Dr. Carl Ferkinhoff Profile

Dr. Carl Ferkinhoff

Associate Professor of Physics at Winona State Univeristy

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Publications (7)

Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Design and initial performance of the HARDWARE.astronomy Housekeeping (H.aHk) box

Stephen Shaw, Larry Vettleson-Trutza, Carl Ferkinhoff, Adam Stammer, Nathan Antwi, Aubrey Kovacevich, Alex Franta, Gordon Stacey, Thomas Nikola, Christopher Rooney, Amit Vishwas, Stephen Parshley, Sarah Higdon, James Higdon

Proceedings Volume 12190, 1219011 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630261

KEYWORDS: Temperature metrology, Sensors, Control systems, Power supplies, Human-machine interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Recent developments with Cornell’s ZEUS-2 spectrometer at APEX

Christopher Rooney, Bo Peng, Gordon Stacey, Thomas Nikola, Amit Vishwas, Carl Ferkinhoff, Catie Ball, Cody Lamarche, James Higdon, Sarah Higdon

Proceedings Volume 12190, 121900S (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629453

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectroscopy, Independent component analysis, Detector arrays, Databases, Data modeling, Control systems, Telescopes, Terahertz detection, Galaxy evolution

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SPIE Journal Paper | 5 April 2019 Open Access

Review: far-infrared instrumentation and technological development for the next decade

Duncan Farrah, Kimberly Ennico Smith, David Ardila, Charles Bradford, Michael DiPirro, Carl Ferkinhoff, Jason Glenn, Paul Goldsmith, David Leisawitz, Thomas Nikola, Naseem Rangwala, Stephen Rinehart, Johannes Staguhn, Michael Zemcov, Jonas Zmuidzinas, James Bartlett, Sean Carey, William Fischer, Julia Kamenetzky, Jeyhan Kartaltepe, Mark Lacy, Dariusz Lis, Lisa Locke, Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez, Meredith MacGregor, Elisabeth Mills, Samuel Moseley, Eric J. Murphy, Alan Rhodes, Matthew Richter, Dimitra Rigopoulou, David Sanders, Ravi Sankrit, Giorgio Savini, John-David Smith, Sabrina Stierwalt

JATIS, Vol. 5, Issue 02, 020901, (April 2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.5.2.020901

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Observatories, Astronomy, Spectroscopy, Sensors, Detector arrays, Infrared radiation, Interferometry, Interferometers, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2014 Paper

Hacking for astronomy: can 3D printers and open-hardware enable low-cost sub-/millimeter instrumentation?

Carl Ferkinhoff

Proceedings Volume 9153, 915329 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056627

KEYWORDS: Printing, Antireflective coatings, 3D printing, Sensors, Fused deposition modeling, Gradient-index optics, Astronomy, Control systems, Refraction, Laser sintering

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2012 Paper

The optical, mechanical, and thermal design and performance of the 2nd generation redshift (z) and early universe spectrometer, ZEUS-2

Stephen Parshley, Carl Ferkinhoff, Thomas Nikola, Gordon Stacey, Peter Ade, Carole Tucker

Proceedings Volume 8452, 84521R (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927238

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Copper, Cryocoolers, Stars, Thermography, Galactic astronomy, Switches, Lead

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

Design and first-light performance of TES bolometer arrays for submillimeter spectroscopy with ZEUS-2

Carl Ferkinhoff, Thomas Nikola, Stephen Parshley, Gordon Stacey, Kent Irwin, Hsiao-Mei Cho, Mike Niemack, Mark Halpern, Matthew Hasselfield, Mandana Amiri

Proceedings Volume 8452, 845207 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927237

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Spectroscopy, Galactic astronomy, Bolometers, Multiplexers, Electronics, Stars, Silicon, Magnetism, Carbon monoxide

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