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20182026
most citedThe wide-field infrared transient explorer (WINTER)

40 citations · 98 across the 22 of their papers we have counts for

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24 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

Fast, low-noise CCD systems for future strategic X-ray missions

Haley R. Stueber, Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Tonya L. Peshel +12

Future strategic X-ray missions, such as those targeted by the Great Observatories Maturation Program (GOMaP), require fast, low-noise X-ray imaging spectrometers. To achieve the s…

astro-ph.IM2025

The WINTER Observatory: A One-Degree InGaAs Survey Camera to study the Transient Infrared Sky

Danielle Frostig, Nathan Lourie, Viraj Karambelkar +20

The Wide-field Infrared Transient Explorer (WINTER) is a near-infrared time-domain survey instrument operating on a dedicated 1-meter robotic telescope at Palomar Observatory. The…

astro-ph.IM2025

Design, development, and commissioning of a flexible test setup for the AXIS prototype detector

Abigail Y. Pan, Haley R. Stueber, Tanmoy Chattopadhyay +13

The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) is one of two candidate mission concepts selected for Phase-A study for the new NASA Astrophysics Probe Explorer (APEX) mission class, w…

astro-ph.IM2025

Ground calibration plans for the AXIS high speed camera

Catherine E. Grant, Eric D. Miller, Marshall W. Bautz +13

The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS), an astrophysics NASA probe mission currently in phase A, will provide high-throughput, high-spatial resolution X-ray imaging in the 0.3…

astro-ph.IM2025

Fast, low noise CCD systems for future strategic x-ray missions

Haley R. Stueber, Abigail Y. Pan, Tanmoy Chattopadhyay +13

Future strategic X-ray missions, such as the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) and those targeted by the Great Observatories Maturation Program (GOMaP), require fast, low-noi…

astro-ph.IM2025

Development and testing of integrated readout electronics for next generation SiSeRO (Single electron Sensitive Read Out) devices

Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Haley R. Stueber, Abigail Y. Pan +17

The first generation of Single electron Sensitive Read Out (SiSeRO) amplifiers, employed as on-chip charge detectors for charge-coupled devices (CCDs) have demonstrated excellent n…

astro-ph.IM2025

The high-speed X-ray camera on AXIS: design and performance updates

Eric D. Miller, Catherine E. Grant, Robert Goeke +25

AXIS, a Probe mission concept now in a Phase A study, will provide transformative studies of high-energy astrophysical phenomena thanks to its high-resolution X-ray spectral imagin…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 4 cited

WINTER on S250206dm: A near-infrared search for an electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave event

Danielle Frostig, Viraj R. Karambelkar, Robert D. Stein +10

We present near-infrared follow-up observations of the International Gravitational Wave Network (IGWN) event S250206dm with the Wide-Field Infrared Transient Explorer (WINTER). WIN…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

Focal Plane of the Arcus Probe X-Ray Spectrograph

Catherine E. Grant, Marshall W. Bautz, Eric D. Miller +7

The Arcus Probe mission concept provides high-resolution soft X-ray and UV spectroscopy to reveal feedback-driven structure and evolution throughout the universe with an agile resp…

physics.ins-det2024

X-ray spectral performance of the Sony IMX290 CMOS sensor near Fano limit after a per-pixel gain calibration

Benjamin Schneider, Gregory Prigozhin, Richard F. Foster +10

The advent of back-illuminated complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) sensors and their well-known advantages over charge-coupled devices (CCDs) make them an attractive tec…

astro-ph.IM2024

X-ray speed reading with the MCRC: prototype success and next generation upgrades

