English
Related papers

Related papers: Spectral cube extraction for the VLT/SPHERE IFS: O…

200 papers

Broadband precision spectroscopy is indispensable for providing high fidelity molecular parameters for spectroscopic databases. We have recently shown that mechanical Fourier transform spectrometers based on optical frequency combs can…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-05-09 Lucile Rutkowski , Piotr Maslowski , Alexandra C. Johansson , Amir Khodabakhsh , Aleksandra Foltynowicz

We present a detailed procedure for treating data cubes obtained with the Near-Infrared Integral Field Spectrograph (NIFS) of the Gemini North telescope. This process includes the following steps: correction of the differential atmospheric…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-29 R. B. Menezes , J. E. Steiner , T. V. Ricci

A method for measuring the spectrum of a density field by a discrete wavelet space-scale decomposition (SSD) has been studied. We show how the power spectrum can effectively be described by the father function coefficients (FFC) of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jesus Pando , Li-Zhi Fang

Spatial frequency domain imaging (SFDI) is a low-cost imaging technique that can deliver real-time maps of absorption and reduced scattering coefficients. However, there are a wide range of imaging geometries that practical SFDI systems…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-27 Jane Crowley , George S. D. Gordon

We explore novel methods of recovering the original spectral line profiles from data obtained by instruments that sample those profiles with an extended or multipeaked spectral transmission profile. The techniques are tested on data…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-13 Momchil Molnar , Kevin Reardon , Christopher Osborne , Ivan Milić

Current and upcoming generations of visible-shortwave infrared (VSWIR) imaging spectrometers promise unprecedented capacity to quantify Earth System processes across the globe. However, reliable cloud screening remains a fundamental…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Jake H. Lee , Michael Kiper , David R. Thompson , Philip G. Brodrick

The Herschel SPIRE Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) performs spectral imaging in the 447-1546 GHz band. It can observe in three spatial sampling modes: sparse mode, with a single pointing on sky, or intermediate or full modes with 1 and…

We introduce the Generalised Lensing and Shear Spectra GLaSS code which is available for download from https://github.com/astro-informatics/GLaSS It is a fast and flexible public code, written in Python, that computes generalized spherical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-31 Peter L. Taylor , Thomas D. Kitching , Jason D. McEwen , Thomas Tram

The US National Park Service (NPS) assesses the night sky quality over parks by capturing a series of overlapping images to obtain a mosaic view of the entire night sky. The NPS Night Skies Program has integrated a sequence of scripts and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-06 Li-Wei Hung , Davyd Betchkal , Sharolyn J. Anderson , Damon Joyce

This study analyzed the optical techniques for high resolution, low-noise spectroscopy of a hyperfine structure (HFS) made of ytterbium-isotope 171 ions ($^{171}\mathrm{Yb}^{3+}$:$\mathrm{Y}_2\mathrm{SiO}_5$). Large energy spacings in…

Optics · Physics 2024-08-21 Hee-Jin Lim , Ga-Hyun Choi , Ki Suk Hong

We present an independent pipeline for detecting candidate vanished sources on digitized first-epoch Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-I) photographic plates. The pipeline detects and PSF-filters sources on POSS-I Red DSS cutouts,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-07 Zachary Hayes

This paper describes the software DRAGraces (Data Reduction and Analysis for GRACES), which is a pipeline reducing spectra from GRACES (Gemini Remote Access to the CFHT ESPaDOnS Spectrograph) at the Gemini North Telescope. The code is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-17 André-Nicolas Chené , Shunyuan Mao , Michael Lundquist , Eder Martioli , Jeffrey L. Carlin

SITELLE is a novel integral field unit spectroscopy instrument that has an impressive spatial (11 by 11 arcmin), spectral coverage, and spectral resolution (R=1-20000). SIGNALS is anticipated to obtain deep observations (down to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-14 Carter L. Rhea , Laurie Rousseau-Nepton , Simon Prunet , Julie Hlavacek-larrondo , Sebastien Fabbro

A primary challenge in developing synthetic spatial hearing systems, particularly underwater, is accurately modeling sound scattering. Biological organisms achieve 3D spatial hearing by exploiting sound scattering off their bodies to…

Sound · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Siminfar Samakoush Galougah , Pranav Pulijala , Ramani Duraiswami

The rapid evolution of wearable technologies, such as AR glasses, demands compact, energy-efficient sensors capable of high-precision measurements in dynamic environments. Traditional Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) Laser…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-13 Alexander Zimmer , Johannes Meyer , Enkelejda Kasneci

Coming high-cadence wide-field optical telescopes will image hundreds of thousands of sources per minute. Besides inspecting the near real-time data streams for transient and variability events, the accumulated data archive is a wealthy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-20 Bart Scheers , Steven Bloemen , Hannes Mühleisen , Pim Schellart , Arjen van Elteren , Martin Kersten , Paul J. Groot

The Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) of the Spectral and Photometric Imaging REceiver (SPIRE) on board the ESA Herschel Space Observatory has two detector setting modes: (a) a nominal mode, which is optimized for observing moderately…

In modern-day astronomy, near-infrared, optical, and ultraviolet spectroscopy are indispensable for studying a wide range of phenomena, from measuring black hole masses to analyzing chemical abundances in stellar atmospheres. However,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-21 Raniere de Menezes , Francesco Massaro , Michela Negro , Claudia M. Raiteri , Harold Peña-Herazo , Jose A. Acosta-Pulido

One of the major challenges of employing a dual-frequency phase-shifting algorithm for phase retrieval is its sensitivity to noise. Yun et. al [H Yun, B Li, S Zhang. 2017] proposed a dual-frequency method based on the Fourier transform…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-05-23 Minmin Wang , Canlin Zhou , Shuchun Si , Zhenkun Lei , Xiaolei Li , Hui Li , YanJie Li