Mr. Martin M. Sirk Profile

Martin M. Sirk

Astronomer/Professor at Univ of California Berkeley

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Publications (22)

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

A UV double pass spectrograph for monitoring stellar activity for the Keck Planet Finder

Ashley Baker, Steven Gibson, Jason Grillo, Yuzo Ishikawa, Andrew Howard, Samuel Halverson, Kodi Rider, Sharon Jelinsky, William Deich, Martin Sirk, Howard Isaacson, Arpita Roy, Jerry Edelstein, Christopher Smith

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121845H (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628149

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Sensors, Cameras, Mirrors, Spectrographs, Relays, Calcium, Zemax, Optical design, Image resolution

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster

Spectrograph stabilization of 500x using a single-delay interferometer

David Erskine, Edward Wishnow, Eric Linder, Erik Davies, Martin Sirk, Richard Ozer, Dayne Fratanduono, Jerry Edelstein

Proceedings Volume 12184, (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628388

KEYWORDS: Interferometers, Spectrographs, Doppler effect, Velocimetry, Spectroscopy, Sensors, Planets, Optical resolution, Near infrared, Moire patterns

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster

Externally dispersed interferometer testbed diagnosing Keck Planet Finder spectrograph high resolution performance

David Erskine, Jerry Edelstein, Edward Wishnow, Erik Davies, Martin Sirk, Richard Ozer, Dayne Fratanduono

Proceedings Volume 12184, (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627160

KEYWORDS: Interferometers, Spectrographs, Doppler effect, Velocimetry, Spatial frequencies, Signal detection, Signal analyzers, Planets, Lamps, Fringe analysis

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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 | 6 July 2018 Paper

Keck Planet Finder: preliminary design

Steven Gibson, Andrew Howard, Arpita Roy, Christopher Smith, Sam Halverson, Jerry Edelstein, Marc Kassis, Edward Wishnow, Michael Raffanti, Steve Allen, Jason Chin, David Coutts, David Cowley, Jim Curtis, William Deich, Tobias Feger, Daniel Finstad, Yulia Gurevich, Yuzo Ishikawa, Ean James, Elisha Jhoti, Kyle Lanclos, Scott Lilley, Tim Miller, Steve Milner, Tom Payne, Kodi Rider, Constance Rockosi, Dale Sandford, Christian Schwab, Andreas Seifahrt, Martin Sirk, Roger Smith, Julian Stuermer, Marie Weisfeiler, Mavourneen Wilcox, Adam Vandenberg, Peter Wizinowich

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107025X (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311565

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Calibration, Planets, Zerodur, Doppler effect

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

A optical fiber double scrambler and mechanical agitator system for the Keck planet finder spectrograph

Martin Sirk, Edward Wishnow, Marie Weisfeiler, Elisha Jhoti, James Curtis, Yuzo Ishikawa, Daniel Finstad, Timothy O'Hanlon, Steven Gibson, Jerry Edelstein, Samuel Halverson, Arpita Roy, Andrew Howard

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107026F (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312945

KEYWORDS: Near field, Spectrographs, Optical fibers, Spatial frequencies, Lenses, Near field optics, Speckle pattern, Planets, Spectroscopy, Charge-coupled devices

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SPIE Journal Paper | 2 December 2016 Open Access

High-resolution broadband spectroscopy using externally dispersed interferometry at the Hale telescope: part 2, photon noise theory

David Erskine, Jerry Edelstein, Edward Wishnow, Martin Sirk, Philip Muirhead, Matthew Muterspaugh, James Lloyd

JATIS, Vol. 2, Issue 04, 045001, (December 2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.2.4.045001

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Spectrographs, Interference (communication), Interferometry, Point spread functions, Interferometers, Spectroscopes, Sensors, Image resolution, Fourier transforms

