NASA/Thermal Detectors Workshop-June 2003

TDW2003, University of Maryland
June 19th and 20th

Thursday June 19th, 2003

7:30		Coffee/pastry

Session 1- Upcoming and proposed missions (Planetary and Earth Science) Chairs: J. Brasunas, B. Lakew

8:30		1. Code SE, NASA Solar System Exploration funding program - Lindley Johnson, Program Manager.

8:45		2. PIDDP, NASA Solar System Exploration funding program - Susan Niebur, Program manager

9:00		TDW03-PR11-INV2: " Upcoming and future Missions in the area of Infrared Astronomy: Spacecraft and ground based observations ", Sittler, E. / NASA-GSFC (invited paper)

9:25		TDW03-PR32-INV4: " Scripps-NISTAR - New instrumentation for a challenging mission: Earth radiation budget measurements from L-1 ", Lorentz, S.R., Rice, J.P., *Valero, F P.J. / L-1 Standards and Technology, Inc. / National Institute of Standards and Technology/*Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego (invited paper).

9:50		TDW03-PR17: " In-flight performance of the CIRS instrument in the far IR on the Cassini mission to Saturn ", Nixon, C. et al/University of Maryland.

		COFFEE

Session 2- Far IR/Sub-mm thermal detectors-new concepts and materials

Session 2.1 Chairs: H. Moseley, S. Aslam

10:35		TDW03-PR27-INV3: " TES bolometers above 1K", Richards, P. L. /UC Berkeley (invited paper).

11:00		TDW03-PR9: " Ultimate sensitivity of superconducting single-photon detectors in the visible to infrared range ", Zhang, J., Pearlman, A., Slysz, W., Verevkin, A., Sobolewski, R., Korneev, A., Kouminov, P., Okunev, O., Chulkova, G. Goltsman, G./University of Rochester, NY/**Moscow State Pedagogical University.

11:15		TDW03-PR10: "Hot-Electron Bolometer Sensor for Infrared Radiation ", Semenov, A., Huebers, H-W, *Golstman, G./ German Aerospace Agency/**Moscow State Pedagogical University.

11:30		TDW03-PR25: "Hot-Electron Superconducting Detectors for High-Background Sub-mm Wave Applications", Karasik, B., Sergeev, A. / JPL / **Wayne State University.

11:45		TDW03-PR6: " Canadian microbolometer technology for future space missions ", Ngo Phong, L.; Zheng, W./*Canadian Space Agency.

12:00		TDW03-PR19: " Novel Electrically Substituted Optical Detectors ", Rice, J., Lorentz, S., Houston, J. /National Institute of Standards and Technology/ L-1 Standards and Technology, Inc.

		LUNCH

Session 2.2 Chairs: D. Reuter, R. Boyle

		Session 2.2A: Poster Overview

1:30	Poster Overview	TDW03-P4: " Development and Test of Planar Antenna Coupled Transition Edge Hot Electron Microbolometers ", Shafinaz, A. , McCammon,D., Kari, N., Pathak, R., Peck, J., Radomski, C., Timbe, P., VanderWeide, D. /University of Wisconsin-Madison.

1:33	Poster Overview	TDW03-P2: " Development of a submillimeter/far-infrared radiometer for Cirrus measurements. " Hayton, D., Ade, P., Evans, F., Lee, C., Nolt, I., Vanek, M./ University of Wales, Cardiff, UK / University of Colorado/NASA-Langley.

1:36	Poster Overview	TDW03-P8: " Modelling, Processing and Characterization of HTSC Mid-Infrared Bolometer Arrays", Gaugue, A., Adam, A. /Supelec,France.

1:39	Poster Overview	TDW03-P1: Superconducting electronics for detector readouts , Luine, J., Durand, D., Eaton, L./ TRW.

1:42	Poster Overview	TDW03-P6: In-situ pulsed laser deposition of c-axis oriented MgB2 films and their characterization", Shinde, S, Lakew, B., Ogale,S.B., Kulkarni V.N., Kale, S.N. Venkatesan, T. / University of Maryland, *NASA/GSFC.

