Dr. Rafael Izazaga-Pérez Profile

Dr. Rafael Izazaga-Pérez

Titular Technologist A at Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica

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Publications (18)

Proceedings Article | 17 June 2024 Presentation + Paper

Design and fabrication of aspheric Fresnel-type lenses for solar energy by using a 3D printer

Martín Jiménez-Rodríguez, Maximino Avendaño-Alejo, Osvaldo Ponce-Hernández, Ismael Velázquez-Gómez, Rafael Izazaga-Pérez

Proceedings Volume 13021, 1302107 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3022870

KEYWORDS: Design, Aspheric lenses, Ray tracing, 3D printing, Solar energy, Prototyping, Fresnel lenses, Fabrication, Prisms, Nonimaging optics

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Proceedings Article | 17 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Integration and early testing of WEAVE: the next-generation spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope

Gavin Dalton, Scott Trager, Don Carlos Abrams, Piercarlo Bonifacio, J. Alfonso L. Aguerri, Antonella Vallenari, Georgia Bishop, Kevin Middleton, Chris Benn, Kevin Dee, Shan Mignot, Ian Lewis, Johannes Pragt, Sergio Pico, Nicholas Walton, Juerg Rey, Carlos Allende Prieto, Emilie Lhomé, Marc Balcells, David Terrett, Matthew Brock, Andy Ridings, Jure Skvarč, Marc Verheijen, Iain Steele, Remko Stuik, Gabby Kroes, Neils Tromp, Jan Kragt, Dirk Lesman, Chris Mottram, Stuart Bates, Frank Gribbin, Jose Alonso Burgal, José Miguel Herreros, José Miguel Delgado, Carlos Martin, Diego Cano, Ramon Navarro, Mike Irwin, Luis Peralta de Arriba, Neil O'Mahoney, Andrea Bianco, Alireza Moleinezhad, Rik ter Horst, Emilio Molinari, Marcello Lodi, José Guerra, Andrea Baruffalo, Esperanza Carrasco, Szigfrid Farcas, Ellen Schallig, Sarah Hughes, Vanessa Hill, Dan Smith, Janet Drew, Bianca Poggianti, Angela Iovino, Mat Pieri, Shoko Jin, Lillian Dominguez Palmero, Cecilia Fariña, Adrian Martín, Clare Worley, David Murphy, Steve Guest, Huw Morris, Eddy Elswijk, Menno de Haan, Hiddo Hanenburg, Bernardo Salasnich, Divakara Mayya, Rafael Izazaga-Pérez, Emanuel Gafton, Elisabetta Caffau, David Horville, Francisco Paz Chinchón, Jesus Falcon-Barosso, Boris Gänsicke, Jose San Juan, Nauzet Hernandez

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144714 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561067

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Observatories, Device simulation, Data processing, Molybdenum, Spectrographs, Image resolution, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Construction progress of WEAVE: the next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope

Gavin Dalton, Scott Trager, Don Carlos Abrams, Piercarlo Bonifacio, J. Alfonso Aguerri, Antonella Vallenari, Kevin Middleton, Chris Benn, Kevin Dee, Frédéric Sayède, Ian Lewis, Johannes Pragt, Sergio Picó, Nicholas Walton, Jeurg Rey, Carlos Allende, Émilie Lhomé, David Terrett, Matthew Brock, James Gilbert, Andy Ridings, Marc Verheijen, Ian Tosh, Iain Steele, Remko Stuik, Gabby Kroes, Neils Tromp, Jan Kragt, Dirk Lesman, Chris Mottram, Stuart Bates, Frank Gribbin, José Alonso Burgal, Jose Miguel Herreros, Jose Miguel Delgado, Carlos Martin, Diego Cano, Ramón Navarro, Mike Irwin, James Lewis, Eduardo Gonzales Solares, Neil O'Mahony, Andrea Bianco, Christina Zurita, Rik ter Horst, Emilio Molinari, Marcello Lodi, José Guerra, Andrea Baruffolo, Esperanza Carrasco, Szigfrid Farkas, Ellen Schallig, Vanessa Hill, Dan Smith, Janet Drew, Bianca Poggianti, Mat Pieri, Shoko Jin, Lilian Dominquez Palmero, Cecilia Fariña, Adrian Martin, Clare Worley, David Murphy, Andrea Hidalgo, Shan Mignot, Georgia Bishop, Steve Guest, Eddy Elswijk, Menno de Haan, Hiddo Hanenburg, Bernardo Salasnich, Divakara Mayya, Rafael Izazaga-Pérez, Luis Peralta de Arriba

