Selected Publications

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Imaging Technology

M. Bautz, S. Kissel, R. Masterson, K. Ryu, V. Suntharalingam, Directly-deposited blocking filters for high-performance silicon x-ray detectors.  SPIE, Vol. 9905, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, July 2016.

D. Figer, J. Lee, B.J. Hanold, B. Aull, J. Gregory, D. Schuette, A photon-counting detector for exoplanet missions.  SPIE Vol. 8151, Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets V, 5 September 2011.

D. Figer, B. Aull, D. Schuette, B.J. Hanold, K. Kolb, J. Lee, Silicon single photon imaging detectors.  SPIE Vol. 8155, Infrared Sensors, Devices, and Applications; Single Photon Imaging II, 21 August 2011.

K. Gao, C. McGinty, H. Payson, S. Berry, J. Vornehm, V. Finnemeyer, B. Roberts, P. Bos, High-efficiency large-angle Pancharatnam phase deflector based on dual-twist design.  Opt. Express, Vol. 25, No. 6, 20 March 2017.

J. Lin, Single-shot hyperspectral multiplexed imaging using a computational imaging array.  SPIE, Vol. 10222, Computational Imaging II, 9 April 2017.

L. Little, B. Tyrrell, R. D'Onofrio, B. Bekirov, C. Cull, P. Berger, S. Browne, M. Britton, J. Cass, G. Tyler, Pixel-processing imager development for directed energy applications.  Directed Energy Systems Symposium, 26-29 August 2013. 

C. McGinty, V. Finnemeyer, R. Reich, H. Clark, S. Berry, P. Bos, Strong effect of azodye layer thickness on RM-stabilized photoalignment.  SID Symp. Digest of Tech. Papers, Vol. 48, No. 1, May 2017.

K. Retherford, Y. Bai, K. Ryu, P. Welander, M. Davis, T. Greathouse, G. Winters, V. Suntharalingam, J. Beletic, Enhancing the far-ultraviolet sensitivity of silicon complementary metal oxide semiconductor imaging arrays.  J. Astron. Telesc. Instrum. Syst., Vol. 1, No. 4, Oct. - Dec. 2015.

J. Wang, C. McGinty, J. West, D. Bryant, V. Finnemeyer, R. Reich, S. Berry, H. Clark, O. Yaroshchuk, P. Bos, Effects of humidity and surface on photoalignment of brilliant yellow.  Liquid Cryst., article in press, 2016.

D. Woods, R. Vanderspek, R. MacDonald, E. Morgan, J. Villasenor, C. Thayer, B. Burke, C. Chesbrough, M. Chrisp, K. Clark, G. Furesz, A. Gonzales, T. Nguyen, G. Prigozhin, B. Primeau, G. Ricker, T. Sauerwein, V. Suntharalingam, The TESS camera: modeling and measurements with deep depletion devices.  Proc. SPIE 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 29 July 2016.

V. Finnemeyer, D. Bryant, R.K. Reich, H.R. Clark, S.R. Berry, C.O. Bozler, O. Yaroshchuk, L. Lu, and P. Bos, Versatile alignment layer method for new types of liquid crystal photonic devices, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 118, No. 3, pp. 034501, July 2015.

L. Yin, C.O. Bozler, D.V. Harburg, F. Omenetto, and  J.A. Rogers, Materials and fabrication sequences for water soluble silicon integrated circuits at the 90 nm node, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 106, no. 1, 014105, January 5, 2015.

V. Ferlet-Cavrois, L.W. Massengill, and P. Gouker, Single-Event-Transients in Digital CMOS-A Review, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 1767–1790, June 2013.

P.M. Gouker, B. Tyrrell, M. Renzi, C. Chen, P. Wyatt, J.R. Ahlbin, S. Weeden-Wright, N.M. Atkinson, N.J. Gaspard, B.L. Bhuva, L.W. Massengill, E. Zhang, R. Schrimpf, R.A. Weller, M.P. King, and M.J. Gadlage, SET Characterization in Logic Circuits Fabricated in a 3DIC Technology, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 2555–2562, December 2011.

P.M. Gouker, B. Tyrrell, R. D'Onofrio, P. Wyatt, T. Soares, W. Hu, C. Chen, J. Schwank, M. Shaneyfelt, E. Blackmore, K. Delikat, M. Nelsonknecht, P. McMarr, H. Hughes, J. Ahlbin, S. Weeden-Wright, and R. Schrimpf, Radiation Effects in 3D Integrated SOI SRAM Circuit, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 2845–2854, December 2011.

