Dr. Kira A. Hart Shanks Profile

Dr. Kira A. Hart Shanks

Optical Engineer at JPL

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Publications (7)

Proceedings Article | 3 June 2022 Presentation + Paper

Near space demonstration of a compact LWIR spectro-polarimeter for ice cloud measurements

Kira Hart Shanks, Russell Chipman, Jaclyn John, Jeremy Parkinson, Dong Wu, Meredith Kupinski

Proceedings Volume 12112, 121120L (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2618406

KEYWORDS: Clouds, Polarization, Long wavelength infrared, Sensors, Temperature metrology, Polarimetry, Staring arrays, Ozone, Electronics, Error analysis

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Proceedings Article | 1 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

Stokes resolved differential temperature: an important metric of polarimetric precision in the long-wave infrared

Kira Hart Shanks, Russell Chipman, Dong Wu, Meredith Kupinski

Proceedings Volume 11833, 118330I (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595428

KEYWORDS: Polarimetry, Long wavelength infrared, Sensors, Calibration, Polarization, Infrared radiation, Polarizers, Thermography

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Proceedings Article | 22 December 2020 Open Access

Mueller matrix maps of dichroic filters reveal polarization aberrations

James Heath, Meredith Kupinski, Ewan Douglas, Kira Hart, James Breckinridge

Proceedings Volume 11443, 1144341 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2576282

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Coronagraphy, Wave plates, Polarimetry, Imaging systems, Wavefronts, Tolerancing, Telescopes, Ray tracing, Point spread functions

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SPIE Journal Paper | 3 July 2020 Open Access

First results from an uncooled LWIR polarimeter for cubesat deployment

Kira Hart, Meredith Kupinski, Dong Wu, Russell Chipman

OE, Vol. 59, Issue 07, 075103, (July 2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.59.7.075103

KEYWORDS: Polarimetry, Modulation, Cameras, Long wavelength infrared, Polarization, Calibration, Sensors, Linear polarizers, Data modeling

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Proceedings Article | 22 May 2020 Presentation + Paper

Linear Stokes measurement of thermal targets using compact LWIR spectropolarimeter

Kira Hart, Meredith Kupinski, Dong Wu, Russell Chipman

Proceedings Volume 11412, 114120H (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2557887

KEYWORDS: Polarimetry, Modulation, Long wavelength infrared, Spectral resolution, Polarization, Sensors, Calibration, Linear polarizers, Monochromators

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Proceedings Article | 10 September 2019 Presentation

Demonstration of LWIR channeled spectro-polarimeter (Conference Presentation)

Kira Hart, Giovanni De Amici, Todd Horne, Meredith Kupinski, Kyler Langworthy, Adriana Stohn, Dong Wu, Russell Chipman

Proceedings Volume 11132, 1113207 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2532075

KEYWORDS: Long wavelength infrared, Polarimetry, Clouds, Polarization, Modulation, Linear polarizers, Infrared spectroscopy, Infrared radiation, Wave plates, Crystals

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Proceedings Article | 14 May 2018 Paper

Compact LWIR polarimeter for cirrus ice properties

Kira Hart, Russell Chipman, Dong Wu

Proceedings Volume 10655, 106550V (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2305106

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Diffraction gratings, Modulation, Polarimetry, Long wavelength infrared, Prisms, Optical design, Clouds, Calibration, Wave plates

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