Dr. Bernard F. Phlips Profile

Dr. Bernard F. Phlips

Astrophysicist at US Naval Research Lab

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Publications (27)

SPIE Journal Paper | 14 November 2024

Development of the cadmium zinc TElluride Radiation Imager

Daniel Shy, Michael Streicher, Douglas Groves, Zhong He, Jason Jaworski, Willy Kaye, James Mason, Ryan Parsons, Feng Zhang, Yuefeng Zhu, Alena Thompson, Alexander Garner, Anthony Hutcheson, Mary Johnson-Rambert, W. Neil Johnson, Bernard Phlips

JATIS, Vol. 10, Issue 04, 044009, (November 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.10.4.044009

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Poster + Paper

The 2023 balloon flight of the ComPair instrument

Lucas Smith, Nicholas Cannady, Regina Caputo, Carolyn Kierans, Nicholas Kirschner, Iker Liceaga-Indart, Julie McEnery, Zachary Metzler, A. Moiseev, Lucas Parker, Jeremy Perkins, Makoto Sasaki, Adam Schoenwald, Daniel Shy, Janeth Valverde, Sambid Wasti, Richard Woolf, Aleksey Bolotnikov, Thomas Caligiure, A. Wilder Crosier, Jack Fried, Priyarshini Ghosh, Sean Griffin, J. Eric Grove, Elizabeth Hays, Emily Kong, John Mitchell, Bernard Phlips, Clio Sleator, D. Thompson, Eric Wulf, Anna Zajczyk

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130937Z (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020463

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Equipment, Balloons, Gamma radiation, Data acquisition, Electrons, Compton scattering, Signal detection, Sensor calibration, Scintillators

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Poster + Paper

Results from the CsI calorimeter onboard the 2023 ComPair balloon flight

Daniel Shy, Richard Woolf, Clio Sleator, Bernard Phlips, J. Eric Grove, Eric Wulf, Mary Johnson-Rambert, Mitch Davis, Emily Kong, Thomas Caligiure, A. Wilder Crosier, Aleksey Bolotnikov, Nicholas Cannady, Gabriella Carini, Regina Caputo, Jack Fried, Priyarshini Ghosh, Sean Griffin, Elizabeth Hays, Sven Herrmann, Carolyn Kierans, Nicholas Kirschner, Iker Liceaga-Indart, Zachary Metzler, Julie McEnery, John Mitchell, A. Moiseev, Lucas Parker, Alfred Dellapenna, Jeremy Perkins, Makoto Sasaki, Adam Schoenwald, Lucas Smith, Janeth Valverde, Sambid Wasti, Anna Zajczyk

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130937X (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020032

KEYWORDS: Balloons, Equipment, Gamma radiation, Silicon photomultipliers, Sensors, Analytical research, Visible radiation, Global Positioning System, Telescopes, Silicon

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

ComPair-2: a next-generation medium-energy gamma-ray telescope prototype

Regina Caputo, Carolyn Kierans, Nicholas Cannady, Abe Falcone, Yasushi Fukazawa, Manoj Jadhav, Matthew Kerr, Nicolas Kirschner, Kavic Kumar, Adrien Laviron, Richard Leys, Julie McEnery, Jessica Metcalfe, Zachary Metzler, Nathan Miller, John Mitchell, Lucas Parker, Ivan Peric, Jeremy Perkins, Bernard Phlips, Judith Racusin, Makoto Sasaki, Kenneth Segal, Daniel Shy, Amanda Steinhebel, Nicolas Striebig, Yusuke Suda, Hiroyasu Tajima, Janeth Valverde, Daniel Violette, Richard Woolf, Andreas Zoglauer

Proceedings Volume 13093, 130932L (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017619

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Telescopes, Equipment, Prototyping, Design, Sensors, Photons, Silicon photomultipliers, Balloons, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

On-orbit results of the GAGG radiation instruments

Lee Mitchell, Bernard Phlips, Richard Woolf, Anthony Hutcheson, Wiley Johnson, Mary Johnson-Rambert

Proceedings Volume 12678, 1267815 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2672563

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Silicon photomultipliers, Crystals, Space operations, Particles, Spectroscopy, Radiation effects, Scintillators, Spaceflight missions

