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Peer Reviewed - Conference Proceedings - Posters

Peer reviewed

Donovan, Benjamin D.; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Tutt, James H.; DeRoo, Casey T.; Allured, Ryan; Gaskin, Jessica A.; Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J., "X-ray verification of an optically aligned off-plane grating module", Applied Optics, Volume 57, Number 3 (2018) p.p. 454-464

Lewis, M.; Soman, M.; Holland, A.; Lumb, D.; Tutt, James H.; McEntaffer, R.; Schultz, T.; Holland, K., "The simulated spectrum of the OGRE X-ray EM-CCD camera system", Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 12 (2017)

Stehlikova, V.; Urban, M.; Nentvich, O.; Daniel, V.; Sieger, L.; Tutt, James H., "Hard X-ray Vela supernova observation on rocket experiment WRX-R", Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnate Pleso, Volume 47 (2017) p.p. 165-169

Roger, Thomas; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Schultz, Ted; McCoy, Jake; Miles, Drew M.; Tutt, James H., "Gaseous electron multiplier gain characteristics using low-pressure Ar/CO2", Experimental Astronomy, Volume 43, Issue 2 (2017) p.p. 201-210

Marlowe, Hannah; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Tutt, James H.; DeRoo, Casey T.; Miles, Drew M.; Goray, Leonid I.; Soltwisch, Victor; Scholze, Frank; Herrero, Analia Fernandex; Laubis, Christian, "Modeling and empirical characterization of the polarization response of off-plane reflection gratings", Applied Optics, Volume 55, Issue 21 (2016) p.p 5548-5553

McCoy, Jake; Schultz, Ted; Tutt, James H.; Rogers, Thomas; Miles, Drew M; McEntaffer, Randall, "A Primer for Telemetry Interfacing in Accordance with NASA Standards Using Low Cost FPGAs", Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, Volume 05, (2016)

DeRoo, Casey T.; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Miles, Drew M.; Peterson, Thomas J.; Marlowe, Hannah; Tutt, James H.; Donovan, Benjamin D.; Menz, Benedikt; Burwitz, Vadim; Hartmer, Gisela D.; Allured, Ryan; Smith, Randall K.; Gunther, Ramses; Yanson, Alex; Vacanti, Giuseppe; Ackermann, Marcelo, "Line Spread Function of Blazed Off-Plane Gratings Operated in the Littrow Mounting",  Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments and Systems, Volume 2, Issue 2, (2016), p.p. 025001-025001

Marlowe, Hannah; McEntaffer, Randall L. Allured, Ryan; DeRoo, Casey T.; Donovan, Benjamine D.; Miles, Drew M.; Tutt, Jamse H.; Burwitz, Vadim; Menz, Benedikt; Hartner, Gisela D.; Smith, Randall K.; Cheimets, Peter; Hertz, Edward; Bookbinder, Jay A.; Gunther, Ramses; Yanson, Alex; Vacanti, Giuseppe; Ackermann, Marcelo, "Performance testing of an off-plane reflection grating and silicon pore optics spectrograph at PANTER", Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and systems, Volume 1, Issue 4, (2015), p.p. 045004-045004

Tutt, James H.; Hall, David J.; Soman, Mathew R.; Holland, Andrew D.; Warren, Anna J.; Connolley, Thomas; Evagora, Anthony M., "Development of EM-CCD-based X-ray detectors for synchrotron applications", Electronic Letters,  Volume 50(17), (2014), p.p. 1224-1226.

Tutt, James H.; Hall, David J.; Soman, Mathew R.; Holland, Andrew D.; Warren, Anna J.; Connolley, Thomas; Evagora, Anthony M., "Comparison of EM-CCD and scientific CMOS based camera systems for high resolution X-ray imaging and tomography applications", Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 9, Issue 06 (2014)

Smith, Philippa H.; Gow, Jason P. D.; Murray, Neil J.; Tutt, James H.; Soman, Mathew R.; Holland, Andrew D., "Quantum efficiency measurements in the swept charge device CCD236", Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 9, Issue 04 (2014) .

