Dr. William A. Cochrane Profile

Dr. William A. Cochrane

at UK Astronomy Technology Ctr

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Publications (19)

Proceedings Article | 4 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Understanding the role of additive manufacturing in the development of astronomical hardware

Carolyn Atkins, Younes Chahid, James Wells, Marcell Westsik, Katherine Morris, Ciarán Breen, Alastair Macleod, Lawrence Bissell, William Cochrane, Richard Kotlewski, Scott McPhee, Robert Snell, Iain Todd, Mat Beardsley, Michael Harris, Misael Pimentel, Scott McKegney, Jonathan Orr, Simon Alcock, Ioana Theodora Nistea, Simone Cottarelli, Samuel Tammas-Williams

Proceedings Volume 12677, 126770L (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677452

KEYWORDS: Design and modelling, Lightweight mirrors, Porosity, Astronomy, Aluminum, Single point diamond turning, Prototyping, Optics manufacturing, Additive manufacturing, 3D printing, Optomechanical components, Astronomical instrumentation engineering, Aluminum mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 28 September 2023 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Lightweighting large optomechanical structures in astronomy instrumentation utilising generative design and additive manufacturing

James Wells, Marcell Westsik, Younes Chahid, Alastair Macleod, Lawrence Bissell, Richard Kotlewski, Scott McPhee, Jonathan Orr, Misael Pimentel Espirindio e Silva, Scott McKegney, William Cochrane, Ciarán Breen, Carolyn Atkins

Proceedings Volume 12669, 126690K (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676776

KEYWORDS: Design and modelling, Manufacturing, Outgassing, Aluminum, Porosity, Astronomy, Additive manufacturing, 3D printing, Optomechanical design, Optomechanical components, Astronomical instrumentation engineering

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

MOONS fibre positioning module: instrument build overview

Stephen Watson, Raziye Artan, David Atkinson, Steven Beard, Martin Black, Ciaran Breen, Ian Bryson, Jose Carrera, Stefane Caseiro, Lee Chapman, Stephen Chittick, William Cochrane, Miriam Colling, Oscar Gonzalez, Markus Hug, Ciaran Lawrence, Alexander Lay, David Montgomery, Yves Moser, Johannes Nix, Alan O'Brien, Phil Rees, William Taylor, Bart Willemse

Proceedings Volume 12188, 1218829 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627329

KEYWORDS: Metrology, Resistance, Cameras, Calibration, Spectrographs, Computer aided design, Optical alignment, Connectors, Tolerancing, Microsystems

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation

Presentation

HARMONI at ELT: Design and testing of the focal plane relay window flusher

William A. Cochrane, David M. Montgomery, Patrick Smith, Norman O'Malley, William Humphreys, Fraser Clarke

Proceedings Volume 12188, 1218812 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630390

KEYWORDS: Relays, Visible radiation, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Iterated function systems, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

MOONS – multi object spectroscopy for the VLT: overview and instrument integration update

Oscar Gonzalez, Michele Cirasuolo, William Taylor, Martin Black, Philip Rees, Ian Bryson, Stephen Chittick, Jose Afonso, Simon Lilly, Hector Flores, Roberto Maiolino, Ernesto Oliva, Stephane Paltani, Leonardo Vanzi, Manuel Abreu, Jean-Philippe Amans, David Atkinson, Steven Beard, Andrea Belfiore, Ciaran Breen, Amelia Bayo, Andy Born, Alexandre Cabral, Lee Chapman, William Cochrane, João Coelho, Miriam Colling, Ralf Conzelmann, Francesco Dalessio, George Davidson, Françoise Delplancke-Ströbele, Martin Fisher, Vincenzo Forchi, Paolo Franzetti, Bianca Garilli, Adriana Gargiulo, Isabelle Guinouard, Pablo Gutierrez, Régis Haigron, Peter Hammersley, Valentin Ivanov, Derek Ives, Olaf Iwert, David King, Suzanne Kovacz, Philippe Laporte, David Lee, Gianluca Li Causi, Alastair Macleod, Domingo Alvarez Mendez, António Oliveira, Ralf Palsa, Manuel Parra, Fernando Pedichini, Vicente Peña, Monika Petr-Gotzens, Myriam Rodrigues, Frédéric Royer, Pedro Santos, Jorge Sepulveda, Robyn Sharman, Tzu-Chiang Shen, Michael Sordet, Jonathan Strachan, Graham Tait, Alexis Tejeda, Andrea Tozzi, Norman O'Malley, Chris Waring, Stephen Watson, Bart Willemse, Xiaofeng Gao, Yanbin Yang, Manuela Zoccali