M.W. Geis, T.M. Lyszczarz, R.M. Osgood, and B.R. Kimball, 30 to 50 ns Liquid-Crystal Optical Switches, Optics Express, vol. 18, Issue 18, pp. 18886-18893, 2010.

P.M. Gouker, M.J. Gadlage, D. McMorrow, P. McMarr, H. Hughes, P. Wyatt, C. Keast, B.L. Bhuva, and B. Narasimham, Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Digital Single Event Transients in a 180-nm Fully Depleted SOI Process, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 56, no. 6, pp. 3477–3482, December 2009.

C.L. Keast, B. Aull, J. Burns, C. Chen, J. Knecht, B. Tyrrell, K. Warner, B. Wheeler, V. Suntharalingam, P. Wyatt, and D. Yost, Three-Dimensional Integration Technology for Advanced Focal Planes, Proceedings of Materials Research Society Symposium E - Materials and Technologies for 3-D Integration, vol. 1112, 112-E01-02, 2009.

J.A. Mendenhall, L.M. Candell, P.I. Hopman, G. Zogbi, D.M. Boroson, D.O. Caplan, C.J. Digenis, D.R. Hearn, and R.C. Shoup, Design of an Optical Photon Counting Array Receiver System for Deep Space Communications, Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 95, no. 10, pp. 2059-2069, October 2007.

W. Vernon, M. Allin, R. Hamlin, T. Hontz, D. Nguyen, F. Augustine, S.M. Gruner, Ng.H. Xuong, D.R. Schuette, M.W. Tate, and L.J. Koerner, First Results from the 128×128 Pixel Mixed-mode Si X-ray Detector Chip, Proceedings of SPIE, Hard X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detector Physics IX, vol. 6706, September 2007.

J.A. Burns, B.F. Aull, C.K. Chen, C.-L. Chen, C.L. Keast, J.M. Knecht, V. Suntharalingam, K. Warner, P.W. Wyatt, and D.-R.W. Yost, A Wafer-scale 3-D Circuit Integration Technology, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 53, no. 10, pp. 2507-2516, Oct. 2006.

M.M. Coakley, M.W. Kelly, W.J. Blackwell, D.P. Ryan-Howard, H.R. Finkle, S. Kirkner, A. Carson, and G. Martin, Hyperspectral Environmental Suite for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), Proceedings of SPIE, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery X, vol. 5425, no. 1, pp. 329-40, 2004.

M.W. Kelly and D.L. Mooney, A Method for Correcting Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) Dynamic Alignment Errors, Proceedings of SPIE, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery X, vol. 5425, no. 1, pp. 443-55, August 2004.

C. Livermore, A.R. Forte, T.M. Lyszczarz, S.D. Umans, A. Arturo, and J.H. Lang, A High-Power MEMS Electric Induction Motor, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 465-471, June 2004.

J.A. Mendenhall, D.R. Hearn, D.E. Lencioni, C.J. Digenis, and L. Ong, Summary of the EO-1 ALI Performance During the First 2.5 Years On-Orbit, Proceedings of the SPIE International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, vol. 5151, VIII, pp. 574-585, August 2003.

S.G. Ungar, J.S. Pearlman, J.A. Mendenhall, and D. Reuter, Overview of the Earth Observing One (EO-1) Mission, IEEE Transactions on GeoScience and Remote Sensing, vol. 41, no. 6, pt. 1, pp. 1149-1159, June 2003.

S. Hanna, D. Bhattacharya, L.M. Boone, M.C. Chantell, Z. Conner, C.E. Covault, M. Dragovan, P. Fortin, D.T. Gregorich, J.A. Hinton, R. Mukherjee, R.A. Ong, S. Oser, K. Ragan, R.A. Scalzo, D.R. Schuette, C.G. Théoret, T.O. Tümer, D.A. Williams, and J.A. Zweerink, The STACEE-32 Ground Based Gamma-ray Detector, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 491, no. 1-2, p 126-151, September 21, 2002.

J.A. Mendenhall, D.E. Lencioni, D.R. Hearn, and C.J. Digenis, Flight Test Results of the Earth Observing-1 Advanced Land Imager, Proceedings of the Space Control Conference JAC 2002, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, p. 10, April 2002.

M.W. Kelly, E.J. Ringdahl, A.I. D'Souza, S.D. Luce, and E.W. Cascio, Proton Irradiations of Large Area Hg1-xCdxTe Photovoltaic Detectors for the Cross-track Infrared Sounder, Proceedings of SPIE, Infrared Technology and Applications XXVIII, vol. 4820, no. 1, pp. 479-490, 2002.

