Sensors and Imaging Systems

THESES

Kavaldjiev, High-Resolution Microscopy: Application To Detector Characterization And A New Super-Resolution Technique, Ph.D. Dissertation, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Rochester, New York, United States (1997)

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Raisanen, A.D.; Presnar, M.D.; Ninkov, Z.; Fourspring, K.D.; Meng, L.; Kerekes, J.P., Simulation of Practical Single-Pixel Wire Grid Polarizers for Superpixel Stokes Vector Imaging Arrays, Optical Engineering, accepted for publica (2011)

Najarro, F.; Figer, D.F.; Kudritzki, R.P.; Hillier, J.D., Metallicity in the Galactic Center: The Arches cluster, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 611, 2, pp. L105-L108 (2009)

Walvoord, D.J.; Easton, R.L., Digital Transcription of Archimedes Palimpsest, IEEE Signal Processing (2008)

Wachter, S.; Ramirez-Ruiz, E.; Dwarkadas, V.V.; Kouveliotou, C.; Granot, J.; Patel, S.K.; Figer, D.F., Detection of an Infrared Ring around the magnetar SGR 1900+14, Nature, 453, 7195; doi:10.1038/nature06987;, pp. 626-628 (2008)

Najarro, F.; Figer, D.F.; Hillier, J.D.; Geballe, T.R.; Kudritzki, R.P., Metallicity in the Galactic Center: The Quintuplet cluster , Astrophysical Journal (2007)

Zhu, Q.; Kudritzki, R.P.; Figer, D.F.; Najarro, F.; Merritt, D., Radial Velocities of Stars in the Galactic Center , Astrophysical Journal (2007)

Davies, B.; Figer, D.F.; Herrero, A.; Kudritzki, R.P.; Najarro, F.; MacKenty, J.W., A massive cluster of Red Supergiants at the base of the Scutum-Crux arm, Astrophysical Journal, 671, 781 (2007)

Wachter, S.; Kouveliotou, C.; Figer, D.F.; Patel, S.K.; Woods, P., Spitzer Space Telescope Observations of SGR and AXP Environments, Astrophysics and Space Science, 308, 1-4, pp. 67-71 (2007)

Davies, B.; Figer, D.F.; Law, C.J.; Kudritzki, R.P.; Najarro, F.; Herrero, A.; MacKenty, J.W., The cool supergiant population of the massive young star cluster RSGC1, Astrophysical Journal (2007)

Slawson; Ninkov, Z.; Horch, The Stellar Mass Spectrum of the Open Cluster NGC 3293, Astrophysics and Space Science, 312, 171 (2007)

Figer, D.F., The Arches Cluster Mass Function, API (2006)

Figer, D.F., Pinwheels in the Quintuplet Cluster, Science (2006)

Meyer; Horch; Ninkov, Z.; van Altena; Rothkopf, RYTSI:The Rochester Institute of Technology-Yale Tip-Tilt Speckle Imager, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 118, 162 (2006)

Moore; Ninkov, Z.; Forrest, W.J., Quantum Efficiency Overestimation and Deterministic Cross Talk Resulting from Interpixel Capacitance, Optical Engineering, 45, 7 (2006)

Figer, D.F.; MacKenty, J.W.; Robberto, M.; Smith, K.; Najarro, F.; Kudritzki, R.P., Discovery of an Extraordinarily Massive Young Stellar Cluster, Astrophysical Journal, 643 (2006)

Tanner, A.; Figer, D.F.; Najarro, F.; Kudritzki, R.P.; Gilmore, D.; Morris, M.; Becklin, E.E., High Spectral Resolution Observations of the Massive Stars in the Galactic Center, Astrophysical Journal, 641 (2006)

Figer, D.F.; MacKenty, J.W.; Robberto, M.; Smith, K.; Najarro, F.; Kudritzki, R.P.; Herrero, A., Discovery of an Extraordinarily Massive Cluster of Red Supergiants, Astrophysical Journal, 643, pp. 1166-1179 (2006)

Kim, S.S.; Figer, D.F.; Lee, M.G.; Oh, S., Theoretical Isochrones with Extinction in the K Band, PASP, 117 (2005)

Figer, D.F.; Najarro, F.; Geballe, T.R.; Blum, R.D.; Kudritzki, R.P., Massive Stars in the SGR 1806-20 Cluster, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 622, L49 (2005)

Figer, D.F., An upper limit to the masses of stars, Nature, 34 (2005)

Easton, R.L.; Noel, W., Multispectral Imaging of the Archimedes Palimpsest, Gazette du Livre Medieval, 45, pp. 39-49 (2004)

