Mr. Felipe E. Besser Profile

Felipe E. Besser

Electrical Engineer at Las Campanas Observatory

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Publications (12)

Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Presentation + Paper

The SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper Instrument (LVM-I): enclosure design, construction, and performance

Guillermo Blanc, Francisco Morales, Felipe Besser, Mauricio Flores, Thomas Herbst, Nick Konidaris, Marcelo Rodriguez, José Sanchez-Gallego, Leon Aslan, Julia Brady, Francesco DiMille, Niv Drory, Cynthia Froning, Carlos Godoy, Juna Kollmeier, Soojong Pak, Solange Ramirez, Alan Umoto, Stefanie Wachter, Mingyeong Yang, Abner Zapata

Proceedings Volume 13094, 1309403 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018767

KEYWORDS: Domes, Automation, Cryogenic equipment, HVAC controls, Environmental monitoring, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Design, Equipment, Robotics, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

The SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper Instrument

Nicholas Konidaris, Thomas Herbst, Cynthia Froning, Stefanie Wachter, Solange Ramírez, Juna Kollmeier, Hans-Walter Rix, Niv Drory, Guillermo Blanc, Jose Sánchez-Gallego, Carlos Godoy Alfaro, Hojae Ahn, Leon Aslan, Felipe Besser, Pavan Bilgi, Peter Bizenberger, Dmitry Bizyaev, Julia Brady, Rebecca Brown, Florian Briegel, Mauricio Flores Cabrales, Scott Case, John Donor, Tobias Feger, Wolfgang Gaessler, Maximilian Häberle, Ellen Houston, Charlie Hull, Amy Jones, Changgon Kim, Vince Kowal, Yevgen Kripak, Kathryn Kreckel, Markus Kuhlberg, Alicia Lanz, Michael Lesser, Richard Mathar, Lars Mohr, Francisco Morales, Soojong Pak, Povilas Palunas, Richard Pogge, Christopher Ritz, David Robertson, Marcelo Rodriguez, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, Alan Uomoto, Ming Yeong, Abner Zapata, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130961Z (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019892

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Cryostats, Observatories, Equipment, Lens arrays, Image quality, Mirrors, Lanthanum, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

LVMECP: SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper Enclosure Control Package

Mingyeong Yang, Felipe Besser, José Sánchez-Gallego, Gyoik Kim, Changgon Kim, Hojae Ahn, Tae-Geun Ji, Nicholas P. Konidaris, Guillermo A. Blanc, Erika Cook, Cynthia S. Froning, Solange Ramirez, Niv Drory, Juna A. Kollmeier

Proceedings Volume 12189, 121892D (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627651

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Telecommunications, Telescopes, Domes, Logic, Software development, Observatories, Computer programming

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation

On-sky performance of the robotic Focal Plane Systems (FPS) for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey V

Richard Pogge, Mark Derwent, Christopher Brandon, Colby Jurgenson, Michael Engelman, Thomas O'Brien, Daniel Pappalardo, Julia Brady, Jacob McCloskey, Jon Shover, Jerry Mason, Ricardo Araujo, Mohamed Bouri, Jean-Paul Kneib, Luzius Kronig, Sarah Tuttle, Emily Farr, Jose Sanchez-Gallego, Conor Sayres, Juna Kollmeier, Solange Ramírez, Stefanie Wachter, Dmitry Bizyaev, Francis Cope, Katie Grabowski, Karen Kinemuchi, Viktor Malanushenko, Audrey Oravetz, Daniel Oravetz, Kaike Pan, Muwen Shi, Dylan Gatlin, Sophia Brunner, Felipe Besser, Consuelo Gonzalez Avila, Pablo Vera, Natalie Ulloa, John Wilson

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218411 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630061

KEYWORDS: Robotics, Robotic systems, Telescopes, Observatories, Metrology, Target acquisition, Stars, Spectroscopy, Spectrographs, Solar system

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Paper

VERMILION: Visitor Extension spectRal sub-Mid-Infrared Light InterferOmeter iNstrument