B. Tyrrell, M. Fritze, D. Astolfi, R. Mallen, B. Wheeler, P. Rhyins, and P. Martin, Investigation of the Physical and Practical Limits of Dense-only Phase Shift Lithography for Circuit Feature Definition, Journal of Microlithography, Microfabrication, and Microsystems, vol. 1, no. 243, pp. 243-252, 2002.

S. Oser, D. Bhattacharya, L.M. Boone, M.C. Chantell, Z. Conner, C.E. Covault, M. Dragovan, P. Fortin, D.T. Gregorich, D.S. Hanna, R. Mukherjee, R.A. Ong, K. Ragan, R.A. Scalzo, D.R. Schuette, C.G. Theoret, T.O. Tumer, D.A. Williams, and J.A. Zweerink, High-energy Gamma-ray Observations of the Crab Nebula and Pulsar with the Solar Tower Atmospheric Cerenkov Effect Experiment, Astrophysical Journal, vol. 547, no. 2, pt. 1, 949-58, Feb 2001.

M.E. MacDonald, E.C. Wack, M.W. Kelly, D.P. Ryan-Howard, M.M. Coakley, D.M. Weitz, H.R. Finkle, D.E. Weidler, G.W. Carlisle, and L.M. Candell, Architectural Trades for an Advanced Geostationary Atmospheric Sounding Instrument, IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings, vol. 4, pp. 41693-41711, 2001.

S.J. Spector, D.K. Astolfi, S.P. Doran, T.M. Lyszczarz, and J.E. Raynolds, Infrared Frequency Selective Surfaces Fabricated using Optical Lithography and Phase-shift Masks, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, vol. 19, pp. 2757-2760, 2001.

J.A. Mendenhall, D.R. Hearn, J.B. Evans, D.E. Lencioni, C.J. Digenis, and R.D. Welsh, Initial Flight Test Results from the EO-1 Advanced Land Imager: Radiometric Performance, IGARSS: International GeoScience and Remote Sensing Symposium, vol. 1, pp. 515-417, July 2001.

V. Suntharalingam, B. Burke, M. Cooper, D. Yost, P. Gouker, M. Anthony, H. Whittingham, J. Sage, J. Burns, S. Rabe, C. Chen, J. Knecht, S. Cann, P. Wyatt, and C. Keast, Monolithic 3.3 V CCD/SOI-CMOS Imager Technology, IEEE 2000 IEDM Digest Technical Papers, pp. 697-700, Dec. 2000.

V. Suntharalingam, B.E. Burke, C.K. Chen, M.J. Cooper, and C.L. Keast, SOI Wafer Selection for CCD/SOI-CMOS Technology, Proceedings of 2000 IEEE International SOI Conference, pp. 136-137, Oct. 2000.

P. Lin, M.W. Kelly, S.A.B. Sibayan, M.A. Latina, and R.R. Anderson, Selective Cell Killing by Microparticle Absorption of Pulsed Laser Radiation, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 963-8, July-Aug. 1999.

P. Lin and M.W. Kelly, Cavitation and Acoustic Emission around Laser-heated Microparticles, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 72, no. 22, p 2800-2, 1998.

J.A. Mendenhall, D.E. Lencioni, D.R. Hearn, and A.C. Parker, EO-1 Advanced Land Imager In-Flight Calibration, Optical Science Engineering and Instrumentation Symposium, SPIE SD03, Barnes, San Diego, 1998.

P. Amendt, R.A. London, M. Strauss, M.E. Glinsky, D.J. Maitland, P.M. Celliers, S.R. Visuri, D.S. Bailey, D.A. Young, D. Ho, C.P. Lin, and M.W. Kelly, Simulation Studies of Vapor Bubble Generation by Short-pulse Lasers, Proceedings of SPIE, Laser-Tissue Interaction, Tissue Optics, and Laser Welding III, vol. 3195, pp. 259-272, 1997.

 

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Scientific and DoD Imagers

B. Shaun, C. Bozler, R. Reich, H. Clark, P. Bos, V. Finnemeyer, C. McGinty, A scalable fabrication process for liquid crystal-based uncooled thermal imagers.  J. Microelectromech. Syst., April 1, 2016.

H. Clark, Liquid crystal uncooled thermal imager development [MIT-LIN-110412].  SPIE, Vol. 9974, Infrared Sensors, Devices, and Applications VI, 28 August 2016..

C. Leitz, Germanium CCDs for large-format SWIR and x-ray imaging.  J. Instrum., Vol. 12, No. 5, May 2017.

V. Suntharalingam, Scientific, back-illuminated CCD development for the transiting exoplanet survey satellite. In: Proceedings of the 2015 International Image Sensor Workshop, International Image Sensors Society, Vaals, The Netherlands (2015).