McEntaffer, Randall L.; DeRoo, Casey; Schultz, Ted; Gantner, Brennan; Tutt, James H.; Holland, Andrew D.; O'Dell, Stephen; Gaskin, Jessica; Kolodziejczak, Jeffrey; Zhang, William W.; Chan, Kai-Wing; Biskach, Michael; McClelland, Ryan; Iazikov, Dimitri; Wang, Xinpeng; Koecher, Larry, "First results from a next-generation off-plane X-ray diffraction grating", Experimental Astronomy, (2013).

Soman, Matthew R.; Hall, David J.; Tutt, James H.; Murray, Neil J.; Holland, Andrew D.; Schmitt, T.; Raabe, J.; Schmitt, B., "Developing a CCD camera with high spatial resolution for RIXS in the soft X-ray range", Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, Published online 7 May 2013.

Soman, Matthew R.; Hall, David J.; Tutt, James H.; Murray, Neil J.; Holland, Andrew D.; Schmitt, T.; Raabe, J.; Schmitt, B., "Improving the spatial resolution of soft X-ray detection using an Electron-Multiplying Charge-Coupled Device", Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 8, Issue 01, p.p. C01046 (2013).

Tutt, James H.; Holland, Andrew D.; Murray, Neil J.; Hall, David J.; Harriss, Richard D.; Clarke, Andrew; Evagora, Anthony M., “The Noise Performance of Electron-Multiplying Charge-Coupled Devices at soft X-ray Energy values”, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 59, Issue 9, p.p. 2192-2198 (08/2012).

Tutt, James H.; Holland, Andrew D.; Murray, Neil J.; Harriss, Richard D.; Hall, David J.; Soman, Mathew, “Electron-Multiplying CCDs for future soft X-ray spectrometers”, Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 7, Issue 2, p.p. C02031 (02/2012).

Tutt, James H.; Holland, Andrew D.; Hall, David J.; Harriss, Richard D.; Murray, Neil J.; “The Noise Performance of Electron-Multiplying Charge-Coupled Devices at X-ray Energies”, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 59, Issue 1, p.p. 167-175 (01/2012).

Hall, David J.; Soman, Matthew R.; Tutt, James H.; Murray, Neil J.; Holland, Andrew D.; Schmitt, T.; Raabe, J.; Strocov, V. N.; Schmitt, B., “Improving the resolution in soft X-ray emission spectrometers through photon-counting using an Electron Multiplying CCD”, Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 7, p.p. C01063 (07/2012).

Soman, Matthew R.; Hall, David J.; Tutt, James H.; Murray, Neil J.; Holland, Andrew D.; Schmitt, T.; Raabe, J.; Schmitt, B., “Improving the spatial resolution of a soft X-ray Charge Coupled Device used for Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering”, Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 6, Issue 11, p.p. C11021 (11/2011).

Conference Proceedings

DeRoo, Casey T; Grisé, Fabien; McEntaffer, Randall L; Tutt, James H; Fasano, Cecilia R; “Curved diffractive optics for high energy spectroscopy: current status and challenges”, Proc. SPIE 13093, (2024).

Tutt, James H; Lairson, Bruce; McCurdy, Ross C; Higley, Alexandra; Rice, Keith; “Development of blocking filters using high-throughput SiC grids”, Proc. SPIE 13093, (2024).

Miles, Drew M; McCurdy, Ross; Tutt, James H; Mondoskin, Jessica; Hunter, Keir; Brooks, Katherine; Washington, Daniel; McEntaffer, Randall L; Anderson, Tyler; Baker, Logan; “The Rockets for Extended-source X-ray Spectroscopy: instrument updates, results from the first flight, and future outlook”, Proc. SPIE 13093, (2024).