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High-resolution broadband spectroscopy at near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths (950 to 2450 nm) has been performed using externally dispersed interferometry (EDI) at the Hale telescope at Mt. Palomar, with the TEDI interferometer mounted within the central hole of the 200-in. primary mirror in series with the comounted TripleSpec NIR echelle spectrograph. These are the first multidelay EDI demonstrations on starlight. We demonstrated very high (10×) resolution boost and dramatic (20× or more) robustness to point spread function wavelength drifts in the native spectrograph. Data analysis, results, and instrument noise are described in a companion paper (part 1). This part 2 describes theoretical photon limited and readout noise limited behaviors, using simulated spectra and instrument model with noise added at the detector. We show that a single interferometer delay can be used to reduce the high frequency noise at the original resolution (1× boost case), and that except for delays much smaller than the native response peak half width, the fringing and nonfringing noises act uncorrelated and add in quadrature. This is due to the frequency shifting of the noise due to the heterodyning effect. We find a sum rule for the noise variance for multiple delays. The multiple delay EDI using a Gaussian distribution of exposure times has noise-to-signal ratio for photon-limited noise similar to a classical spectrograph with reduced slitwidth and reduced flux, proportional to the square root of resolution boost achieved, but without the focal spot limitation and pixel spacing Nyquist limitations. At low boost (∼1×) EDI has ∼1.4× smaller noise than conventional, and at >10× boost, EDI has ∼1.4× larger noise than conventional. Readout noise is minimized by the use of three or four steps instead of 10 of TEDI. Net noise grows as step phases change from symmetrical arrangement with wavenumber across the band. For three (or four) steps, we calculate a multiplicative bandwidth of 1.8:1 (2.3:1), sufficient to handle the visible band (400 to 700 nm, 1.8:1) and most of TripleSpec (2.6:1).

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Proceedings Article | 19 September 2016 Presentation + Paper

Calibration techniques for the NASA ICON Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrograph (EUV)

Yuzo Ishikawa, Martin Sirk, Ed Wishnow, Eric Korpela, Jerry Edelstein, James Curtis, Steven Gibson, Jeremy McCauley, Jason McPhate, Christopher Smith

Proceedings Volume 9972, 997218 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2238148

KEYWORDS: Extreme ultraviolet, Calibration, Spectrographs, Fiber optic illuminators, Spectral resolution, Sensors, Coating, Scattering, Microchannel plates, EUV optics

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

Dramatic robustness of a multiple delay dispersed interferometer to spectrograph errors: how mixing delays reduces or cancels wavelength drift

David Erskine, E. Linder, E. Wishnow, J. Edelstein, M. Sirk, P. Muirhead, J. Lloyd, A. Kim

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99085Y (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230182

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Interferometers, Doppler effect, Point spread functions, Moire patterns, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Lamps, Sensors, Wavelets, Data modeling

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SPIE Journal Paper | 27 May 2016 Open Access

High-resolution broadband spectroscopy using externally dispersed interferometry at the Hale telescope: Part 1, data analysis and results

David Erskine, Jerry Edelstein, Edward Wishnow, Martin Sirk, Philip Muirhead, Matthew Muterspaugh, James Lloyd, Yuzo Ishikawa, Eliza McDonald, William Shourt, Andrew Vanderburg

JATIS, Vol. 2, Issue 02, 025004, (May 2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.2.2.025004

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Point spread functions, Stars, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Interferometry, Spectroscopes, Interferometers, Lamps, Modulation transfer functions, Wavelets

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

High resolution broad-band spectroscopy in the NIR using the Triplespec externally dispersed interferometer at the Hale telescope

David Erskine, J. Edelstein, M. Sirk, E. Wishnow, Y. Ishikawa, E. McDonald, W. Shourt

Proceedings Volume 9147, 914717 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055186

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Interferometers, Modulation transfer functions, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Stars, Spectroscopy, Spectral resolution, Fourier transforms, Doppler effect, Heterodyning

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

Enhanced spectral resolution via externally dispersed interferometry

Jerry Edelstein, David Erskine, Martin Sirk, Andrew Vanderburg, Edward Wishnow

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84464J (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.928290

KEYWORDS: Modulation transfer functions, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Spectroscopy, Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Interferometry, Infrared telescopes, Interferometers, Fourier transforms, Data modeling

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

Optical fiber systems for the BigBOSS instrument

Jerry Edelstein, Claire Poppett, Martin Sirk, Robert Besuner, Robin Lafever, Jeremy Allington-Smith, Graham Murray

Proceedings Volume 8450, 845036 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925196

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Connectors, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Collimation, Optical fibers, Fusion splicing, Space telescopes, Fiber optics, Polishing

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2011 Paper

Cryogenic focal plane flatness measurement with optical zone slope tracking

Jerry Edelstein, Martin Sirk, Patrick Jelinsky, Robert Besuner, Matthew Hoff, Paul Perry, Henry Heetderks, Christopher Bebek, Michael Levi

