Dr. Nathan P. Lourie Profile

Dr. Nathan P. Lourie

Research Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Publications (18)

SPIE Journal Paper | 28 September 2024 Open Access

X-ray spectral performance of the Sony IMX290 CMOS sensor near Fano limit after a per-pixel gain calibration

Benjamin Schneider, Gregory Prigozhin, Richard Foster, Marshall Bautz, Hope Fu, Catherine Grant, Sarah Heine, Jill Juneau, Beverly LaMarr, Olivier Limousin, Nathan Lourie, Andrew Malonis, Eric Miller

JATIS, Vol. 10, Issue 03, 038001, (September 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.10.3.038001

KEYWORDS: X-rays, CMOS sensors, Calibration, Sensors, Photons, Cameras, Iron, Temperature metrology, Dispersion, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 26 July 2024 Presentation

The WINTER robotic software system: autonomous control and scheduling for a time-domain astronomy telescope

Nathan Lourie, John Baker, Kevin Burdge, Richard Burruss, Kishalay De, Gabor Furesz, Danielle Frostig, Erik Hinrichsen, Jill Juneau, Viraj Karambelkar, Mansi Kasliwal, Andrew Malonis, Robert Simcoe, Robert Stein, Jeffry Zolkower

Proceedings Volume 13101, 131011B (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020525

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

WINTER commissioning and early performance: a new time-domain near-IR facility

Danielle Frostig, Kevin Burdge, Kishalay De, Gábor Furész, Kari Haworth, Erik Hinrichsen, Viraj Karambelkar, Mansi Kasliwal, Nathan Lourie, Andrew Malonis, Geoffrey Mo, Robert Simcoe, Cruz Soto, Robert Stein

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130963J (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019165

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Equipment, Indium gallium arsenide, Dark current, Telescopes, Readout integrated circuits, Design, Robotics, Infrared astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Readout and cooling of the WINTER InGaAs camera

Danielle Frostig, Kevin Burdge, Kishalay De, Gábor Fűrész, Kari Haworth, Erik Hinrichsen, Viraj Karambelkar, Mansi Kasliwal, Nathan Lourie, Andrew Malonis, Robert Simcoe, Robert Stein

Proceedings Volume 12191, 121912N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630602

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Indium gallium arsenide, Electronics, Telescopes, Field programmable gate arrays, Control systems, Liquids, Interfaces, Cameras, Resistance

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation

Status and commissioning of the WINTER instrument for infrared transient observation

Nathan Lourie, John Baker, Kevin Burdge, Richard Burruss, Kishalay De, Mark Egan, Gabor Furesz, Danielle Frostig, Nicolae Ganciu, Kari Haworth, Erik Hinrichsen, Viraj Karambelkar, Mansi Kasliwal, Andrew Malonis, Robert Simcoe, Robert Stein, Jeffry Zolkower

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121840Q (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630548

KEYWORDS: Infrared radiation, Infrared telescopes, Sensors, Observatories, Indium gallium arsenide, Robotics, Infrared detectors, Cameras, Thermography, Thermoelectric materials

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation + Paper

The wide-field infrared transient explorer (WINTER)

Nathan Lourie, John Baker, Richard Burruss, Mark Egan, Gábor Fűrész, Danielle Frostig, Allan Garcia-Zych, Nicolae Ganciu, Kari Haworth, Erik Hinrichsen, Mansi Kasliwal, Viraj Karambelkar, Andrew Malonis, Robert Simcoe, Jeffry Zolkower

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114479K (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561210

KEYWORDS: Infrared radiation, Infrared telescopes, Indium gallium arsenide, Telescopes, Observatories, LIGO, Cameras, Sensors, Robotics, Infrared detectors

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation + Paper

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope Observatory

Ian Lowe, Gabriele Coppi, Peter A. Ade, Peter Ashton, Jason Austermann, James Beall, Susan Clark, Erin Cox, Mark Devlin, Simon Dicker, Bradley Dober, Valentina Fanfani, Laura Fissel, Nicholas Galitzki, Jiangsong Gao, Brandon Hensley, Johannes Hubmayr, Steven Li, Zhi-yun Li, Nathan Lourie, Peter Martin, Philip Mauskopf, Federico Nati, Giles Novak, Giampaolo Pisano, Javier Romualdez, Adrian Sinclair, Juan Soler, Carole Tucker, Michael Vissers, Jordan Wheeler, Paul Williams, Mario Zannoni

