Dr. Maarten F. Blanken Profile

Dr. Maarten F. Blanken

Optical Engineer

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Publications (7)

Proceedings Article | 28 June 2006 Paper

Enhancements and developments on NAOMI

Maarten Blanken, Chris Benn, Michiel van der Hoeven, Paul Jolley, Simon Rees, Gordon Talbot, Simon Tulloch

Proceedings Volume 6272, 62723N (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669354

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Mirrors, Wavefront sensors, Beam splitters, Photonic integrated circuits, Charge-coupled devices, Stars, Camera shutters, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 28 June 2006 Paper

GLAS: engineering a common-user Rayleigh laser guide star for adaptive optics on the William Herschel Telescope

Gordon Talbot, Don Carlos Abrams, Nikolaos Apostolakos, Richard Bassom, Colin Blackburn, Maarten Blanken, Diego Cano Infantes, Alan Chopping, Kevin Dee, Nigel Dipper, Eddy Elswijk, Bernard Enthoven, Thomas Gregory, Rik ter Horst, Ron Humphreys, Jan Idserda, Paul Jolley, Sjouke Kuindersma, Richard McDermid, Tim Morris, Richard Myers, Sergio Pico, Johan Pragt, Simon Rees, Jürg Rey, Marcos Reyes, René Rutten, Ton Schoenmaker, Jure Skvarc, Niels Tromp, Simon Tulloch, Auke Veninga

Proceedings Volume 6272, 62722H (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669942

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Control systems, Mirrors, Laser safety, Laser systems engineering, Laser guide stars, Pulsed laser operation, Charge-coupled devices, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 25 October 2004 Paper

Recent enhancements to the NAOMI AO system

Paul Jolley, Stephen Goodsell, Chris Benn, Thomas Gregory, Simon Rees, Michiel van der Hoeven, Maarten Blanken, Renee Pit

Proceedings Volume 5490, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551639

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Calibration, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Cameras, Optical benches, Iris, Lamps, Light sources

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Proceedings Article | 25 October 2004 Paper

NAOMI: adaptive optics at the WHT

Chris Benn, Maarten Blanken, Craige Bevil, Sebastian Els, Stephen Goodsell, Tom Gregory, Paul Jolley, Andy Longmore, Olivier Martin, Richard Myers, Roy Ostensen, Simon Rees, Rene Rutten, Ilona Soechting, Gordon Talbot, Simon Tulloch

Proceedings Volume 5490, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552216

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Stars, Telescopes, Wavefront sensors, Charge-coupled devices, Mirrors, Laser guide stars, Point spread functions, Cameras, Spectrographs

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