Publications
Summary of the EO-1 ALI performance during the first 2.5 years on-orbit
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The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) is a VNIR/SWIR, pushbroom instrument that is flying aboard the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) spacecraft. Launched on November 21, 2000, the objective of the ALI is to flight validate emerging technologies that can be infused into future land imaging sensors. During the first two and one-half...
Overview of the Earth Observing One (EO-1) mission
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The Earth Observing One (EO-1) satellite, a part of National Aeronautics and Space Administration's New Millennium Program, was developed to demonstrate new technologies and strategies for improved earth observations. It was launched from Vandenburg Air Force Base on November 21, 2000. The EO-1 satellite contains three observing instruments supported by...
Marathon evaluation of optical materials for 157-nm lithography
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We present the methodology and recent results on the longterm evaluation of optical materials for 157-nm lithographic applications. We review the unique metrology capabilities that have been developed for accurately assessing optical properties of samples both online and offline, utilizing VUV spectrophotometry with in situlamp-based cleaning. We describe ultraclean marathon...
Investigation of the physical and practical limits of dense-only phase shift lithography for circuit feature definition
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The rise of low- k1 optical lithography in integrated circuit manufacturing has introduced new questions concerning the physical and practical limits of particular subwavelength resolution-enhanced imaging approaches. For a given application, trade-offs between mask complexity, design cycle time, process latitude and process throughput must be well understood. It has recently...
High-speed, electronically shuttered solid-state imager technology
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Electronically shuttered solid-state imagers are being developed for high-speed imaging applications. A 5 cmx5 cm, 512x512-element, multiframe charge-coupled device (CCD) imager has been fabricated for the Los Alamos National Laboratory DARHT facility that collects four sequential image frames at megahertz rates. To operate at fast frame rates with high sensitivity...
Flight test results of the Earth Observing-1 Advanced Land Imager
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The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) is the primary instrument on the Earth Observing-1 spacecraft (EO-1) and was developed under NASA's New Millennium Program (NMP). The NMP mission objective is to flight-validate advanced technologies that will enable dramatic improvements in performance, cost, mass, and schedule for future, Landsat-like, Earth Science Enterprise...
Proton irradiations of large area Hg(1-x)Cd(x)Te photovoltaic detectors for the cross-track infrared sounder
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The effect of radiation on Hg(1-x)Cd(x)Te photodiodes is an important parameter to understand when determining the long-term performance limitations for the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), a Fourier Transform interferometric sensor that will fly as part of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Enviornmental Satellite System (NPOESS). The CrIS sensor uses relatively large...
Broadband (200-1000 nm) back-illuminated ccd imagers
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Improved and stable blue/UV quantum efficiency has been demonstrated on 2Kx4K imagers using molecular-beam epitaxy to create a thin doped layer on the back surface. Quantum efficiency data on thick (40-50 pm) imagers with single and dual-layer anti-reflection coatings is presented that demonstrates high and broadband response. Measurements of the...
Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes for three-dimensional imaging
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We discuss the properties of Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes (APDs) and their use in developing an imaging laser radar (ladar). This type of photodetector gives a fast electrical pulse in response to the detection of even a single photon, allowing for sub-nsec-precision photon-flight-time measurement. We present ongoing work at Lincoln Laboratory...
Silicon-on-insulator-based single-chip image sensors: low-voltage scientific imaging
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A low-voltage (