Prof. Jon S. Lapington Profile

Prof. Jon S. Lapington

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Publications (34)

Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Paper

UV photocathodes for space detectors

James Milnes, Paul Hink, Scott Harada, Etienne Urbain, Ashley Thomson, Thomas Conneely, Jonathan Lapington

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121813B (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630747

KEYWORDS: Microchannel plates, Quantum efficiency, Ultraviolet radiation, Sensors, Deep ultraviolet, Visible radiation, Silica, Photons, Reflection

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

The small-sized telescope of CTAO

G. Tagliaferri, A. Antonelli, T. Arnesen, J. Aschersleben, P. Attinà, M. Balbo, S. Bang, M. Barcelo, A. Baryshev, G. Bellassai, D. Berge, C. Bicknell, C. Bigongiari, G. Bonnoli, F. Bouley, A. Brown, A. Bulgarelli, M. Cappi, P. Caraveo, S. Caschera, P. Chadwick, F. Conte, G. Cotter, P. Cristofari, F. De Frondat, E. De Gouveia Dal Pino, N. De Simone, D. Depaoli, J.-L. Dournaux, C. Duffy, S. Einecke, C. Fermino, S. Funk, C. Gargano, G. Giavitto, A. Giuliani, T. Greenshaw, J. Hinton, J.-M. Huet, S. Iovenitti, N. La Palombara, J. Lapington, P. Laporte, S. Leach, L. Lessio, G. Leto, S. Lloyd, F. Lucarelli, S. Lombardi, A. Macchi, E. Martinetti, A. Miccichè, R. Millul, T. Mineo, T. Mitsunari, A. Nayak, G. Nicotra, A. Okumura, G. Pareschi, M. Penno, H. Prokoph, E. Rebert, C. Righi, C. Rulten, F. Russo, R. Zanmar Sanchez, F. Saturni, J. Schaefer, B. Schwab, S. Scuderi, G. Sironi, V. Sliusar, H. Sol, S. Spencer, A. Stamerra, H. Tajima, F. Tavecchio, G. Tosti, A. Trois, M. Vecchi, S. Vercellone, J. Vink, R. Walter, J. Watson, R. White, R. Zanin, L. Zampieri, A. Zech, A. Zink

Proceedings Volume 12182, 121820K (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627956

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Cameras, Mirrors, Prototyping, Computer aided design, Control systems, Observatories, Vignetting, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 3 March 2022 Presentation + Paper

Assessing machine learning solutions for high-speed data analysis and imaging for a single photon timing detector with 60 ps single photon timing per channel

A. Markfort, A. Baranov, T. Conneely, A. Duran, J. Milnes, A. Mudrov, J. Lapington, I. Tyukin

Proceedings Volume 12019, 1201908 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2607711

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Data modeling, Single photon, Calibration, Neural networks, Electronics, Monte Carlo methods, Picosecond phenomena, Machine learning, Performance modeling

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SPIE Journal Paper | 15 February 2022

Design and performance of the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder telescope camera

Colin Adams, Giovanni Ambrosi, Michelangelo Ambrosio, Carla Aramo, Timothy Arlen, Wystan Benbow, Bruna Bertucci, Elisabetta Bissaldi, Jonathan Biteau, Massimiliano Bitossi, Alfonso Boiano, Carmela Bonavolontà, Richard Bose, Aurelien Bouvier, Mario Buscemi, Aryeh Brill, Anthony Brown, James Buckley, Rodolfo Canestrari, Massimo Capasso, Mirco Caprai, Paolo Coppi, Corbin Covault, Davide De Paoli, Leonardo Di Venere, Manel Errando, Stephen Fegan, Qi Feng, Emanuele Fiandrini, Amy Furniss, Markus Garczarczyk, Alasdair Gent, Nicola Giglietto, Francesco Giordano, Enrico Giro, Robert Halliday, Olivier Hervet, Gareth Hughes, Simone Incardona, Thomas Humensky, Maria Ionica, Weidong Jin, Caitlin Johnson, David Kieda, Frank Krennrich, Andrey Kuznetsov, Jon Lapington, Francesco Licciulli, Serena Loporchio, Giovanni Marsella, Vincenzo Masone, Kevin Meagher, Thomas Meures, Brent A. Mode, Samuel A. Mognet, Reshmi Mukherjee, Akira Okumura, Francesca Pantaleo, Riccardo Paoletti, Federico Di Pierro, Deivid Ribeiro, Luca Riitano, Emmet Roache, Duncan Ross, Julien Rousselle, Andrea Rugliancich, Marcos Santander, Michael Schneider, Harm Schoorlemmer, Ruo-Yu Shang, Brandon Stevenson, Leonardo Stiaccini, Hiroyasu Tajima, Leslie Taylor, Julian Thornhill, Luca Tosti, Giovanni Tripodo, Valerio Vagelli, Massimo Valentino, Justin Vandenbroucke, Vladimir Vassiliev, Scott Wakely, Jason Watson, Richard White, Patrick Wilcox, David Williams, Matthew Wood, Peter Yu, Adrian Zink

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 01, 014007, (February 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.1.014007

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Telescopes, Prototyping, Optical instrument design, Light emitting diodes, Camera shutters, Sensors, Capacitors, Imaging systems, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Final characterisation and design of the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