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107021B (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312031

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Cameras, Chemical elements, Robots, Spectrographs, Polishing, Coating, Optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

The polishing of WEAVE spectrograph collimator mirror

Rafael Izazaga, Esperanza Carrasco, Andrea Hidalgo, Gavin Dalton, Scott Trager, J. Alfonso L. Aguerri, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Antonella Vallenari, Don Carlos Abrams, Kevin Middleton

Proceedings Volume 10706, 107060J (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314342

KEYWORDS: Polishing, Collimators, Mirrors, Manufacturing, Optics manufacturing, Spectrographs, Surface finishing, Polishing equipment, Glasses, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Paper

WEAVE spectrograph cameras: the polishing of the spherical lenses

Rafael Izazaga, Esperanza Carrasco, Andrea Hidalgo, Daniel Aguirre, Elena Terlevich, Roberto Terlevich, Gavin Dalton, Scott Trager, J. Alfonso L. Aguerri, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Antonella Vallenari, Don Carlos Abrams, Kevin Middleton

Proceedings Volume 10706, 107063J (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314124

KEYWORDS: Polishing, Lenses, Glasses, Manufacturing, Interferometers, Surface finishing, Optical inspection, Optical calibration, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

MEGARA, the R=6000-20000 IFU and MOS of GTC

E. Carrasco, A. Gil de Paz, J. Gallego, J. Iglesias-Páramo, R. Cedazo, M. L. García Vargas, X. Arrillaga, J. L. Avilés, A. Bouquin, J. Carbajo, N. Cardiel, M. A. Carrera, A. Castillo Morales, E. Castillo-Domínguez, S. Esteban San Román, D. Ferrusca, P. Gómez-Álvarez, R. Izazaga-Pérez, B. Lefort, J. A. López Orozco, M. Maldonado, I. Martínez Delgado, I. Morales Durán, E. Mújica, R. Ortiz, G. Páez, S. Pascual, A. Pérez-Calpena, P. Picazo, A. Sánchez-Penim, E. Sánchez-Blanco, S. Tulloch, M. Velázquez, J. Vílchez, J. Zamorano, A. Aguerri, D. Barrado, E. Bertone, A. Cava, C. Catalán-Torrecilla, J. Cenarro, M. Chávez, B. Dullo, C. Eliche, Mi. García, J. García-Rojas, J. Guichard, R. González-Delgado, R. Guzmán, A. Herrero, N. Huélamo, D. Hughes, J. Jiménez-Vicente, C. Kehrig, R. Marino, I. Márquez, J. Masegosa, D. Mayya, J. Méndez-Abreu, M. Mollá, C. Muñoz-Tuñón, M. Peimbert, P. Pérez-González, E. Pérez-Montero, S. Roca-Fàbrega, M. Rodríguez, J. M. Rodríguez-Espinosa, L. Rodríguez-Merino, L. Rodríguez-Muñoz, D. Rosa-González, J. Sánchez-Almeida, C. Sánchez Contreras, P. Sánchez-Blázquez, S. Sánchez, A. Sarajedini, S. Silich, S. Simón-Díaz, G. Tenorio-Tagle , E. Terlevich, R. Terlevich, S. Torres-Peimbert, I. Trujillo, Y. Tsamis, O. Vega

Proceedings Volume 10702, 1070216 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313040

KEYWORDS: Molybdenum, Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Collimators, Telescopes, Sensors, Cameras, Control systems, Lawrencium

