@inproceedings{EchternachtSchultze2018, author = {Echternacht, David and Schultze, Nico}, title = {Integriertes Asset Management als Basis einer Energiewendegerechten Instandhaltungs- und Investitionsstrategie}, series = {Anlagentechnik 2018: Anlagentechnik f{\"u}r elektrische Verteilungsnetze}, volume = {Anlagentechnik f{\"u}r elektrische Verteilungsnetze}, booktitle = {Anlagentechnik 2018: Anlagentechnik f{\"u}r elektrische Verteilungsnetze}, editor = {Cichowski, Rolf R{\"u}diger}, publisher = {EW Medien und Kongresse}, address = {Frankfurt am Main}, isbn = {9783802211669}, pages = {167 -- 173}, year = {2018}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{EchternachtStaggePriebeetal.2015, author = {Echternacht, David and Stagge, Hanno and Priebe, Jens and Wiernes, Pablo Ezequiel and Jagielski, Kai and Petri, Anne-Kathrin and Drießen, Sarah and Trevisan, Bianka and Digmayer, Claas and Oberst, Christian A. and Keysselitz, B{\"a}rbel and Kremer, Martin and Sieber, Sandra and Krapp, Stefan and Jakobs, Eva-Maria and Frenz, Martin and Lohrberg, Frank and Wachten, Kunibert and Moser, Albert}, title = {Modelling, Planning, Design and Evaluation of DC-Distribution Grids}, series = {International ETG Congress 2015 : die Energiewende ; blueprints for the new energy age ; proceedings ; November 17 - 18, 2015, World Conference Center, Bonn}, booktitle = {International ETG Congress 2015 : die Energiewende ; blueprints for the new energy age ; proceedings ; November 17 - 18, 2015, World Conference Center, Bonn}, publisher = {VDE-Verl.}, address = {Bonn}, pages = {289 -- 295}, year = {2015}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{GitisSauerMoseretal.2014, author = {Gitis, Alexander and Sauer, Dirk-Uwe and Moser, Albert and Echternacht, David and Kleimaier, Martin and Becker, Andreas and Aundrup, Thomas and Berthold, Andreas and Pokojski, Martin and Leuthold, Matthias and Rotering, Niklas}, title = {Dezentrale Energiespeicher: Einsatzm{\"o}glichkeiten, Bedarf und Wirtschaftlichkeit}, series = {VDE-Kongress 2014 - Smart Cities - Intelligente L{\"o}sungen f{\"u}r das Leben in der Zukunft 20.10.2014 - 21.10.2014 in Frankfurt am Main}, booktitle = {VDE-Kongress 2014 - Smart Cities - Intelligente L{\"o}sungen f{\"u}r das Leben in der Zukunft 20.10.2014 - 21.10.2014 in Frankfurt am Main}, publisher = {VDE}, address = {Frankfurt am Main}, pages = {1 -- 6}, year = {2014}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{KippeltRehtanzGitisetal.2015, author = {Kippelt, Stefan and Rehtanz, Christian and Gitis, Alexander Mihailovic and Leuthold, Matthias and Sauer, Dirk Uwe and Echternacht, David and Rotering, Niklas and Moser, Albert and Kleimaier, Martin and Loges, Hauke and Becker, Andreas and Aundrup, Thomas and Berthold, Andreas and Pokojski, Martin}, title = {Dezentrale Energiespeicher: Studie zu Stromspeichern in der Nieder- und Mittelspannungsebene}, series = {Von Smart Grids zu Smart Markets 2015 - Beitr{\"a}ge der ETG-Fachtagung 25.03.2015 - 26.03.2015 in Kassel, Deutschland}, booktitle = {Von Smart Grids zu Smart Markets 2015 - Beitr{\"a}ge der ETG-Fachtagung 25.03.2015 - 26.03.2015 in Kassel, Deutschland}, publisher = {ETG}, address = {Kassel}, year = {2015}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{LinnemannEchternachtBreueretal.2012, author = {Linnemann, Christian and Echternacht, David and Breuer, Christopher and Heuberger, Daniel and Moser, Albert}, title = {Ermittlung vorteilhafter HG{\"U}-Anschlussknoten}, series = {Smart Grid: Intelligente Energieversorgung der Zukunft ; Kongressbeit{\"a}ge ; 5. - 6. November 2012, Internationales Congresscenter Stuttgart (ICS)}, booktitle = {Smart Grid: Intelligente Energieversorgung der Zukunft ; Kongressbeit{\"a}ge ; 5. - 6. November 2012, Internationales Congresscenter Stuttgart (ICS)}, publisher = {VDE-Verl.