Dr. Nicholas R. Collins Profile

Dr. Nicholas R. Collins

Support Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr

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Proceedings Article | 19 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

Measurement techniques for the high-contrast and in-field stray light performance of OCI

Joseph Knuble, Gerhard Meister, Hyeungu Choi, Nicholas Collins, Kim Jepsen, Shihyan Lee, Jim McCarthy, Robert Bousquet, William Cook, Colby Jurgenson, Ulrik Gliese, Eric Gorman

Proceedings Volume 12729, 127290P (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2682126

KEYWORDS: Contrast sensitivity, Crosstalk, Point spread functions, Oceanography, Modulation transfer functions, Stray light, Telescopes, Modeling, Curtains, Windows, Surface roughness

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Proceedings Article | 1 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

PACE Ocean Color Instrument polarization testing and results

Eugene Waluschka, Nicholas Collins, William Cook, Eric Gorman, George Hilton, Joseph Knuble, Gerhard Meister, Jeffrey McIntire

Proceedings Volume 11829, 118290R (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594029

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Polarizers, Optical spheres, Telescopes, Sensors, Ocean optics, Calibration, Short wave infrared radiation, Optical testing, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2016 Presentation + Paper

Optical testing and verification methods for the James Webb Space Telescope Integrated Science Instrument Module element

Scott Antonille, Cherie Miskey, Raymond Ohl, Scott Rohrbach, David Aronstein, Andrew Bartoszyk, Charles Bowers, Emmanuel Cofie, Nicholas Collins, Brian Comber, William Eichhorn, Alistair Glasse, Renee Gracey, George Hartig, Joseph Howard, Douglas Kelly, Randy Kimble, Jeffrey Kirk, David Kubalak, Wayne Landsman, Don Lindler, Eliot Malumuth, Michael Maszkiewicz, Marcia Rieke, Neil Rowlands, Derek Sabatke, Corbett Smith, J. Scott Smith, Joseph Sullivan, Randal Telfer, Maurice Te Plate, M. Begoña Vila, Gerry Warner, David Wright, Raymond Wright, Julia Zhou, Thomas Zielinski

Proceedings Volume 9951, 995105 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2238838

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Optical components, Space telescopes, Optical testing, Sensors, Calibration, Data modeling, Human-machine interfaces, Error analysis, Analytical research

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2012 Paper

Cryogenic photogrammetry and radiometry for the James Webb Space Telescope microshutters

Victor Chambers, Peter Morey, Barbara Zukowski, Alexander Kutyrev, Nicholas Collins, David Rapchun, Nargess Memarsadeghi, Samuel Moseley, Leroy Sparr, Peter Blake

Proceedings Volume 8450, 84501F (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924171

KEYWORDS: Camera shutters, Cryogenics, Cameras, Image registration, Infrared imaging, Image processing, James Webb Space Telescope, Visible radiation, Metrology, Image analysis

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

Reciprocity failure in 1.7 µm cut-off HgCdTe detectors

R. Hill, E. Malumuth, R. Foltz, R. Kimble, A. Waczynski, N. Boehm, Y. Wen, E. Kan, N. Collins

Proceedings Volume 7742, 774222 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857218

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Mercury cadmium telluride, Calibration, Infrared detectors, Cameras, Signal detection, Failure analysis, Hubble Space Telescope, Infrared sensors, Staring arrays

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2009 Paper

Wide Field Camera 3 CCD quantum efficiency hysteresis: characterization and mitigation

Nicholas Collins, Nicholas Boehm, Gregory Delo, Roger Foltz, Robert Hill, Emily Kan, Randy Kimble, Eliot Malumuth, Robert Rosenberry, Augustyn Waczynski, Yiting Wen, Sylvia Baggett, Howard Bushouse, Susana Deustua, Jessica Kim-Quijano, John MacKenty, Andre Martel, Elena Sabbi

Proceedings Volume 7439, 74390B (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.828439