1:45	Poster Overview	TDW03-P5: " Anti-reflection coatings for Far IR filters ", Tucker, C, Haynes, V., Ade, P. / University of Wales, Cardiff, UK.

1:48	Poster Overview	TDW03-P9: " High aspect ratio hole array filters for a wide range of wavelength " ,Fettig, R.K., Hein, H. Schulz, J. /Institut f. Mikrostrukturtechnik, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, GmbH, Germany.

1:51	Poster Overview	TDW03-P3-A: " Thermoelectric cooling utilizing CeB6 single crystal at cryogenic temperatures.", Harutyunyan, S., Vartanyan, V., Nikoghosyan, V., Kuzanyan, A., Wood, K., Gulian, A./ Institute for Physical Research, Ashtarak, Armenia/ **Naval Reseach Lab.

1:54	Poster Overview	TDW03-P7: " Cryocoolers for Space ", Kittel, P., Feller, J., Roach, P., Kashani, A., Helvensteijn, B. / NASA-Ames Research Center/*Atlas Scientific.

		Session 2.2B: Papers

2:00		TDW03-PR39-INV10: " Arrays of High Performance Thermal Detectors", Moseley, H / NASA-GSFC (invited paper)

2:25		TDW03-PR33-INV5: " Thermopile Detector Arrays for Space Science Applications ", Foote, M.C., Krueger, T. R., McCann , T.A., Chacon, R.,. Jones, E.W., Dickie, M.R., Schofield, J.T., McCleese, D.J., McCann, T.A., Jones E.W., Dickie, M.R. /JPL (invited paper)

2:50		TDW03-PR21: " The IR detector system for the GERB instrument ", Nelms, N.; Butcher, G., Whitford, C., Cole, R., Blake, O. / University of Leicester, UK.

3:05		TDW03-PR22: " 300 K Thin-Film Thermoelectric Infrared Detectors for ROSETTA and Other Space Missions ", Kessler, E., Dillner, U., Mueller, J., Knollenberg, J. /IPHT Jena, Germany /**Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft-und Raumfahrt, DLR.

3:20		TDW03-PR23: " The Economical Microbolometer Based Environmental Radiometer Satellite (EMBERSat) Designed for Forest Fire Detection and Monitoring ", Lancaster, R., Beecken, B./ NASA-GSFC /**Bethel College.

		COFFEE

3:50		TDW03-PR29: " Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) ", Schueler, C., Silverman, S., *Christensen, P. /Raytheon SBRS /**Arizona State University.

4:05		TDW03-PR30: " Far IR and sub-mm filled bolometer arrays performance evaluation at 2 K ", Rodriguez, L., Agnese, P., Reveret, V., Vigroux L. /CEA-DAPNIA-SAp, France /CEA-SAp / *CEA-LETI-SLIR.

4:20		TDW03-PR31: " On the Concept of a Cold-Electron Bolometer for Supersensitive Detection in Presence of Microwave Background", Kuzmin, L/Chalmers University, Sweden

Discussion: Future applications of thermal detectors / Ideal thermal detector qualities chaired by: J. Brasunas, H. Moseley, J-M Lamarre and E. Sittler

5:00		ADJOURN

Friday June 20th, 2003

7:30		Coffee/pastry

Session 3- High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) Bolometers Chairs: R. Ross, R. Fettig

8:30		1. ACT, NASA Earth Science technology funding program - Janice Buckner, Program manager

8:45		2. Code R,NASA AeroSpace technology funding program - Chris Moore, Program manager

9:00		TDW03-PR24-INV2: "The Case for Moderately-Cooled, Far-Infrared Thermal Detectors ", Brasunas J.C. /NASA-GSFC (Invited paper).

9:25		TDW03-PR12: " Fabrication of monolithic sapphire membranes for HTS bolometer array development ", Pugel, D.E. / Lakew, B., Aslam S. /Raytheon-RITSS / *NASA-GSFC.