}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-8007-3446-7}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{LinnemannEchternachtBreueretal.2011, author = {Linnemann, Christian and Echternacht, David and Breuer, Christopher and Moser, Albert}, title = {Modeling optimal redispatch for the European Transmission grid}, series = {2011 IEEE Trondheim PowerTech,19.06.2011 - 23.06.2011, Trondheim}, booktitle = {2011 IEEE Trondheim PowerTech,19.06.2011 - 23.06.2011, Trondheim}, publisher = {IEEE}, isbn = {978-1-4244-8418-8}, doi = {10.1109/PTC.2011.6019442}, pages = {1 -- 8}, year = {2011}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{NemeSeefeldtGottsteinetal.2014, author = {Neme, Christopher and Seefeldt, Friedrich and Gottstein, Meg and Echternacht, David and Moser, Albert and Weston, Frederick}, title = {The Positive Effects of Energy Efficiency on the German Electricity Sector: Peer-reviewed paper presented at IEPPEC 2014 International Energy Policies \& Programmes Evaluation Conference}, series = {15. International Energy Policies \& Programmes Evaluation Conference (IEPEC), Berlin, Deutschland, 09.09-11.09.2014}, booktitle = {15. International Energy Policies \& Programmes Evaluation Conference (IEPEC), Berlin, Deutschland, 09.09-11.09.2014}, address = {Berlin}, pages = {1 -- 16}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @article{Braun2022, author = {Braun, Alexander}, title = {Automotive mass production of camera systems: Linking image quality to AI performance}, series = {tm - Technisches Messen}, journal = {tm - Technisches Messen}, publisher = {Walter de Gruyter}, issn = {2196-7113}, doi = {10.1515/teme-2022-0029}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Artificial intelligence methods based on machine learning or artificial neural networks have become indispensable in camera-based driver assistance systems, and also represent an essential building block for future autonomous driving. However, the great successes of these evaluation methods in environment perception and also driving planning are accompanied by equally great challenges in the validation and verification of these systems. One of the essential aspects for this is the required guaranteed safety of the functions under mass production conditions of the vehicles. This article explains this point of view using a detailed example from the field of camera-based driver assistance systems: the determination of inspection limits at the end of the production line. The camera is one of the most important sensor modalities for vehicle environment sensing and as such, the quality of the camera systems plays a key role in the safety argumentation of the overall system. Several illustrative application examples (role of simulations, calibration, influence of the windshield) will be presented. The basic ideas presented can be well transferred to the other sensor modalities (lidar, radar, ToF, etc.). The investigations/evidence show that doubts are allowed whether or how fast autonomous driving on level L4/5 will take hold as robotaxis or - even more challenging - in private ownership on a larger scale.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{BalzerHannemannWunderlichetal.2005, author = {Balzer, Chr. and Hannemann, Th. and Wunderlich, Chr. and Braun, Alexander and Ettler, M. and Paape, Chr. and Neuhauser, W.}, title = {Efficient photoionisation, preparation and coherent manipulation of trapped /sup 171/Yb/sup +/-ions}, series = {EQEC '05. European Quantum Electronics Conference, 12-17 June 2005, Munich}, booktitle = {EQEC '05. European Quantum Electronics Conference, 12-17 June 2005, Munich}, publisher = {IEEE}, isbn = {0-7803-8973-5}, doi = {10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567474}, pages = {308}, year = {2005}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Braun2007, author = {Braun, Alexander}, title = {Addressing Single Yb+ Ions: A new scheme for quantum computing in linear ion traps}, publisher = {Cuvillier Verlag}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, isbn = {978-3-86727-276-6}, pages = {169}, year = {2007}, language = {en} } @article{WittpahlZakourLehmannetal.2018, author = {Wittpahl, Christian and Zakour, Hatem Ben and Lehmann, Matthias and Braun, Alexander}, title = {Realistic Image Degradation with Measured PSF}, series = {Electronic Imaging, Autonomous Vehicles and Machines 2018}, journal = {Electronic Imaging, Autonomous Vehicles and Machines 2018}, number = {17}, publisher = {Society for Imaging Science and Technology}, issn = {2470-1173}, doi = {10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2018.17.AVM-149}, pages = {149}, year = {2018}, language = {en} } @article{TsengMoslehMannanetal.2021, author = {Tseng, Ethan and Mosleh, Ali and Mannan, Fahim and St-Arnaud, Karl and Sharma, Avinash and Peng, Yifan and Braun, Alexander and Nowrouzezahrai, Derek and Lalonde, Jean-Fran{\c{c}}ois and Heide, Felix}, title = {Differentiable Compound Optics and Processing Pipeline Optimization for End-to-end Camera Design}, series = {ACM Transactions on Graphics}, volume = {40}, journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics}, number = {2}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, issn = {1557-7368}, doi = {10.1145/3446791}, pages = {1 -- 19}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Most modern commodity imaging systems we use directly for photography--or indirectly rely on for downstream applications--employ optical systems of multiple lenses that must balance deviations from perfect optics, manufacturing constraints, tolerances, cost, and footprint. Although optical designs often have complex interactions with downstream image processing or analysis tasks, today's compound optics are designed in isolation from these interactions. Existing optical design tools aim to minimize optical aberrations, such as deviations from Gauss' linear model of optics, instead of application-specific losses, precluding joint optimization with hardware image signal processing (ISP) and highly parameterized neural network processing. In this article, we propose an optimization method for compound optics that lifts these limitations. We optimize entire lens systems jointly with hardware and software image processing pipelines, downstream neural network processing, and application-specific end-to-end losses. To this end, we propose a learned, differentiable forward model for compound optics and an alternating proximal optimization method that handles function compositions with highly varying parameter dimensions for optics, hardware ISP, and neural nets. Our method integrates seamlessly atop existing optical design tools, such as Zemax. We can thus assess our method across many camera system designs and end-to-end applications. We validate our approach in an automotive camera optics setting--together with hardware ISP post processing and detection--outperforming classical optics designs for automotive object detection and traffic light state detection. For human viewing tasks, we optimize optics and processing pipelines for dynamic outdoor scenarios and dynamic low-light imaging. We outperform existing compartmentalized design or fine-tuning methods qualitatively and quantitatively, across all domain-specific applications tested.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{MuellerLehmannBraun2020, author = {Mueller, Patrick and Lehmann, Matthias and Braun, Alexander}, title = {Simulating tests to test simulation}, series = {IS\&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging 2020: Autonomous Vehicles and Machines, 26 January 2020 — 30 January 2020, Burlingame, CA, USA}, volume = {2020}, booktitle = {IS\&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging 2020: Autonomous Vehicles and Machines, 26 January 2020 — 30 January 2020, Burlingame, CA, USA}, number = {16}, publisher = {Society for Imaging Science and Technology}, doi = {10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2020.16.AVM-149}, year = {2020}, language = {en} } @article{KrebsMuellerBraun2021, author = {Krebs, Christian and M{\"u}ller, Patrick and Braun, Alexander}, title = {Impact of Windshield Optical Aberrations on Visual Range Camera Based Classification Tasks Performed by CNNs}, series = {London Imaging Meeting}, volume = {2021}, journal = {London Imaging Meeting}, number = {1}, publisher = {Ingenta connect}, isbn = {0-89208-346-6}, issn = {2694-118X}, doi = {10.2352/issn.2694-118X.2021.LIM-83}, pages = {83 -- 87}, year = {2021}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{JohanningBraunElmanetal.2007, author = {Johanning, M. and Braun, Alexander and Elman, V. and Wunderlich, Chr. and Neuhauser, W.