J.A. Gregory, A.M. Smith, E.C. Pearce, R.L. Lambour, R.Y. Shah, H.R. Clark, K. Warner, R.M. Osgood III, D.F. Woods, A.E. DeCew, S.E. Forman, L. Mendenhall, C.M. DeFranzo, V.S. Dolat, and A.H. Loomis, Development and application of spherically curved charge-coupled device imagers, Applied Optics, vol. 54, no. 10, pp. 3072-82, April 1, 2015.

H.R. Clark Jr., C.O. Bozler, S.R. Berry, R.K. Reich, P.J. Bos, V.A. Finnemeyer, and D.R. Bryant, Liquid Crystal Uncooled Thermal Imager Development, September 9, 2014.  (Full Report)

C. Boyer, S. Adkins, D.R. Andersen, J. Atwood, Y. Bo, P. Byrnes, K. Caputa, J. Cavaco, B. Ellerbroek, L. Gilles, J.A. Gregory, G. Herriot, P. Hickson, Z. Ljusic, D. Manter, C. Marois, A. Otárola, H. Pagès, M. Schoeck, J. Sinquin, M. Smith, P. Spano, K. Szeto, J. Tang, T. Travouillon, J. Véran, L. Wang, and K. Wei, Adaptive optics program at TMT, Proceedings of SPIE, Adaptive Optics Systems IV, vol. 9148, 914801, September 5, 2014.

K.K. Ryu, B.E. Burke, H.R. Clark, R.D. Lambert, P. O’Brien, V. Suntharalingam, C.M. Ward, K. Warner, M.W. Bautz, R.P. Binzel, S.E. Kissel, and R.A. Masterson, Development of CCDs for REXIS on OSIRIS-REx, Proceedings of SPIE, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, vol. 9144, 91444O, June 22, 2014.

V. Suntharalingam, R. Berger, S. Clark, J. Knecht, A. Messier, K. Newcomb, D. Rathman, R. Slattery, A. Soares, C. Stevenson, K. Warner, D. Young, L.P. Ang, B. Mansoorian, and D. Shaver, A Four-Side Tileable, Back Illuminated, Three-Dimensionally Integrated Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor, IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, pp. 38-39, 8-12 February 2009.

B.E. Burke, J.L. Tonry, M.J. Cooper, P.E. Doherty, A.H. Loomis, D.J. Young, and P. Onaka, Orthogonal Transfer Arrays for Wide-field Adaptive Imaging, Proceedings of the 2007 International Image Sensor Workshop, Ogunquit, ME, pp. 323-325, 2007.

V. Suntharalingam, D.D. Rathman, G. Prigozhin, S. Kissel, and M. Bautz, Back-illuminated Three-dimensionally Integrated CMOS Image Sensors for Scientific Applications, Proceedings of the SPIE 6690, Focal Plane Arrays for Space Telescopes III, 669009, Aug. 2007.

B.E. Burke, P. Jorden, and P. Vu, CCD Technology, Scientific Detectors for Astronomy, J. Beletic et al. eds., Springer, pp. 225-264, 2005.

A. Hoffman, M. Loose, and V. Suntharalingam, CMOS Detector Technology, Experimental Astronomy, Springer Netherlands, vol. 19, no.1-3, pp. 111-134, Jan. 2005.

V. Suntharalingam, R. Berger, J.A. Burns, C.K. Chen, C.L. Keast, J.M. Knecht, R.D. Lambert, K.L. Newcomb, D.M. O'Mara, D.D. Rathman, D.C. Shaver, A.M. Soares, C.N. Stevenson, B.M. Tyrrell, K. Warner, B.D. Wheeler, D.-R.W. Yost, and D.J. Young, Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor Fabricated in Three-dimensional Integrated Circuit Technology, IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, pt. 1, p. 356-357, 19-25 June 2005.

B.E. Burke, J.L. Tonry, M.J. Cooper, G. Luppino, G. Jacoby, R. Bredthauer, K. Boggs, M. Lesser, P. Onaka, D.J. Young, P.E. Doherty, and D. Craig, The Orthogonal-Transfer Array: a New CCD Architecture for Astronomy, Proceedings of the SPIE, vol. 5499, pp. 185-192, June 2004.

B.E. Burke, J.A. Gregory, A.H. Loomis, S.D. Calawa, P.M. Nitishin, T.A. Lind, M.J. Cooper, D.J. Young, P.W. O’Brien, B.B. Kosicki, G.A. Luppino, and J.L. Tonry, Broadband (200-1000 nm) Back-illuminated CCD Imagers, Scientific Detectors for Astronomy, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 41-49, 2004.