9:40		TDW03-PR1: "Perovskite Manganites: A new family of materials for uncooled/ moderately cooled Bolometric Detectors ", Rajeswari, M.R.; Smolyaninova, V., Overby, M.; / Towson University, MD.

9:55		TDW03-PR18: " Characterization and Modeling of Excess Noise in High Tc thin films bolometers ", Jones, H, Aslam, S., Lakew, B. /NASA-GSFC/*Raytheon-RITSS.

10:10		TDW03-PR28: " Recent progress in YBCO hot electron bolometers at terahertz frequencies ", Adam, A., Gaugue, A./ Supelec, France.

		COFFEE

Session 4- Thin films for sensor applications and readout electronics Chairs: S. Calcutt, S. Aslam

10:55		TDW03-PR37-INV8: " Recent advances in high and mid - temperature superconducting thin films for IR sensors applications ", Lakew B. / NASA-GSFC (Invited paper).

11:20		TDW03-PR38-INV9: "SQUID Multiplexers for Cryogenic Detector Arrays", Irwin, K., Beall, J., * Deiker, S., Doriese, R., Duncan, W., Hilton, G., *** Moseley, S. H., Reintsema, C., *Stahle, C., Ullom, J., Vale, L. / NIST/UK ATC/* NASA-GSFC

11:45		TDW03-PR15: " Epitaxial superconducting MgB2 thin films by HPCVD ", Xiaoxing Xi / Penn State U.

12:00		TDW03-PR2: " Superconducting Digital Multiplexers for Sensor Arrays ", Kadin, A.M./HYPRES, Inc.

12:15		TDW03-PR3: " Electrical Devices and Circuits for Low Temperature Space Applications ", Patterson, R., Hammoud, A., Dickman, J., Gerber, S.,Overton, E., **Elbuluk, M./ NASA- Glenn Research Center/ QSS Group Inc. / ZIN Technologies / *University of Akron, OH.

		LUNCH

Session 5: Bandpass and blocking filters Chairs: E. Sittler, J. Brasunas

1:30		TDW03-PR8-INV1: " Far-infrared and submillimeter filters ", Haynes, C. V., Ade, P. A. R., Lee, C., Tucker, C.E. University of Wales, Cardiff, UK

1:45		TDW03-PR7: " Thin and Thick Metal Mesh Filters for Spectroscopic Applications " Sternberg, O., Stewart, K. P., Fettig, R., Moeller, K. D., **Smith, H. A. /Naval Research Lab/FZ-Karlsruhe, Germany/NJ Institute of ***Technology/Harvard-Smithsonian CFA.

2:00		TDW03-PR4: " Feed horn development for bolometric detection systems ", Maffei, B., Murphy, A., Pisano, G., Gleeson, E. / *Maynooth University, UK/ University of Wales, Cardiff, UK.

Session 6: Cooling systems Chairs: J. M. Lamarre, R. Boyle

2:15		TDW03-PR36-INV7: "NASA SPACE CRYOCOOLER PROGRAMS - A 2003 OVERVIEW", Ross, R.G. Jr., Boyle, R.F., *Kittel, P. /JPL/ NASA-GSFC /*NASA-Ames Research Center (Invited paper)

2:35		TDW03-PR5: " Sunpower cooling systems " , Keiter, D.; Wilson, K./ Sunpower, Inc.

2:50		TDW03-PR16: " Integration of Stirling Class Cryocoolers with Thermal Detectors " , Kirkconnell, C. / Raytheon Corp.

3:05		TDW03-PR20; "Space cryocoolers", Tward, E. /Northrop Grumman Space Technology.

3:20		TDW03-PR26: " On-Orbit Operating Experience with the NICMOS Cryocooler - First Year ", * Swift, W., ** Cheng, E. , * Zagarola, M., Dolan, F. / Creare Inc./ **Conceptual Analytics, LLC.

