Publications

PPT (13.7 MB) A Proposed Student Built and Operated Satellite: The Gamma Ray Burst Polarization Observer (PolOSat)
Malphrus, B.K., Jernigan, J.G., Bloom, J.S., Boggs, S., Butler, N.R., Cominsky, L.R., Doering, T.J., Doty, J.P., Erb, D.M., Figer, D. F., Hurley, K.C., Kimel, K.W., Lumpp, J.E., Labov, S. 2009, AAS, 213, #476.03



PDF (2.43 MB) Fabrication of a Photodetector Array on Thin Silicon Wafers
Manser, K. 2008, ImagineRIT Festival



PDF (1.58 MB) Sigma-delta Analog to Digital Converter for CMOS Image Sensors
Singh, N. 2008, ImagineRIT Festival



PDF (3.64 MB) Spot Projector System for the Measurement of Intra-pixel Response
Yu, Young Sam 2008, ImagineRIT Festival



PDF (4.03 MB) SIDECAR ASIC Characterization
Pontillo, D. 2008, ImagineRIT Festival



Characterization of Near Infrared Detectors for SNAP
Schubnell, M., Bebek, C., Brown, M.G., Bower, C., Cole, D., Figer, D. F., Lorenzon, W., Mostek, N., Mufson, S., Seshadri, S., Smith, R., Tarlé, G. 2007, N15-85 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference



PDF (717KB) Comparing the low-temperature performance of megapixel NIR InGaAs and HgCdTe imager arrays
Seshadri, S. 2007, SPIE, 6690, 06



PDF (3.93MB) First use of a HyViSI H4RG for astronomical observations
Simms, L., Figer, D. F., Hanold, B., Kerr, D., Gilmore, K., Kahn, S., Tyson, A., P. 2007, SPIE, 6690, 0H



The LSST Sensor Development Program
Radeka, V., Geary, J. C., Gilmore, K., Nordby, M., Tyson, J. A., Oliver, J., Figer, D. F., & Stubbs, C. 2007, AAS, 0.86 LSST



PDF (989KB) Filters for HST Wide Field Camera 3
Baggett, S., Brown, T., Boucrarut, R., Figer, D. F., Hartig, G. F., Kimble, R., MacKenty, J., Robberto, M., Telfer, R. C., Quijada, M. A., Quijano, J., Arsenovic, P., Allen, G., Hilbert, B., Lupie, O. L., Townsend, J., M, P. 2006, SPIE, 6265, 32



PDF (524KB) Silicon Sensor Thickness Optimization for LSST
O'Connor, P., Figer, D. F., Geary, J. C., Gilmore, K., Oliver, J., Stubbs, C. W., Takacs, P. Z., Tyson, J. A., P. 2006, SPIE, 6276, 1W



Improved Infrared Focal Plane Arrays for HST/Wide Field Camera 3
Kimble, R.A. (NASA's GSFC), MacKenty, J.W. (STScI), Hill, R.J. (NASA's GSFC), Robberto, M.(STScI), Delo, G., Foltz R., Malumuth, E.M., Reed, S., Russell, A.M. , Waczynski, A., Wen, Y. (NASA's GSFC), Figer, D. F. (STScI), 2006, AAS, #125.01



Quantum efficiency overestimation and deterministic cross talk resulting from interpixel capacitance
Moore, A., Ninkov, Z., Forest, W. P 2006 Journal of Optical Engineering



Characterization Tests of WFC3 Filters
Baggett S. (STScI), Boucarut R. (GSFC), Telfer R. (OSC/GSFC), Kim-Quijano J. (STScI), Quijada M., Arsenovic P. (GSFC),Brown T.(STScI), Dailey M.(GSFC), Figer, D. F., G. Hartig, B. Hilbert (STScI), R.A. Kimble, O. Lupie (GSFC), J. MacKenty (STScI), T. Madison (GSFC), M. Robberto (STScI), S. Rice, J. Shu, J. Townsend (GSFC), P. 2006, AAS, #73.04



Development of NIR Detectors and Science Driven Requirements for SNAP
M. G. Brown, M. Schubnell, G. Tarle (U. Michigan), R. Smith, M. Bonati, D. Guzman (Caltech), D. Figer (IDTL), N. Mostek, S. Mufson (Indiana), D. Cole, S. Seshardi (JPL), SNAP Collaboration, SNAP Simulation Team, P. 2006, AAS, #73.04



JPG (1MB) LSST Poster at AAS 205



Abstract Issues and Science Driven Specifications for the Near Infrared Detector System for SNAP
Tarle, G. et al. 2005, AAS



Abstract Design study for a WIYN high resolution infrared camera
M. Meixner (STScI), E. B. Churchwell (Univ. of Wisconsin), P. Knezek (WIYN Obs.), Figer, D. F., R. Doering (STScI), R.H. Barkhouser, S. Smee (JHU/IDG) 2005, AAS, #49.12