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Proceedings Article | 3 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

Neutron radiation detection instrument-1A (NeRDI-1A)

Anthony Hutcheson, Bernard Phlips, W. Neil Johnson, Lee Mitchell, Joshua Wolf, Mary Johnson-Rambert, Joseph Davis, Theodore Finne, Richard Woolf, Rose Perea

Proceedings Volume 12696, 1269603 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2682621

KEYWORDS: Silicon photomultipliers, Scintillators, Equipment, Design and modelling, Gamma radiation, Space operations, Data acquisition

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SPIE Journal Paper | 28 October 2022

All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory eXplorer mission concept

Regina Caputo, Marco Ajello, Carolyn Kierans, Jeremy Perkins, Judith L. Racusin, Luca Baldini, Matthew Baring, Elisabetta Bissaldi, Eric Burns, Nicholas Cannady, Eric Charles, Rui Curado da Silva, Ke Fang, Henrike Fleischhack, Chris Fryer, Yasushi Fukazawa, J. Eric Grove, Dieter Hartmann, Eric Howell, Manoj Jadhav, Christopher Karwin, Daniel Kocevski, Naoko Kurahashi, Luca Latronico, Tiffany Lewis, Richard Leys, Amy Lien, Lea Marcotulli, Israel Martinez-Castellanos, Mario Nicola Mazziotta, Julie McEnery, Jessica Metcalfe, Kohta Murase, Michela Negro, Lucas Parker, Bernard Phlips, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Soebur Razzaque, Peter Shawhan, Yong Sheng, Tom Shutt, Daniel Shy, Clio Sleator, Amanda Steinhebel, Nicolas Striebig, Yusuke Suda, Donggeun Tak, Hiro Tajima, Janeth Valverde, Tonia Venters, Zorawar Wadiasingh, Richard Woolf, Eric Wulf, Haocheng Zhang, Andreas Zoglauer

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 04, 044003, (October 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.4.044003

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Observatories, Photons, Space operations, Sensors, Polarization, Pulsars, Physics, Spatial resolution, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Development of the ComPair gamma-ray telescope prototype

Daniel Shy, Carolyn Kierans, Nicolas Cannady, Regina Caputo, Sean Griffin, J. Eric Grove, Elizabeth Hays, Emily Kong, Nicholas Kirschner, Iker Liceaga-Indart, Julie McEnery, John Mitchell, A. Moiseev, Lucas Parker, Jeremy Perkins, Bernard Phlips, Makoto Sasaki, Adam Schoenwald, Clio Sleator, Jacob Smith, Lucas Smith, Sambid Wasti, Richard Woolf, Eric Wulf, Anna Zajczyk

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121812G (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628811

KEYWORDS: Gamma ray imaging, Gamma-ray astronomy, Astronomical instrumentation, Gamma radiation, Photons, Telescopes, Muons, Silicon

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Development of the balloon-borne Galactic Explorer Coded Aperture Mask and Compton Telescope (GECCO) prototype

Richard Woolf, A. Moiseev, Aleksey Bolotnikov, Nicholas Cannady, Gabriella Carini, John Krizmanic, John Mitchell, Bernard Phlips, Makoto Sasaki, Daniel Shy, Lucas Smith, David Thompson, Eric Yates, Klaus Ziock, Andreas Zoglauer

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121812J (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630681

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spatial resolution, Sensors, Coded apertures, Prototyping, Crystals, Gamma radiation, Data acquisition, Photomasks

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

Metal coated high aspect ratio glass capillary arrays for X-Ray collimation

Marc Christophersen, Bernard Phlips, Paul Ray

Proceedings Volume 11821, 1182114 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594680

KEYWORDS: Atomic layer deposition, X-rays, Electroplating, Collimators, Scanning electron microscopy

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

GAGG Radiation Instrumentation (GARI)

Lee Mitchell, Bernard Phlips, Richard Woolf, Theodore Finne, Anthony Hutcheson, W. Neil Johnson, Mary Johnson-Rambert, Rose Perea

Proceedings Volume 11821, 1182105 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2598588