		COFFEE

Session 7: Heterodyne detection chairs: W. J. Wiscombe, R. Fettig

3:50		TDW03-PR35-INV6: "Heterodyne Spectroscopy in the Thermal Infrared Region", Kostiuk, T. / NASA-GSFC (Invited paper)

4:15		TDW03-PR14: " THIS - Next generation infrared heterodyne spectrometer for remote sensing ", Sonnabend, G., Wirtz, D., Schieder, R. / KOSMA-University of Cologne.

4:30		TDW03-PR13: " 640x512 Pixel Narrow-Band, Four-Band, and Broad-Band Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector Focal Plane Arrays ", Gunapala, S., Bandara, S., Liu, J., Rafol, D., Jhabvala, M., Choi, K., *Shott, C./ Jet Propulsion Laboratory/ NASA-GSFC/Army Research Lab/***Indigo Systems.

4:45		TDW03-PR34: " A Thermal Infrared Heterodyne Receiver with Applications to Astronomy " , Hale, D. S. / Space Sciences Laboratory/ UC Berkeley.

4:55		ADJOURN

POSTERS should be set up to be viewed during all breaks during both days

TDW03-P1: Superconducting electronics for detector readouts , Luine, J., Durand, D., Eaton, L./ TRW.

TDW03-P2: " Development of a submillimeter/far-infrared radiometer for Cirrus measurements. " Hayton, D., Ade, P., Evans, F., Lee, C., Nolt, I., Vanek, M./ University of Wales, Cardiff, UK / University of Colorado/NASA-Langley.

TDW03-P3-A: " Thermoelectric cooling utilizing CeB6 single crystal at cryogenic temperatures. ", *Harutyunyan, S., *Vartanyan, V., *Nikoghosyan, V., *Kuzanyan, A., **Wood, K., **Gulian, A./ Institute for Physical Research, Ashtarak, Armenia/ **Naval Reseach Lab.

TDW03-P5: " Anti-reflection coatings for Far IR filters ", Tucker, C, Haynes, V., Ade, P. / University of Wales, Cardiff, UK.

TDW03-P6: In-situ pulsed laser deposition of c-axis oriented MgB2 films and their characterization ", Shinde, S*, Lakew, B.**, Ogale,S.B.*, Kulkarni V.N., Kale, S.N. Venkatesan, T. / *University of Maryland, **NASA/GSFC.

TDW03-P7: " Cryocoolers for Space ", *Kittel, P., *Feller, J., *Roach, P., **Kashani, A., **Helvensteijn, B. / *NASA-Ames Research Center /*Atlas Scientific.

TDW03-P8: " Modelling, Processing and Characterization of HTSC Mid-Infrared Bolometer Arraysâ_*, Gaugue, A., Adam, A. /Supelec, France.

TDW03-P9: " High aspect ratio hole array filters for a wide range of wavelength " ,Fettig, R.K., Hein, H. Schulz, J. /Institut f. Mikrostrukturtechnik, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, GmbH, Germany.

TDW03-P10: "Resonance modes of meshes with rectangular and hexagonal structures", *Sternberg, O., *Shah, J, **Moeller, K. D., ***Fettig, R., /*Naval Research Lab/**NJ Institute of Technology/***FZ-Karlsruhe, Germany.

TDW03-P11: "Programmable 2D addressable cryogenic aperture masks.", Kutyrev,A.S., Moseley, S.H., Jhabvala, M., Li,M., Schwinger, D.S, Silverberg, R.F.,Wesenberg, R.P./ Microshutters Team

Vendor Posters

TDW03-vendor1: "Qdrive Thermoacoustic Stirling Cryocoolers"

TDW03-vendor2: "Sunpower's high performance cryocoolers"

Brook Lakew
Curator:
EmilieDrobnes, L3-Comm - Analytics Corp.

TDW2003, University of MarylandJune 19th and 20th

TDW2003, University of Maryland
June 19th and 20th