Dr. Michael Weber Profile

Dr. Michael Weber

Head of High-resolution spectr. & polarimetry at Leibniz-Institut fur Astrophysik Potsdam

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Publications (24)

Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

New electronic brains for Halfmann telescopes

Jörg Weingrill, Thomas Granzer, Michael Weber, Wilbert Bittner, Carlo Seehaus, Jan Mettke

Proceedings Volume 12189, 121890F (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629327

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Calibration, Servomechanisms, Computer programming, Switches, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

ANDES, the high resolution spectrometer for the ELT: the UBV spectrograph module

Michael Weber, Manfred Woche, Ilya Ilyin, Klaus Strassmeier, Ernesto Oliva

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218439 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629346

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Cameras, Image quality, Calibration, Optical design, Spectral resolution, Sensors, Image resolution, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

ANDES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: science case, baseline design and path to construction

A. Marconi, M. Abreu, V. Adibekyan, V. Alberti, S. Albrecht, J. Alcaniz, M. Aliverti, C. Allende Prieto, J. D. Alvarado Gómez, P. J. Amado, M. Amate, M. I. Andersen, E. Artigau, C. Baker, V. Baldini, A. Balestra, S. A. Barnes, F. Baron, S. C. C. Barros, S. M. Bauer, M. Beaulieu, O. Bellido-Tirado, B. Benneke, T. Bensby, E. A. Bergin, K. Biazzo, A. Bik, J. L. Birkby, N. Blind, I. Boisse, E. Bolmont, M. Bonaglia, X. Bonfils, F. Borsa, A. Brandeker, W. Brandner, C. H. Broeg, M. Brogi, D. Brousseau, A. Brucalassi, J. Brynnel, L. A. Buchhave, D. F. Buscher, A. Cabral, G. Calderone, R. Calvo-Ortega, B. L. Canto Martins, F. Cantalloube, L. Carbonaro, G. Chauvin, B. Chazelas, A.-L. Cheffot, Y. S. Cheng, A. Chiavassa, L. Christensen, R. Cirami, N. J. Cook, R. J. Cooke, I. Coretti, S. Covino, N. Cowan, G. Cresci, S. Cristiani, V. Cunha Parro, G. Cupani, V. D'Odorico, I. de Castro Leão, A. De Cia, J. R. De Medeiros, F. Debras, M. Debus, O. Demangeon, M. Dessauges-Zavadsky, P. Di Marcantonio, F. Dionies, R. Doyon, J. Dunn, D. Ehrenreich, J. P. Faria, C. Feruglio, M. Fisher, A. Fontana, M. Fumagalli, T. Fusco, J. Fynbo, O. Gabella, W. Gaessler, E. Gallo, X. Gao, L. Genolet, M. Genoni, P. Giacobbe, E. Giro, R. S. Gonçalves, O. Gonzalez, J. I. González Hernández, F. Gracia Témich, M. G. Haehnelt, C. Haniff, A. Hatzes, R. Helled, H.J. Hoeijmakers, P. Huke, S. Järvinen, A. Järvinen, A. Kaminski, A. Korn, D. Kouach, G. Kowzan, L. Kreidberg, M. Landoni, A. Lanotte, A. Lavail, J. Li, J. Liske, C. Lovis, S. Lucatello, D. Lunney, M. MacIntosh, N. Madhusudhan, L. Magrini, R. Maiolino, L. Malo, A. Man, T. Marquart, E. L. Marques, A. M. Martins, C. J. A. P. Martins, P. Maslowski, C. Mason, E. Mason, R. A. McCracken, P. Mergo, G. Micela, T. Mitchell, P. Mollière, M. Monteiro, D. Montgomery, C. Mordasini, J. Morin, A. Mucciarelli, M. T. Murphy, M. N'Diaye, B. Neichel, A. T. Niedzielski, E. Niemczura, L. Nortmann, P. Noterdaeme, N. Nunes, L. Oggioni, E. Oliva, H. Önel, L. Origlia, G. Östlin, E. Palle, P. Papaderos, G. Pariani, J. Peñate Castro, F. Pepe, L. Perreault Levasseur, P. Petit, L. Pino, J. Piqueras, A. Pollo, K. Poppenhaeger, A. Quirrenbach, E. Rauscher, R. Rebolo, E. M. A. Redaelli, S. Reffert, D. T. Reid, A. Reiners, P. Richter, M. Riva, S. Rivoire, C. Rodríguez-López, I. U. Roederer, D. Romano, S. Rousseau, J. Rowe, S. Salvadori, N. Santos, P. Santos Diaz, J. Sanz-Forcada, M. Sarajlic, J.-F. Sauvage, S. Schäfer, R. P. Schiavon, T. M. Schmidt, C. Selmi, S. Sivanandam, M. Sordet, R. Sordo, F. Sortino, D. Sosnowska, S. G. Sousa, E. Stempels, K. G. Strassmeier, A. Suárez Mascareño, A. Sulich, X. Sun, N.R. Tanvir, F. Tenegi-Sanginés, S. Thibault, S. J. Thompson, A. Tozzi, M. Turbet, P. Vallée, R. Varas, K. Venn, J.-P. Véran, A. Verma, M. Viel, G. Wade, C. Waring, M. Weber, J. Weder, B. Wehbe, J. Weingrill, M. Woche, M. Xompero, E. Zackrisson, A. Zanutta, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, M. Zechmeister, J. Zimara