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218412 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629932

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Calibration, Spectrographs, Metrology, Telescopes, Image quality, Astronomical imaging

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

HARMONI at ELT: overview of the capabilities and expected performance of the ELT's first light, adaptive optics assisted integral field spectrograph.

Niranjan Thatte, Dave Melotte, Benoit Neichel, David Le Mignant, Ian Bryson, Fraser Clarke, Vanessa Ferraro-Wood, Thierry Fusco, Oscar Gonzalez, Hermine Schnetler, Matthias Tecza, Sandi Wilson, Alonso Álvarez Urueña, Heribert Vilaseca, Santiago Arribas, Gonzalo José Carracedo Carballale, Alejandro Crespo, Alberto Estrada Piqueras, Miriam García García, Cecilai Martínez Martín, Miguel Pereira Santaella, Michele Perna, Javier Piqueras Lopez, Niolas Bouché, Didier Boudon, Eric Daguise, Karen Disseau, Jérémy Fensch, Adrien Girardot, Matthieu Guibert, Aurélien Jarno, Alexandre Jeanneau, Jens-Kristian Krogager, Florence Laurent, Magali Loupias, Jean-Emmanuel Migniau, Laure Piqueras, Alban Remillieux, Johan Richard, Arlette Pecontal, Lisa Bardou, David Barr, Sylvain Cetre, Rishi Deshmukh, Sofia Dimoudi, Marc Dubbledam, Andrew Dunn, Dimitri Gadotti, Joss Guy, David King, David Little, Anna McLeod, Simon Morris, Tim Morris, Kieran O'Brien, Emily Ronson, Russell Smith, Lazar Staykov, Mark Swinbank, Matthew Townson, Matteo Accardo, Domingo Alvarez Mendez, Elizabeth George, Joshua Hopgood, Derek Ives, Leander Mehrgan, Eric Mueller, Javier Reyes, Ralf Conzelmann, Pablo Gutierrez Cheetham, Ángel Alonso-Sánchez, Giuseppina Battaglia, Miguel Cagigas, Haresh Chulani, Graciela Delgado García, Patricia Fernandez Izquierdo, Ana Belén Fragoso López, Begoña García-Lorenzo, Alberto Hernández González, Elvio Hernandez Suarez, Jose Miguel Herreros Linares, Enrique Joven, Roberto López López, Alejandro Antonio Lujan Gonzalez, Yolanda Martín Hernando, Evencio Mediavilla, Saúl Menéndez Mendoza, Luz Maria Montoya Martínez, José Peñate Castro, Álvaro Pérez, Jose Luis Rasilla, Rafael Rebolo, Luis Fernando Rodríguez Ramos, Afrodisio Vega-Moreno, Teodora Viera, Natacha Zanon Dametto, Alexis Carlotti, Jean-Jacques Correia, Stéphane Curaba, Alain Delboulbe, Sylvain Guieu, Adrien Hours, Zoltan Hubert, Laurent Jocou, Yves Magnard, Thibaut Moulin, Fabrice Pancher, Patrick Rabou, Eric Stadler, Maxime Vérove, Thierry Contini, Marie Larrieu, Olivier Boebion, Yan Fantei-Caujolle, Daniel Lecron, Sylvain Rousseau, Philippe Amram, Olivier Beltramo-Martin, William Bon, Anne Bonnefoi, William Ceria, Zalpha Challita, Yannick Charles, Elodie Choquet, Carlos Correia, Anne Costille, Kjetil Dohlen, Franck Ducret, Kacem El Hadi, Jean-Luc Gach, Jean-Luc Gimenez, Olivier Groussin, Marc Jaquet, Pierre Jouve, Fabrice Madec, Felipe Pedreros, Edgard Renault, Patrice Sanchez, Arthur Vigan, Pascal Vola, Annie Zavago, Romain Fetick, Caroline Lim, Cyril Petit, Jean-Francois Sauvage, Nicolas Védrenne, Fehim Taha Bagci, Martin Caldwell, Ellis Elliott, Peter Hiscock, Emma Johnson, Murali Nalagatla, Aristea Seitis, Mark Wells, Martin Black, Charlotte Bond, Saskia Brierley, Kenny Campbell, Neil Campbell, James Carruthers, William Cochrane, Chris Evans, Joel Harman, William Humphreys, Thomas Louth, Chris Miller, David Montgomery, Meenu Murali, John Murray, Norman O'Malley, Ruben Sanchez-Janssen, Noah Schwartz, Patrick Smith, Jonathan Strachan, Stephen Todd, Stuart Watt, Martyn Wells, Asim Yaqoob, Eric Bell, Oleg Gnedin, Kayhan Gultekin, Mario Mateo, Michael Meyer, Munadi Ahmad, Jayne Birkby, Michael Booth, Michele Cappellari, Edgar Castillo Dominguez, Jorge Chao Ortiz, David Gooding, Kearn Grisdale, Andrea Hidalgo, Laurence Hogan, James Kariuki, Ian Lewis, Adam Lowe, Zeynep Ozer, Laurence Routledge, Dimitra Rigopoulou, Alec York

