Dr. Alec J. McCalden Profile

Dr. Alec J. McCalden

at SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research

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Proceedings Article | 12 September 2021 Presentation + Paper

aLFA-C: astronomy large format array controller: design and characterization of an advanced FPA controller

Peng Gao, Andrew Keefe, Bart Dierickx, Steven Coenen, Jörg ter Haar, Alec McCalden, Laurent Artola, Walter Verbruggen, Koen Liekens, Yves Cantraine, Tim Morlion, Bert Van Thielen, Ramses Valvekens, Richard Jansen, Frederic Lemmel, Martin Frericks, Ed de Vries

Proceedings Volume 11858, 1185810 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2599790

KEYWORDS: Analog electronics, Cryogenics, Sensors, Power supplies, Video, Staring arrays, Readout integrated circuits, Prototyping, Image sensors, Clocks

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SPIE Journal Paper | 27 October 2017 Open Access

Calibration sources and filters of the soft x-ray spectrometer instrument on the Hitomi spacecraft

Cor P. de Vries, Daniel Haas, Noriko Y. Yamasaki, Jan-Willem den Herder, Stéphane Paltani, Caroline Kilbourne, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Megan Eckart, Maurice A. Leutenegger, Elisa Costantini, Johannes P. C. Dercksen, Luc Dubbeldam, Martin Frericks, Phillip P. Laubert, Sander van Loon, Paul Lowes, Alec J. McCalden, Frederick S. Porter, Jos Ruijter, Rob Wolfs

JATIS, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 011204, (October 2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011204

KEYWORDS: Calibration, X-rays, Light emitting diodes, Optical filters, Beryllium, Spectroscopy, Iron, Satellites, Sensors, Photons

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2012 Paper

Usability-driven evolution of a space instrument

Alec McCalden

Proceedings Volume 8449, 84490C (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925319

KEYWORDS: Human-machine interfaces, Aerospace engineering, Device simulation, Systems engineering, Interfaces, Software development, Instrument modeling, Systems modeling, Space operations, Process control

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2008 Paper

Optical ground support equipment for the alignment of JWST-NIRSpec

J. Schmoll, A. Basden, D. Bramall, P. Clark, R. Cole, G. Dodsworth, S. Goodsell, A. McCalden, G. Murray, R. Myers, R. Sharples, J. Tandy, P. Thomas

Proceedings Volume 7010, 70103B (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789521

KEYWORDS: Optical alignment, Wavefront sensors, Fourier transforms, Infrared telescopes, Information technology, Space telescopes, Infrared radiation, James Webb Space Telescope, Spectrographs, Light sources

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Proceedings Article | 1 November 1990 Paper

First in-orbit measurements with the ROSAT XUV wide field camera

Alan Wells, Anthony Abbey, Martin Barstow, Richard Cole, John Pye, Mark Sims, J. Spragg, D. Watson, Richard Willingale, G. Courtier, James Gourlay, Barry Kent, Anthony Richards, J. Wright, C. Goodall, E. Breeveld, Howard Huckle, A. McCalden, Timothy Sumner

Proceedings Volume 1344, (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23291

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Space operations, Extreme ultraviolet, X-ray astronomy, Stars, Ultraviolet radiation, Space telescopes, Calibration, X-rays, Optical filters

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