Luke Gers

W.M. Keck Observatory — United States

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

13h-index564citations46works0.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing(27), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research(26), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies(17), Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers(6), Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation(6)

Publications46 total

ORCAS Keck instrument demonstrator
Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems·2025
Adaptive optics at W. M. Keck Observatory
2024· 1 cited
ORCAS Keck mission and instrument development
2024
Upgrade of the Veloce high resolution spectrograph at the Anglo-Australian Telescope
2024· 2 cited
Development and design of Second Earth Initiative Spectrograph (2ES)
2024· 1 cited
Keck Adaptive Optics Current and Future Roles as an ELT Pathfinder
SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Enabling high resolution visible AO at the W.M. Keck Observatory
SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository·2023Open Access
Keck All sky Precision Adaptive optics program overview
Adaptive Optics Systems VIII·2022· 8 cited
A phase retrieval technique to measure and correct residual segment piston errors of large aperture optical telescopes
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX·2022· 3 cited
On-sky commissioning of MAROON-X: a new precision radial velocity spectrograph for Gemini North
2020· 44 citedOpen Access
Keck all sky precision adaptive optics: project overview
2020· 10 citedOpen Access
Keck Planet Finder: design updates
2020· 22 cited
Design of Pocket-GMT: an optical emulation of the Giant Magellan Telescope
Experimental Astronomy·2020
Design concept for Pocket-GMT
2020Open Access
Cryogenic detector preamplifer developments at the ANU
2018· 2 citedOpen Access
Stirling cycle cryocooler exported vibration analysis
Adaptive Optics Systems VI·2018· 1 cited
Adaptive optics tracking and pushing system for space debris manoeuvre
Adaptive Optics Systems VI·2018· 4 citedOpen Access
Design evolution of the Giant Magellan Telescope Integral Field Spectrograph, GMTIFS
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII·2018· 5 citedOpen Access
Testing process for the WEAVE prime focus corrector lenses for the William Herschel Telescope
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII·2018
Veloce Rosso: Australia's new precision radial velocity spectrograph
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII·2018· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Jon Lawrence(18), Scott W. Case(16), Stan Miziarski(13), Joss Bland‐Hawthorn(12), Matthew Colless(10), Jeroen Heijmans(9), Keith Shortridge(9), A. J. Horton(9), James Gilbert(9), Jurek Brzeski(8), Michael Goodwin(8), Jessica Zheng(8), Julia J. Bryant(8), Roger Haynes(8), Peter Wizinowich(8), K. C. Freeman(7), Michael Ireland(7), Rolf Müller(7), Ross Zhelem(7), Christopher Q. Trinh(7)