Dr. Kyler Kuehn Profile

Dr. Kyler Kuehn

Director of Technology at Lowell Observatory

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Publications (20)

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Advancing photonic technologies for ground-based infrared astronomy

Kyler Kuehn, Stephen Kuhlmann, Robert Kehoe, Simon Ellis

Proceedings Volume 12188, 121885L (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630275

KEYWORDS: Resonators, Waveguides, Linear filtering, Polarization, Astronomy, Silicon, Infrared astronomy, Astronomical instrumentation, Signal to noise ratio, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Paper

Status of the Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT) and assessment of the image quality at the focal plane

S. Levine, T. Ellsworth-Bowers, T. Bida, R. Hamilton, K. Kuehn

Proceedings Volume 12182, 1218227 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629797

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Image quality, Optical instrument design, Spectrographs, Observatories, Mirrors, Astronomical telescopes, Stars, Astronomy, Quality systems

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

MANIFEST@GMT science overview: a multi-interface, multi-mode instrument science and simulations

Tayyaba Zafar, Jonathan Lawrence, Jessica Zheng, David Adams, Vitor Hartmann, Celestina Lacombe, Michael Goodwin, Nuria Lorente, Ellie O'Brien, Will Saunders, Helen McGregor, Lew Waller, Nirmala Kunwar, Daniel Faes, Jennifer Marshall, Darren DePoy, Alexandar Ji, Dennis Zaritsky, Casey Papovich, Steven Finkelstein, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Roderik Overzier, Kyler Kuehn, Luca Cortese, Scott Croom, Sarah Martell, Matthew Colless, Anilkumar Mailvaganam, Andrew Hopkins, Magda Arnaboldi, Céline Péroux, Christian Johnson

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218417 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628142

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Stars, Interfaces, Telescopes, Polarimetry, Kinematics, Radio astronomy, Gamma radiation, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

The MANIFEST pre-concept design

J. Lawrence, S. Ben-Ami, A. Braulio, M. Colless, A. Contos, D. DePoy, D. Faes, P. Gillingham, M. Goodwin, E. Houston, K. Kuehn, C. Lacombe, N. Lorente, S. Mali, J. Marshall, H. McGregor, R. Millan-Gabet, V. Nichani, V. Neves Hartmann, E. O'Brien, C. Oliveira, H. Ortolan, P. Pires, R. Ribeiro, W. Saunders, L. Schmidt, A. Souza, A. Szentgyorgyi, L. Waller, T. Zafar, J. Zheng

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144728 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563238

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Field spectroscopy, Spectral resolution, Prototyping, Optical instrument design, Optical fibers, Glasses, Robots, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Application of atmospheric OH suppression technology to ground-based infrared astronomy

Kyler Kuehn, Stephen Kuhlmann, Simon Ellis, Nathaniel Stern, Pufan Liu, Hannah Caldwell-Meurer, Harold Spinka, David Underwood, Robert Kehoe

Proceedings Volume 11451, 114516A (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561990

KEYWORDS: Infrared astronomy, Infrared radiation, Astronomy, Molecules, Observatories, Resonators, Silicon, Semiconducting wafers, Linear filtering, Fiber couplers

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

Photonic ring resonator notch filters for astronomical OH line suppression

P. Liu, S. Kuhlmann, S. Ellis, K. Kuehn, H. Spinka, D. Underwood, L. Ocola, R. Gupta, N. Stern

Proceedings Volume 11203, 112030Y (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2539772

KEYWORDS: Resonators, Linear filtering, Astronomy, Waveguides, Finite-difference time-domain method, Roads, Signal attenuation, Electron beams, Observatories, Physics

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

The TAIPAN Starbugs fibre positioner and spectrograph: integration, commissioning, and initial performance

