Dr. Darshan Kakkad Profile

Dr. Darshan Kakkad

at Space Telescope Science Institute

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Poster + Paper

The exploratory phase for Lifetime Position 7 in the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph FUV channel

David Sahnow, Christian Johnson, Darshan Kakkad, Marc Rafelski, Svea Hernandez, Will Fischer

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130932Y (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020555

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Sensors, Far ultraviolet, Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Optical gratings, Microchannel plates, Calibration, Data modeling, Ultraviolet detectors

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Paper

Characterizing the line spread function in integral field spectrographs from ground-based telescopes

Darshan Kakkad, Niranjan Thatte, Matthias Tecza, Michele Cappellari, Aurélien Jarno, Laure Piqueras, Javier Piqueras-Lopez, Harry Kendell

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218460 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630335

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Calibration, Data modeling, Modeling, Telescopes, Point spread functions, Instrument modeling, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

MUSE+GALACSI: the first years

Johanna Hartke, Darshan Kakkad, Claudia Reyes, Cristóbal Moya-Sierralta, Axel Reyes, Timo Kravtsov, Johann Kolb, Fernando Selman

Proceedings Volume 11448, 114480V (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560793

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Stars, Point spread functions, Calibration, Atmospheric sciences, Image enhancement, Image quality, Image quality standards, Spectroscopes, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

HARMONI: Characterising the line-spread-function with a tunable Fabry-Pérot etalon

Darshan Kakkad, Matthias Tecza, Niranjan Thatte, Javier Piqueras López, Harry Kendell

Proceedings Volume 11451, 114515W (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562576

KEYWORDS: Fabry–Perot interferometers, Spectrographs, Visible radiation, Adaptive optics, Calibration, Large telescopes, Point spread functions, Sensors, Spectral resolution

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