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Signal detection, Charge-coupled devices, CCD cameras, Quantum efficiency, Cameras, Near ultraviolet, Lamps, Visible radiation, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2008 Paper

The Wide-Field Camera 3 detectors

S. Baggett, R. Hill, R. Kimble, J. MacKenty, A. Waczynski, H. Bushouse, N. Boehm, H. Bond, T. Brown, N. Collins, G. Delo, L. Dressel, R. Foltz, G. Hartig, B. Hilbert, E. Kan, J. Kim-Quijano, E. Malumuth, A. Martel, P. McCullough, L. Petro, M. Robberto, Y. Wen

Proceedings Volume 7021, 70211Q (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790056

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Quantum efficiency, Charge-coupled devices, Cameras, Staring arrays, Infrared imaging, Infrared detectors, Amplifiers, Thermography, Optical filters

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2008 Paper

Microshutter arrays: high contrast programmable field masks for JWST NIRSpec

A. Kutyrev, N. Collins, J. Chambers, S. Moseley, D. Rapchun

Proceedings Volume 7010, 70103D (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790192

KEYWORDS: Camera shutters, James Webb Space Telescope, Silicon, Electrodes, Sensors, Cryogenics, Imaging arrays, Micromirrors, Optical testing, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 1998 Paper

STIS on-orbit testing: limiting magnitudes, spectral sensitivity, thermal flexure, and MAMA time-tagging

Theodore Gull, Bruce Woodgate, Randy Kimble, Charles Bowers, Steven Kraemer, Mary Elizabeth Kaiser, Ralph Bohlin, Steve Hulbert, Richard Shaw, Keith Feggans, Don Lindler, Jennifer Sandoval, Robert Hill, Nicholas Collins, Thomas Brown, Jeff Valenti

Proceedings Volume 3356, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.324443

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Charge-coupled devices, Calibration, Spectrographs, Space operations, Ultraviolet radiation, Space telescopes, Spectral resolution, Visible radiation, Imaging spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 1998 Paper

On-orbit optical performance of the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph

Charles Bowers, Bruce Woodgate, Randy Kimble, M. Kaiser, Theodore Gull, Steven Kraemer, George Hartig, David Content, Dennis Ebbets, David Michika, Joseph Sullivan, Robert Woodruff, M. Bottema, Don Lindler, P. Plait, Clive Standley, Nicholas Collins, R. Cornett, Wayne Landsman, Eliot Malumuth, R. Robinson

Proceedings Volume 3356, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.324541

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Ultraviolet radiation, Cameras, Spectral resolution, Image resolution, Spectroscopy, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Lamps, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 1998 Paper

On-orbit performance of the space telescope imaging spectrograph

Randy Kimble, Bruce Woodgate, Charles Bowers, Steven Kraemer, M. Kaiser, Theodore Gull, Sara Heap, Anthony Danks, A. Boggess, Richard Green, John Hutchings, Edward Jenkins, Charles Joseph, J. Linsky, S. Maran, Henry Moos, Fred Roesler, J. Gethyn Timothy, D. Weistrop, J. Grady, Joan Loiacono, Mark Brumfield, Lee Feinberg, Carolyn Krebs, Wallace Meyer, D. Hood, Vic Argabright, J. Hetlinger, Ralph Stocker, Robert Woodruff, Stefi Baum, George Hartig, Ralph Bohlin, Mark Clampin, Harry Ferguson, Paul Goudfrooij, Melissa McGrath, Don Lindler, Terrence Beck, Keith Feggans, P. Plait, Jennifer Sandoval, Nicholas Collins, R. Cornett, Walter Fowler, Robert Hill, Wayne Landsman, Eliot Malumuth, D. Crenshaw, R. Robinson, Jeff Valenti

Proceedings Volume 3356, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.324433

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Charge-coupled devices, Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Space telescopes, Imaging spectroscopy, CCD image sensors, Galactic astronomy, Ultraviolet radiation, Visible radiation

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