Higley, Alexandra; McCoy, Jake; McEntaffer, Randall; O'Meara, Bridget; Tutt, James H; Burwitz, Vadim; Hartner, Gisela; Langmeier, Andreas; Müller, Thomas; Rukdee, Surangkhana; “Characterizing x-ray optics for OGRE and its Pathfinder mission”, Proc. SPIE 13093, (2024).

McCurdy, Ross C; Miles, Drew; Tutt, James; McEntaffer, Randall; Anderson, Tyler; Baker, Logan; Betts, Michael; Brooks, Katherine; Eichfeld, Chad; Gagliardi, Gianna; “Alignment, calibration, and the first flight of the Rockets for Extended Source X-ray Spectroscopy”, Proc. SPIE 13093 (2024).

O'Meara, Bridget C; Higley, Alexandra N; McCoy, Jake A; McEntaffer, Randall L; Penmetcha, Aishwarya; Tutt, James H; “An updated alignment strategy for the off-plane grating rocket experiment (OGRE)”, Proc. SPIE 13093 (2024).

Evan, Daniel A. R.; Holland, Andrew D.; Endicott, James; Holland, Karen; Gopinath, David; Tutt, James H.; McEntaffer, Randall L., “The focal plane camera for the Off-plane Grating Rocket Experiment”, Proc. SPIE 12191, (2022)

Tutt, James H.; Miles, Drew M.; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Anderson, Tyler B.; Washington, Daniel; Hillman, Christopher; McCurdy, Ross; Zinski, Natalie M.; O'Meara, Bridget; Baker, Logan, “Developments of the focal plane camera for tREXS”, Proc. SPIE 11821, (2021).

Miles, Drew M.; Tutt, James H.; McCurdy, Ross; Anderson, Tyler B.; Baker, Logan; Grisé, Fabien; Hillman, Christopher; Hunter, Keir; O'Meara, Bridget; Washington, Daniel; Weston, Joseph; Zinski, Natalie M.; McEntaffer, Randall L., “An update on the rockets for extended-source X-ray spectroscopy”, Proc. SPIE 11821, (2021).

Wages, Mitchell; Hull, Sam V.; Falcone, Abraham D.; Anderson, Tyler B.; McQuaide, Maria,; Chattopadhyay, Tanmoy; Burrows, David N.; Buntic, Lazar; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Miles, Drew M.; Tutt, James H.; Schultz, Ted B.; Donovan, Benjamin D.; Hillman, Christopher R.; Yastishock, Daniel, “Flight camera package design, calibration, and performance for the Water Recovery X-ray Rocket mission”, Proc. SPIE 11118, (2019).

Miles, Drew M.; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Tutt, James H.; Anderson, Tyler B.; Weiss, Matthew; Baker, Logan; Weston, Joseph; O’Meara, Bridget; McCurdy, Ross C.; Myers, Bailey; Grisé, Fabien, “An introduction to the Rockets for Extended-source X-ray Spectroscopy”, Proc. SPIE 11118, (2019)

Tutt, James H.; Miles, Drew M.; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Anderson, Tyler B.; Weiss, Matthew; O’Meara, Bridget, “The focal plane camera for tREXS”, Proc. SPIE 11118, (2019).

O’Meara, Bridget C.; Donovan, Benjamin D.; Tutt, James H.; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Schultz, Ted B.; Allgood, Kim D.; Biskach, Michael P.; Chan, Kai-Wing; Kearney, John D.; Mazzarella, James R.; Riveros, Raul E.; Saha, Timo T.; Hlinka, Michal; Numata, Ai; Solly, Peter; Zhang, William W.; Soman, Matthew R.; Holland, Andrew D.; Lewis, Matthew R.; Holland, Karen; Murray, Neil J., “The optomechanical design for the Off-plane Grating Rocket Experiment (OGRE)”, Proc. SPIE 1110006, (2019).

