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AAO fibre system (1985)
Book
Gray, P., & Sharples, R. (1985). AAO fibre system. Anglo-Australian Observatory

Autofib Manual (1991)
Book
Sharples, R., Gray, P., & Hatzidimitriou, D. (1991). Autofib Manual. Anglo-Australian Observatory

MuSICa at GRIS: a prototype image slicer for EST at GREGOR (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Calcines, A., Collados, M., & López, R. (2013). MuSICa at GRIS: a prototype image slicer for EST at GREGOR. In Proceedings of the X Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA) (939-939)

CUBES: a UV spectrograph for the future (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Covino, S., Cristiani, S., Alcala', J., Alencar, S., Balashev, S., Barbuy, B., …Zins, G. (2022). CUBES: a UV spectrograph for the future. . https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2212.12791

In spite of the advent of extremely large telescopes in the UV/optical/NIR range, the current generation of 8-10m facilities is likely to remain competitive at ground-UV wavelengths for the foreseeable future. The Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrog... Read More about CUBES: a UV spectrograph for the future.

CUBES: application of image slicers to reformat the field for two spectral resolving powers (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Calcines Rosario, A. Z., Wells, M., O’Brien, K. S., Morris, S. L., Seifert, W., Zanutta, A., …Di Marcantonio, P. (2022). CUBES: application of image slicers to reformat the field for two spectral resolving powers. In R. Navarro, & R. Geyl (Eds.), Proceedings Volume 12188, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation V; SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2626233

The Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph (CUBES) is a high-efficiency spectrograph designed for observations from 305 to 400nm. It will be integrated at a Cassegrain focus of the Very Large Telescope (VLT). The image slicer technology is applied... Read More about CUBES: application of image slicers to reformat the field for two spectral resolving powers.

Preliminary optical design of an Active Optics test bench for space applications (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Calcines, A., Bitenc, U., Rolt, S., Reeves, S., Doelman, N., Human, J., …Talbot, G. (2017). Preliminary optical design of an Active Optics test bench for space applications.

This communication presents a preliminary optical design for a test bench conceived within the European Space Agency's TRP project (Active Optics Correction Chain (AOCC) for large monolithic mirrors) with the goal of designing and developing an Activ... Read More about Preliminary optical design of an Active Optics test bench for space applications.

Exploring the application of image slicers for the EUV for the next generation of solar space missions (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Calcines-Rosario, A., Matthews, S., & Reid, H. (2022). Exploring the application of image slicers for the EUV for the next generation of solar space missions. In J. A. den Herder, S. Nikzad, & K. Nakazawa (Eds.), Proceedings Volume 12181, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2626860

The Sun is a privileged place to study particle acceleration, a fundamental astrophysical problem throughout the universe. The extreme ultra-violet (EUV) contains a number of narrow emission lines formed in all layers of the solar atmosphere whose pr... Read More about Exploring the application of image slicers for the EUV for the next generation of solar space missions.

The HR image slicer for GNIRS at Gemini North: optical design and performance (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Calcines Rosario, A., Dubbeldam, C. M., Sharples, R., Bourgenot, C., Diaz, R., & Stephens, A. W. (2022). The HR image slicer for GNIRS at Gemini North: optical design and performance. In C. J. Evans, J. J. Bryant, & K. Motohara (Eds.), Proceedings Volume 12184, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX; SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2626235

GNIRS (Gemini Near-InfraRed Spectrograph) is a multi-function spectrograph at Gemini North telescope offering four observational modes in the spectral range of 0.8 to 5.4 µm. It provides 2-pixel spectral resolutions from 1,200 up to 18,0000 and has s... Read More about The HR image slicer for GNIRS at Gemini North: optical design and performance.

WIVERN: a laboratory experiment for testing novel laser-based wavefront sensing techniques (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bharmal, N. A., Bramall, D., Calcines Rosario, A. Z., Morris, T. J., Schmoll, J., & Staykov, L. (2022). WIVERN: a laboratory experiment for testing novel laser-based wavefront sensing techniques. In L. Schreiber, D. Schmidt, & E. Vernet (Eds.), Proceedings Volume 12185, Adaptive Optics Systems VIII; SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629888

WIVERN is a testbed for laboratory experiments in laser-based wavefront sensing. It emulates laser uplink from a 4m telescope with 1.6 arcsec seeing and laser back-scattering from up to 20 km. Currently there are three current wavefront sensing capab... Read More about WIVERN: a laboratory experiment for testing novel laser-based wavefront sensing techniques.