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218424 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628689

KEYWORDS: Physics, Spectrographs, Stars, Astronomy, Galactic astronomy, Astrophysics, Exoplanets, Planets, Spectral resolution, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 15 December 2020 Poster + Paper

ELT-HIRES the High Resolution Spectrograph for the ELT: status of the polarization ray tracing tool for the polarimetric unit

I. Di Varano, S. Yuan, M. Woche, K. G. Strassmeier, M. Weber

Proceedings Volume 11451, 114514G (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563288

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Polarization, Polarimetry, Ray tracing, Polarizers, Atmospheric optics, Atmospheric corrections, Large telescopes, Earth's atmosphere, Atmospheric sciences

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Second generation spectroscopic instrumentation for the STELLA robotic observatory

Michael Weber, Manfred Woche, Klaus Strassmeier, Ilya Ilyin, Arto Järvinen

Proceedings Volume 11449, 114490J (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562368

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Spectroscopes, Robotics, Observatories, Spectral resolution, Ultraviolet radiation, Visualization, Ultraviolet telescopes, Telescopes, Spherical lenses

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

ELT-HIRES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: the Phase A study and the path to construction

A. Marconi , M. Abreu, V. Adibekyan, M. Aliverti, C. Allende Prieto, P. Amado, M. Amate, E. Artigau, S. Augusto, S. Barros, S. Becerril, B. Benneke, E. Bergin, P. Berio, N. Bezawada, I. Boisse, X. Bonfils, F. Bouchy, C. Broeg, A. Cabral, R. Calvo-Ortega, B. Canto Martins, B. Chazelas, A. Chiavassa, L. Christensen, R. Cirami, I. Coretti, S. Covino, G. Cresci, S. Cristiani, V. Cunha Parro, G. Cupani, V. D'Odorico, I. de Castro Leão, J. de Medeiros, M. de Souza, P. Di Marcantonio, I. Di Varano, R. Doyon, H. Drass, P. Figueira, A. Fragoso, J. Fynbo, E. Gallo, M. Genoni, J. González Hernández, R. Gratton, M. Haehnelt, C. Hansen, J. Hlavacek-Larrondo, I. Hughes, P. Huke, A. Humphrey, H. Kjeldsen, A. Korn, D. Kouach, M. Landoni, J. Liske, C. Lovis, D. Lunney, R. Maiolino, L. Malo, T. Marquart, C. J. A. P. Martins, P. Maslowski, E. Mason, G. Micela, P. Molaro, J. Monnier, M. Monteiro, C. Mordasini, T. Morris, A. Mucciarelli, G. Murray, A. Niedzielski, E. Niemczura, B. Nisini, N. Nunes, E. Oliva, L. Origlia, E. Pallé, G. Pariani, P. Parr-Burman, L. Pasquini, J. Peñate, F. Pepe, G. Pietrzynski, E. Pinna, N. Piskunov, A. Pollo, J. Rasilla, R. Rebolo, P. Rees, A. Reiners, M. Riva, D. Romano, S. Rousseau, N. Sanna, M. Sarajlic, T.-C. Shen, F. Sortino, D. Sosnowska, S. Sousa, E. Stempels, K. Strassmeier, F. Tenegi, A. Tozzi, S. Udry, L. Valenziano, L. Vanzi, M. Weber, M. Woche, M. Xompero, E. Zackrisson, M. R. Zapatero Osorio

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144726 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560489

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Large telescopes, Telescopes, Exoplanets, Atmospheric sciences, Atmospheric sensing, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

Using raytracing to derive the expected performance of STELLA’s SES-VIS spectrograph

Michael Weber, Klaus Strassmeier, Manfred Woche, Ilya Ilyin, Arto Järvinen

Proceedings Volume 11450, 114501C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560847

KEYWORDS: Device simulation, Spectrographs, Near infrared spectroscopy, Calibration, Visualization, Gallium nitride, Telescopes, Observatories, Spectroscopes, Target detection

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Proceedings Article | 24 June 2019 Presentation + Paper

ELT-HIRES the high-resolution spectrograph for the ELT: simulation results of polarimetric aberrations for the polarimetric module

I. Di Varano, S. Yuan, M. Woche, K. Strassmeier, M. Weber

Proceedings Volume 11057, 1105715 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530460