Nuria P. Lorente, Michael Birchall, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Steve Chapman, Vladimir Churilov, Tony Farrell, Nuwanthika Fernando, Michael Goodwin, Anthony Horton, Urs Klauser, Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence, Slavko Mali, Helen McGregor, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Scott Smedley, Minh Vuong, Lewis Waller, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 11203, 112030C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2541306

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Robots, Telescopes, Robotic systems, Galactic astronomy, Control systems, Metrology, Optical fibers, Extragalactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 13 July 2018 Paper

Wide-field multi-object spectroscopy with MANIFEST

Jon Lawrence, Sagi Ben-Ami, David Brown, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Timothy Chin, Matthew Colless, Adam Contos, Darren Depoy, Ian Evans, Daniel Faes, Tony Farrell, Peter Gillingham, Michael Goodwin, Sungwook Hong, Narae Hwang, Wong-Seob Jeong, Urs Klauser, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria Lorente, Slavko Mali, Jennifer Marshall, Helen McGregor, Rolf Muller, Rafael Millan-Gabet, Vijay Nichani, Claudia Oliveria, Henrique Ortolan, naveen Pai, Sung-Joon Park, Travis Prochaska, Will Saunders, Luke Schmidt, Aline Souza, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Lew Waller, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 10702, 10702A6 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314178

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Paper

Acquisition and guiding for TAIPAN using Starbugs

Carlos Bacigalupo, Michael Goodwin, Rebecca Brown, David Brown, Scott Case, Tony Farrell, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria Lorente

Proceedings Volume 10706, 107065V (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2307057

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Stars, Telescopes, Metrology, Polymers, Target acquisition, Calibration, Distortion, Point spread functions, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Presentation

TAIPAN: the AAO's first Starbug positioner and spectrograph (Conference Presentation)

Nuria P. Lorente, Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence, Carlos Bacigalupo, David Brown, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Steve Chapman, Vladimir Churilov, Robert Content, Tony Farrell, Michael Goodwin, Urs Klauser, Slavko Mali, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Scott Smedley, Minh Vuong, Lewis Waller, Ross Zhelem, Helen McGregor

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107021A (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313032

KEYWORDS: Astronomical imaging, Telescopes, Spectroscopes, Spectrographs, Observatories, Prototyping, Robots, Optical fibers, Glasses, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 2 January 2018 Paper

Photonic ring resonator notch filters for astronomical OH suppression

S. Kuhlmann, P. Liu, S. Ellis, K. Kuehn, H. Spinka, D. Underwood, L. Ocola, R. Gupta, N. Stern

Proceedings Volume 10456, 104564B (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2283353

KEYWORDS: Resonators, Silicon, Waveguides, Semiconducting wafers, Astronomy, Near infrared, Space telescopes, Electron beams, Linear filtering, Polarization

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Proceedings Article | 17 May 2017 Presentation + Paper

Astrophotonics: the application of photonic technology to astronomy

S. Ellis, S. Kuhlmann, K. Kuehn, H. Spinka, D. Underwood, R. Gupta, L. Ocola, P. Liu, G. Wei, N. Stern, J. Bland-Hawthorn, P. Tuthill

Proceedings Volume 10242, 102420O (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2265958

KEYWORDS: Resonators, Silicon, Optical interferometry, Phase shifts, Astrophotonics, Astronomy, Waveguides, Astronomical instrumentation, Optical filters, Planar waveguides, Integrated optics

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

The MANIFEST prototyping design study

Jonathan Lawrence, Sagi Ben-Ami, David Brown, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Steve Chapman, Vladimir Churilov, Matthew Colless, Robert Content, Darren Depoy, Ian Evans, Tony Farrell, Michael Goodwin, George Jacoby, Urs Klauser, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria P. Lorente, Slavko Mali, Jennifer Marshall, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Travis Prochaska, Will Saunders, Luke Schmidt, Keith Shortridge, Nicholas Staszak, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Julia Tims, Minh Vuong, Lewis Waller, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99089O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232412