Massinissa Hadjara, Romain Petrov, Stéphane Lagarde, Xinyang Chen, Jinhua He, Lei Zhu, Bruno Lopez, Florentin Millour, Anthony Meilland, Alexandre Gallenne, James Leftley, Abdelkarim Boskri, Juncheng Chen, Ernest Michael, Marcos Diaz, Rene Mendez, Amelia Bayo, Miguel Piña, Gabriel Pereira, Sebastián Manosalva, Christian Nitschelm, Juan Pablo Colque, Congcong Zhang, Dan Zhou, Fatmé Allouche, Yinlei Hao, Amokrane Berdja, Felipe Besser, Clémentine Marie Zélia Bechet, Andrés Guesalaga Meissner, Leonardo Vanzi, Abderrahmane Mezaoui, Nourredine Moussaoui

Proceedings Volume 12183, 121831V (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627736

KEYWORDS: Stars, Spectral resolution, Astatine, Telescopes, Sensors, Adaptive optics, Spatial resolution, Observatories, K band, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Single mode fiber coupling tip tilt control for a small amateur telescope

Massinissa Hadjara, Kevin Espinoza, Ricardo Jara, Benjamin Cornejo, Joaquin Rojas, Carolina Garcia, Miguel Pina, Alfredo Rates, Nicolas Ramos, Felipe Besser, Pablo Zorzi, Ernest Michael

Proceedings Volume 11446, 114462U (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562771

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Single mode fibers, Actuators, Heterodyning, Stars, Digital signal processing, Light, Receivers, Atmospheric turbulence, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

On the quantum-limit of the noise temperature in balanced correlation receivers

Ernest Michael, Massinissa Hadjara, Felipe Besser, Miguel Piña, Daniella Pollarolo, Antonio Rodriguez

Proceedings Volume 11446, 114462W (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563146

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Light emitting diodes, Halogens, Lamps, Polarization control, Polarization, Single mode fibers, Interference (communication), Optical correlators, Heterodyning

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2018 Paper

Heterodyne versus direct detection: it is not over

Ernest Michael, Felipe Besser

Proceedings Volume 10701, 107012M (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314465

KEYWORDS: Heterodyning, Signal to noise ratio, Receivers, Signal detection, Interferometry, Sensors, Interference (communication), Spectral resolution, Electromagnetism, Photons

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Fiber-based infrared heterodyne technology for the PFI: on the possibility of breaking the noise temperature quantum limit with cross-correlation

E. Michael, F. Besser

Proceedings Volume 10701, 107011X (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314294

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Signal to noise ratio, Heterodyning, Interference (communication), Photodiodes, Sensors, Signal detection, Optical correlators, Temperature metrology, Electroluminescence

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

Fiber-based infrared heterodyne technology for the PFI: development of a prototype test system

F. Besser, N. Ramos, A. Rates, N. Ortega, S. Sepulveda, T. Parvex, M. Piña, C. Pollarolo, R. Jara, K. Espinoza, A. Rodriguez, A. Becerra, P. Martin, M. Cadiz, N. Henriquez, J. Carrasco, C. San Martin, C. Rearte, J. Diaz, E. Moreno, E. Michael

Proceedings Volume 10701, 107012L (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314362

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Interferometers, Heterodyning, Receivers, Infrared technology, Optical correlators, Signal detection, Beam splitters, Prototyping, Photodiodes

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Proceedings Article | 11 August 2016 Paper

Fiber-based heterodyne infrared interferometry: an instrumentation study platform on the way to the proposed Infrared Planet Formation Imager

Felipe Besser, Alfredo Rates, Nicolas Ortega, Miguel Pina, Clemente Pollarolo, Mauricio Romero, Claudio Yañez, Matias Lasen, Nicolas Ramos, Ernest Michael

Proceedings Volume 9907, 99072L (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233687

KEYWORDS: Heterodyning, Infrared imaging, Infrared radiation, Interferometry, Planets, Telescopes, Interferometers, Photodiodes, Receivers, Signal detection

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

Concept for fiber-based near-infrared interferometry of highest frequency resolution

E. Michael, F. Besser, R. Prado, L. Pallanca

Proceedings Volume 9146, 914634 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057203

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Heterodyning, Interferometers, Interferometry, Stars, Optical correlators, Photodiodes, Fiber lasers, Mid-IR, Space telescopes

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