Mr. Tomislav Vucina Profile

Tomislav Vucina

Coating System Engineer at Vera C. Rubin Observatory

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Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Rubin Observatory primary tertiary mirror cell assembly: final integration and commissioning

Felipe Daruich, Christian Aguilar, John Andrew, Claudio Araya, Karla Aubel, Dominique Boutigny, Erich Bugueno, Andy Clements, Franco Colleoni, Ken Daugherty, Peter Ferguson, Miguel Fernández, Manuel García, Robinson Godoy, Ron Harris, Andrea Jeremie, Brian Johnson, Yijung Kang, Petr Kubanek, Juan Lopez, Robert Lopez, Douglas Neill, Freddy Munoz, Ian Ordenes, HyeYun Park, Eddie Pineiro, Bruno Quint, Mario Rascon, Tom Reeve, Tiago Ribeiro, Mario Rivera, Felipe Rodrigues, Rodrigo Rojas, David Sanmartim, Jacques Sebag, Troy Shannon, Malhar Sonaniskar, Ioana Sotuela, Brian Stalder, Roberto Tighe, Sandrine Thomas, Jeff Urban, Tomislav Vucina, Stuart Weinberger, David Zeller

Proceedings Volume 13094, 1309451 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3036881

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Control systems, Glasses, Actuators, Telescopes, Coating, Observatories, Nozzles, Temperature control, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2024 Paper

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Rubin Observatory technical challenges and resolutions

Jacques Sebag, Douglas Neill, Christian Aguilar, John Andrew, Claudio Araya, Jeffrey Barr, Rodolfo Canestrari, Andy Clements, Franco Colleoni, Julio Constanzo, Felipe Daruich, Holger Drass, Juan Fábrega, Enrico Giro, Robinson Godoy, Hernan Herrera, David Jimenez Mejias, Victor Krabbendam, Petr Kubanek, Craig Lage, Juan Lopez, Luis Matemala, Guido Maulen, Gonzalo Meneses, Dave Mills, Freddy Munoz, Oscar Nunez, Ian Ordenes, Juan Orellana, Roberto Olivares, Maria Fernanda Parra, Claudio Pasten, Bruno Quint, Jose Miguel Quintero, Mario Rivera, Gabriele Rodeghiero, Luca Rosignoli, Rodrigo Rojas, Sandra Romero, Edgard Sepulveda, Eduardo Serrano, Cristian Silva, Brian Stalder, Diego Tapia, Sandrine Thomas, Roberto Tighe, Te-Wei Tsai, Luis Vergara, Tomislav Vucina, Pablo Zorzi

Proceedings Volume 13100, 131004Z (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018152

KEYWORDS: Laser tracking, Telescopes, Mirrors, Cameras, Observatories, Capacitors, Control systems, Mirror surfaces, Coating, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Rubin Observatory Simonyi Survey Telescope status overview

Sandrine Thomas, Jeffrey Barr, Shawn Callahan, Andy Clements, Felipe Daruich, Juan Fábrega, Patrick Ingraham, Freddy Muñoz, Douglas Neill, Tiago Ribeiro, Jacques Sebag, Eduardo Serrano, Brian Stalder, Roberto Tighe, Tomislav Vucina, Andrew Connolly, J. Bryce Kalmbach, Chris Suberlak, Te-Wei Tsai

Proceedings Volume 12182, 121820W (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630226

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Control systems, Mirrors, Observatories, Coating, Cameras, Domes, Image processing, Sensors, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Rubin Observatory primary tertiary mirror cell assembly: integration and functional testing

Felipe Daruich, Douglas Neill, Edward Hileman, Christian Aguilar, Constanza Araujo, Claudio Araya, Michael Booth, Andy Clements, Franco Colleoni, Christopher Contaxis, Eric Coughlin, Ron Harris, Brian Johnson, Garry Knight, Juan Lopez, Neill Mills, Dave Mills, Gary Muller, Freddy Munoz, Ian Ordenes, Jacques Sebag, Edward Stover, Sandrine Thomas, Jeff Urban, Tomislav Vucina, Oliver Wiecha, Bo Xin

Proceedings Volume 11445, 114454B (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561670

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Telescopes, Actuators, Optical instrument design, Mirror structures, Metrology, Sensors, Integration, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

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Vera C. Rubin Observatory: telescope and site status

Sandrine Thomas, Jeffrey Barr, Shawn Callahan, Andy Clements, Felipe Daruich, Juan Fabrega, Patrick Ingraham, William Gressler, Freddy Munoz, Doug Neill, Tiago Ribeiro, Jacques Sebag, Eduardo Serrano, Brian Stalder, Roberto Tighe, Tomislav Vucina, Bo Xin

