan Wang, Marie Weisfeiler, Mavourneen Wilcox, Edward Wishnow, Peter Wizinowich, Truman Wold, Anna Wolfenberger

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144742 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561783

KEYWORDS: Planets, Spectroscopy, Keck Observatory, Exoplanets, Doppler effect, Optical fabrication, Zerodur, Optical benches, Charge-coupled devices, CCD image sensors

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

A high-resolution echelle spectrograph for precision Doppler observations with small telescopes

Jacob Pember, Christian Schwab, Blaise Kuo Tiong, Cassandra Fallscheer, Hannah Worters, David Coutts, Richard McDermid

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114473O (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563235

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Telescopes, Optical instrument design, Doppler effect, Exoplanets, Stars, Spectral resolution, Observatories, Spectrographs, Stellar astronomy

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