Proceedings Volume 11445, 114457A (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2576146

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Submillimeter telescopes, Optical instrument design, Telescopes, Sensors, Receivers, Pollution control, Microwave radiation, Magnetism, Inductance

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Characterization, deployment, and in-flight performance of the BLAST-TNG cryogenic receiver

Ian Lowe, Peter A. R. Ade, Peter Ashton, Jason Austermann, Gabriele Coppi, Erin Cox, Mark Devlin, Bradley Dober, Valentina Fanfani, Laura Fissel, Nicholas Galitzki, Jiansong Gao, Samuel Gordon, Christopher Groppi, Gene Hilton, Johannes Hubmayr, Jeffrey Klein, Dale Li, Nathan Lourie, Hamdi Mani, Philip Mauskopf, Christopher McKenney, Federico Nati, Giles Novak, Giampaolo Pisano, Javier Romualdez, Juan Soler, Adrian Sinclair, Carole Tucker, Joel Ullom, Michael Vissers, Caleb Wheeler, Paul Williams

Proceedings Volume 11453, 1145304 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560854

KEYWORDS: Cryogenics, Sensors, Receivers, Signal processing, Computing systems, Signal detection, Submillimeter telescopes, Magnetism, Microwave radiation, Inductance

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation + Paper

Detector architecture of the wide-field infrared transient explorer (WINTER) InGaAs camera

Andrew Malonis, Nathan Lourie, Gábor Fűrész, Danielle Frostig, Erik Hinrichsen, Robert Simcoe

Proceedings Volume 11454, 114542O (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561228

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Infrared detectors, Infrared radiation, Indium gallium arsenide, Cameras, Infrared sensors, Infrared cameras, Infrared telescopes, Electronics, Robotics

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

Design requirements for the Wide-field Infrared Transient Explorer (WINTER)

Danielle Frostig, John Baker, Joshua Brown, Rick Burruss, Kristin Clark, Gábor Fűrész, Nicolae Ganciu, Erik Hinrichsen, Viraj Karambelkar, Mansi Kasliwal, Nathan Lourie, Andrew Malonis, Robert Simcoe, Jeffry Zolkower

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144767 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562842

KEYWORDS: Infrared radiation, Telescopes, Infrared telescopes, Indium gallium arsenide, Sensors, Stars, Exoplanets, Infrared sensors, Mercury cadmium telluride, Commercial off the shelf technology

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

In-flight performance of the BLAST-TNG telescope platform

Gabriele Coppi, Peter A. Ade, Peter Ashton, Jason Austermann, Erin Cox, Mark Devlin, Bradley Dober, Valentina Fanfani, Laura Fissel, Nicholas Galitzki, Jiansong Gao, Samuel Gordon, Christopher Groppi, Gene Hilton, Johannes Hubmayr, Jeffrey Klein, Dale Li, Ian Lowe, Nathan Lourie, Christopher McKinney, Hamdi Mani, Philip Mauskopf, Federico Nati, Giles Novak, Giampaolo Pisano, Javier Romualdez, Adrian Sinclair, Juan Soler, Carole Tucker, Joel Ullom, Michael Vissers, Caleb Wheeler, Paul Williams

Proceedings Volume 11445, 1144526 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560849

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Optical instrument design, Magnetism, Submillimeter telescopes, Mirrors, Spatial resolution, Clouds, Thermography

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Opto-mechanical design of the Wide-Field Infrared Transient Explorer (WINTER) fly's eye camera

Erik Hinrichsen, Mark Egan, Nathan Lourie, Danielle Frostig, Gábor Fűrész, Robert Simcoe, Andrew Malonis

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114479F (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562912

KEYWORDS: Infrared radiation, Eye, Cameras, Lenses, Infrared telescopes, Lens design, Telescopes, Infrared lenses, Robotics, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

Status update of LLAMAS: a wide field-of-view visible passband IFU for the 6.5m Magellan telescopes

Gabor Furesz, Robert Simcoe, Mark Egan, Andrew Malonis, Rebecca Masterson, Joshua Brown, Gregory Cappiello, Christian Chesbrough, Kristin Clark, David Coppeta, Danielle Frostig, Michelle Gabutti, Samuel Halverson, Erik Hinrichsen, Sabrina Kahn, Madeline Lambert, Nathan Lourie, John Piotrowski, Christopher Semisch

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114470A (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562803