Proceedings Volume 11445, 114450I (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561581

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Mirrors, Interferometry, Metrology, Silver, Aluminum, Coating, Calibration, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

LSST coating plant status and progress

Tomislav Vucina, Norman Muller, Bettina Michel, Markus Gehlert, Jorg Faber, Matthias Smolke, Torsten Wellner, Robert Kunanz, Christian Melde, Heiko Naucke, Peter Espig, William Gressler, Jacques Sebag, John Andrew, Doug Neil

Proceedings Volume 10700, 1070002 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312708

KEYWORDS: Coating, Mirrors, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Silver, Aluminum, Reflectivity, Sputter deposition, Telescopes, Sensors, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

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The Gemini Observatory protected silver coating: ten years in operation

T. Schneider, T. Vucina, C. Ah Hee, C. Araya, C. Moreno

Proceedings Volume 9906, 990632 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233756

KEYWORDS: Silver, Coating, Reflectivity, Gemini Observatory, Reflector telescopes, Telescopes, Mirrors, Reflector telescopes, Carbon dioxide, Neodymium, Silica

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

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LSST mirror system status: from design to fabrication and integration

Constanza Araujo-Hauck, Jacques Sebag, Ming Liang, Douglas Neill, Gary Muller, Sandrine Thomas, Tomislav Vucina, William Gressler

Proceedings Volume 9906, 99060L (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232923

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, System integration, Coating, Mirrors, Actuators, Control systems, Optical fabrication, Polishing, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 2014 Paper

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Life with quintuplets: transitioning GeMS into regular operations

Vincent Garrel, Marcos Van Dam, Benoît Neichel, Fabrice Vidal, Gaetano Sivo, Eduardo Marin, Vanessa Montes, Andrew Serio, Gustavo Arriagada, Chadwick Trujillo, William Rambold, Pedro Gigoux, Ramon Galvez, Cristian Moreno, Constanza Araujo Hauck, Tomislav Vucina Parga, Jeff Donahue, Claudio Marchant, Gaston Gausachs, Fabian Collao, Eleazar Carrasco Damele, Peter Pessev, Ariel Lopez

Proceedings Volume 9148, 914829 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056378

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Stars, Gemini Observatory, Telescopes, Wavefront sensors, Electroluminescent displays, Laser guide stars, Actuators, K band, Software development

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The Gemini Multi-conjugate adaptive optics System (GeMS) at the Gemini South telescope in Cerro Pachon is the first sodium Laser Guide Star (LGS) adaptive optics (AO) system with multiple guide stars. It uses five LGSs and two deformable mirrors (DMs) to measure and compensate for distortions induced by atmospheric turbulence. After its 2012 commissioning phase, it is now transitioning into regular operations. Although GeMS has unique scientific capabilities, it remains a challenging instrument to maintain, operate and upgrade. In this paper, we summarize the latest news and results. First, we describe the engineering work done this past year, mostly during our last instrument shutdown in 2013 austral winter, covering many subsystems: an erroneous reconjugation of the Laser guide star wavefront sensor, the correction of focus field distortion for the natural guide star wavefront sensor and engineering changes dealing with our laser and its beam transfer optics. We also describe our revamped software, developed to integrate the instrument into the Gemini operational model, and the new optimization procedures aiming to reduce GeMS time overheads. Significant software improvements were achieved on the acquisition of natural guide stars by our natural guide star wavefront sensor, on the automation of tip-tilt and higher-order loop optimization, and on the tomographic non-common path aberration compensation. We then go through the current operational scheme and present the plan for the next years. We offered 38 nights in our last semester. We review the current system efficiency in term of raw performance, completed programs and time overheads. We also present our current efforts to merge GeMS into the Gemini base facility project, where night operations are all reliably driven from our La Serena headquarter, without the need for any spotter. Finally we present the plan for the future upgrades, mostly dedicated toward improving the performance and reliability of the system. Our first upgrade called NGS2, a project lead by the Australian National University, based a focal plane camera will replace the current low throughput natural guide wavefront sensor. On a longer term, we are also planning the (re-)integration of our third deformable mirror, lost during the early phase of commissioning. Early plans to improve the reliability of our laser will be presented.

