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John Capone

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Professor EmeritusBiochemistry & Biomedical SciencesMcMaster University

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82 publications.

01

Telescopes for LISA: function, current status, and path forward

Batkis M, Berrier J, Boyce K, Capone J, Derosa R, Howard J, Ivanov J, Jones C, Kelly J, Keski-Kuha R

Classical and Quantum Gravity20255 citations
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6382/ae2058
02

Cross-dispersion setup for an integrated near-IR astrophotonic spectrograph

Pradeep H, Gatkine P, Veilleux S, Zhang Y, Capone J, Zhan J, Dagenais M

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering2025
DOI: 10.1117/12.3043624
03

HARMONI & ELT: prototyping and testing the spectrograph TMA collimator alignment procedure

Tecza M, Castillo-Dominguez E, Kariuki J, Meyer E, Muslimov E, Ozer Z, Thatte N, Clarke F, Capone J

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering20241 citationsSenior author
DOI: 10.1117/12.3019873
04

Cryogenic refractive indices for S-FPL55, S-LAL8, and S-BAH28 glasses for the HARMONI visible camera

Quijada MA, Leviton DB, Capone J, Tecza M

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering2022
DOI: 10.1117/12.2630451
05

HARMONI: first light spectroscopy for the ELT: instrument final design and quantitative performance predictions

Thatte N, Bryson I, Clarke F, Ferraro-Wood V, Fusco T, Le Mignant D, Melotte DJ, Neichel B, Schnetler H, Tecza M

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering202036 citations
DOI: 10.1117/12.2562144
06

RIMAS: testing, and categorization of grism spectral performance

Durbak J, Kutyrev AS, Veilleux S, Mosby G, Lotkin GN, Kunze J, Sakai K, Capone JI, Toy VL, Kuzmenko PJ

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering20201 citations
DOI: 10.1117/12.2561876
07

HARMONI: first light spectroscopy for the ELT: simulating the alignment of a three-mirror anastigmat

Capone JI, Freeman D, Lynn J, Kariuki J, Tecza M, Hidalgo Valadez A

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering20201 citationsFirst author
DOI: 10.1117/12.2561519
08

HARMONI: First light spectroscopy for the ELT: final design and assembly plan of the spectrographs

Ozer Z, Schnetler H, Bagci FT, Booth M, Brock M, Cann N, Capone JI, Chao Ortiz J, Dalton G, Dobson N

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering20201 citations
DOI: 10.1117/12.2560359
09

HARMONI Science Path Optics: predicting and analysing the expected as-built performance with and end-to-end optical model

Tecza M, Menduiña-Fernández Á, Henry DM, Schnetler H, Clarke F, Smith P, Cagigas García MA, Jeanneau A, Capone JI

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering2020Senior author
DOI: 10.1117/12.2562587
10

HARMONI - first light spectroscopy for the ELT: spectrograph camera lens mounts

Hidalgo A, Kariuki J, Lynn J, Cheng W, Lowe A, Bagci FT, Clarke F, Lewis I, Tosh I, Schnetler H

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering2020
DOI: 10.1117/12.2560334

Frequent collaborators

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John CaponeGeoff WerstuckGerhard Ernst GerberParameswaran Krishna NairBernardo TrigattiRichard C AustinDamu TangGerard CoxJeffrey DickhoutPatricia Lai-yung ChangRay Truant
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Geoff Werstuck

Medicine

5 shared papers, latest 1993

Gerhard Ernst Gerber

Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences

3 shared papers, latest 1983

Parameswaran Krishna Nair

Medicine

3 shared papers, latest 2013

Bernardo Trigatti

Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2013

Richard C Austin

Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2013

Damu Tang

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2013

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Physics & Astronomy

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Christine D Wilson

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Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

James Wadsley

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Alison Sills

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Laura Parker

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Robert Cockcroft

Physics & Astronomy

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

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