Figer, D.F.; Najarro, F.; Kudritzki, R.P., The Double-lined Spectrum of LBV 1806-20, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 610, L109 (2004)

Kim, S.S.; Morris, M.; Figer, D.F., Dynamical Friction on Galactic Center Star Clusters with a Central Intermediate-Mass Black Hole, Astrophysical Journal, 607, L123 (2004)

Figer, D.F., History for the Galactic Center from Hubble Space Telescope/NICMOS Observations, Astrophysical Journal, 601, 319 (2004)

Figer, D.F.; Gilmore, D.; Kim, S.S.; Graham, J.R.; Larkin, J.E.; Levenson, N.A.; Teplitz, H.I.; Morris, M.; Becklin, E.E.; McLean, I.S.; Gilbert, A.M., High Precision Stellar Radial Velocities in the Galactic Center, Astrophysical Journal, 599 (2003)

Figer, D.F.; Najarro, F.; Gilmore, D.; Morris, M.; Teplitz, H.I.; Levenson, N.A.; Larkin, J.E.; Graham, J.R.; Gilbert, A.M.; McLean, I.S.; Serabyn, E.; Kim, S.S., Massive Stars in the Arches Cluster, Astrophysical Journal, 581 (2002)

Stotle, A.; Grebel, E.K.; Brandner, W.; Figer, D.F., The Mass Function of the Arches Cluster from Gemini Adaptive Optics Data, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 394 (2002)

Piterman; Ninkov, Z., Measurements of the subpixel sensitivity of a backside illuminated CCD, Optical Engineering, 41, 1192 (2002)

Horch; Robinson; Ninkov, Z.; van Altena; Meyer; Urban; Mason, Speckle Observations of Binary Stars with the WIYN Telescope III. A Partial Survey of A, F, and G Dwarfs, Astronomical Journal, 124, 2245 (2002)

Horch; Robinson; Meyer; van Altena; Ninkov, Z.; Piterman, Speckle Observations of Binary Stars with the WIYN Telescope II. Relative Astrometry measures During 1998-2000, Astronomical Journal, 123, 3442 (2002)

Mumma, M.J.; Figer, D.F., A Survey of Organic Volatile Species in Comet C/1999 H1 (Lee) Using NIRSPEC at the Keck Observatory, Astrophysical Journal, 546 (2001)

Roe, H.G.; Graham, J.R.; McLean, I.S.; de Pater, I.; Becklin, E.E.; Figer, D.F.; Gilbert, A.M.; Larkin, J.E.; Levenson, N.A.; Teplitz, H.I.; Wilcox, M.K., The Altitude of an Infrared Bright Cloud Feature on Neptune from Near-infrared Spectroscopy, Astronomical Journal, 122 (2001)

Carson, J.E.; Larkin, J.E.; McLean, I.S.; Graham, J.R.; Becklin, E.E.; Figer, D.F.; Gilbert, A.M.; Levenson, N.A.; Teplitz, H.I.; Wilcox, M.K., Resolved IR Spectroscopy of Two High Redshift Radio Galaxies, Astronomical Journal, 563 (2001)

Moneti, A.; Stolovy, S.R.; Blommaert, J.A.; Figer, D.F.; Najarro, F., Mid-Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopy of the Enigmatic Cocoon Stars in the Quintuplet Cluster, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 366 (2001)

Borucki, W.J.; Caldwell; Koch, D.G.; Webster, L.D.; Jenkins, J.M.; Ninkov, Z.; Showen, The Vulcan Photometer: A Dedicated Photometer for Extrasolar Planet Searches, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 113, 439 (2001)

Kavaldjiev; Ninkov, Z., Effects of Sub-Pixel Sensitivity Variations, Optical Engineering, 40, 162 (2001)

Marshall, F.J.; Ohki; McInnis; Ninkov, Z.; Carbone, Imaging of Laser-Plasma X-ray Emission with Charge-Injection Devices (CID's), Review of Scientific Instruments, 71, 713 (2001)

Kim, S.S.; Figer, D.F.; Lee, H.M.; Morris, M., N-body Simulations of Compact Young Clusters Near the Galactic Center, Astrophysical Journal, 545 (2000)

Teplitz, H.I.; Figer, D.F., Measurement of [OIII] Emission in Lyman Break Galaxies,, Astrophysical Journal, 542 (2000)

Figer, D.F.; Becklin, E.E.; McLean, I.S.; Gilbert, A.M.; Graham, J.R.; Larkin, J.E.; Levenson, N.A.; Teplitz, H.I.; Wilcox, M.K.; Morris, M., 2-micron Spectroscopy within 0.3 arcseconds of Sgr A*, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 533 (2000)