Proceedings Article | 25 September 2012 Paper

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Science readiness of the Gemini MCAO System: GeMS

Benoit Neichel, Franҫois Rigaut, Andrew Serio, Gustavo Arriagada, Maxime Boccas, Céline d'Orgeville, Vincent Fesquet, Chadwick Trujillo, William Rambold, Ramon Galvez, Gaston Gausachs, Tomislav Vucina, Vanessa Montes, Cristian Urrutia, Cristian Moreno, Sarah Diggs, Claudio Araya, Javier Lührs, Gelys Trancho, Matthieu Bec, Claudio Marchant, Fabian Collao, Eleazar Carrasco, Michelle Edwards, Peter Pessev, Ariel Lopez, Herman Diaz

Proceedings Volume 8447, 84474Q (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925285

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Electroluminescent displays, Gemini Observatory, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Mirrors, Observatories, Beam splitters, Turbulence

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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Gemini South multi-conjugate adaptive optics (GeMS) laser guide star facility on-sky performance results

Céline d'Orgeville, Sarah Diggs, Vincent Fesquet, Benoit Neichel, William Rambold, François Rigaut, Andrew Serio, Claudio Araya, Gustavo Arriagada, Rodrigo Balladares, Matthieu Bec, Maxime Boccas, Camila Duran, Angelic Ebbers, Ariel Lopez, Claudio Marchant, Eduardo Marin, Vanessa Montes, Cristian Moreno, Eric Petit Vega, Carlos Segura, Gelys Trancho, Chad Trujillo, Cristian Urrutia, Patricio Veliz, Tomislav Vucina

Proceedings Volume 8447, 84471Q (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925813

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Gemini Observatory, Sodium, Laser safety, Mirrors, Laser systems engineering, Adaptive optics, Laser guide stars, Observatories, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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Science readiness of the Gemini MCAO system: GeMS

Benoit Neichel, François Rigaut, Andrew Serio, Gustavo Arriagada, Maxime Boccas, Céline d'Orgeville, Vincent Fesquet, Chadwick Trujillo, William Rambold, Ramon Galvez, Gaston Gausachs, Tomislav Vucina, Vanessa Montes, Cristian Urrutia, Cristian Moreno, Sarah Diggs, Claudio Araya, Javier Lührs, Gelys Trancho, Matthieu Bec, Claudio Marchant, Fabian Collao, Eleazar Carrasco, Michelle Edwards, Peter Pessev, Ariel Lopez, Hernan Diaz

Proceedings Volume 8447, 84470W (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925915

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Electroluminescent displays, Gemini Observatory, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Mirrors, Observatories, Beam splitters, Turbulence

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

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GeMS first on-sky results

Franҫois Rigaut, Benoit Neichel, Maxime Boccas, Céline d'Orgeville, Gustavo Arriagada, Vincent Fesquet, Sarah Diggs, Claudio Marchant, Gaston Gausach, William Rambold, Javier Luhrs, Shane Walker, Eleazar Carrasco-Damele, Michelle Edwards, Peter Pessev, Ramon Galvez, Tomislav Vucina, Claudio Araya, Alejandro Gutierrez, Angelic Ebbers, Andrew Serio, Cristian Moreno, Cristian Urrutia, Rolando Rogers, Roberto Rojas, Chadwick Trujillo, Bryan Miller, Douglas Simons, Ariel Lopez, Vanessa Montes, Herman Diaz, Felipe Daruich, Felipe Colazo, Matthieu Bec, Gelys Trancho, Michael Sheehan, Peter McGregor, Peter Young, Matthew Doolan, Jan van Harmelen, Brent Ellerbroek, Damien Gratadour, Aurea Garcia-Rissmann

Proceedings Volume 8447, 84470I (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927061

KEYWORDS: Stars, Adaptive optics, Point spread functions, Error analysis, Calibration, Gemini Observatory, Actuators, Turbulence, Image quality, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2010 Paper

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The Gemini MCAO System GeMS: nearing the end of a lab-story

B. Neichel, F. Rigaut, M. Bec, M. Boccas, F. Daruich, C. D'Orgeville, V. Fesquet, R. Galvez, A. Garcia-Rissmann, G. Gausachs, M. Lombini, G. Perez, G. Trancho, V. Upadhya, T. Vucina

Proceedings Volume 7736, 773606 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856716

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Calibration, Gemini Observatory, Actuators, Real-time computing, Laser guide stars, Data modeling, Laser systems engineering, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2008 Paper

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Gemini all-sky camera for laser guide star operation

Matthieu Bec, Francois Rigaut, Gelys Trancho, Maxime Boccas, Fabian Collao, Felipe Daruich, Céline d'Orgeville, Manuel Lazo, Diego Maltes, Gabriel Perez, Vicente Vergara, Tomislav Vucina, Michael Sheehan