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Prototyping, Spectrographs, Optical instrument design, Optical instrument design, Cameras, Interfaces, Connectors, Metrology, Glasses, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 2 August 2016 Paper

AAO Starbugs: software control and associated algorithms

Nuria Lorente, Minh Vuong, Keith Shortridge, Tony Farrell, Scott Smedley, Sungwook Hong, Carlos Bacigalupo, Michael Goodwin, Kyler Kuehn, Christophe Satorre

Proceedings Volume 9913, 99130U (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233685

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Software development, Control systems, Detection and tracking algorithms, Robots, Glasses, Metrology, Cameras, Distortion, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

TAIPAN instrument fibre positioner and Starbug robots: engineering overview

Nicholas Staszak, Jon Lawrence, David Brown, Rebecca Brown, Ross Zhelem, Michael Goodwin, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria P. Lorente, Vijay Nichani, Lew Waller, Scott Case, Robert Content, Andrew Hopkins, Urs Klauser, Naveen Pai, Rolf Mueller, Slavko Mali, Minh Vuong

Proceedings Volume 9912, 99121W (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233583

KEYWORDS: Metrology, Telescopes, Glasses, Connectors, Cameras, Control systems, Space telescopes, Fiber science, Electronics, Coating

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

TAIPAN fibre feed and spectrograph: engineering overview

Nicholas Staszak, Jon Lawrence, Ross Zhelem, Robert Content, Vladimir Churilov, Scott Case, Rebecca Brown, Andrew Hopkins, Kyler Kuehn, Naveen Pai, Urs Klauser, Vijay Nichani, Lew Waller

Proceedings Volume 9912, 991223 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233796

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Collimators, Telescopes, Aspheric lenses, Cameras, Sensors, Neodymium, Galactic astronomy, Connectors, Ions

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 2014 Paper

Starbug fibre positioning robots: performance and reliability enhancements

David Brown, Scott Case, James Gilbert, Michael Goodwin, Daniel Jacobs, Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence, Nuria P. F. Lorente, Vijay Nichani, Will Saunders, Nick Staszac, Julia Tims

Proceedings Volume 9151, 91511A (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055594

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Connectors, Metrology, Glasses, Ceramics, Electrodes, Space telescopes, Reliability, Prototyping, Optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2014 Paper

The MANIFEST fibre positioning system for the Giant Magellan Telescope

Jon Lawrence, David Brown, Jurek Brzeski, Scott Case, Matthew Colless, Tony Farrell, Luke Gers, James Gilbert, Michael Goodwin, George Jacoby, Andrew Hopkins, Michael Ireland, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria P. Lorente, Stan Miziarski, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Azizi Rakman, Samuel Richards, Will Saunders, Nick Staszak, Julia Tims, Minh Vuong, Lew Waller

Proceedings Volume 9147, 914794 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055742

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Prototyping, Glasses, Metrology, Connectors, Optical fabrication, Coating, Astronomical telescopes, Optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2014 Paper

Field target allocation and routing algorithms for Starbugs

Michael Goodwin, Nuria P. Lorente, Christophe Satorre, Sungwook Hong, Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence

Proceedings Volume 9152, 91520S (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055047

KEYWORDS: Detection and tracking algorithms, Algorithm development, Stars, Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Robotics, Device simulation, Metrology, Prototyping, Computer simulations

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

TAIPAN: optical spectroscopy with StarBugs

Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence, David Brown, Scott Case, Matthew Colless, Robert Content, Luke Gers, James Gilbert, Michael Goodwin, Andrew Hopkins, Michael Ireland, Nuria Lorente, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Azizi Rakman, Samuel Richards, Will Saunders, Nick Staszak, Julia Tims, Lewis Waller

Proceedings Volume 9147, 914710 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055677

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Stars, Astronomy, Prototyping, Control systems, Metrology, Optical spectroscopy, Spectroscopes, Astronomical imaging

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