Gilbert, A.M.; Graham, J.R.; McLean, I.S.; Becklin, E.E.; Figer, D.F.; Larkin, J.E.; Levenson, N.A.; Teplitz, H.I.; Wilcox, M.K., Infrared Spectroscopy of a Massive Obscured Star Cluster in the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/9) with NIRSPEC, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 533 (2000)

Levenson, N.A.; Graham, J.R.; McLean, I.S.; Becklin, E.E.; Figer, D.F.; Gilbert, A.M.; Larkin, J.E.; Teplitz, H.I.; Wilcox, M.K., Hot Stars and Cool Clouds: The Photodissociation Region M16, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 533 (2000)

Larkin, J.E.; McLean, I.S.; Graham, J.R.; Becklin, E.E.; Figer, D.F.; Gilbert, A.M.; Glassman, T.M.; Levenson, N.A.; Teplitz, H.I.; Wilcox, M.K., Discovery of an Obscured Broad Line Region in the High Redshift Radio Galaxy MRC 2025-218, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 533 (2000)

Teplitz, H.I.; McLean, I.S.; Becklin, E.E.; Graham, J.R.; Figer, D.F.; Gilbert, A.M.; Larkin, J.E.; Levenson, N.A.; Wilcox, M.K., The Rest-Frame Optical Spectrum of MS 1512-cB58, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 533 (2000)

McLean, I.S.; Graham, J.R.; Becklin, E.E.; Figer, D.F.; Gilbert, A.M.; Larkin, J.E.; Levenson, N.A.; Teplitz, H.I.; Wilcox, M.K., J-band Infrared Spectroscopy of a Sample of Brown Dwarfs using NIRSPEC on Keck II, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 533 (2000)

Geballe, T.R.; Najarro, F.; Figer, D.F., A Second Luminous Blue Variable in the Quintuplet Cluster, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 530 (2000)

Lang, C.C.; Figer, D.F.; Goss, M.; Morris, M., Radio Detections of Stellar Winds from the Pistol Star and from other Stars in the Galactic Center Quintuplet Cluster, Astronomical Journal, 118, pp. 23-27 (1999)

Figer, D.F.; Kim, S.S.; Morris, M.; Serabyn, E.; Rich, M.; McLean, I.S., HST/NICMOS Observations of Massive Stellar Clusters Near the Galactic Center, Astrophysical Journal, 525 (1999)

Figer, D.F.; Morris, M.; Geballe, T.R.; Rich, M.; Serabyn, E.; McClean, I.S.; Puetter, R.C.; Yahil, A., High-Resolution Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopy of the Pistol Nebula: Evidence for Ejection, Astrophysical Journal, 525 (1999)

Figer, D.F.; McClean, I.S.; Morris, M., Massive Stars in the Quintuplet, Astrophysical Journal, 514 (1999)

Slawson; Ninkov, Z., Imaging Spectrometry: a new approach to Multi-Object Spectroscopy, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 111, 621 (1999)

Serabyn, E.; Shupe, D.; Figer, D.F., An Extraordinary Cluster of Massive Stars in the Milky Way’s Core, Nature, 394 (1998)

Figer, D.F.; Najarro, F.; Morris, M.; McLean, I.S.; Geballe, T.R.; Ghez, A.M.; Langer, N., The Pistol Star, Astrophysical Journal, 506, 1, pp. 384-404 (1998)

Figer, D.F.; McLean, I.S.; Najarro, F., A K band Spectral Atlas of Wolf Rayet Stars, Astrophysical Journal, 486 (1997)

Blum, R.D.; Ramond, T.M.; Conti, P.S.; Figer, D.F.; Sellgren, K., H Band Spectroscopic Classification of OB Stars, Astronomical Journal, 113 (1997)

Easton, R.L.; Eschbach, R.; Nagarajan, R., Error diffusion in cell-oriented holograms to compensate for printing constraints, Journal of Modern Optics, 43, 6, pp. 1219-1236 (1996)

Dube, R.R., Grating Decay in BSO at Low Temperatures, IBM Technical Journal (1995)

Figer, D.F.; McLean, I.S.; Morris, M., Two New Wolf-Rayet Stars and a Luminous Blue Variable Star in the Quintuplet (AFGL 2004) Near the Galactic Center, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 447 (1995)

Levine, D.A.; Figer, D.F.; Morris, M.; McLean, I.S., A Circumstellar H2O Maser Associated with the Circumnuclear Molecular Disk at the Galactic Center?, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 447 (1995)