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Visible radiation, Optical fibers, Cameras, Solids, Microlens array, Spatial resolution, Photons, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Preflight characterization of the BLAST-TNG receiver and detector arrays

Nathan Lourie, Peter A. Ade, Francisco Angile, Peter Ashton, Jason Austermann, Mark Devlin, Bradley Dober, Nicholas Galitzki, Jiansong Gao, Sam Gordon, Christopher Groppi, Jeffrey Klein, Gene Hilton, Johannes Hubmayr, Dale Li, Ian Lowe, Hamdi Mani, Philip Mauskopf, Christopher McKenney, Federico Nati, Giles Novak, Enzo Pascale, Giampaolo Pisano, Adrian Sinclair, Juan Soler, Carole Tucker, Joel Ullom, Michael Vissers, Paul Williams

Proceedings Volume 10708, 107080L (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314396

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Sensors, Helium, Cryogenics, Liquids, Polarization, Resonators, Detector arrays, Magnetism

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Design and characterization of a balloon-borne diffraction-limited submillimeter telescope platform for BLAST-TNG

Nathan Lourie, Francisco Angilé, Peter Ashton, Brian Catanzaro, Mark Devlin, Simon Dicker, Joy Didier, Bradley Dober, Laura Fissel, Nicholas Galitzki, Samuel Gordon, Jeffrey Klein, Ian Lowe, Philip Mauskopf, Federico Nati, Giles Novak, L. Javier Romualdez, Juan Soler, Paul Williams

Proceedings Volume 10700, 1070022 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314380

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Composites, Aluminum, Finite element methods, Stars, Cameras, Receivers, Surface finishing

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 2016 Paper

Instrumental performance and results from testing of the BLAST-TNG receiver, submillimeter optics, and MKID detector arrays

Nicholas Galitzki, Peter Ade, Francesco Angilè, Peter Ashton, Jason Austermann, Tashalee Billings, George Che, Hsiao-Mei Cho, Kristina Davis, Mark Devlin, Simon Dicker, Bradley Dober, Laura Fissel, Yasuo Fukui, Jiansong Gao, Samuel Gordon, Christopher Groppi, Seth Hillbrand, Gene Hilton, Johannes Hubmayr, Kent Irwin, Jeffrey Klein, Dale Li, Zhi-Yun Li, Nathan Lourie, Ian Lowe, Hamdi Mani, Peter Martin, Philip Mauskopf, Christopher McKenney, Federico Nati, Giles Novak, Enzo Pascale, Giampaolo Pisano, Fabio Santos, Douglas Scott, Adrian Sinclair, Juan Soler, Carole Tucker, Matthew Underhill, Michael Vissers, Paul Williams

Proceedings Volume 9914, 99140J (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231167

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Polarimetry, Clouds, Stars, Sensors, Magnetism, Electroluminescent displays, Mirrors, Cryogenics, Helium

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2014 Paper

The next-generation BLASTPol experiment

Bradley Dober, Peter A. Ade, Peter Ashton, Francesco Angilè, James Beall, Dan Becker, Kristi Bradford, George Che, Hsiao-Mei Cho, Mark Devlin, Laura Fissel, Yasuo Fukui, Nicholas Galitzki, Jiansong Gao, Christopher Groppi, Seth Hillbrand, Gene Hilton, Johannes Hubmayr, Kent Irwin, Jeffrey Klein, Jeff Van Lanen, Dale Li, Zhi-Yun Li, Nathan Lourie, Hamdi Mani, Peter Martin, Philip Mauskopf, Fumitaka Nakamura, Giles Novak, David Pappas, Enzo Pascale, Fabio Santos, Giorgio Savini, Douglas Scott, Sara Stanchfield, Joel Ullom, Matthew Underhill, Michael Vissers, Derek Ward-Thompson

Proceedings Volume 9153, 91530H (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054419

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Electroluminescent displays, Polarization, Magnetism, Mirrors, Stars, Clouds, Physics, Astronomy, Staring arrays

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

Detector architecture of the cosmology large angular scale surveyor

K. Rostem, C. Bennett, D. Chuss, N. Costen, E. Crowe, K. Denis, J. Eimer, N. Lourie, T. Essinger-Hileman, T. Marriage, S. Moseley, T. Stevenson, D. Towner, G. Voellmer, E. Wollack, L. Zeng

Proceedings Volume 8452, 84521N (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927056

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Waveguides, Silicon, Semiconducting wafers, Metals, Calibration, Microwave radiation, Polarization, Bolometers, Stray light

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