KEYWORDS: Space sensors, Gamma-ray astronomy, Scintillation, Homeland security, Sensors, Crystals, Gamma radiation, Space operations, Data acquisition, Aerospace engineering, Spectroscopes, Scintillators

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

Novel inorganic scintillators for future space-based solar gamma-ray and neutron research

Richard Woolf, Bernard Phlips, J. Eric Grove, Ronald Murphy, Gerald Share

Proceedings Volume 11114, 1111407 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2528434

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Ions, Solar processes, Scintillation, Scintillators, Sun, Particles, Crystals, Spectroscopy, Space operations, Gamma radiation

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

Strontium iodide radiation instrumentation II (SIRI-2)

Lee Mitchell, Bernard Phlips, Richard Woolf, Theodore Finne, W. Neil Johnson

Proceedings Volume 11118, 111180I (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2528073

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Europium, Gamma radiation, Solar processes, Space operations, Electrons, Crystals, Detector arrays, Data acquisition, Strontium

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2017 Presentation + Paper

Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrumentation (SIRI)

Lee Mitchell, Bernard Phlips, Richard Woolf, Theodore Finne, W. Neil Johnson, Emily Jackson

Proceedings Volume 10397, 103970B (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2272606

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Strontium, Aerospace engineering, New and emerging technologies, Scintillators, Weapons of mass destruction, Defense technologies, Sodium

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2015 Paper

Development of the strontium iodide coded aperture (SICA) instrument

Lee Mitchell, Bernard Phlips, J. Eric Grove, Ryan Cordes

Proceedings Volume 9601, 96010A (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2195575

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Coded apertures, Solar processes, Strontium, Device simulation, Imaging systems, Crystals, Electronics, Photons

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Proceedings Article | 19 March 2015 Paper

Multiple height calibration reference for nano-metrology

M. Christophersen, B. Phlips, A. Boudreau, M. Yetzbacher

Proceedings Volume 9424, 94240R (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2085502

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Etching, Atomic force microscopy, Reactive ion etching, Lithography, Silica, Profilometers, Wet etching, Atomic layer deposition, Silicon

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Proceedings Article | 29 May 2013 Paper

Neutron/gamma pulse shape discrimination (PSD) in plastic scintillators with digital PSD electronics

Anthony Hutcheson, Duane Simonson, Marc Christophersen, Bernard Phlips, Nicholas Charipar, Alberto Piqué

Proceedings Volume 8710, 87101K (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2018248

KEYWORDS: Scintillators, Sensors, Chromophores, Digital electronics, Electronics, Crystals, Diffusers, Oscilloscopes, Analytical research, Electrons

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2010 Paper

AXTAR: mission design concept

Paul Ray, Deepto Chakrabarty, Colleen Wilson-Hodge, Bernard Phlips, Ronald Remillard, Alan Levine, Kent Wood, Michael Wolff, Chul Gwon, Tod Strohmayer, Michael Baysinger, Michael Briggs, Peter Capizzo, Leo Fabisinski, Randall Hopkins, Linda Hornsby, Les Johnson, C. Dauphne Maples, Janie Miernik, Dan Thomas, Gianluigi De Geronimo

Proceedings Volume 7732, 773248 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857385

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Space operations, Stars, Silicon, Cameras, Collimators, X-ray detectors, Magnetism, Electronics

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Proceedings Article | 13 June 2006 Paper

The Advanced Compton Telescope

Steven Boggs, James Kurfess, James Ryan, Elena Aprile, Neil Gehrels, Marc Kippen, Marc Leising, Uwe Oberlack, Cornelia Wunderer, Allen Zych, Peter Bloser, Michael Harris, Andrew Hoover, Alexei Klimenk, Dan Kocevski, Mark McConnell, Peter Milne, Elena Novikova, Bernard Phlips, Mark Polsen, Steven Sturner, Derek Tournear, Georg Weidenspointner, Eric Wulf, Andreas Zoglauer, Matthew Baring, John Beacom, Lars Bildsten, Charles Dermer, Dieter Hartmann, Margarita Hernanz, David Smith, Sumner Starrfield

Proceedings Volume 6266, 626624 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670605

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Silicon, Nickel, Gamma radiation, Germanium, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Stars, Galactic astronomy, Photons

