Mr. Keith M. Hinrichs Profile

Keith M. Hinrichs

Assistant Group Leader, Optical Engineering at MIT Lincoln Lab

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Engineering manager and technical contributor with expertise in optical engineering for laser-based systems and sensors.
- Concept development
- Optical system engineering
- Laser-based system and sensor design
- Optical alignment and test of complex electro-optical systems.

Specialties: laser beam delivery systems, optical encoders, interferometery, optical tooling and alignment plans, custom sensors and instruments, requirements development for optical systems and components, and supplier identification and procurement.

Publications (4)

SPIE Journal Paper | 31 July 2020

Neural networks for faster optical alignment

Keith Hinrichs, John Piotrowski

OE, Vol. 59, Issue 07, 074107, (July 2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.59.7.074107

KEYWORDS: Neural networks, Optical alignment, Wavefronts, Systems modeling, Telescopes, Optical networks, Data modeling, Optical engineering, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 15 November 2019 Presentation + Paper

Near-conformal window assembly for airborne payloads: improved time on-station and optical performance

Keith Hinrichs, Christopher Roll, Joel Berkson, Thomas Sebastian

Proceedings Volume 11175, 1117512 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2537076

KEYWORDS: Tissue optics, Skin, Optical scanning systems, Aerodynamics, Turbulence, Infrared search and track, Rapid manufacturing, Polishing, Silica, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 16 March 2015 Paper

Continuous beam divergence control via wedge-pair for laser communication applications

Keith Hinrichs, Alan DeCew, Lawrence Narkewich, Timothy Williams

Proceedings Volume 9354, 93540L (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2084557

KEYWORDS: Wavefronts, Tolerancing, Prototyping, Collimation, Beam controllers, Optical alignment, Glasses, Optical components, Optical communications, Laser communications

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Proceedings Article | 16 March 2015 Paper

Compact optical gimbal as a conformal beam director for large field-of-regard lasercom applications

Jessica Kesner, Keith Hinrichs, Lawrence Narkewich, Timothy Stephens

Proceedings Volume 9354, 93540K (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2084555

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Aluminum, Prototyping, Phased array optics, Prisms, Telescopes, Commercial off the shelf technology, Wavefronts, Thermography, Liquid crystals

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