Dr. John Patrick Dawson Profile

Dr. John Patrick Dawson

at Anglo-Australian Observatory

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Publications (10)

Proceedings Article | 23 July 2008 Paper

Big innovations in a small instrument: technical challenges in a new CCD system design for the Automated Patrol Telescope

Stan Miziarski, Michael Ashley, Greg Smith, Sam Barden, John Dawson, Anthony Horton, Will Saunders, Jurek Brzeski, Vladimir Churilov, Urs Klauser, Lew Waller, Don Mayfield, David Correll, Andre Phillips, Denis Whittard

Proceedings Volume 7018, 70184G (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788624

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Sensors, Space telescopes, Charge-coupled devices, Cameras, Optical filters, Actuators, Optical instrument design, Observatories, Optical design

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Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper

Performance of AAOmega: the AAT multi-purpose fiber-fed spectrograph

Robert Sharp, Will Saunders, Greg Smith, Vladimir Churilov, David Correll, John Dawson, Tony Farrel, Gabriella Frost, Roger Haynes, Ron Heald, Allan Lankshear, Don Mayfield, Lew Waller, Dennis Whittard

Proceedings Volume 6269, 62690G (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671022

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Spectrographs, Point spread functions, Sensors, Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Calibration, Light scattering, Optical design, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

Echidna: the engineering challenges

Jurek Brzeski, Peter Gillingham, David Correll, John Dawson, Anna Moore, Rolf Muller, Scott Smedley, Greg Smith

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550963

KEYWORDS: Spine, Actuators, Cameras, Calibration, Telescopes, Electrodes, Adhesives, Manufacturing, Carbon, Switching

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

Engineering performance of IRIS2 infrared imaging camera and spectrograph

Vladimir Churilov, John Dawson, Greg Smith, Lew Waller, John Whittard, Roger Haynes, Allan Lankshear, Stuart Ryder, Chris Tinney

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550965

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Cameras, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Imaging systems, Collimators, Infrared sensors, Infrared imaging, Infrared radiation, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

IRIS2: a working infrared multi-object spectrograph and camera

Chris Tinney, Stuart Ryder, Simon Ellis, Vladimir Churilov, John Dawson, Greg Smith, Lew Waller, John Whittard, Roger Haynes, Allan Lankshear, John Barton, C. Evans, Keith Shortridge, Tony Farrell, Jeremy Bailey

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550980

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Sensors, Cameras, Optical filters, Spectroscopy, Molybdenum, Image quality, Astronomical imaging, Imaging spectroscopy, Image processing

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

AAOmega: a multipurpose fiber-fed spectrograph for the AAT

Greg Smith, Will Saunders, Terry Bridges, Vladimir Churilov, Allan Lankshear, John Dawson, David Correll, Lew Waller, Roger Haynes, Gabriella Frost

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551013

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Spectrographs, Sensors, Mirrors, Control systems, Electronics, Collimators, Molybdenum, Switches, Beam splitters

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2003 Paper

The Fiber Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) project: the Anglo-Australian Observatory role

Peter Gillingham, Anna Moore, Masayuki Akiyama, Jurek Brzeski, David Correll, John Dawson, Tony Farrell, Gabriella Frost, Jason Griesbach, Roger Haynes, Damien Jones, Stan Miziarski, Rolf Muller, Scott Smedley, Greg Smith, Lew Waller, Katie Noakes, Chris Arridge

Proceedings Volume 4841, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.462002

KEYWORDS: Spine, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Electronics, Cameras, Observatories, Imaging systems, Electrodes, Calibration, Astronomical imaging

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Proceedings Article | 1 December 1991 Paper

Ion-ripple laser as an advanced coherent radiation source

Kuan-Ren Chen, John Dawson

Proceedings Volume 1552, (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.50605

KEYWORDS: Ions, Plasma, Electron beams, Raman scattering, Free electron lasers, Electromagnetism, Electromagnetic radiation, Energy efficiency, Particles, Raman spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 1 May 1990 Paper

Unconventional FELs

John Dawson

Proceedings Volume 1227, (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18602

KEYWORDS: Plasmas, Free electron lasers, Photons, Phase velocity, Electron beams, Magnetism, Radio propagation, Dispersion, Wave propagation, Physics

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Proceedings Article | 1 May 1990 Paper

Physics of plasmas with short pulse lasers

Thomas Katsouleas, Warren Mori, John Dawson, Scott Wilks

Proceedings Volume 1229, (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18661

KEYWORDS: Plasmas, Pulsed laser operation, Electrons, Femtosecond phenomena, Particles, Diffraction, Physics, Optical components, Optical simulations, Harmonic generation

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