V. Suntharalingam, B.E. Burke, and M.J. Cooper, Silicon-on-Insulator-based Single-chip Image Sensors: Low-voltage Scientific Imaging, Experimental Astronomy, Springer Netherlands, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 91-98, 2002.

B.E. Burke, J.A. Gregory, M.W. Bautz, G.Y. Prigozhin, S.R. Kissel, B.B. Kosicki, A.H. Loomis, and D.J. Young, Soft-X-ray CCD Imagers for AXAF, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 44, pp. 1633-1642, October 1997.

B.E. Burke, and S.A. Gajar, Dynamic Suppression of Interface-state Dark Current in Buried-channel CCDs, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 285-290, February 1991.

 

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High-Speed Imagers

D.R. Schuette, R.K. Reich, I. Prigozhin, B.E. Burke, and R. Johnson, New CCD imagers for adaptive optics wavefront sensors, Proceedings of SPIE, Adaptive Optics Systems IV, vol. 9148, 91485O, June 22 2014.

Z. Wang, E. Guardincerri, D.D. Rathman, M.E. Azzouz, C.W. Barnes, R. Berger, E.M. Bond, D.V. Craig, D. Holtkamp, J.S. Kapustinsky, A.V. Kilmenko, K. Kwiatkowski, R.B. Merl, C.L. Morris, J.O. Perry, E. Ramberg, R.K. Reich, A. Ronzhin, K. Warner, R.T. Williams, and R.Y. Zhu, GHz Hard X-ray Imaging Using Fast Scintillators, SPIE 8852, Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XV, 26 September 2013.

J.A. Mendez, S.J. Balzer, S.A. Watson, R.K. Reich, and D.M. O'Mara, A Multi-frame, Megahertz CCDImager, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 1188-1192, June 2009.

R. Berger, D.D. Rathman, B.M. Tyrrell, E.J. Kohler, M.K. Rose, R.A. Murphy, T.S. Perry, H.F. Robey, F.A. Weber, D.M. Craig, A.M. Soares, S.P. Vernon, and R.K. Reich, A 64x64-Pixel CMOS Test Chip for the Development of Large-format Ultra-high-speed Snapshot Imagers, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 43, no. 9, p. 1940, Sept. 2008.

J. Knecht, V. Bolkhovsky, J. Sage, B. Tyrrell, B. Wheeler, and C. Wynn, Integration of High-speed Surface-channel Charge Coupled Devices into an SOI CMOS Process Using Strong Phase Shift Lithography, Proceedings of the SPIE, Optical Microlithography XXI, vol. 6924, p. 69244R-1-10, 14 March 20 08.

K. Bahlmann, P. So, M. Kirber, R.K. Reich, B.B. Kosicki, W.H. McGonagle, and K. Bellve, Multifocal Multiphoton Microscopy (MMM) at a Frame Rate Beyond 600 Hz, Optics Express, vol. 15, no. 17, pp. 10998-11005, August 2007.

D.D. Rathman, D.J. Young, D.M. O'Mara, and A.H. Loomis, High-Frame Rate Imager for Missile Intercept Analysis, Meeting of the MSS Specialty Group on Missile Defense Sensors, Environment & Algorithms, 24-26 October 2006.

R.K. Reich, D.D. Rathman, D.M. O'Mara, D.J. Young, A.H. Loomis, R.M. Osgood, R.A. Murphy, M.K. Rose, R. Berger, B.M. Tyrrell, S.A. Watson, M.D. Ulibarri, T. Perry, F. Weber, and H. Robey, Lincoln Laboratory High-Speed Solid-State Imager Technology, Proceedings of the SPIE, 27th International Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics, vol. 6279, 17-22 September 2006.

D.D. Rathman, D.M. O'Mara, M.K. Rose, R.M. Osgood, and R.K. Reick, Dynamic Response of an Electronically Shuttered Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Imager, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 51, no. 6, pp. 864-869, June 2004.

R.K. Reich and W.H. McGonagle, LLIST – A New Star Tracker Camera for Tip-Tilt Correction at IOTA, 2004 SPIE Conference on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation Glasgow, Scotland, 21-26 June 2004.

R.K. Reich, Sub-Poisson Statistics Observed in an Electronically Shuttered and Back-Illuminated CCD Pixel, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 44, no. 1, January 1997, pp. 69-73; Selected Papers on CCD and CMOS Imagers, SPIE Milestone Series, vol. MS 177, pp. 169-173, 2003.

R.K. Reich, D.M. O'Mara, D.J. Young, A.H. Loomis, D.D. Rathman, D.M. Craig, S.A. Watson, M.D. Ulibarri, and B.B. Kosicki, High-Fill-Factor, Burst-Frame-Rate CCD Imager, SPIE Ultrahigh- and High-Speed Photography, Photonics, and Videography, vol. 5210, pp. 95-104, August 2003.

