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Israel Vaughn is an instrument scientist working in the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. They have a background in optical instrumentation, optics for space, and polarimetric remote sensing. They have contributed to a number of ground and space optical systems, including the optical payloads for the UNSW M2 mission, the Veloce planet finding spectrograph, the MAVIS calibration unit, and the laser tomographic adaptive optics systems for the Giant Magellan Telescope. They also helped to establish the theoretical framework to treat polarimetric imaging systems as channelled communications systems. They are passionate about optics and novel optical techniques for space and astronomy. Israel is currently interested in the following research areas:
- Engineering Instrumentation
- Engineering Electromagnetics
- Astronomical Instrumentation
- Nonlinear Optics And Spectroscopy
- Space Instrumentation
- Classical And Physical Optics
- Novel imaging systems
Education/Academic qualification
Optical Sciences, PhD, Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona
Mathematics, Master, By Coursework, University of New Mexico
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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GMTIFS internal flexure budget and cold stop stability
McGinness, G., Monnier, T., Schofield, W., Kruse, A., Cranney, J., Sharp, R., Herrald, N., Chandler, D. E., Cox, P., Vaughn, I., Vaccarella, A. & Grigoriev, A., Jul 2024, Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X. Bryant, J. J., Motohara, K. & Vernet, J. R. (eds.). SPIE, 130964S. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 13096).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › peer-review
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MAVIS: the Verification Test Bench
Rebrysh, O., Greggio, D., Stroebele, S., Benhizia, H., Marafatto, L., Haynes, D., Viotto, V., Rigaut, F., Brodrick, D., Pinna, E., Agapito, G., Vaughn, I. & Gausachs, G., Aug 2024, Adaptive Optics Systems IX. Jackson, K. J., Schmidt, D. & Vernet, E. (eds.). SPIE, 1309730. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 13097).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › peer-review
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MAVIS: optical distortions of the NGS WFS channel and their impact on the plate scale variation during tracking
Rebrysh, O., Greggio, D., Carlà, G., Agapito, G., Cranney, J., Vaughn, I., Viotto, V., Rigaut, F., Brodrick, D., Haynes, D. M. & Bournane, M. Y., 17 Jun 2024, Optical Design and Engineering IX. Lepine, T., Babington, J. & Gross, H. (eds.). SPIE, 8 p. 13019 0B. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 13019).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › peer-review
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Metasurface-based toroidal lenslet array design for addressing laser guide star elongation
Munro, J., E. Dean, S., Li, N., Vaughn, I. J., Kruse, A., Travouillon, T., Neshev, D. N., Sharp, R. & Sukhorukov, A. A., 1 Oct 2024, In: Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems. 10, 4, 049002.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modelling performance degradation of typical mid-spatial frequency errors in diamond-machined mirror arrays in the GMTIFS integral field unit
Kruse, A. W., Vaughn, I. J., Rebrysh, O., Greggio, D. & Sharp, R., Aug 2024, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation VI. Navarro, R. & Jedamzik, R. (eds.). SPIE, 1310041. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 13100).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
Projects
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ANU-GMTO Master Research Agreement for GMT LGSS and GMT LTWS - Task Order 2
d'Orgeville, C. (PI), Cranney, J. (CoI), Martinez Rey, N. (CoI), Ogane, H. (CoI), Travouillon, T. (CoI) & Vaughn, I. (CoI)
19/11/24 → 30/03/26
Project: Research
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ANU-GMTO Master Research Agreement for GMT LGSS and GMT LTWS
d'Orgeville, C. (PI), Cranney, J. (CoI), Martinez Rey, N. (CoI), Ogane, H. (CoI), Travouillon, T. (CoI) & Vaughn, I. (CoI)
5/12/23 → 30/09/28
Project: Research