Proceedings Volume 7019, 70192C (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788190

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Gemini Observatory, Imaging systems, Human-machine interfaces, Electronics, Observatories, Laser guide stars, CCD cameras, Sensors, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

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The Gemini MCAO bench: system overview and lab integration

Matthieu Bec, Francois Rigaut, Ramon Galvez, Gustavo Arriagada, Maxime Boccas, Gaston Gausachs, Damien Gratadour, Eric James, Roberto Rojas, Rolando Rogers, Michael Sheehan, Gelys Trancho, Tomislav Vucina

Proceedings Volume 7015, 701568 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790354

KEYWORDS: Gemini Observatory, Electronics, Telescopes, Real-time computing, Wavefront sensors, Mirrors, Sensors, Stars, Control systems, Laser guide stars

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2008 Paper

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Gemini primary mirror in situ wash

Tomislav Vucina, Maxime Boccas, Claudio Araya, Clayton Ah Hee, Chas Cavedoni

Proceedings Volume 7012, 70122Q (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788388

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Reflectivity, Gemini Observatory, Telescopes, Carbon dioxide, Safety, Bladder, Silver, Sensors, Scattering

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2008 Paper

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The Gemini South MCAO laser guide star facility: getting ready for first light

Céline d'Orgeville, Felipe Daruich, Gustavo Arriagada, Matthieu Bec, Maxime Boccas, Stacy Bombino, Chris Carter, Chas Cavedoni, Fabian Collao, Paul Collins, Eric James, Stan Karewicz, Manuel Lazo, Diego Maltes, Ron Mouser, Gabriel Perez, François Rigaut, Roberto Rojas, Mike Sheehan, Gelys Trancho, Vicente Vergara, Tomislav Vucina

Proceedings Volume 7015, 70152P (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788970

KEYWORDS: Gemini Observatory, Telescopes, Mirrors, Laser safety, Safety, Cameras, Stars, Laser guide stars, Adaptive optics, Laser beam propagation

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Proceedings Article | 7 July 2008 Paper

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GeMS: Gemini Mcao System: current status and commissioning plans

Maxime Boccas, François Rigaut, Damien Gratadour, Céline d'Orgeville, Matthieu Bec, Felipe Daruich, Gabriel Perez, Gustavo Arriagada, Stacy Bombino, Chris Carter, Chas Cavedoni, Fabian Collao, Paul Collins, Pablo Diaz, Angelic Ebbers, Ramon Galvez, Gaston Gausachs, Steve Hardash, Eric James, Stan Karewicz, Manuel Lazo, Diego Maltes, Ron Mouser, Rolando Rogers, Roberto Rojas, Michael Sheehan, Gelys Trancho, Vicente Vergara, Tomislav Vucina

Proceedings Volume 7015, 70150X (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788958

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Gemini Observatory, Adaptive optics, Mirrors, Calibration, Laser stabilization, Sensors, Stars, Laser safety, Laser guide stars

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2006 Paper

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Gemini's protected silver coatings: first two years in operation

Tomislav Vucina, Maxime Boccas, Claudio Araya, Clayton Ahhee

Proceedings Volume 6273, 62730W (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670866

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Reflectivity, Silver, Gemini Observatory, Telescopes, Thin film coatings, Infrared radiation, Infrared telescopes, Spectrophotometry, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2006 Paper

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LSST reflective coating studies

Jacques Sebag, Victor Krabbendam, Gary Poczulp, Douglas Neill, Tomislav Vucina, Maxime Boccas

Proceedings Volume 6273, 62730X (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670611

KEYWORDS: Coating, Reflectivity, Silver, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Aluminum, Mirrors, Gemini Observatory, Telescopes, Observatories, Statistical analysis

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2006 Paper

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Performance and upgrades of active optics on Gemini telescopes

Maxime Boccas, Tomislav Vucina

Proceedings Volume 6273, 627339 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670895

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Monochromatic aberrations, Mirrors, Gemini Observatory, Adaptive optics, Image quality, Wavefront sensors, Wavefronts, Calibration, Active optics

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2004 Paper

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Coating the 8-m Gemini telescopes with protected silver

Maxime Boccas, Tomislav Vucina, Claudio Araya, Esteban Vera, Clayton Ahhee

Proceedings Volume 5494, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.548809

KEYWORDS: Silver, Coating, Reflectivity, Aluminum, Telescopes, Mirrors, Gemini Observatory, Infrared telescopes, Dental caries, Sputter deposition

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