R.K. Reich, D.D. Rathman, D.M. O'Mara, D.J. Young, A.H. Loomis, E.J. Kohler, R.M. Osgood, R.A. Murphy, M.K. Rose, R. Berger, S.A. Watson, M.D. Ulibarri, T. Perry, and B.B. Kosicki, High-Speed Electronically Shuttered Solid-State Imager Technology, Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 74, no. 3, Pt. II, pp. 2027-2031, March 2003; Proceedings of the 14th Topical Conference on High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics, 8-11 July 2002.

R K. Reich, W.H. McGonagle, J.A. Gregory, R.W. Mountain, B.B. Kosicki, and E.D. Savoye, High Performance CCD Imager Technology for Plasma Diagnostics, Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 922-925, January 1997.

 

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Single-Photon-Sensitive Imagers

B. Aull, Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode arrays integrated to all-digital CMOS circuits.  Sensors, Vol. 16, No. 495, 2016.

B. Aull, Large-format Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode arrays and readout circuits.  IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron., Vol. 24, No. 2, March/April 2018.

B. Aull, Single-photon-sensitive solid-state image sensors for flash lidar.  CLEO 2016, Laser Science to Photonic Applications, 5-10 June 2016.

J. Frechette, State of the art focal plane arrays of InP/InGaAsP Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes for active electro-optical applications.  2016 MSS Active E-O Systems, 10 October 2016.

M. Grzesik, Development of fuses for protection of Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode arrays.  J. Electron. Mater.

M. Grzesik, J. Donnelly, E. Duerr, M. Manfra, M. Diagne, R. Bailey, G. Turner, George W. W. Goodhue, Impact ionization in AlxGa1-xASySb1-y avalanche photodiodes.  App. Phys. Lett., Vol. 104, No. 16, 21 April 2014.

K. Ryu, Directly deposited optical-blocking filters for single-photon x-ray imaging spectroscopy.  J. Astron. Telesc. Instrum. Syst., Vol. 3, No. 3 (2017).

R. Younger, Crosstalk characterization and mitigation in Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode arrays.  2016 IEEE Photonics Conf., IPC, 2-6 October 2016.

B. F. Aull, Silicon Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode arrays for photon-starved imaging, Proceedings of SPIE, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques IX, Vol. 9492, May 28, 2015.

G.J. Jordy and J.P. Donnelly, Model of turn-on characteristics of InP-based Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes suitable for circuit simulations, Proceedings of SPIE, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques IX, Vol. 9492, May 28, 2015.

B.F. Aull, D.R. Schuette, D.J. Young, D.M. Craig, B.J. Felton, and K. Warner, A study of crosstalk in a 256 x 256 photon counting imager based on silicon Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes, IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 2123-32, April 2015.

B.F. Aull, R.K. Reich, C.M. Ward, D.M. Craig, D.J. Young, and R.L. Johnson, Detection statistics in Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode quad-cell arrays with crosstalk and dead time, IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 2133-43, April 2015.

M.J. Grzesik, J.P. Donnelly, E.K. Duerr, M.J. Manfra, M.A. Diagne, R.J. Bailey, G.W. Turner, and W.D. Goodhue, Impact ionization in AlxGa1-xASySb1-y avalanche photodiodes, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 104, no. 16, 162103, April 21, 2014.

J.P. Frechette, P.J. Grossman, D.E. Busacker, G.J. Jordy, E.K. Duerr, K.A. McIntosh, D.C. Oakley, R.J. Bailey, A.C. Ruff, M.A. Brattain, J.E. Funk, J.G. MacDonald and S. Verghese, Readout Circuitry for Continuous High-Rate Photon Detection with Arrays of InP Geiger-Mode Avalanche Photodiodes, Proceedings of SPIE, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques VI, vol. 8375, pp. 83750W-1, April 2012.

D.R. Schuette, MBE Back-illuminated Silicon Geiger-Mode Avalanche Photodiodes for Enhanced Ultra-Violet Response, Proceedings of SPIE, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques V, vol. 8033, 80330D, April 2011.

B.F. Aull, D.R. Schuette, R.Reich, and R.L. Johnson, Adaptive optics wavefront sensors based on photon-counting detector arrays, Proceedings of SPIE, Adaptive Optics Systems II, Volume 7736, pp. 773610-1, 2010.

D.R. Schuette, Hybridization Process for Back-illuminated Silicon Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiode Arrays, Proceedings of SPIE, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques IV, vol. 7681, pp. 76810P, 5 April 2010.