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

First scientific observations with MEGARA at GTC

A. Gil de Paz, E. Carrasco, J. Gallego, J. Iglesias-Páramo, R. Cedazo, M. L. García-Vargas, X. Arrillaga, J. Avilés, A. Bouquin, J. Carbajo, N. Cardiel, M. Carrera, A. Castillo-Morales, E. Castillo-Domínguez, S. Esteban San Román, D. Ferrusca, P. Gómez-Álvarez, R. Izazaga-Pérez, B. Lefort, J. López-Orozco, M. Maldonado, I. Martínez-Delgado, I. Morales-Durán, E. Mujica, G. Páez, S. Pascual, A. Pérez-Calpena, P. Picazo, A. Sánchez-Penim, E. Sánchez-Blanco, S. Tulloch, M. Velázquez, J. Vílchez, J. Zamorano, A. Aguerri, D. Barrado y Navascues, S. Berlanas, E. Bertone, A. Cava, C. Catalán-Torrecilla, J. Cenarro, M. Chávez, B. Dullo, M. García, J. García-Rojas, J. Guichard, R. González-Delgado, R. Guzmán, A. Herrero, N. Huélamo, D. Hughes, J. Jiménez-Vicente, C. Kehrig, R. Marino, I. Márquez, J. Masegosa, D. Mayya, J. Méndez-Abreu, M. Mollá, C. Muñoz-Tuñón, M. Peimbert, P. Pérez-González, E. Pérez-Montero, M. Rodríguez, J. Rodríguez-Espinosa, L. Rodríguez Merino, L. Rodríguez-Muñoz, D. Rosa-González, J. Sánchez-Almeida, C. Sánchez-Contreras, P. Sánchez-Blázquez, S. Sánchez, A. Sarajedini, S. Silich, S. Simón-Díaz, G. Tenorio-Tagle, E. Terlevich, R. Terlevich, S. Torres-Peimbert, I. Trujillo, Y. Tsamis, O. Vega

Proceedings Volume 10702, 1070217 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313299

KEYWORDS: Stars, Galactic astronomy, Optical fibers, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Robotics, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

Performance of MEGARA spectrograph optical elements

E. Carrasco, G. Páez, R. Izazaga, J. de la Luz Hurtado, C. Pérez, F. Granados, D. Aguirre, E. Percino, J. Reyes, A. Gil de Paz, J. Gallego, J. Iglesias

Proceedings Volume 9908, 990885 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232208

KEYWORDS: Collimators, Cameras, Optics manufacturing, Interferometers, Antireflective coatings, Optical inspection, Content addressable memory, Reticles, Manufacturing, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

MEGARA, the new intermediate-resolution optical IFU and MOS for GTC: getting ready for the telescope

A. Gil de Paz, E. Carrasco, J. Gallego, J. Iglesias-Páramo, R. Cedazo, M. L. García Vargas, X. Arrillaga, J. L. Avilés, N. Cardiel, M. A. Carrera, A. Castillo-Morales, E. Castillo-Domínguez, J. de la Cruz García, S. Esteban San Román, D. Ferrusca, P. Gómez-Álvarez, R. Izazaga-Pérez, B. Lefort, J. A. López-Orozco, M. Maldonado, I. Martínez-Delgado, I. Morales Durán, E. Mujica, G. Páez, S. Pascual, A. Pérez-Calpena, P. Picazo, A. Sánchez-Penim, E. Sánchez-Blanco, S. Tulloch, M. Velázquez, J. Vílchez, J. Zamorano, A. Aguerri, D. Barrado y Naváscues, E. Bertone, A. Cava, J. Cenarro, M. Chávez, M. García, J. García-Rojas, J. Guichard, R. González-Delgado, R. Guzmán, A. Herrero, N. Huélamo, D. Hughes, J. Jiménez-Vicente, C. Kehrig, R. Marino, I. Márquez, J. Masegosa, Y. Mayya, J. Méndez-Abreu, M. Mollá, C. Muñoz-Tuñón, M. Peimbert, P. Pérez-González, E. Pérez Montero, M. Rodríguez, J. Rodríguez-Espinosa, L. Rodríguez-Merino, L. Rodríguez-Muñoz, D. Rosa-González, J. Sánchez-Almeida, C. Sánchez Contreras, P. Sánchez-Blázquez, F. M. Sánchez Moreno, S. Sánchez, A. Sarajedini, S. Silich, S. Simón-Díaz, G. Tenorio-Tagle, E. Terlevich, R. Terlevich, S. Torres-Peimbert, I. Trujillo, Y. Tsamis, O. Vega

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99081K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231988

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Molybdenum, Charge-coupled devices, Control systems, Cameras, Spectral resolution, Sensors, Microlens array

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

Polishing techniques for MEGARA pupil elements optics

R. Izazaga, E. Carrasco, D. Aguirre, A. Salas, A. Gil de Paz, J. Gallego, J. Iglesias, J. Arroyo, M. Hernández, N. López, V. López, J. T. Quechol, M. F. Salazar, C. Carballo, E. Cruz, J. Arriaga, J. A. De la Luz, A. Huepa, G. L. Jaimes, J. Reyes

Proceedings Volume 9912, 99120D (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232121

KEYWORDS: Polishing, Optical testing, Optical fabrication, Optical components, Silica, Prisms, Spectrographs, Polishing, Optical components, Spectrographs, Optical testing, Surface finishing, Glasses, Polishing equipment