Proceedings Volume 8155, 81550N (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.892521

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Near infrared, Mirrors, CCD image sensors, Charge-coupled devices, Cryogenics, Distortion, Silicon carbide, Telescopes, Collimation

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2011 Paper

Ten-fold spectral resolution boosting using TEDI at the Mt. Palomar NIR Triplespec spectrograph

David Erskine, J. Edelstein, P. Muirhead, M. Muterspaugh, K. Covey, D. Mondo, A. Vanderburg, P. Andelson, D. Kimber, M. Sirk, J. Lloyd

Proceedings Volume 8146, 81460M (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.892664

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Interferometers, Modulation transfer functions, Intelligence systems, Fourier transforms, Spectral resolution, Data modeling, Interferometry, Doppler effect, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 3 September 2008 Paper

CHIPS microsatellite optical system: lessons learned

M. Sholl, Geoff Gaines, Martin Sirk, Ellen Taylor, Mark Hurwitz

Proceedings Volume 7071, 707104 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.799573

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectroscopy, Observatories, Satellites, Spectrographs, Aluminum, Space operations, Visible radiation, Microchannel plates, Sun

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Proceedings Article | 8 December 2003 Paper

Performance of the Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer

Martin Sirk, Geoffrey Gaines, E. Taylor, Michael Sholl, Wiliam Marchant, Richelieu Hemphill, Randy Kimble, Timothy Sasseen, Mario Marckwordt, William Donakowski

Proceedings Volume 5164, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.515601

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectrographs, Calibration, Optical filters, Extreme ultraviolet, Spectroscopy, Plasma, Microchannel plates, Stray light, Light scattering

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Proceedings Article | 8 December 2003 Paper

Optics design and performance for the Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS)

Michael Sholl, William Donakowski, Geoffrey Gaines, Michael Lampton, Mark Hurwitz, Martin Sirk, Ellen Taylor

Proceedings Volume 5164, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.515602

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Sensors, Aluminum, Actuators, Observatories, Space operations, Calibration, Visible radiation, Spectrographs, Shape memory alloys

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Proceedings Article | 8 December 2003 Paper

EUV detector of the Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer

Mario Marckwordt, Geoffrey Gaines, Jerry Edelstein, Richelieu Hemphill, Jeffrey Hull, Mark Hurwitz, Michael Lampton, Ken McKee, Timothy Sasseen, Michael Sholl, Oswald Siegmund, Martin Sirk, Ellen Taylor

Proceedings Volume 5164, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.512279

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Microchannel plates, Quantum efficiency, Aluminum, Zirconium, Optical filters, Extreme ultraviolet, Thin films, Plasma, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2003 Paper

Optomechanical design of the cosmic hot interstellar plasma spectrometer (CHIPS)

Michael Sholl, William Donakowski, Martin Sirk, Tobias Clauss, Michael Lampton, Jerry Edelstein, Mark Hurwitz

Proceedings Volume 4854, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460031

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Sensors, Spectral resolution, Mirrors, Diffraction gratings, Optical design, Extreme ultraviolet, Visible radiation, Microchannel plates, Tolerancing

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2003 Paper

Status of the Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS) university-class explorer project

Mark Hurwitz, Robert Davis, Simon Dawson, Patricia Dobson, William Donakowski, Assi Friedman, Geoffrey Gaines, Jerry Edelstein, Richelieu Hemphill, Jane Hoberman, Jeffrey Janicik, Patrick Jelinsky, Michael Lampton, Wiliam Marchant, Mario Marckwordt, Jareb Mirczak, Timothy Sasseen, Michael Sholl, Oswald Siegmund, Martin Sirk, David Stone, Steven Sulack, Ellen Riddle Taylor, Michael Veno, Jonathan Wolff

Proceedings Volume 4854, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459823

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Space operations, Plasma, Spectroscopy, Microchannel plates, Calibration, Spectrographs, Extreme ultraviolet, Iron, Photons

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 1994 Paper

Long-term orbital performance of the microchannel plate (MCP) detectors aboard the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer

John Vallerga, Marty Eckert, Martin Sirk, Oswald Siegmund, Roger Malina

Proceedings Volume 2280, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.186837

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Scanners, Microchannel plates, Optical filters, Extreme ultraviolet, Quantum efficiency, Stars, Spectrometers, Ultraviolet radiation, Telescopes

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