Dr. Ryan McLean Profile

Dr. Ryan McLean

Staff Scientist at Caltech

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SPIE Journal Paper | 16 April 2012

Calibration and alignment of metrology system for the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array mission

Carl Liebe, Yunjin Kim, Patrick Meras, William Craig, Michael Raffanti, Christopher Scholz, Ryan McLean

OE, Vol. 51, Issue 4, 043605, (April 2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.51.4.043605

KEYWORDS: Metrology, Laser metrology, Sensors, Calibration, Optical alignment, Space telescopes, Stars, Sun, Epoxies, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

FIREBALL: instrument pointing and aspect reconstruction

Mateusz Matuszewski, Jean Evrard, Frederi Mirc, Robert Grange, Stephan Frank, Bruno Milliard, Sarah Tuttle, Shahinur Rahman, D. Christopher Martin, David Schiminovich, Ryan McLean, Robert Chave

Proceedings Volume 7732, 773229 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857869

KEYWORDS: Stars, Cameras, Telescopes, Charge-coupled devices, Sensors, Optical fibers, Computing systems, Ultraviolet radiation, Mirrors, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

FIREBALL: the Faint Intergalactic medium Redshifted Emission Balloon: overview and first science flight results

Bruno Milliard, D. Christopher Martin, David Schiminovich, Jean Evrard, Matt Matuszewski, Shahinur Rahman, Sarah Tuttle, Ryan McLean, Jean-Michel Deharveng, Frederi Mirc, Robert Grange, Robert Chave

Proceedings Volume 7732, 773205 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857850

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Sensors, Spectrographs, Ultraviolet radiation, Telescopes, Calibration, Stars, Target detection, Mirrors, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2008 Paper

Semi-kinematic mount of the FIREBALL large optics

C. Rossin, R. Grange, B. Milliard, L. Martin, G. Moreaux, P. Blanchard, J.-M. Deharveng, J. Evrard, C. Martin, R. McLean, D. Schiminovich

Proceedings Volume 7018, 70181Q (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788917

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Mirror mounts, Thermography, Telescopes, Finite element methods, Computer aided design, Spectrographs, Modal analysis, Thermal effects, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2008 Paper

The FIREBall fiber-fed UV spectrograph

Sarah Tuttle, David Schiminovich, Bruno Milliard, Robert Grange, D. Christopher Martin, Shahinur Rahman, Jean-Michel Deharveng, Ryan McLean, Gordon Tajiri, M. Matuszewski

Proceedings Volume 7014, 70141T (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789836

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Optical fibers, Ultraviolet radiation, Sensors, Optical spheres, Telescopes, Teeth, Polishing, Epoxies, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 2006 Paper

Cosmic web imager

Shahinur Rahman, Chris Martin, Ryan McLean, Matt Matuszewski, Daphne Chang

Proceedings Volume 6269, 62693W (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672732

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Spectrographs, Charge-coupled devices, Imaging systems, Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Luminescence, Airglow, Ultraviolet radiation, Metals

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Proceedings Article | 18 August 2005 Paper

Three-dimensional spectroscopy with a fiber-fed NUV spectrograph

Robert Grange, Bruno Milliard, Ryan McLean, Christopher Martin, Jean Michel Deharveng, David Schiminovich

Proceedings Volume 5898, 589812 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.616934

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Ultraviolet radiation, Mirrors, Telescopes, Near ultraviolet, Monochromatic aberrations, Spectroscopy, Spatial resolution, Spherical lenses, Atmospheric modeling

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Proceedings Article | 3 February 2004 Paper

Ground performance of the High-Energy Focusing Telescope (HEFT) attitude control system

Kurt Gunderson, C. M. Hubert Chen, Finn Christensen, William Craig, Todd Decker, Charles Hailey, Fiona Harrison, Ryan McLean, Ronald Wurtz, Klaus Ziock

Proceedings Volume 5165, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.513439

KEYWORDS: Gyroscopes, Stars, Sensors, Electroluminescence, Actuators, Telescopes, Control systems, X-rays, Global Positioning System, X-ray telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2003 Paper

The Galaxy Evolution Explorer

Christopher Martin, Thomas Barlow, William Barnhart, Luciana Bianchi, Brian Blakkolb, Dominique Bruno, Joseph Bushman, Yong-Ik Byun, Michael Chiville, Timothy Conrow, Brian Cooke, Jose Donas, James Fanson, Karl Forster, Peter Friedman, Robert Grange, David Griffiths, Timothy Heckman, James Lee, Patrick Jelinsky, Sug-Whan Kim, Siu-Chun Lee, Young-Wook Lee, Dankai Liu, Barry Madore, Roger Malina, Alan Mazer, Ryan McLean, Bruno Milliard, William Mitchell, Marco Morais, Patrick Morrissey, Susan Neff, Frederic Raison, David Randall, Michael Rich, David Schiminovich, Wes Schmitigal, Amit Sen, Oswald Siegmund, Todd Small, Joseph Stock, Frank Surber, Alexander Szalay, Arthur Vaughan, Timothy Weigand, Barry Welsh, Patrick Wu, Ted Wyder, C. Kevin Xu, Jennifer Zsoldas

Proceedings Volume 4854, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460034

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Galactic astronomy, Space operations, Ultraviolet radiation, Imaging spectroscopy, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Satellites, Electronics

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 1998 Paper

Sub-arcminute pointing from a balloonborne platform

William Craig, Ryan McLean, Charles Hailey

Proceedings Volume 3365, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317500

KEYWORDS: Stars, Sensors, Gamma radiation, Telescopes, Global Positioning System, Servomechanisms, Magnetometers, Gyroscopes, Space telescopes, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 2 June 1995 Paper

BDSR: instrument design and initial calibration results

Erik Wilkinson, James Green, Barry Welsh, Ryan McLean

Proceedings Volume 2478, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.210920

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Extreme ultraviolet, Calibration, Sensors, Stars, Absorption, Rockets, Mirrors, Radon

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