Dr. Charles Higgs Profile

Dr. Charles Higgs

Staff at MIT Lincoln Lab

SPIE Involvement:

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2006 Paper

Beam control of a 2D polarization maintaining fiber optic phased array with high-fiber count

Jan Kansky, Charles Yu, Daniel Murphy, Scot Shaw, Ryan Lawrence, Charles Higgs

Proceedings Volume 6306, 63060G (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.680571

KEYWORDS: Phased arrays, Servomechanisms, Interferometry, Near field, Control systems, Beam controllers, Polarization maintaining fibers, Atmospheric propagation, Near field optics, Phased array optics

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2005 Paper

Thermal-blooming compensation using target-in-the-loop techniques

Ryan Lawrence, Arthur Nitkowski, Charles Higgs, Donald Link

Proceedings Volume 5895, 58950N (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.620949

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Turbulence, Thermal blooming, Servomechanisms, Control systems, Sensors, Deformable mirrors, Phase conjugation, Atmospheric propagation, Atmospheric optics

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Proceedings Article | 18 October 2004 Paper

Comparison of cooperative and non-cooperative adaptive optics reference performance for propagation with thermal blooming effects

Brian Edwards, Arthur Nitkowski, Ryan Lawrence, Kasey Horton, Charles Higgs

Proceedings Volume 5552, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.565159

KEYWORDS: Thermal blooming, Adaptive optics, Thermal effects, Turbulence, Atmospheric propagation, Weapons, Absorption, Atmospheric optics, Deformable mirrors, Distortion

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Proceedings Article | 21 July 2000 Paper

Initial results from the Advanced-Concepts Laboratory for adaptive optics and tracking

Mitchell Fields, Jan Kansky, Robert Stock, Diane Powers, Paul Berger, Charles Higgs

Proceedings Volume 4034, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391862

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Atmospheric propagation, Missiles, Turbulence, Fiber optic illuminators, Wave propagation, CCD image sensors, Phase measurement, CCD cameras, Composites

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Proceedings Article | 3 August 1999 Paper

Dynamic target board for ABL-ACT performance characterization

Charles Higgs, Prescott Grey, James Mooney, Robert Hatch, R. Carlson, Daniel Murphy

Proceedings Volume 3706, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.356960

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Adaptive optics, Fiber optic illuminators, Missiles, Target detection, Turbulence, Indium gallium arsenide, Cameras, Aluminum, Airborne laser technology

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Proceedings Article | 3 August 1999 Paper

Multibeam laser illuminator approach

Charles Higgs, Herbert Barclay, Kenneth Billman

Proceedings Volume 3706, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.356959

KEYWORDS: Fiber optic illuminators, Missiles, Atmospheric propagation, Scintillation, Beam splitters, Turbulence, Transmitters, Backscatter, Atmospheric turbulence, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 8 September 1998 Paper

Overview of the ABL firepond active-tracking and compensation facility

Charles Higgs

Proceedings Volume 3381, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.323941

KEYWORDS: Fiber optic illuminators, Turbulence, Missiles, Sensors, Adaptive optics, Diagnostics, Wave propagation, Wavefront sensors, Atmospheric propagation, Deformable mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 8 September 1998 Paper

Adaptive optics compensation using active illumination

Charles Higgs, Herbert Barclay, Jan Kansky, Daniel Murphy, Charles Primmerman

Proceedings Volume 3381, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.323954

KEYWORDS: Fiber optic illuminators, Adaptive optics, Missiles, Atmospheric propagation, Airborne laser technology, Solids, Turbulence, Transmitters, Telescopes, Wavefront sensors

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Proceedings Article | 8 September 1998 Paper

Active tracking using multibeam illumination

Charles Higgs, Herbert Barclay, Salvatore Cusumano, Kenneth Billman

Proceedings Volume 3381, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.323935

KEYWORDS: Fiber optic illuminators, Missiles, Atmospheric propagation, Turbulence, Scintillation, Transmitters, Airborne laser technology, Mirrors, Wave propagation, Analytical research

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Proceedings Article | 23 June 1997 Paper

Analysis of the noise equivalent angle of various tilt-estimation algorithms in the presence of Poisson and Gaussian noise

Charles Tipton, David Jordan, Salvatore Cusumano, Charles Higgs

Proceedings Volume 3086, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.277198

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Sensors, Missiles, Binary data, Interference (communication), Detection and tracking algorithms, Solids, Silicon, MATLAB, Electrons

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Proceedings Article | 7 June 1996 Paper

Active tracking of a ballistic missile in the boost phase

Paul Merritt, Salvatore Cusumano, Mark Kramer, Shawn O'Keefe, Charles Higgs

Proceedings Volume 2739, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.241917

KEYWORDS: Missiles, Fiber optic illuminators, Detection and tracking algorithms, Telescopes, Scintillation, Adaptive optics, Laser missile defense, Laser energy, Sensors, Atmospheric optics

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Proceedings Article | 1 June 1992 Paper

Infrared Hartmann wavefront sensor

Charles Higgs, J. Bielinski, C. Pearson, David Hearn, P. Berger

Proceedings Volume 1625, (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58964

KEYWORDS: Infrared sensors, Infrared radiation, Wavefront sensors, Sensors, Infrared detectors, Germanium, Manufacturing, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 1 May 1992 Paper

Scaled atmospheric blooming experiment

Charles Higgs, Daniel Fouche, C. Pearson

Proceedings Volume 1628, (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58982

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric propagation, Thermal blooming, Laser beam propagation, Atmospheric optics, Distortion, Deformable mirrors, Phase conjugation, Diagnostics, Mirrors, High power lasers

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Conference Committee Involvement (7)

Atmospheric Optics: Models, Measurements, and Target-in-the-Loop Propagation III

3 August 2009 | San Diego, California, United States

Atmospheric Optics: Models, Measurements, and Target-in-the-Loop Propagation II

12 August 2008 | San Diego, California, United States

Atmospheric Optics: Models, Measurements, and Target-in-the-Loop Propagation

27 August 2007 | San Diego, California, United States

Target-in-the-Loop: Atmospheric Tracking, Imaging, and Compensation II

3 August 2005 | San Diego, California, United States

Target-in-the-Loop: Atmospheric Tracking, Imaging, and Compensation

4 August 2004 | Denver, Colorado, United States

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