J.B. Glettler, P.I. Hopman, S. Verghese, J.C. Aversa, L.M. Candell, J.P. Donnelly, E.K. Duerr, J.P. Frechette, J.E. Funk, Z.L. Liau, K.A. McIntosh, L.J. Mahoney, K.M. Molvar, D.C. Oakley, E.J. Ouellette, G.M. Smith, and C.J. Vineis, InP-based Single-photon Detector Arrays With Asynchronous Readout Integrated Circuits, Optical Engineering, vol. 47(10), pp.100502-1-100502-3, October 2008.

B.F. Aull, M. Renzi, A. Loomis, D.J. Young, B. Felton, T.A. Lind, D.M. Craig, and R.L. Johnson, Geiger-Mode Quad-Cell Array for Adaptive Optics, Conference on Lasers and Electrooptics, San Jose, CA, May 2008.

G.M. Smith, J.P. Donnelly, K.A. McIntosh, E.K. Duerr, D.C. Shaver, S. Verghese, J.E. Funk, L.J. Mahoney, K.M. Molvar, D.C. Chapman and D.C. Oakley, Reliable Large Format Arrays of Geiger-Mode Avalanche Photodiodes, IEEE 20th Conference on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials, 25-29 May 2008.

C.A. Wang, E.K. Duerr, J.P. Donnelly, D.R. Calawa and D.C. Chapman, Organometallic Vapor Phase Epitaxy of Relaxed InPAs/InP as Multiplication Layers for Avalanche Photodiodes, Journal of Crystal Growth, vol. 310, pp. 1583-9, 2008.

J.A. Mendenhall, L.M. Candell, P.I. Hopman, G. Zogbi, D. Boroson, D.O. Caplan, C.J. Digenis, D.R. Hearn, and R.C. Shoup, Design of an Optical Photon Counting Array Receiver System for Deep-Space Communications, Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 95, no. 10, pp. 2059-2069, October 2007.

S. Verghese, J.P. Donnelly, E.K. Duerr, K.A. McIntosh, D.C. Chapman, C.J. Vineis, G.M. Smith, J.E. Funk, K.E. Jensen, P.I. Hopman, D.C. Shaver, B.F. Aull, J.C. Aversa, J.P. Frechette, J.B. Glettler, Z.L. Liau, J.M. Mahan, L.J. Mahoney, K.M. Molvar, F.J. O'Donnell, D.C. Oakley, E.J. Ouellette, M.J. Renzi, and B.M. Tyrrell, Arrays of InP-based Avalanche Photodiodes for Photon Counting, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 870-886, July/August 2007.

B.F. Aull, J. Burns, C. Chen, B. Felton, H. Hanson, C. Keast, J. Knecht, A. Loomis, M. Renzi, A. Soares, V. Suntharalingam, K. Warner, D. Wolfson, D. Yost, and D.J. Young, Laser Radar Imager Based on Three-dimensional Integration of Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiodes withTwo SOI Timing-circuit Layers, 2006 International Solid State Circuits Conference Digest, pp. 304-305, 2006.

K.E. Jensen, P.I. Hopman, E.K. Duerr, E.A. Dauler, J.P. Donnelly, S.H. Groves, L.J. Mahoney, K.A. McIntosh, K.M. Molvar, A. Napoleone, D.C. Oakley, S. Verghese, C.J. Vineis, and R.D. Younger, After Pulsing in Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiodes for 1.06-µm Wavelength, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 88, issue 13, pp. 133503-133503-3, 2006.

P.I. Hopman, P.W. Boettcher, L.M. Candell, J.B. Glettler, R. Shoup, and G. Zogbi, An End-to-End Demonstration of a Receiver Array Based Free-Space Photon Counting Communications Link, Proceedings Of SPIE, vol. 6304, VI, pp. 63040H-1 - 63040H-13, August 2006.

B. Aull, J. Burns, C. Chen, B. Felton, H. Hanson, C. Keast, J. Knecht, A. Loomis, M. Renzi, A. Soares, V. Suntharalingam, K. Warner, D. Wolfson, D. Yost, and D. Young, Laser Radar Imager Based on 3D Integration of Geiger-Mode Avalanche Photodiodes with Two SOI Timing Circuit Layers, IEEE 2006 ISSCC, Digest of Technical Papers, vol. 49, pp. 1179-1188, Feb. 2006.

B.F. Aull, Three-dimensional Imaging with Arrays of Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiodes, Paper presented at the Active and Passive Optical Components for WDM Communications V, Boston, MA, 24 Oct 2003.