Donovan, Benjamin D.; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Tutt, James H.; O’Meara, Bridget C.; Grisé, Fabien; Allgood, Kim D.; Biskach, Michael P.; Chan, Kai-Wing; Hlinka, Michal; Kearney, John D.;  Mazzarella, James R.; McClelland, Ryan S.; Numata, Ai; Riveros, Raul E.; Saha, Timo T.; Solly, Peter; Zhang, William W.; Holland, Andrew D.; Lewis, Matthew R.; Soman, Matthew R.; Holland, Karen, “An updated optical design of the off- plane grating rocket experiment”, Proc. SPIE 11119, (2019).

Donovan, Benjamin D.; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Tutt, James H.; O’Meara, Bridget C.; Grisé, Fabien; Allgood, Kim D.; Biskach, Michael P.; Chan, Kai-Wing; Hlinka, Michal; Kearney, John D.;  Mazzarella, James R.; McClelland, Ryan S.; Numata, Ai; Riveros, Raul E.; Saha, Timo T.; Solly, Peter; Zhang, William W.; Holland, Andrew D.; Lewis, Matthew R.; Soman, Matthew R.; Holland, Karen, “A comprehensive line spread function error budget for the Off-Plane Grating Rocket Experiment”, Proc. SPIE, 11119, (2019)

Pina, L.; Hudec, R.; Inneman, A.; Marsikova, V.; Baca, T.; Stehlikova, V.; Daniel, V.; Tutt, James H., “Multifoil optics for rocket experiments”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 11032 (2019) p.p. 1103203

Daniel, V.; Hudec, R.; Baca, T.; Pina, L.; Inneman, A.; Marsikova, V.; Urban, M.; Nentvich, O.; Tutt, James H., “REX LE X-ray telescope experiment overview”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 11032 (2019) p.p. 1103206

Tutt, James H; McEntaffer, Randall L; Donovan, Benjamin D; Schultz, Ted B; Biskach, Michael P, Chan, Kai-Wing; Kearney, John D; Mazzarella, James R; McClelland, Ryan S; Riveros, Raul E; Saha, Timo T; Hlinka, Michal; Zhang, William W; Soman, Matthew R; Holland, Andrew D; Lewis, Matthew R; Holland, Karen; Murray, Neil J, “The Off-plane Grating Rocket Experiment (OGRE) system overview”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 10699 (2018) p.p. 106996H

Miles, Drew M;, McEntaffer, Randall L; Donovan, Benjamin D; Tutt, James H; Steiner, Tyler; Hillman, Christopher R; McCoy, Jake A; Zhang, Ningxiao, “Grating design for the Water Recovery X-ray Rocket”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 10699 (2018) p.p. 106996K

Donovan, Benjamin D; McEntaffer, Randall L; Tutt, James H; Schultz, Ted B; Biskach, Michael P, Chan, Kai-Wing; Hlinka, Michal; Kearney, John D; Mazzarella, James R; McClelland, Ryan S; Riveros, Raul E; Saha, Timo T; Zhang, William W; Holland, Andrew D; Lewis, Matthew R; Soman, Matthew R; Holland, Karen; Murray, Neil J, “Optical design of the off-plane grating rocket experiment”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 10699 (2018) p.p. 106993U

Gaskin, Jessica, A. et al. "Lynx mission concept status", Proc. SPIE, Volume 10397 (2017)

Miles, Drew M.; McEntaffer, Randall, L.; Schultz, Ted B.; Donovan, Benjamin, D.; Tutt, James, H.; Yastishock, Daniel; Steiner, Tyler; Hillman, Christopher R.; McCoy, Jake A.; Wages, Mitchell; Hull, Sam; Falcone, Abe; Burrows, David N.; Chattopadhyay, Tanmoy; Anderson, Tyler; McQuaide, Maria, "An introduction to the water recovery x-ray rocket" Proc. SPIE, Volume 10397 (2017)

Daniel, V.; Inneman, A.; Pina, L.; Zadrazil, V.; Baca, T.; Stehlikova, V.; Nentvich, O.; Urban, M.; Marsikova, V.; McEntaffer, R.; Tutt, James, H.; Schultz, T., "X-ray Lobster Eye all-sky monitor for rocket experiment", Proc. SPIE, Volume 10235 (2017)

Lewis, Matthew R. F.; Soman, Matthew R.; Holland, Andrew D.; Murray, Neil J.; Hall, David; Weatherill, Daniel P.; Tutt, James H.; McEntaffer, Randall L.; DeRoo, Casey T.; Schultz, Ted B.; Holland, Karen, “Development of the X-ray camera for the OGRE sub-orbital rocket”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 9915, (2016).  