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218420 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628834

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Stars, Iterated function systems, Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Wavefront sensors, Spatial resolution, Sensors, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster

Poster

HARMONI at ELT: cooled environment for focal plane relay optics and guide star sensors; design ahead of FDR

Tom Louth, David Montgomery, Stuart Watt, William Cochrane, Fraser Clarke, Kjetil Dohlen, William Humphreys

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121842N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627706

KEYWORDS: Relays, Star sensors, Environmental sensing, Visible radiation, Spectrographs, Wavefronts, Wavefront sensors, Thermography, Telescopes, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Design and testing of the MOONS fibre positioning units

Steve Watson, David Atkinson, Steven Beard, Martin Black, Ian Bryson, Jose Carrera, Stefane Caserio, Lee Chapman, William Cochrane, Miriam Colling, Alasdair Fairley, Oscar Gonzalez, Markus Hug, Ciaran Lawrence, Alexander Lay, David Montgomery, Yves Moser, Johannes Nix, Alan O'Brien, Phil Rees, William Taylor, Bart Willemse

Proceedings Volume 11451, 1145127 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563319

KEYWORDS: Visible radiation, Spectrographs, Spectroscopes, Multiplexing, Astronomy, Microsystems, Product engineering

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

HARMONI: first light spectroscopy for the ELT: instrument final design and quantitative performance predictions