KEYWORDS: Polarimetry, Polarization, Spectrographs, Telescopes, Mirrors, Computer aided design, Zemax, Prisms, Error analysis, Monochromatic aberrations

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

ELT-HIRES the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: phase-A design of its polarimetric unit

I. Di Varano, M. Woche, K. Strassmeier, I. Ilyin, M. Weber, S. Yuan, S. Covino, P. Di Marcantonio, M. Landoni, M. Genoni, M. Riva, A. Marconi

Proceedings Volume 10706, 107061Y (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312115

KEYWORDS: Polarimetry, Polarization, Calibration, Prisms, Earthquakes, Wave plates, Telescopes, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Paper

Radial velocity accuracy prediction of the GREGOR at night spectrograph based on simulated spectra

Michael Weber, Klaus Strassmeier, Manfred Woche, Ilya Ilyin, Arto Järvinen

Proceedings Volume 10705, 107051E (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311715

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Calibration, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Spectral resolution, Sensors, Spectral calibration, Optical design, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Paper

ELT-HIRES the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: optical design studies for the polarimetric unit

M. Woche, I. Di Varano, K. Strassmeier, M. Weber, U. Laux, M. Riva

Proceedings Volume 10706, 1070653 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312601

KEYWORDS: Polarimetry, Prisms, Mirrors, Optical design, Telescopes, Collimators, Spectrographs, Polarization, Beam splitters, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Paper

A study of white pupil configurations for high-resolution échelle spectrographs

D. Sablowski, M. Woche, M. Weber, A. Järvinen, K. Strassmeier

Proceedings Volume 10706, 107066F (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312476

KEYWORDS: Collimators, Spectrographs, Diffraction, Cameras, Image quality, Mirrors, Relays, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

ELT-HIRES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: results from the Phase A study

A. Marconi, C. Allende Prieto, P. Amado, M. Amate, S. Augusto, S. Becerril, N. Bezawada, I. Boisse, F. Bouchy, A. Cabral, B. Chazelas, R. Cirami, I. Coretti, S. Cristiani, G. Cupani, I. de Castro Leão, J. R. de Medeiros, M. A. F. de Souza, P. Di Marcantonio, I. Di Varano, V. D'Odorico, H. Drass, P. Figueira, A. B. Fragoso, J. P. U. Fynbo, M. Genoni, J. I. González Hernández, M. Haehnelt, I. Hughes, P. Huke, H. Kjeldsen, A. Korn, M. Landoni, J. Liske, C. Lovis, R. Maiolino , T. Marquart, C. J. A. P. Martins, E. Mason, M. Monteiro, T. Morris, G. Murray, A. Niedzielski, E. Oliva, L. Origlia, E. Pallé, P. Parr-Burman, V. C. Parro, F. Pepe, N. Piskunov, J. L. Rasilla, P. Rees, R. Rebolo, M. Riva, S. Rousseau, N. Sanna, N. Santos, T.-C. Shen, F. Sortino, D. Sosnowska, S. Sousa, E. Stempels, K. Strassmeier, F. Tenegi, A. Tozzi, S. Udry, L. Valenziano, L. Vanzi, M. Weber, M. Woche, M. Xompero, E. Zackrisson

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107021Y (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311664

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Stars, Physics, Galactic astronomy, Astronomy, Exoplanets, Spectral resolution, Calibration, Absorption, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

GANS: a nighttime spectrograph for the GREGOR solar telescope

Arto Järvinen, M. Weber, K. Strassmeier, T. Granzer, M. Woche, S.-M. Bauer, W. Bittner, J. Weingrill, D. Sablowski

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107026L (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313185

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Mirrors, Telescopes, Calibration, Solar telescopes, Charge-coupled devices, Fiber couplers, Cameras, Vacuum equipment

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Want a PEPSI? Performance status of the recently commissioned high-resolution spectrograph and polarimeter for the 2x8.4m Large Binocular Telescope

Klaus Strassmeier, I. Ilyin, M. Weber, A. Järvinen, M. Woche, S. Järvinen, D. Sablowski, M. Mallonn, E. Keles, T. Carroll, M. Johnson, C. Bender, R. M. Wagner, C. Veillet

Proceedings Volume 10702, 1070212 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311627

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Telescopes, Stars, Spectral resolution, Polarimetry, Spectrographs, Calibration, Collimators, Polarization, Amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 26 June 2017 Paper

Optical and mechanical architecture for the E-ELT HIRES polarimeter

I. Di Varano, K. Strassmeier, M. Woche, M. Weber, U. Laux, S. Yuan, S. Covino, M. Riva, P. Di Marcantonio, M. Genoni, M. Landoni, G Li Causi, E. Mason

Proceedings Volume 10330, 103300C (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2272051