Abstract LSST Focal Plane and Detector Development
P. O’Connor (BNL), D. Figer (STScI), J. Geary (CfA), K. Gilmore (SLAC), J. Oliver (Harvard), V. Radeka (BNL), C. Stubbs (Harvard), P. Takacs (BNL), Tony Tyson (UC Davis) 2005, AAS, #108.07



PDF (1.52MB) Independent Testing of Silicon PIN Detector Arrays for LSST
Figer, D. F., Regan, M. W., Morse, E. & Balleza, J. 2005, AAS



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WORD (304KB)
IDTL Article for STScI Annual Report 2003
Figer, D. F., Rauscher, B. J., & Regan, M. W. 2003



PDF (917KB) Limits on routine wavefront sensing with NIRCam on JWST
Sivaramakrishnan, A., Acton, D. S., Atcheson, P. D., Makidon, R. B., Morse, E., & Figer, D. F. 2004, SPIE 5487, 909



PDF (1.52MB) RITMOS: a micromirror-based multi-object spectrometer
Meyer, R., Kearney, K., Ninkov, Z., Cotton, C., Hammond, P., Statt, B. P 2004 SPIE 5492, 200



PDF (2.49MB) Detectors for the James Webb Space Telescope near-infrared spectrograph
Rauscher, B.J., Strada, P., Regan, M.W., Figer, D. F., Jakobsen, P., Moseley, H.S., & Boeker, T., SPIE 5487, 710



PPT (2.11MB) Detectors for the James Webb Space Telescope near-infrared spectrograph
Rauscher, B.J., Strada, P., Regan, M.W., Figer, D. F., Jakobsen, P., Moseley, H.S., & Boeker, T. 2004, AAS



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WORD (3.22MB)
IDTL Article for STScI Fall 2003 Newsletter
Figer, D. F. and DeJong, R. 2003



PPT (2.11MB) Detectors for the JWST Near-Infrared Spectrometer
Rauscher, B.J., Strada, P., Regan, M.W., Figer, D. F., Jakobsen, P., Moseley, H.S., & Boeker, T. 2004, AAS



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Independent Testing of JWST Detector Prototypes
Figer, D. F., Rauscher, B. J., Regan, M. W., Balleza, J., Bergeron, L., Morse, E., and Stockman, H. S. 2003, SPIE, 5167, 270



PPT (8.59MB) Silicon PIN Diodes: A Promising Technology for UV-Optical Space Astronomy
Bernard J. Rauscher, Figer, D. F., & Michael Regan 2003, NHST Workshop



PDF (208KB)
WORD (40KB)
IDTL Article for STScI Annual Report 2002
Figer, D. F. 2002



WORD (5.15MB)
PPT (24.4MB)
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The Independent Detector Testing Laboratory and the NGST Detector Program
Figer, D. F., Rauscher, B. J., Regan, M. W., Balleza, J., Barkhouser, R., Bergeron, L., Greene, G. R., Kim, S., McCandliss, S. R.,Morse, E., Pelton R., Reeves, T., Sharma, U., Stemniski, P., Stockman, H. S., and Telewicz, M. 2003, SPIE, 4850, 981



WORD (2.85MB)
PPT (20.5MB)
Intra-Pixel Sensitivity in NIR Detectors for NGST
Sharma, U., Figer, D. F., Rauscher, B. J., Regan, M. W., Bergeron, L., Balleza, J., Barkhouser, R., Greene, G. R., Kim, S., McCandliss, S. R., Pelton R., Sivaramakrishnan, A., Reeves, T., Stemniski, P., Stockman, H. S., and Telewicz, M. 2003, SPIE, 4850, 1001



PS (1.69MB) NIRCAM Image Simulations for NGST Wavefront Sensing
Sivaramakrishnan, A., Makidon, R. B., Figer, D. F., Jedrzejewski, R. I., Bushouse, H. A., Krist, J. E., Stockman H. S. (STScI), Laidler, V. G., Hodge, P. E., Dencheva, N. M., Rauscher, B. J., Ohara, C., Redding, D. C. (JPL), Im, M. (IPAC), and Offenberg, J. (Raytheon) 2003, SPIE, 4850, 388



WORD (2.76MB)
PPT (22.8MB)
Ultra-Low Background Operation of Near-Infrared Detectors for NGST
Rauscher, B. J., Figer, D. F., Regan, M. W., Bergeron, L., Balleza, J., Barkhouser, R., Greene, G. R., Kim, S., McCandliss, S. R., Pelton, R., Reeves, T., Sharma, U., Stemniski, P., Stockman, H. S., and Telewicz, M. 2003, SPIE, 4850, 962