Mr. Gerald B. Heim Profile

Gerald B. Heim

Principal Engineer at BAE Systems Inc

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Proceedings Article | 29 April 2009 Paper

A 5.5 megapixel high-performance low-light military video camera

Gerald Heim, Brian Biesterfeld, Jon Burkepile, Wayne Frame, Tyson Harding, Joshua Harris, Steve Merschel, Ryan Mork, Jordan Shimonek, Phillips Smith, Minming Wu

Proceedings Volume 7307, 730703 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.818216

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Sensors, Electronics, Video, CMOS sensors, Video processing, Field programmable gate arrays, Imaging systems, Signal to noise ratio, Aerospace engineering

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Proceedings Article | 20 April 2007 Paper

Key performance requirements for military low-light television cameras

Steven Shimer, Gerald Heim

Proceedings Volume 6546, 654602 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.717636

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Signal processing, Video processing, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Video, Sensors, Manufacturing, Digital signal processing, Aerospace engineering, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 5 May 2006 Paper

Low-light-level EMCCD color camera

Gerald Heim, Jon Burkepile, Wayne Frame

Proceedings Volume 6209, 62090F (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.667704

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Optical filters, Electron multiplying charge coupled devices, Near infrared, Aerospace engineering, Visible radiation, Filtering (signal processing), Video, Sensors, CCD image sensors

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Proceedings Article | 21 October 2004 Paper

Characterization of photocathode dark current vs. temperature in image intensifier tube modules and intensified televisions

Edward Bender, Michael Wood, Steve Hart, Gerald Heim, John Torgerson

Proceedings Volume 5563, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.562811

KEYWORDS: Image intensifiers, Cameras, Sensors, Temperature metrology, Microchannel plates, Data modeling, Fiber optics, Televisions, Image resolution, Aerospace engineering

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Proceedings Article | 12 October 2004 Paper

On-orbit performance of the MIPS instrument

George Rieke, Erick Young, James Cadien, Charles Engelbracht, Karl Gordon, Douglas Kelly, Frank Low, Karl Misselt, Jane Morrison, James Muzerolle, G. Rivlis, John Stansberry, Jeffrey Beeman, Eugene Haller, David Frayer, William Latter, Alberto Noriega-Crespo, Deborah Padgett, Dean Hines, J. Douglas Bean, William Burmester, Gerald Heim, Thomas Glenn, R. Ordonez, John Schwenker, S. Siewert, Donald Strecker, S. Tennant, John Troeltzsch, Bryce Unruh, R. Warden, Peter Ade, Almudena Alonso-Herrero, Myra Blaylock, Herve Dole, Eiichi Egami, Joannah Hinz, Emeric LeFloch, Casey Papovich, Pablo Perez-Gonzalez, Marcia Rieke, Paul Smith, Kate Su, Lee Bennett, David Henderson, Nanyao Lu, Frank Masci, Misha Pesenson, Luisa Rebull, Jeonghee Rho, Jocelyn Keene, Susan Stolovy, Stefanie Wachter, William Wheaton, Paul Richards, Harry Garner, M. Hegge, Monte Henderson, Kim MacFeely, David Michika, Chris Miller, Mark Neitenbach, Jeremiah Winghart, R. Woodruff, E. Arens, Charles Beichman, Stephen Gaalema, Thomas Gautier, Charles Lada, Jeremy Mould, Gerry Neugebauer, Karl Stapelfeldt

Proceedings Volume 5487, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551965

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Mirrors, Electronics, Photometry, Detector arrays, Space telescopes, Far infrared, Calibration, Aluminum, Infrared radiation

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2003 Paper

Ground test characterization of the multiband imaging photometer for SIRTF (MIPS)

Erick Young, George Rieke, James Cadien, Herve Dole, Charles Englebracht, Karl Gordon, Gerald Heim, Douglas Kelly, John Stansberry

Proceedings Volume 4850, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461593

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Photometry, Mirrors, Staring arrays, Modulation, Photoresistors, Infrared radiation, Observatories, Cryogenics

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Proceedings Article | 16 November 2000 Paper

Performance of the multiband imaging photometer for SIRTF

George Rieke, Erick Young, Peter Ade, Jeffrey Beeman, William Burmester, James Cadien, Kimberly Ennico, Karl Gordon, M. Hegge, Gerald Heim, M. Henderson, T. Horne, Doug Kelly, Thomas McMahon, M. Neitenbach, A. Noriega-Crespa, G. Rivlis, Richard Schnurr, John Schwenker, S. Siewert, John Stansberry, Donald Strecker, Gregory Winters, C. Yanoski

Proceedings Volume 4131, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.406571

KEYWORDS: Detector arrays, Mirrors, Telescopes, Optical filters, Optical alignment, Space telescopes, Electronics, Far infrared, Photometry, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 1998 Paper

Multiband imaging photometer for SIRTF

G. B. Heim, M. Henderson, Kim MacFeely, Thomas McMahon, David Michika, R. Pearson, George Rieke, John Schwenker, Donald Strecker, Craig Thompson, R. Warden, D. Wilson, Erick Young

Proceedings Volume 3356, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.324501

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Staring arrays, Electronics, Sensors, Control systems, Space telescopes, Germanium, Space operations, Telescopes, Cryogenics

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Proceedings Article | 6 June 1995 Paper

Controlling an ALADDIN 1K x 1K array with Wildfire

Gerald Heim, Nick Buchholz, Albert Fowler

Proceedings Volume 2475, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.211248

KEYWORDS: Digital signal processing, Analog electronics, Signal processing, Electronics, Digital electronics, Fiber optics, Interfaces, Infrared radiation, Control systems, Image processing

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Proceedings Article | 1 June 1994 Paper

Astronomical longslit spectrograph utilizing a 256x256 InSb focal plane array

Richard Joyce, Albert Fowler, Gerald Heim

Proceedings Volume 2198, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176722

KEYWORDS: Silicon, Astronomy, Spectrographs, Staring arrays, Information operations, Thermography, Absorption, Spectroscopy, Seaborgium

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Proceedings Article | 1 June 1994 Paper

NOAO Wildfire Instrument Controller

Gerald Heim, Nick Buchholz, Roger Luce

Proceedings Volume 2198, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176794

KEYWORDS: Digital signal processing, Fiber optics, Signal processing, Sun, Infrared radiation, Telescopes, Electronics, Fiber optic communications, Infrared imaging, Process control

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Proceedings Article | 1 June 1994 Paper

Cryogenic optical bench: a multifunction camera for infrared astronomy

Ronald Probst, Timothy Ellis, Albert Fowler, Ian Gatley, Gerald Heim, Michael Merrill

Proceedings Volume 2198, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176715

KEYWORDS: Signal processing, Telescopes, Digital signal processing, Cameras, Cryogenics, Sensors, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Optical filters, Optical benches, Infrared radiation

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Proceedings Article | 21 January 1993 Paper

Simultaneous quad-color infrared imaging device (SQIID): a leap forward in infrared cameras for astronomy

Timothy Ellis, Raleigh Drake, Albert Fowler, Ian Gatley, Gerald Heim, Roger Luce, Michael Merrill, Ronald Probst, Nick Buchholz

Proceedings Volume 1765, (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.140877

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Digital signal processing, Telescopes, Signal processing, Infrared imaging, Optical benches, Astronomy, Electronics, Optical cryogenics, Sun

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