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Proceedings Article | 24 May 2006 Paper

Prototype Compton imager for special nuclear material

Eric Wulf, Bernard Phlips, James Kurfess, Elena Novikova, Carrie Fitzgerald

Proceedings Volume 6213, 62130E (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.665546

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Silicon, Gamma radiation, Imaging systems, Semiconducting wafers, Electrons, Prototyping, Wafer bonding, Electronics, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 24 May 2006 Paper

Comparison of shielded uranium passive gamma-ray detection methods

Bernard Phlips, Elena Novikova, Eric Wulf, James Kurfess

Proceedings Volume 6213, 62130H (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.666342

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Imaging systems, Coded apertures, Gamma radiation, Lead, Scintillators, Scintillation, Uranium, Signal detection, Crystals

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Proceedings Article | 18 August 2005 Paper

MEGA: a medium-energy gamma-ray astronomy mission concept

P. Bloser, J. Ryan, M. McConnell, J. Macri, U. Bravar, G. Kanbach, R. Andritschke, M. Ajello, A. Zoglauer, S. Hunter, B. Phlips, E. Wulf, D. Hartmann, R. Miller, W. Paciesas, A. Zych, R. Kippen, T. Vestrand, M. Cherry, T. Guzik, J. Stacy, J. Wefel, V. Reglero, G. Di Cocco, J. Cravens

Proceedings Volume 5898, 589804 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.617315

KEYWORDS: Gamma radiation, Sensors, Telescopes, Prototyping, Spatial resolution, Silicon, Calibration, Gamma-ray astronomy, Satellites, Compton scattering

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

MEGA: the next generation Medium Energy Gamma-ray Telescope

James Ryan, Robert Andritschke, Peter Bloser, James Cravens, Michael Cherry, Guido Di Cocco, T. G. Guzik, Dieter Hartmann, Stanley Hunter, Gottfried Kanbach, R. Kippen, James Kurfess, John Macri, Mark McConnell, Richard Miller, William Paciesas, Bernard Phlips, Victor Reglero, J. Stacy, Mark Strickman, W. Thomas Vestrand, John Wefel, Eric Wulf, Andreas Zoglauer, Allen Zych

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551891

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Telescopes, Prototyping, Silicon, Spatial resolution, Space telescopes, Calibration, Gamma radiation, Compton scattering, Scattering

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2003 Paper

Sensitivity of an advanced Compton telescope

Richard Kroeger, W. Neil Johnson, James Kurfess, Bernard Phlips, Eric Wulf

Proceedings Volume 4851, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461474

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Silicon, Telescopes, Germanium, Doppler effect, Space telescopes, Xenon, Monte Carlo methods, Solids

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Proceedings Article | 18 October 1996 Paper

Burst locations with an arc second telescope (BLAST)

W. Neil Johnson, Charles Dermer, J. E. Grove, Paul Hertz, Robert Kinzer, Richard Kroeger, James Kurfess, Michael Lovellette, G. Share, Mark Strickman, Kent Wood, Susan Inderhees, Bernard Phlips, Dieter Hartmann, Mark Leising, Gerald Fishman, Charles Meegan, Edward Fenimore

Proceedings Volume 2806, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.253994

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Gamma radiation, Hard x-rays, X-rays, Galactic astronomy, Coded apertures, Stars, Computed tomography

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Proceedings Article | 18 October 1996 Paper

Gamma-ray instrument for polarimetry, spectroscopy, and imaging (GIPSI)

Richard Kroeger, W. Neil Johnson, Robert Kinzer, James Kurfess, Susan Inderhees, Bernard Phlips, Brad Graham

Proceedings Volume 2806, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.254024

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Polarization, Polarimetry, Imaging spectroscopy, Modulation, Scattering, Solar processes, Germanium, Gamma radiation, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 1995 Paper

Spatial resolution and imaging of gamma rays with germanium strip detectors

Richard Kroeger, W. Neil Johnson, Robert Kinzer, James Kurfess, Susan Inderhees, Bernard Phlips, Neil Gehrels, Brad Graham

Proceedings Volume 2518, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.218379

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Germanium, Lithium, Electrodes, Spatial resolution, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Boron, Gamma radiation, Image resolution

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