Eschbach, R.; Easton, R.L.; Nagarajan, R., Using adaptive quantization in cell-oriented holograms, Optics Communications, 114, pp. 370-374 (1995)

Ninkov, Z.; Bretz, D.R.; Easton, R.L.; Shure, M., Imaging of the Central Region of IC 1805, Astronomical Journal, 110, 5, pp. 2242-2255 (1995)

Hildebrand, R.H.; Davidson, J.A.; Dotson, J.; Figer, D.F.; Novak, G.; Platt, S.R.; Tao, L., Polarization of the Thermal Emission from the Dust Ring at the Center of the Galaxy, Astrophysical Journal, 417, 2, pp. 565-571 (1993)

Easton, R.L., SIGNALS: Interactive Software for One-Dimensional Signal Processing, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 1, 6, pp. 489-501 (1993)

Dube, R.R., Role of Electron Hole Transport in the Formation of Extended Lifetime Holograms in Photo-refractive Media, IBM Technical Journal, 15474, 2-92 (1992)

Daels; Easton, R.L.; Eschbach, R., Analysis of threshold modulations in one-dimensional error diffusion, Optics Communications, 87, pp. 93-98 (1992)

Morris, M.; Davidson, J.A.; Werner, M.; Dotson, J.; Figer, D.F.; Hildebrand, R.H.; Novak, G.; Platt, S.R., Polarization of the Thermal Arches at the Galactic Center, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 399 (1992)

Steinberg, E.; Rolleston, R.J.; Easton, R.L., Analysis of random dithering patterns using second-order statistics, Journal of Electronic Imaging, 1, pp. 396-404 (1992)

Dube, R.R., Real Time Defect Inspection of Periodic Patterns Using Self Pumped Barium Titanate, Optics Communications, 77, 2 (1990)

Dube, R.R., Real Time Defect Inspection of Periodic Patterns Using Self Pumped Barium Titanate Crystal, IBM Research Contributions, 15852, 6-95 (1990)

Dube, R.R., Dependence of Phase Conjugate Signals in BSO on the Frequency of an Applied AC Field, Optics Letters, 1988 (1988)

Gmitro, A.F.; Gindi, G.R.; Barrett, H.H.; Easton, R.L., Two­-dimensional image processing by one-dimensional filtering of projection data, Proceedings of the SPIE, 388 (1988)

Milster, T.D.; Selberg, L.A.; Barrett, H.H.; Easton, R.L.; Rossi, G.R.; Arendt, J.W.; Simpson, R.G., A modular scintillation camera for use in nuclear medicine, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 31, 1 (1985)

Ticknor, A.J.; Easton, R.L.; Barrett, H.H., A two-dimensional Radon­-Fourier transformer, Optical Engineering, 24, 1 (1985)

Easton, R.L.; Ticknor, A.J.; Barrett, H.H., Two-dimensional complex Fourier transform via the Radon transform, Applied Optics, 24 (1985)

Easton, R.L.; Ticknor, A.J.; Barrett, H.H., Application of the Radon transform to optical production of the Wigner distribution function, Optical Engineering, 23, 6 (1984)

Easton, R.L.; Ticknor, A.J.; Barrett, H.H., 2-D Fourier transform by means of the Radon transform, Proc. IEEE Ultrasonics Symp., 185 (1983)

Blodgett, J.A.; Easton, R.L., Two-stage spatial filtering for diffraction pattern analysis, Applied Optics, 20, 6, pp. 1050-1055 (1981)

REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Gu, J.; Hitomi, Y.; Mitsunaga, T.; Nayar, S., Coded Rolling Shutter Photography: Flexible Space-Time Sampling, March (2010)

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Fourspring, K.D.; Ninkov, Z.; Kerekes, J.P., Scattered light in a DMD based multi-object spectrometer, Proceedings of Modern Technologies in Space-and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation, SPIE, SPIE Astronomical Instrumentation, 7739, San Diego, California, United States, pp. 1-9, June (2010)

Fourspring, K.D.; Ninkov, Z.; Kerekes, J.P., Subpixel Scatter in Digital Micromirror Devices, Proceedings Emerging Digital Micromirror Device Based Systems and Applications II, Photonics West, Emerging Digital Micromirror Device Based Systems and Applications II, 7596, San Francisco, California, United States, January (2010)

Rhodes, D.B.; Ninkov, Z.; Pipher, J.L.; McMurtry, C.W.; Newman, J.D.; Lee, P.K.; Gosian, G.J.; Presnar, M.D., Synthetic scene building for testing thermal signature tracking algorithms, Remote Sensing System Engineering III, SPIE, System Performance Modeling, 7813, 781309, San Diego, California, United States (2010)