Peter Orel, Abigail Y. Pan, Sven Herrmann +12

The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) is a NASA probe class mission concept designed to deliver arcsecond resolution with an effective area ten times that of Chandra (at laun…

astro-ph.IM2024

Curved detectors for future X-ray astrophysics missions

Eric D. Miller, James A. Gregory, Marshall W. Bautz +17

Future X-ray astrophysics missions will survey large areas of the sky with unparalleled sensitivity, enabled by lightweight, high-resolution optics. These optics inherently produce…

astro-ph.IM2023

The high-speed X-ray camera on AXIS

Eric D. Miller, Marshall W. Bautz, Catherine E. Grant +15

AXIS is a Probe-class mission concept that will provide high-throughput, high-spatial-resolution X-ray spectral imaging, enabling transformative studies of high-energy astrophysica…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 4 cited

Demonstrating repetitive non-destructive readout (RNDR) with SiSeRO devices

Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Sven Herrmann, Peter Orel +9

We demonstrate so-called repetitive non-destructive readout (RNDR) for the first time on a Single electron Sensitive Readout (SiSeRO) device. SiSeRO is a novel on-chip charge detec…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 8 cited

Improved noise performance from the next-generation buried-channel p-Mosfet SiSeROs

Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Sven Herrmann, Matthew Kaplan +9

The Single electron Sensitive Read Out (SiSeRO) is a novel on-chip charge detector output stage for charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensors. Developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory,…

astro-ph.IM2022

Understanding the effects of charge diffusion in next-generation soft X-ray imagers

Eric D. Miller, Gregory Y. Prigozhin, Beverly J. LaMarr +6

To take advantage of high-resolution optics sensitive to a broad energy range, future X-ray imaging instruments will require thick detectors with small pixels. This pixel aspect ra…

astro-ph.IM2022

Single electron Sensitive Readout (SiSeRO) X-ray detectors: Technological progress and characterization

Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Sven Herrmann, Peter Orel +11

Single electron Sensitive Read Out (SiSeRO) is a novel on-chip charge detector output stage for charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensors. Developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, this…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 4 cited

Development and characterization of a fast and low noise readout for the next generation X-ray CCDs

Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Sven Herrmann, Peter Orel +8

The broad energy response, low electronic read noise, and good energy resolution have made X-ray Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) an obvious choice for developing soft X-ray astronomi…

astro-ph.IM2022

Measurement and simulation of charge diffusion in a small-pixel charge-coupled device

Beverly J. LaMarr, Gregory Y. Prigozhin, Eric D. Miller +9

Future high-resolution imaging X-ray observatories may require detectors with both fine spatial resolution and high quantum efficiency at relatively high X-ray energies (>5keV). A…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 11 cited

First results on SiSeRO (Single electron Sensitive Read Out) devices -- a new X-ray detector for scientific instrumentation

Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Sven Herrmann, Barry Burke +11

We present an evaluation of a novel on-chip charge detector, called the Single electron Sensitive Read Out (SiSeRO), for charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor applications. It u…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 7 cited

Design Requirements for the Wide-field Infrared TransientExplorer (WINTER)

Danielle Frostig, John W. Baker, Joshua Brown +11

The Wide-field Infrared Transient Explorer (WINTER) is a 1x1 degree infrared survey telescope under development at MIT and Caltech, and slated for commissioning at Palomar Observat…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 40 cited

The wide-field infrared transient explorer (WINTER)

Nathan P. Lourie, John W. Baker, Richard S. Burruss +12

The Wide-Field Infrared Transient Explorer (WINTER) is a new infrared time-domain survey instrument which will be deployed on a dedicated 1 meter robotic telescope at Palomar Obser…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 2 cited

Tiny-box: A tool for the versatile development and characterization of low noise fast X-ray imaging detectors

Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Sven Herrmann, Steven Allen +8

X-ray Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) have been the workhorse for soft X-ray astronomical instruments for the past quarter century. They provide broad energy response, extremely low…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 17 cited

Background-Limited Imaging in the Near-Infrared with Warm InGaAs Sensors: Applications for Time-Domain Astronomy

Robert A. Simcoe, Gabor Furesz, Peter W. Sullivan +6

We describe test observations made with a customized 640 x 512 pixel Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) prototype astronomical camera on the 100" DuPont telescope. This is the first…