| 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 |
| PDF (8KB)
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 |
| PDF (312KB)
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 |
| WORD (12.6MB)
PDF (2.83MB) |
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) PDF (5.33MB) PS (2KB) |
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 |