Mr. Alexander R. Rudy Profile

Alexander R. Rudy

Graduate Research Fellow at Univ of California Santa Cruz

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Publications (7)

Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

Lick Observatory's Shane telescope adaptive optics system (ShaneAO): research directions and progress

Donald Gavel, Renate Kupke, Alexander Rudy, Srikar Srinath, Daren Dillon, Lisa Poyneer

Proceedings Volume 9909, 99092W (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233202

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Laser guide stars, Wavefronts, Stars, Wavefront sensors, Data modeling, Sensors, Electroluminescent displays, Error analysis, Monte Carlo methods

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 2014 Paper

Remembrance of phases past: An autoregressive method for generating realistic atmospheres in simulations

Srikar Srinath, Lisa Poyneer, Alexander Rudy, S. Ammons

Proceedings Volume 9148, 91486W (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057291

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric modeling, Computer simulations, Adaptive optics, Atmospheric optics, Autoregressive models, Gemini Planet Imager, Atmospheric propagation, Systems modeling, Spatial frequencies, Video

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 2014 Paper

A measurement of the systematic astrometric error in GeMS and the short-term astrometric precision in ShaneAO

S. Ammons, Benoit Neichel, Jessica Lu, Donald Gavel, Srikar Srinath, Rosalie McGurk, Alex Rudy, Connie Rockosi, Christian Marois, Bruce Macintosh, Dmitry Savransky, Raphael Galicher, Eduardo Bendek, Olivier Guyon, Eduardo Marin, Vincent Garrel, Gaetano Sivo

Proceedings Volume 9148, 91481J (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057233

KEYWORDS: Stars, Distortion, Adaptive optics, Point spread functions, Planets, Error analysis, Exoplanets, Imaging systems, Observatories, Imaging spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 21 July 2014 Paper

KAPAO first light: the design, construction and operation of a low-cost natural guide star adaptive optics system

Scott Severson, Philip Choi, Katherine Badham, Dalton Bolger, Daniel Contreras, Blaine Gilbreth, Christian Guerrero, Erik Littleton, Joseph Long, Lorcan McGonigle, William Morrison, Fernando Ortega, Alex Rudy, Jonathan Wong, Erik Spjut, Christoph Baranec, Reed Riddle

Proceedings Volume 9148, 914839 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056961

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Cameras, Mirrors, Microelectromechanical systems, Time multiplexed optical shutter, Computer aided design, Wavefront sensors, Control systems, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 21 July 2014 Paper

Progress towards wind predictive control on ShaneAO: test bench results

Alexander Rudy, Srikar Srinath, Lisa Poyneer, S. Ammons, Don Gavel, Renate Kupke, Darren Dillon, Constance Rockosi

Proceedings Volume 9148, 91481Z (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057194

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Turbulence, Control systems, Actuators, Telescopes, Mirrors, Filtering (signal processing), Atmospheric modeling, Spatial frequencies, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2013 Paper

KAPAO: a MEMS-based natural guide star adaptive optics system

Scott Severson, Philip Choi, Daniel Contreras, Blaine Gilbreth, Erik Littleton, Lorcan McGonigle, William Morrison, Alex Rudy, Jonathan Wong, Andrew Xue, Erik Spjut, Christoph Baranec, Reed Riddle

Proceedings Volume 8617, 861709 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2005959

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Microelectromechanical systems, Cameras, Prototyping, Mirrors, Stars, Time multiplexed optical shutter, Imaging systems, Deformable mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

The SED Machine: a dedicated transient IFU spectrograph

Sagi Ben-Ami, Nick Konidaris, Robert Quimby, Jack Davis, Chow Choong Ngeow, Andreas Ritter, Alexander Rudy

Proceedings Volume 8446, 844686 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926317

KEYWORDS: Surface conduction electron emitter displays, Spectrographs, Cameras, Telescopes, Sensors, Calibration, Prisms, Charge-coupled devices, Imaging systems, Phase transfer function

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