Prof. Rafael Alves de Souza Ribeiro Profile

Prof. Rafael Alves de Souza Ribeiro

Optical Designer at University of São Paulo

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Optical Design , Astronomical Instrumentation , Optical modeling and simulations , Optical and electro-optical tests

Rafael Ribeiro has a Ph.D. in astronomical instrumentation (optical design), a master's degree in physics, major in optical sciences, and a bachelor's degree in physics, all of them at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He has experience developing and testing optical systems for aerospace payloads, military instruments, and medical applications for private companies and the Brazilian government. He works as an optical designer of GMACS, the Giant Magellan Telescope Multi-object Astronomical and Cosmological Spectrograph at The Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences (IAG), University of São Paulo (USP).

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Science instrumentation progress at the Giant Magellan Telescope

R. Millan-Gabet, R. Bernstein, A. Souza, B. Walls, A. Bouchez, B. Sitarski, A. Szentgyorgyi, S. McMuldroch, D. Fabricant, R. A. S. Ribero, R. Sharp, G. Mace, C. B. Brooks, D. T. Jaffe, J. Lawrence, C. Saavedra, J. Crane, A. Uomoto, L. Close, J. Males

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121841Y (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628986

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectral resolution, Stars, Optical fibers, Imaging systems, Visible radiation, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Camera articulation prototype of the Giant Magellan Telescope Multi-object Astronomical and Cosmological Spectrograph (GMACS)

Tae-Geun Ji, Erika Cook, Soojong Pak, Evan Kelly, Leonardo Bush, Leonardo Barba, Jeffrey Mason, Hye-In Lee, Darren DePoy, Jennifer Marshall, Nat Butler, Daniel Faes, Cynthia Froning, Johnathan Gamaunt, Damien Jones, Philip Mauskopf, Claudia Mendes de Oliveira, Casey Papovich, Travis Prochaska, Rafael A. Ribeiro, Luke Schmidt, Paul Scowen, Aline Souza, Keith Taylor, Antonio Braulio Neto, Priscila Pires

Proceedings Volume 11452, 1145224 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561237

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Prototyping, Astronomical imaging, Astronomical telescopes, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Astronomy, Control systems, Optical design, Computer programming

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

The MANIFEST pre-concept design

J. Lawrence, S. Ben-Ami, A. Braulio, M. Colless, A. Contos, D. DePoy, D. Faes, P. Gillingham, M. Goodwin, E. Houston, K. Kuehn, C. Lacombe, N. Lorente, S. Mali, J. Marshall, H. McGregor, R. Millan-Gabet, V. Nichani, V. Neves Hartmann, E. O'Brien, C. Oliveira, H. Ortolan, P. Pires, R. Ribeiro, W. Saunders, L. Schmidt, A. Souza, A. Szentgyorgyi, L. Waller, T. Zafar, J. Zheng

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144728 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563238

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Field spectroscopy, Spectral resolution, Prototyping, Optical instrument design, Optical fibers, Glasses, Robots, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Systems engineering applied to ELT instrumentation: MANIFEST pre-conceptual design case

Vitor Hartmann, Priscila Pires, D. M. Faes, Rafael Ribeiro, C. M. Oliveira, Celestina Lacombe, Tayyaba Zafar, Jon Lawrence, Helen McGregor, Jessica Zheng, Michael Goodwin

Proceedings Volume 11450, 1145015 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2576148

KEYWORDS: Systems engineering, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Visible radiation, Robotics, Robotic systems, Optical resolution, Observatories, Interfaces, Fiber optics

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

Giant Magellan Telescope Multi-object Astronomical and Cosmological Spectrograph (GMACS): conceptual design

Soojong Pak, Darren DePoy, Jennifer Marshall, Luke Schmidt, Casey Papovich, Cynthia Froning, D. Faes, Claudia Mendes de Oliveira, A. Souza, Rafael Ribeiro, Keith Taylor, Damien Jones, Travis Prochaska, Erika Cook, Hye-In Lee, Tae-Geun Ji, Paul Scowen

Proceedings Volume 11203, 1120308 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2547889

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Optical spectroscopy, Large telescopes, Optical resolution, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Astronomical telescopes, Astronomical imaging, Astronomy

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