Wang, T.; Zhu, Z.; Rhody, H.E., A smart sensor with hyperspectral/range fovea and panoramic peripheral view, Proceedings CVPR-2009, IEEE Computer Society, Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPRW.2009.5204095, Miami, FL, USA, pp. 98-105, June (2009)

Wang, T.; Zhu, Z.; Rhody, H.E., A smart sensor with hyperspectral/range fovea and panoramic peripheral view, IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, IEEE Computer Societh, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops, CVPRW.2009.5204095, CVPRW.2009.5204095, Miami, FL, USA, pp. 20-25 (2008)

Meyer; Kearney, K.; Ninkov, Z.; Cotton; Hammond, P.; Statt, B.D., RITMOS: A micromirror based multiobject spectrometer, round-based Instrumentation for Astronomy , SPIE, Optical Spectroscopy II, 5492, 200, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (2004)

Moore; Ninkov, Z.; Forrest, W.J., Interpixel Capacitance in Non-destructive Focal Plane Arrays, Focal Plane Arrays for Space Telescope, SPIE, FPA Testing and Characterization, 5167, 22, San Diego, California, United States (2004)

Caldwell; Borucki, W.J.; Showen; Jenkins, J.M.; Doyle, L.; Ninkov, Z.; Ashley, M., Detecting Extrasolar Planet Transits from the South Pole, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, ioastronomy: Life Among the Stars, San Francisco, California, United States (2004)

Moore; Ninkov, Z.; Burley; Forrest, W.J.; McMurtry, C.W.; Avery, Operation and Test of Hybridized Silicon p-i-n Arrays Using Open-source Array Control Hardware and Software, SPIE, Sensors and Camera Systems for Scientific, Industrial, and Digital Photography Applications IV, Santa Clara, California, United States (2003)

SENIOR RESEARCH PROJECTS

Walvoord, D.J., Quality of Signal Detection Using an Approximate Matched Filter, Senior Research Project, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Rochester, New York, United States (2002)

Swift, R., Analysis of the Spectra of Degraded Documents, Senior Research Project, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Rochester, New York, United States, May (2001)

Altman, M.T., Proof-of-Concept: Three Dimensional Pipe Surface Reconstruction from 2D Laser Scanned Image, Senior Research Project, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Rochester, New York, United States, May (2001)

Gypson, M., Rendering Multispectral data as useful 'Super-Visual' images, Senior Research Project, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Rochester, New York, United States, May (2000)

Barbu-McInnis, M., Surface Topography of Cuneiform Tablets, Senior Research Project, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Rochester, New York, United States, May (1999)

Hentschel, D.B., Creation of a Neural Network to Assist in Deciphering Degraded Ancient Hebrew Texts, Senior Research Project, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Rochester, New York, United States, May (1998)

PATENTS

Dube, R.R., Electronic File Protection Using Location, 7,177,426, issued to DAT, Inc. (2003)

Dube, R.R., Electronic File Protection Using Location, EP 1330890, issued to DAT (2003)

Dube, R.R., Method and Apparatus for Real Time Digital Certification of Electronic Files and Transactions Using Entropy Factors, 7,231,044, issued to DAT, Inc. (2001)

Dube, R.R., Method and Apparatus for Real Time Digital Certification of Electronic Files and Transactions Using Entropy Factors, EP 0425088, issued to DAT, Inc. (2001)

Dube, R.R., Information Storage in Holograms, EP 0425088, issued to IBM (1995)

Dube, R.R., Storing Information in Dual Holographic Images, 5,039,182, issued to IBM (1991)

Dube, R.R., Holographic Recording in Photo refractive Crystals, EP 318148, issued to IBM (1989)

Dube, R.R., Holographic Apparatus, EP 0201273, issued to IBM (1986)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION (NO PROCEEDINGS)

Kremens, R.L.; Cockburn, J.; Faulring, J.W.; Hammond, P.; McKeown, D.; Morse, D.; Rhody, H.E.; Richardson, Multi-processing as a model for high throughput data acquisition, Rochester Institute of Technology, Conference on Computing and Information Science, Rochester, New York, United States, January (2005)

Savakis, A.; Ninkov, Z.; Easton, R.L.; Morris, T.W., Screen-CCD Imaging System for Real-Time Mammography, Society for Imaging Science and Technology, Annual Conference, Rochester, New York, United States, May (1994)

Savakis, A.; Ninkov, Z.; Easton, R.L.; Morris, T.W., Screen-CCD Imaging System for Real-Time Mammography, Second International Workshop on Digital Mammography, Second International Workshop on Digital Mammography, York, York, United Kingdom, May (1994)

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