B.F. Aull, A. Loomis, D.J. Young, R. Heinrichs, B. Felton, P. Daniels, and D. Landers, Geiger-Mode Avalanche Photodiodes for Three-Dimensional Imaging, Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Volume 13, Number 2, pp. 335-348, 2002.

 

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Digital-Pixel Focal Plane Arrays

M. Kelly, R. Berger, C. Colonero, M. Gregg, J. Model, D. Mooney, E. Ringdahl, Design and testing of an all-digital readout integrated circuit for infrared focal plane arrays. Proc. SPIE,  Vol. SPIE-5902, (Aug 3, 2005).

A.K. Goyal, T. Myers, C.A. Wang, M. Kelly, B. Tyrrell, B. Gokden, A. Sanchez, G. Turner, and F. Capasso, Active hyperspectral imaging using a quantum cascade laser (QCL) array and digital-pixel focal plane array (DFPA) camera, Optics Express, Vol. 22, No. 12, pp. 14392-14401, June 16, 2014.

J.W. Little, B.M. Tyrrell, R. D’Onofrio, P.J. Berger, and C. Fernandez-Cull , Digital pixel CMOS focal plane array with on-chip multiply accumulate units for low-latency image processing, Proceedings of SPIE, Infrared Technology and Applications XL, vol. 9070, 90703B, May 5, 2014.

K.I. Schultz, M.W. Kelly, J.J. Baker, M.H. Blackwell, M.G. Brown, C.B. Colonero, C.L. David, B.M. Tyrrell, and J.R. Wey, Digital-pixel focal plane array technology, Lincoln Laboratory Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 36-51, 2014.

M.W. Kelly, Future "Smart" Focal Plane Array Development, SENSIAC, Atlanta, GA, 2 January, 2013.

M.W. Kelly and M.H. Blackwell, Advances in Detectors: Digital-pixel FPAs enhance infrared imaging capabilities, Laser Focus World, Nashua, NH, 4 January 2013.

M.W. Kelly, C.B. Colonero, B.M. Tyrrell, and K.I. Schultz, The Digital Focal Plane Array (DFPA) Architecture for Data processing "On-chip", 2007 Meeting of the Military Sensing Symposia (MSS) Specialty Group on Camouflage, Concealment & Deception; Passive Sensors; Detectors; and Materials, 5-9 February 2007.

M. Vai, W. Song, and B. Tyrrell, Application-Specific Integrated Circuits, High Performance Embedded Computing Handbook: A Systems Perspective, Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, pp. 191-215, TK7895 .E42 H54, 2008.

 

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On-Focal-Plane Embedded Processing

C. Fernandez-Cull, H. Zhao, B. Shi, B.M. Tyrrell, J.H. Lin, R. Raskar, Snapshot on-chip HDR ROIC architectures, Imaging and Applied Optics 2015k, OSA Technical Digest (online),  Optical Society of America, 2015.

C. Fernandez-Cull, B.M. Tyrrell, R. D'Onofrio, A. Bolstad, J. Lin, J.W. Little, M. Blackwell, M. Renzi, and M. Kelly, Smart Pixel Imaging with Computational-Imaging Arrays. Proceedings of the SPIE, Infrared Technology and Applications XL, vol. 9070, 90703D, 1 July 2014.

J.W. Little, B.M. Tyrrell, R. D'Onofrio, P.J. Berger, and C. Fernandez-Cull, Digital Pixel CMOS Focal Plane Array with On-chip Multiply Accumulate Units for Low-latency Image Processing, Proceedings of the SPIE 9070, Infrared Technology and Applications XL, vol. 9070, 90703D, 1 July 2014.

C. Fernandez-Cull, R.H. Shepard, B.M. Tyrrell, and R. D'Onofrio, Simultaneous Dynamic Pupil Coding with On-chip Coded Aperture Temporal Imaging, Imaging and Applied Optics 2014, OSA Technical Digest (online), Optical Society of America, 2014.

B. Tyrrell, K. Anderson, J. Baker, R. Berger, M. Brown, C. Colonero, J. Costa, B. Holford, M. Kelly, E. Ringdahl, K. Schultz, and J. Wey, Time Delay Integration and In-pixel Spatiotemporal Filtering Using a Nanoscale Digital CMOS Focal Plane Readout, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 56, no. 11, pp. 2516-23, Nov. 2009.

B. Tyrrell, R. Berger, C. Colonero, J. Costa, M. Kelly, E. Ringdahl, K. Schultz, and J. Wey, Design Approaches for Digitally Dominated Active Pixel Sensors: Leveraging Moore's Law Scaling in Focal Plane Readout Design, Proceedings of the SPIE, Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices V, vol. 6900, p. 69000W-1-16, 7 Feb. 2008.

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Camera Systems

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