Niranjan Thatte, Ian Bryson, Fraser Clarke, Vanessa Ferraro-Wood, Thierry Fusco, David Le Mignant, Dave Melotte, Benoit Neichel, Hermine Schnetler, Matthias Tecza, Santiago Arribas, Alejandro Crespo, Alberto Estrada Piqueras, Miriam García García, Miguel Pereira Santaella, Javier Piqueras López, Jeremy Blaizot, Nicholas Bouché, Didier Boudon, Diane Chapuis, Eric Daguise, Karen Disseau, Matthieu Guibert, Aurelien Jarno, Alexandre Jeanneau, Florence Laurent, Magali Loupias, Jean-Emmanuel Migniau, Laure Piqueras, Alban Remillieux, Johan Richard, Arlette Pécontal-Rousset, Lisa Bardou, Madeline Close, Rishi Deshmukh, Sofia Dimoudi, Marc Dubbledam, David King, Simon Morris, Timothy Morris, Kieran O'Brien, Lazar Staykov, Mark Swinbank, Matthew Townson, Eddy Younger, Matteo Accardo, Domingo Avarez Mendez, Ralf Conzelmann, Sebastian Egner, Elizabeth George, Frederic Gonté, Joshua Hopgood, Derek Ives, Leander Mehrgan, Eric Mueller, Celine Peroux, Joel Vernet, Angel Alonso Sanchez, Battaglia Giuseppina, Miguel Cagigas, José Miguel Delgado, Patricia Fernandez Izquierdo, Ana Belén Fragoso López, Maria Begoña Garcia-Lorenzo, Elvio Hernandez Suarez, José Miguel Herreros Linares, Enrique Joven, Roberto López, Yolanda Martín Hernando, Evencio Mediavilla, Ana Monreal, José Peñate Castro, Jose Luis Rasilla, Rafael Rebolo, Luis Fernando Rodríguez-Ramos, Afrodisio Vega Moreno, Teodora Viera, Alexis Carlotti, Jean-Jacques Correia, Alain Delboulbe, Sylvain Guieu, Adrien Hours, Zoltan Hubert, Laurent Jocou, Yves Magnard, Thibaut Moulin, Fabrice Pancher, Patrick Rabou, Eric Stadler, Thierry Contini, Marie Larrieu, Yan Fantei-Caujolle, Daniel Lecron, Sylvain Rousseau, Olivier Beltramo-Martin, William Bon, Anne Bonnefoi, William Ceria, Elodie Choquet, Carlos Correia, Anne Costille, Kjetil Dohlen, Franck Ducret, Kacem El-Hadi, Benoit Epinat, Romain Fetick, Jean-Luc Gach, Olivier Groussin, Issa Jaafar, Joel Le Merrer, Marc Llored, Felipe Pedreros, Edgard Renault, Patrice Sanchez, Arthur Vigan, Pascal Vola, Caroline Lim, Nicola Vedrenne, Cyril Petit, Jean-Francois Sauvage, Taha Bagci, Nick Cann, Jorge Chao Ortiz, Ellis Elliott, Tea Seitis, Ian Tosh, Josh Anderson, Martin Black, Charlotte Bond, Andy Born, Kenny Campbell, Neil Campbell, James Carruthers, William Cochrane, Naomi Dobson, Chris Evans, Angus Gallie, Oscar Gonzalez, Joel Harman, David Henry, William Humphreys, Tom Louth, Chris Miller, David Montgomery, John Murray, Norman O'Malley, Lynn Ritchie, Ruben Sanchez-Janssen, Noah Schwartz, Patrick Smith, Stuart Watt, Martyn Wells, Sandi Wilson, Kayhan Gultekin, Mario Mateo, Michael Meyer, Monica Valluri, Munadi Ahmad, Michael Booth, John Capone, Michele Cappellari, David Gooding, Kearn Grisdale, Andrea Hidalgo, James Kariuki, Ian Lewis, Adam Lowe, Jim Lynn, Alvaro Menduina, Zeynep Ozer, Roy Preece, Dimitra Rigopoulou, Myriam Rodrigues, Laurence Routledge

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114471W (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562144

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopes, Adaptive optics, Visible radiation, Spectrographs, Large telescopes, Spectral resolution, Modes of laser operation, Tomography, Quantitative analysis, Computer simulations

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

Paper

Crescent MOONS: an update on the ongoing construction of the new VLT's multi-object spectrograph

Michele Cirasuolo, Oscar Gonzalez, Phil Rees, Ian Bryson, Alasdair Fairley, William Taylor, Jose Afonso, Simon Lilly, Chris Evans, Hector Flores, Roberto Maiolino, Ernesto Oliva, Stephane Paltani, Leonardo Vanzi, Manuel Abreu, Jean-Philippe Amans, David Atkinson, Steven Beard, Clementine Béchet, Andrea Belfiore, Martin Black, David Boettger, Saskia Brierley, David Buscher, Alexandre Cabral, Marcella Carollo, William Cochrane, João Coelho, Miriam Colling, Ralf Conzelmann, Francesco Dalessio, Louise Dauvin, George Davidson, Giles Fasola, Debora Ferruzzi, Martin Fisher, Mauricio Flores, Bianca Garilli, Adriana Gargiulo, Julien Gaudemard, Isabelle Guinouard, Pablo Gutierrez, Régis Haigron, Chris Haniff, Derek Ives, Olaf Iwert, David King, Suzanne Kovacz, Philippe Laporte, David Lee, Gianluca Li Causi, Yerko Luco, Alastair Macleod, Charles Maire, Basile-Thierry Melse, António Oliveira, Livia Origlia, Ian Parry, Fernando Pedichini, Roberto Piazzesi, Florent Reix, Myriam Rodrigues, Felipe Rojas, Frédéric Royer, Pedro Santos, Robin Schnell, Tzu-Chiang Shen, Michael Sordet, Jonathan Strachan, Xaiowei Sun, Graham Tait, Andrea Tozzi, Simon Tulloch, Lauren Von Dran, Chris Waring, Stephen Watson, Brian Woodward, Yanbin Yang