Tutt, James H.; McEntaffer, Randall L.; DeRoo, Casey; Schultz, Ted; Rogers, Thomas; Murray, Neil; Holland, Andrew; Weatherill, Daniel; Holland, Karen; Colebrook, David; Farn, David, "Technological development of the OGRE focal plane array", Proc. SPIE, Volume 9601, (2015), p.p. 960105-960105-11.

Rogers, Thomas; Schultz, Ted; McCoy, Jake; Miles, Drew; Tutt, James H.; McEntaffer, Randall l., "First results from the OGRESS sounding rocket payload", Proc SPIE, Volume 9601, (2015), p.p. 960104-960104-12.

Miles, Drew M.; Tutt, James H.; DeRoo, Casey T.; Marlowe, Hannah; Peterson, Thomas J.; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Menz, Benedikt; Burwitz, Vadim; Hartner, Gisela; Laubis, Christian; Scholze, Frank, "Diffraction efficiency of radially-profiled off-plane reflection gratings", Proc. SPIE, Volume 9603, (2015), p.p. 960316-960316-8.

Marlowe, Hannah; McEntaffer, Randall L.; DeRoo, Casey T.; Miles, Drew M.; Tutt, James H.; Laubis, Christian; Soltwisch, Victor, "Polarization sensitivity of off-plane reflection gratings", Proc. SPIE, Volume 9603, (2015), p.p. 960318-960318-7.

Marlowe, Hannah; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Allured, Ryan; DeRoo, Casey; Miles, Drew M.; Donovan, Benjamin D.; Tutt, James H.; Burwitz, Vadim; Menz, Benedikt; Hartner, Gisela D.; Smith, Randall K.; Günther, Ramses.; Yanson, Alex; Vacanti, Giuseppe; Ackermann, Marcelo, "Performance testing of a novel off-plane grating and silicon pore optic spectrograph at PANTER", Proc. SPIE, Volume 9510, (2015), p.p. 95100O-95100O-12.

Peterson, Thomas J.; DeRoo, Casey T.; Marlowe, Hannah; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Miles, Drew M.; Tutt, James H.; Schultz, Ted B., "Off-Plane x-ray reflection grating fabrication", Proc. SPIE, Volume 9603, (2015), p.p. 960317-960317-8

McCoy, Jake; Schultz, Ted; Tutt, James H.; Rogers, Thomas; Miles, Drew; McEntaffer, Randall L., "A primer for telemetry interfacing in accordance with NASA standards using low cost FPGAs", Proc. SPIE, Volume 9601, (2015), p.p. 960106-960106-12.

Allured, Ryan; Donovan, Benjamin D.; DeRoo, Casey T.; Marlowe, Hannah R.; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Tutt, James H.; Cheimets, Peter N.; Hertz, Edward; Smith, Randall K.; Burwitz Vadim; Hartner, Gisela; Menz, Benedikt, "Optical and x-ray alignment approaches for off-plane reflection gratings", Proc. SPIE, Volume 9603, (2015), p.p. 960315-960315-11.

Tutt, James H.; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Deroo, Casey.; Schultz, Ted.; Miles, Drew M.;' Zhang, William.; Murray, Neil J., Holland, Andrew D.; Cash, Webster; Rogers, Thomas; O'Dell, Steve; Gaskin, Jessica; Kolodziejczak, Jeff; Evagora, Anthony; Holland, Karen; Colebrook, David, "Developments in the EM-CCD camera for OGRE", Proc. SPIE, Volume 9154, (2014).

