Derek Kopon

507 total citations
23 papers, 303 citations indexed

About

Derek Kopon is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Kopon has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 303 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 11 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Derek Kopon's work include Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (20 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (10 papers) and Optical Systems and Laser Technology (9 papers). Derek Kopon is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (20 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (10 papers) and Optical Systems and Laser Technology (9 papers). Derek Kopon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. Derek Kopon's co-authors include M. Greenwald, W. M. Nevins, Bofeng Bai, B. LaBombard, C.S. Pitcher, R. J. Maqueda, S. J. Zweben, J. L. Terry, X. Q. Xu and B. N. Rogers and has published in prestigious journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astronomical Journal and Physics of Plasmas.

In The Last Decade

Derek Kopon

20 papers receiving 288 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Derek Kopon United States 7 207 180 90 56 55 23 303
A. Kushino Japan 9 188 0.9× 95 0.5× 48 0.5× 19 0.3× 9 0.2× 25 291
Jaehyun Lee South Korea 11 145 0.7× 236 1.3× 26 0.3× 60 1.1× 8 0.1× 28 261
J. Herranz Spain 12 295 1.4× 417 2.3× 44 0.5× 88 1.6× 6 0.1× 35 451
Dietrich Lemke Germany 10 261 1.3× 58 0.3× 55 0.6× 6 0.1× 51 0.9× 38 336
T. J. Hilsabeck United States 11 36 0.2× 164 0.9× 95 1.1× 15 0.3× 36 0.7× 20 249
J. Figueiredo Portugal 10 57 0.3× 167 0.9× 36 0.4× 101 1.8× 5 0.1× 26 263
Rob Donaldson Germany 10 119 0.6× 20 0.1× 150 1.7× 22 0.4× 60 1.1× 25 232
R. Canestrari Italy 9 125 0.6× 164 0.9× 37 0.4× 7 0.1× 17 0.3× 59 276
G. Naylor United Kingdom 10 137 0.7× 285 1.6× 30 0.3× 102 1.8× 3 0.1× 21 323
S. Patankar United States 11 62 0.3× 231 1.3× 177 2.0× 14 0.3× 8 0.1× 29 337

Countries citing papers authored by Derek Kopon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Derek Kopon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek Kopon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Derek Kopon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Derek Kopon based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Derek Kopon. Derek Kopon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Harris, Robert J., Marshall C. Johnson, Ariadna Calcines, et al.. (2024). Little iLocater: paving the way for iLocater. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 536(3). 2421–2432. 1 indexed citations
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Kopon, Derek, et al.. (2023). Sensitivity comparison of a NURBS freeform telescope. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 10590. 15–15.
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McLeod, B. A., Antonin Bouchez, Jan Kansky, et al.. (2022). The wide field phasing testbed for the Giant Magellan Telescope. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 7–7. 2 indexed citations
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McLeod, B. A., Jan Kansky, Derek Kopon, et al.. (2018). Mechanisms in the GMT acquisition guiding and wavefront sensing system. 231–231. 2 indexed citations
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Kopon, Derek, B. A. McLeod, Antonin Bouchez, et al.. (2018). Preliminary on-sky results of the next generation GMT phasing sensor prototype. 10700. 34–34. 3 indexed citations
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Kopon, Derek, B. A. McLeod, Antonin Bouchez, et al.. (2017). Phasing the GMT with a next generation e-APD dispersed fringe sensor: design and on-sky prototyping. 4 indexed citations
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Kopon, Derek, B. A. McLeod, Marcos A. van Dam, et al.. (2016). On-sky demonstration of the GMT dispersed fringe phasing sensor prototype on the Magellan Telescope. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9909. 990946–990946. 6 indexed citations
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Arcidiacono, Carmelo, Harald Baumeister, Maria Bergomi, et al.. (2014). Acquiring multiple stars with the LINC-NIRVANA Pathfinder. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9149. 91491O–91491O. 2 indexed citations
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Males, Jared R., Laird M. Close, Katie M. Morzinski, et al.. (2013). High contrast imaging with the Magellan VisAO camera. 50. 1 indexed citations
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Kopon, Derek. (2012). The Optical Design of a Visible Adaptive Optics System for the Magellan Telescope. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 1 indexed citations
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Males, Jared R., Laird M. Close, Derek Kopon, et al.. (2012). Laboratory demonstration of real time frame selection with Magellan AO. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8447. 844742–844742. 3 indexed citations
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Close, Laird M., Jared R. Males, Derek Kopon, et al.. (2012). First closed-loop visible AO test results for the advanced adaptive secondary AO system for the Magellan Telescope: MagAO's performance and status. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 26 indexed citations
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Males, Jared R., et al.. (2010). Frame selection techniques for the Magellan adaptive optics VisAO camera. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7736. 773660–773660. 5 indexed citations
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Follette, Katherine B., et al.. (2010). The first VisAO-fed integral field spectrograph: VisAO IFS. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7735. 77351P–77351P. 1 indexed citations
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Kopon, Derek, et al.. (2009). Enabling technologies for visible adaptive optics: the Magellan adaptive secondary VisAO camera. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7439. 74390Y–74390Y. 5 indexed citations
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Close, Laird M., Derek Kopon, Philip M. Hinz, et al.. (2008). The Magellan Telescope adaptive secondary AO system. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7015. 70150Y–70150Y. 10 indexed citations
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Kopon, Derek, et al.. (2008). An advanced atmospheric dispersion corrector for extreme AO. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7015. 70156M–70156M. 6 indexed citations
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Lewis, B. M., Derek Kopon, & Yervant Terzian. (2004). 2MASS Counterparts for OH/IR Stars. I. The Arecibo Sample. The Astronomical Journal. 127(1). 501–512. 10 indexed citations
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Terry, J. L., S. J. Zweben, K. Hallatschek, et al.. (2003). Observations of the turbulence in the scrape-off-layer of Alcator C-Mod and comparisons with simulation. Physics of Plasmas. 10(5). 1739–1747. 188 indexed citations

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