O. Le Blanc, G. Fasola, J. M. Huet, R. White, A. Dmytriiev, H. Sol, A. Zech, A. Abchiche, J. P. Amans, T. Armstrong, M. Barcelo, D. Berge, A. Brown, G. Buchholtz, P. Chadwick, P. Clark, G. Cotter, L. Dangeon, F. De Frondat, P. Deiml, J. L. Dournaux, C. Duffy, S. Einecke, S. Flis, S. Funk, G. Giavitto, J. Gironnet, J. Graham, T. Greenshaw, J. Hinton, I. Jégouzo, M. Kraus, J. Lapington, P. Laporte, S. Leach, S. Lloyd, I. Minaya, R. Morier, A. Okumura, H. Prokoph, D. Ross, G. Rowell, C. Rulten, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Schmoll, S. Spencer, M. Stephan, R. Stuik, H. Tajima, J. Thornhill, L. Tibaldo, J. Vink, J. Watson, J. Williams, A. Zink, J. Zorn

Proceedings Volume 10700, 1070010 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313158

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Cameras, Mirrors, Prototyping, Optical instrument design, Computer aided design, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 10 August 2016 Paper

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope, an end-to end Schwarzschild-Couder telescope prototype proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

J. L. Dournaux, A. Abchiche, D. Allan, J. P. Amans, T. P. Armstrong, A. Balzer, D. Berge, C. Boisson, J.-J. Bousquet, A. Brown, M. Bryan, G. Buchholtz, P. Chadwick, H. Costantini, G. Cotter, L. Dangeon, M. Daniel, A. De Franco, F. De Frondat, D. Dumas, J. P. Ernenwein, G. Fasola, S. Funk, J. Gironnet, J. Graham, T. Greenshaw, B. Hameau, O. Hervet, N. Hidaka, J.A. Hinton, J.M. Huet, I. Jégouzo, T. Jogler, T. Kawashima, M. Kraush, J. Lapington, P. Laporte, J. Lefaucheur, S. Markoff, T. Melse, L. Mohrmann, P. Molyneux, S. Nolan, A. Okumura, J. Osborne, R. Parsons, S. Rosen, D. Ross, G. Rowell, C. Rulten, Y. Sato, F. Sayède, J. Schmoll, H. Schoorlemmer, M. Servillat, H. Sol, V. Stamatescu, M. Stephan, R. Stuik, J. Sykes, H. Tajima, J. Thornhill, L. Tibaldo, C. Trichard, J. Vink, J. Watson, R. White, N. Yamane, A. Zech, A. Zink

Proceedings Volume 9908, 990848 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232082

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Cameras, Prototyping, Optical instrument design, Gamma radiation, Mirrors, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Gamma radiation, Space telescopes, Imaging systems, Physics

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

The GCT camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

A. Brown, A. Abchiche, D. Allan, J.-P. Amans, T. Armstrong, A. Balzer, D. Berge, C. Boisson, J.-J. Bousquet, M. Bryan, G. Buchholtz, P. Chadwick, H. Costantini, G. Cotter, M. Daniel, A. De Franco, F. de Frondat, J.-L. Dournaux, D. Dumas, G Fasola, S. Funk, J. Gironnet, J. Graham, T. Greenshaw, O. Hervet, N. Hidaka, J. Hinton, J.-M. Huet, I. Jégouzo, T. Jogler, M. Kraus, J. Lapington, P. Laporte, J. Lefaucheur, S. Markoff, T. Melse, L. Mohrmann, P. Molyneux, S. Nolan, A. Okumura, J. Osborne, R. Parsons, S. Rosen, D. Ross, G. Rowell, Y. Sato, F. Sayede, J. Schmoll, H. Schoorlemmer, M. Servillat, H. Sol, V. Stamatescu, M. Stephan, R. Stuik, J. Sykes, H. Tajima, J. Thornhill, L. Tibaldo, C. Trichard, J. Vink, J. Watson, R. White, N. Yamane, A. Zech, A. Zink, J. Zorn

Proceedings Volume 9906, 99065K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231685

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Cameras, Prototyping, Observatories, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Electronics, Space telescopes, Mirrors, Field programmable gate arrays, Physics

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

The capacitive division image readout: a novel imaging device for microchannel plate detectors

J. Lapington, T. Conneely, S. Leach, L. Moore

Proceedings Volume 8859, 88590W (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024179

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Electrodes, Microchannel plates, Capacitance, Dielectrics, Signal detection, Image resolution, Manufacturing, Picosecond phenomena, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

Adaptive electronics for image readout of a UV microchannel plate detector for space and terrestrial instrumentation

Steven Leach, Jon Lapington

Proceedings Volume 8859, 88590V (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024153

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Electronics, Microchannel plates, Spatial resolution, Ultraviolet radiation, Photon counting, Image resolution, Calibration, Pulse shaping, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

The long slit spectrograph onboard the World Space Observatory-Ultraviolet

Maohai Huang, Martin Barstow, Zhiyuan Chen, Jon Lapington, Mikhail Sachkov, Boris Shustov, Qian Song, Sen Wang

Proceedings Volume 7011, 70111Y (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788851

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Space telescopes, Microchannel plates, Mirrors, Optical design, Spatial resolution, Telescopes, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 7 September 2005 Paper

A reconfigurable image tube using an external electronic image readout

J. Lapington, J. Howorth, J. Milnes

Proceedings Volume 5881, 588109 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.616732

KEYWORDS: Electrodes, Microchannel plates, Sensors, Manufacturing, Image intensifiers, Image resolution, Dielectrics, Image sensors, Charge-coupled devices, Electronic components

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Proceedings Article | 18 August 2005 Paper

Developments in high count rate microchannel plate detectors

J. Lapington

Proceedings Volume 5898, 58980E (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.616796

KEYWORDS: Microchannel plates, Sensors, Electronics, Image resolution, Electrodes, Spatial resolution, Manufacturing, Electrons, Picosecond phenomena, Ions

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