Hall, David J.; Tutt, James H.; Soman, Matthew R.; Holland, Andrew D.; Murray, Neil J.; Schmitt, Thorsten; Schmitt, Bernd, “High resolution soft X-ray spectrometry using the electron-multiplying charge coupled device (EM-CCD)", Proc. SPIE, Vol. 8859, (2013).

Tutt, James H.; Hall, David J.; Holland, Andrew D.; Murray, Neil J.; Endicott, James, “Developing a high resolution X-ray imager using electron-multiplying (EM) CCDs", Proc. SPIE, Vol. 8852, (2013).

Tutt, James H.; Holland, Andrew D.; Murray, Neil J.; Endicott, James; McEntaffer, Randall L., “The use of CCDs and EM-CCDs for future soft X-ray spectrometers”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 8443, p.p. 84430K-84430K-10 (09/2012)

Murray, Neil J.; Holland, Andrew D.; Gow, Jason P. D.; Hall, David J.; Tutt, James H.; Burt, David; Endicott, James, “Mitigating radiation-induced charge transfer inefficiency in full-frame CCD applications by ‘pumping’ traps”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 8453, p.p. 845317-845317-9 (07/2012).

Tutt, James H.; Holland, Andrew D.; Murray, Neil J.; Harriss, Richard D.; Hall, David J.; Soman, Mathew; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Endicott, James, “The use of EM-CCDs on high resolution soft X-ray spectrometers”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 8145, p.p. 81450L-81450L-12 (09/2011).

Harriss, Richard D.; Holland, Andrew D.; Barber, Simeon J.; Karout, Salah; Burgon, Ross; Dryer, Ben J.; Murray, Neil J.; Hall, David J.; Smith, Phillipa H.; Grieg, Tom; Tutt, James H.; Endicott, James; Jerram, Paul; Morris, David; Robbins, Mark; Prevost, V.; Holland, Karen, “Compact CMOS Camera Demonstrator (C3D) for Ukube-1”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 8146, p.p. 81460U-81460U-13 (09/2011).

Tutt, James H.; Holland, Andrew D.; Murray, Neil J.; Hall, David J.; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Endicott, James; Robbins, Mark, “A study of Electron-Multiplying CCDs for use on the International X-ray Observatory Off-Plane X-ray Grating Spectrometer for IXO”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7742, p.p. 774205-774205-12 (07/2010).

Murray, Neil J.; Holland, Andrew D.; Harriss, Richard D.; Tutt, James H., Barber, Simeon J.; Pool, Peter; Burt, David; Walton, Dave; Page, Matt; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Schultz, Ted; Cash, Webster; Lillie, Chuck; Casement, Suzanne, “Off-Plane X-ray grating spectrometer camera for IXO”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7742, p.p. 77420X-77420X-10 (07/2010).

McEntaffer, Randall L.; Murray, Neil J.; Holland, Andrew D.; Tutt, James H.; Barber, Simeon J.; Harriss, Richard D.; Schultz, Ted; Casement, Suzanne; Lillie, Chuck; Dailey, D.; Johnson, T.; Danner, R.; Cash, Webster; Zeiger, B; Shipley, A.; Page, Matt; Walton, Dave; Pool, Peter; Endicott, James; Willingale, Dick, “Developments of the Off-Plane X-ray Grating Spectrometer”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7732, p.p. 77321K-77321K-13 (07/2010).

Holland, Andrew D.; Murray, Neil J.; Tutt, James H.; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Pool, Peter; Endicott, James, “CCD readout for the IXO off-plane grating spectrometer”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7435, p.p. 74350Y-74350Y-9 (08/2009).

Posters

SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Edinburgh, UK, 2016 - Alignment of off-plane x-ray reflection gratings using optical light [9905.253]

JSPS Summer Fellowship Poster, Japan, 2013 - Understanding the SXI CCD camera system on ASTRO-H