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144717 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561229

KEYWORDS: Astronomical imaging, Spectrographs, Large telescopes, Observatories, Optical fibers, Robotics, Astronomy, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 13 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Rising MOONS: an update on the VLT’s next multi-object spectrograph as it begins to grow

William Taylor, Michele Cirasuolo, Jose Afonso, Marcella Carollo, Chris Evans, Hector Flores, Roberto Maiolino, Stephane Paltani, Leonardo Vanzi, Manuel Abreu, Jean-Phillipe Amans, David Atkinson, Joe Barrett, Steven Beard, Celementine Béchet, Martin Black, David Boettger, Saskia Brierley, David Buscher, Alexandre Cabral, William Cochrane, João Coelho, Miriam Colling, Ralf Conzelmann, Francesco Dalessio, Louise Dauvin, George Davidson, Holger Drass, Rolando Dünner, Alasdair Fairley, Giles Fasola, Debora Ferruzzi, Martin Fisher, Mauricio Flores, Bianca Garilli, Julien Gaudemard, Oscar Gonzalez, Isabelle Guinouard, Pablo Gutierrez, Peter Hammersley, Régis Haigron, Chris Haniff, Mahmoud Hayati, Derek Ives, Olaf Iwert, Philippe Laporte, David Lee, Gianluca Li Causi, Yerko Luco, Alastair Macleod, Vincenzo Mainieri, Charles Maire, Basile-Thierry Melse, Johannes Nix, Ernesto Oliva, António Oliveira, Livia Origlia, Ian Parry, Fernando Pedichini, Roberto Piazzesi, Phil Rees, Florent Reix, Myriam Rodrigues, Felipe Rojas, Stefano Rota, Frédéric Royer, Pedro Santos, Robin Schnell, Tzu-Chiang Shen, Michael Sordet, Jonathan Strachan, Xiaowei Sun, Graham Tait, Miguel Torres, Andre Tozzi, Simon Tulloch, Álvaro Valenzuela Navarro, Lauren Von Dran, Chris Waring, Stephen Watson, Brian Woodward, Yanbin Yang

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107021G (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313403

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Optical fibers, Telescopes, Sensors, Metrology, Calibration, Spectrographs, Galactic astronomy, Astronomical imaging, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Topological design of lightweight additively manufactured mirrors for space

Carolyn Atkins, Charlotte Feldman, David Brooks, Stephen Watson, William Cochrane, Melanie Roulet, Emmanuel Hugot, Mat Beardsley, Michael Harris, Christopher Spindloe, Simon Alcock, Ioana-Theodora Nistea, Christian Morawe, François Perrin

Proceedings Volume 10706, 107060I (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313353

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Polishing, Surface roughness, Additive manufacturing, Finite element methods, Space mirrors, Aluminum, Single point diamond turning, Lightweight mirrors, Error analysis, 3D printing

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Additive manufacturing (AM), more commonly known as 3D printing, is a commercially established technology for rapid prototyping and fabrication of bespoke intricate parts. To date, research quality mirror prototypes are being trialled using additive manufacturing, where a high quality reflective surface is created in a post-processing step. One advantage of additive manufacturing for mirror fabrication is the ease to lightweight the structure: the design is no longer confined by traditional machining (mill, drill and lathe) and optimised/innovative structures can be used. The end applications of lightweight AM mirrors are broad; the motivation behind this research is low mass mirrors for space-based astronomical or Earth Observation imaging. An example of a potential application could be within nano-satellites, where volume and mass limits are critical. The research presented in this paper highlights the early stage experimental development in AM mirrors and the future innovative designs which could be applied using AM.