KEYWORDS: Infrared radiation, Polarimetry, Inverse optics, Spectrographs, Spectroscopy, Mueller matrices, Large telescopes, Optical fibers, Adaptive optics, Point spread functions

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

EELT-HIRES the high-resolution spectrograph for the E-ELT

A. Marconi, P. Di Marcantonio, V. D'Odorico, S. Cristiani, R. Maiolino, E. Oliva, L. Origlia, M. Riva, L. Valenziano, F. M. Zerbi, M. Abreu, V. Adibekyan, C. Allende Prieto, P. J. Amado, W. Benz, I. Boisse, X. Bonfils, F. Bouchy, L. Buchhave, D. Buscher, A. Cabral, B. Canto Martins, A. Chiavassa, J. Coelho, L. B. Christensen, E. Delgado-Mena, J. R. de Medeiros, I. Di Varano, P. Figueira, M. Fisher, J. P. Fynbo, A. C. Glasse, M. Haehnelt, C. Haniff, C. J. Hansen, A. Hatzes, P. Huke, A. Korn, I. C. Leão, J. Liske, C. Lovis, P. Maslowski, I. Matute, R. McCracken, C. J. A. Martins, M. J. P. F. Monteiro, S. Morris, T. Morris, H. Nicklas, A. Niedzielski, N. Nunes, E. Palle, P. Parr-Burman, V. Parro, I. Parry, F. Pepe, N. Piskunov, Didier Queloz, A. Quirrenbach, R. Rebolo Lopez, A. Reiners, D. Reid, N. Santos, W. Seifert, S. Sousa, H. Stempels, K. Strassmeier, X. Sun, S. Udry, L. Vanzi, M. Vestergaard, M. Weber, E. Zackrisson

Proceedings Volume 9908, 990823 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231653

KEYWORDS: Physics, Stars, Spectrographs, Exoplanets, Planets, Galactic astronomy, Spectral resolution, Astronomy, Atmospheric sensing, Polarimetry

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

Multi-resolution waveguide image slicer for the PEPSI instrument

Erik Beckert, Klaus Strassmeier, Manfred Woche, Gerd Harnisch, Marcel Hornaff, Michael Weber, Stuart Barnes

Proceedings Volume 9912, 99125O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231096

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Adhesives, Image resolution, Telescopes, Polishing, Manufacturing, Image resolution, Waveguides, Mirrors, Polarimetry, Collimators

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

PEPSI-feed: linking PEPSI to the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope using a 450m long fibre

D. Sablowski, M. Weber, M. Woche, I. Ilyin, A. Järvinen, K. Strassmeier, P. Gabor

Proceedings Volume 9912, 99125H (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231874

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Signal to noise ratio, Cameras, Stars, Charge-coupled devices, Space telescopes, Cladding, Human-machine interfaces, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2016 Paper

STELLA: 10 years of robotic observations on Tenerife

Michael Weber, Thomas Granzer, Klaus Strassmeier

Proceedings Volume 9910, 99100N (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232251

KEYWORDS: Robotics, Telescopes, Observatories, Antennas, Astronomy, Computing systems, Space telescopes, Adaptive optics, Optical correlators, Radio astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

The STELLA robotic observatory on Tenerife

Michael Weber, Thomas Granzer, Klaus Strassmeier

Proceedings Volume 8451, 84510K (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926525

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Observatories, Robotics, Space telescopes, Calibration, Stars, Cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

All-sky mid-infrared imagery to characterize sky conditions and improve STELLA's observational performance

Michael Weber, Dimitri Klebe, Klaus Strassmeier, Thomas Granzer, Ronald Blatherwick, Matthias Müller

Proceedings Volume 8448, 84481H (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926455

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Telescopes, Mid-IR, Infrared imaging, Sensors, Infrared radiation, Calibration, Clouds, Quality measurement, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2008 Paper

PEPSI: the Potsdam Echelle Polarimetric and Spectroscopic Instrument for the LBT

K. Strassmeier, M. Woche, I. Ilyin, E. Popow, S.-M. Bauer, F. Dionies, T. Fechner, M. Weber, A. Hofmann, J. Storm, R. Materne, W. Bittner, J. Bartus, T. Granzer, C. Denker, T. Carroll, M. Kopf, I. DiVarano, E. Beckert, M. Lesser

Proceedings Volume 7014, 70140N (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787376

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Polarimetry, Cameras, CCD cameras, Collimators, Charge-coupled devices, Polarization, Optical benches

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Proceedings Article | 14 July 2008 Paper

The STELLA robotic observatory: first two years of high-resolution spectroscopy

Michael Weber, Thomas Granzer, Klaus Strassmeier, Manfred Woche

Proceedings Volume 7019, 70190L (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790687

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Calibration, Observatories, Robotics, Databases, Stars, Cameras, Charge-coupled devices, CCD cameras

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