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Proceedings Article | 12 October 2015 Paper

Cutting and shaping operations for optical glasses

R. Izazaga-Pérez, D. Aguirre-Aguirre, E. Carrasco-Licea, M. E. Percino-Zacarías, F. S. Granados-Agustín, B. Villalobos-Mendoza, N. López-Hernández, V. López-Cortés, J. Quechol-López

Proceedings Volume 9633, 963324 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2195948

KEYWORDS: Prisms, Glasses, Polishing, Surface finishing, Diamond, Spectrographs, Optical fabrication, Iron, Cutting equipment, Polishing equipment

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Proceedings Article | 12 October 2015 Paper

Finite element analysis to evaluate optical mirror deformations

R. Izazaga-Pérez, D. Aguirre-Aguirre, B. Villalobos-Mendoza

Proceedings Volume 9633, 96331Z (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2195938

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Finite element methods, Wavefronts, Optics manufacturing, Optical fabrication, Off axis mirrors, Geometrical optics, Fabrication, Mirror pointing, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2015 Paper

A simple device for sub-aperture stitching of fast convex surfaces

D. Aguirre-Aguirre, R. Izazaga-Pérez, B. Villalobos-Mendoza, E. Carrasco-Licea, F. S. Granados-Agustin, M. E. Percino-Zacarías, M. Salazar-Morales, E. Cruz-Zavala

Proceedings Volume 9633, 96331P (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2195947

KEYWORDS: Interferometers, Optical testing, Interferometry, Optical fabrication equipment, Spectrographs, Surface finishing, Computer generated holography, Lenses, Cadmium, Optical design

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SPIE Journal Paper | 21 November 2014

Substructured Ronchi gratings from the linear combination of classical gratings

Daniel Aguirre-Aguirre, Brenda Villalobos-Mendoza, Fermin Granados Agustin, Rafael Izazaga-Pérez, Manuel Campos-García, María-Elizabeth Percino-Zacarías, Alejandro Cornejo-Rodríguez

OE, Vol. 53, Issue 11, 114111, (November 2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.53.11.114111

KEYWORDS: Ronchi rulings, Wavefronts, Mirrors, Spatial light modulators, Spatial resolution, Optical engineering, Opacity, Monochromatic aberrations, Optical testing, Light sources

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Proceedings Article | 18 November 2013 Paper

New method for sub-structured Ronchi rulings generation and his irradiance profile

D. Aguirre-Aguirre, F. Granados-Agustín, B. Villalobos-Mendoza, R. Izazaga-Pérez, M. Campos-García, A. Cornejo-Rodríguez

Proceedings Volume 8785, 87857Y (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2026434

KEYWORDS: Ronchi rulings, Spherical lenses, Wavefronts, LCDs, Spatial resolution, Opacity, Laser optics, Reflection, Optical testing, Error analysis

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Proceedings Article | 15 October 2013 Paper

Off-axis mirror fabrication from spherical surfaces under mechanical stress

R. Izazaga-Pérez, D. Aguirre-Aguirre, M. Percino-Zacarías, Fermin-Salomon Granados-Agustín

Proceedings Volume 8884, 888423 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2028078

KEYWORDS: Surface finishing, Spherical lenses, Polishing, Off axis mirrors, Mirrors, Glasses, Neodymium, Phase interferometry, Mechanical engineering, Interferometers

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SPIE Journal Paper | 24 May 2013

Algorithm for Ronchigram recovery with random aberrations coefficients

Daniel Aguirre-Aguirre, Rafael Izazaga-Pérez, Fermin Granados-Agustin, Brenda Villalobos-Mendoza, Maria Percino-Zacarias, Alejandro Cornejo-Rodriguez

OE, Vol. 52, Issue 05, 053606, (May 2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.52.5.053606

KEYWORDS: Monochromatic aberrations, Error analysis, Wavefronts, Spherical lenses, Ronchi rulings, Optical engineering, Genetic algorithms, Surface finishing, Diffraction, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 25 October 2011 Paper

Dragging force and astigmatic surface in commercial polishing machines

Gildardo Pablo Lemus-Alonso, Alberto Cordero-Dávila, Rafael Izazaga-Pérez

Proceedings Volume 8011, 801126 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.903405

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Surface finishing, Polishing equipment, Sensors, Polishing, Metals, Time metrology, Monochromatic aberrations, Mathematical modeling, Abrasives

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