The surface roughness on a diamond-turned AM aluminium (AlSi₁₀Mg) mirror is presented which demonstrates the ability to achieve an average roughness of ~3.6nm root mean square (RMS) measured over a 3 x 3 grid. A Fourier transform of the roughness data is shown which deconvolves the roughness into contributions from the diamond-turning tooling and the AM build layers. In addition, two nickel phosphorus (NiP) coated AlSi₁₀Mg AM mirrors are compared in terms of surface form error; one mirror has a generic sandwich lightweight design at 44% the mass of a solid equivalent, prior to coating and the second mirror was lightweighted further using the finite element analysis tool topology optimisation. The surface form error indicates an improvement in peak-to-valley (PV) from 323nm to 204nm and in RMS from 83nm to 31nm for the generic and optimised lightweighting respectively while demonstrating a weight reduction between the samples of 18%. The paper concludes with a discussion of the breadth of AM design that could be applied to mirror lightweighting in the future, in particular, topology optimisation, tessellating polyhedrons and Voronoi cells are presented.

Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Characterization of an f/2 freeform active mirror

Szigfrid Farkas, Tibor Agócs, Gabby Aitink-Kroes, Lee Chapman, William Cochrane, Wayne Holland, Emmanuel Hugot, Fahad Iqbal, Dávid Jáger, Michel Marcos, György Mező, Maria Milanova, Chris Miller, David Montgomery, Michiel Rodenhuis, Mélanie Roulet, Hermine Schnetler

Proceedings Volume 10706, 1070617 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313413

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Mirrors, Finite element methods, Computer aided design, Optics manufacturing, Optical testing, Solid modeling, Control systems, Performance modeling

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Proceedings Article | 8 September 2017 Paper

Paper

Design and modeling of an additive manufactured thin shell for x-ray astronomy

Charlotte Feldman, Carolyn Atkins, David Brooks, Stephen Watson, William Cochrane, Melanie Roulet, Richard Willingale, Peter Doel

Proceedings Volume 10399, 103991H (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2273422

KEYWORDS: X-ray astronomy, Additive manufacturing, X-rays, X-ray telescopes, Mirrors, X-ray technology, X-ray optics, Astronomy, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2017 Paper

Paper

Additive manufactured x-ray optics for astronomy

Carolyn Atkins, Charlotte Feldman, David Brooks, Stephen Watson, William Cochrane, Melanie Roulet, Peter Doel, Richard Willingale, Emmanuel Hugot

Proceedings Volume 10399, 103991G (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2274011

KEYWORDS: Additive manufacturing, Optics manufacturing, X-ray optics, X-ray astronomy, Astronomy, Finite element methods, Mirrors, Polishing, X-ray telescopes, 3D printing

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

Paper

Development of the fibre positioning unit of MOONS

David Montgomery, David Atkinson, Stephen Beard, William Cochrane, Holger Drass, Isabelle Guinouard, David Lee, William Taylor, Phil Rees, Steve Watson

Proceedings Volume 9908, 990895 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234183

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Astronomical imaging, Prototyping, Switches, Electronics, Computer programming, Diodes, Metrology, Interfaces, Signal detection

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

Paper

Recent testing of a micro autonomous positioning system for multi-object instrumentation

W. Cochrane, D. Atkinson, T. Bailie, C. Dickson, T. Lim, X. Luo, D. Montgomery, H. Schnetler, W. Taylor, B. Wilson

Proceedings Volume 8450, 845019 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924644

KEYWORDS: Metrology, Mirrors, Telescopes, Reliability, Space telescopes, Cameras, Electronics, Astronomy, Lithium, Ions

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

Paper

MAPS: where have the robots got to?

W. Taylor, H. Schnetler, W. Cochrane, M. Black, S. McLay

Proceedings Volume 8450, 845057 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927106

KEYWORDS: Robots, Mirrors, Cameras, Printing, Metrology, Manufacturing, Telescopes, Algorithm development, Imaging systems, Inkjet technology

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Proceedings Article | 21 July 2010 Paper

Paper

A prototype micro-autonomous positioning system for mirror deployment within multi-object instruments

W. Taylor, D. Atkinson, W. Cochrane, D. Montgomery, H. Schnetler, T. E. Baillie, S. Clausen

Proceedings Volume 7739, 77391D (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856723

KEYWORDS: Robots, Mirrors, Electronics, Telescopes, Prototyping, Manufacturing, Electrodes, Metrology, Cameras, Astronomy

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