}, title = {Individual Addressing with Trapped Yb+ Ions}, series = {2007 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the International Quantum Electronics Conference, 17.06.2007 - 22.06.2007, Munich, Germany}, booktitle = {2007 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the International Quantum Electronics Conference, 17.06.2007 - 22.06.2007, Munich, Germany}, publisher = {IEEE}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, isbn = {978-1-4244-0930-3}, doi = {10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386787}, pages = {1}, year = {2007}, language = {en} } @article{JohanningBraunTimoneyetal.2009, author = {Johanning, M. and Braun, Alexander and Timoney, N. and Elman, V. and Neuhauser, W. and Wunderlich, Chr}, title = {Individual addressing of trapped ions and coupling of motional and spin states using RF radiation}, series = {Physical review letters}, volume = {102}, journal = {Physical review letters}, number = {7}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, issn = {1079-7114}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.073004}, year = {2009}, abstract = {Individual electrodynamically trapped and laser cooled ions are addressed in frequency space using radio-frequency radiation in the presence of a static magnetic field gradient. In addition, an interaction between motional and spin states induced by an rf field is demonstrated employing rf optical double resonance spectroscopy. These are two essential experimental steps towards realizing a novel concept for implementing quantum simulations and quantum computing with trapped ions.}, language = {en} } @article{JohanningBraunEiteneueretal.2011, author = {Johanning, M. and Braun, Alexander and Eiteneuer, D. and Paape, C. and Balzer, C. and Neuhauser, W. and Wunderlich, C.}, title = {Resonance-enhanced isotope-selective photoionization of YbI for ion trap loading}, series = {Applied Physics B}, volume = {103}, journal = {Applied Physics B}, number = {2}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, issn = {1432-0649}, doi = {10.1007/s00340-011-4502-7}, pages = {327 -- 338}, year = {2011}, language = {en} } @article{BraunKornmesserBeushausen2005, author = {Braun, Alexander and Kornmesser, Christoph and Beushausen, Volker}, title = {Simultaneous spatial and spectral imaging of lasing droplets}, series = {Journal of the Optical Society of America}, volume = {22}, journal = {Journal of the Optical Society of America}, number = {9}, publisher = {Optical Society of America}, issn = {0030-3941}, doi = {10.1364/josaa.22.001772}, pages = {1772 -- 1779}, year = {2005}, abstract = {We present an experimental technique that allows the simultaneous spatial imaging and spectral analysis of falling droplets that exhibit lasing. Single droplet investigations serve as, among other purposes, a preliminary study for spray and combustion researchers. The described setup provides a valuable tool for the evaluation of microdroplet investigations with laser-spectroscopic techniques that rely on laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) or similar spectroscopical phenomena. The emphasis is that both spatial and spectral information are obtained from single-shot images of a falling droplet. Furthermore, combining spatial imaging and a spatially resolving optical multichannel analyzer makes a pointwise rastering of the droplets spectrum possible. This allows for the (almost) unambiguous determination of sources of influence on the spectrum of these droplets-such as geometrical distortion and lasing, nondissolved tracer lumps, and similar phenomena. Although the focus is on the experimental technique itself, we supplement detailed studies of lasing in falling microdroplets. These results were obtained with the aim of developing a system for measuring temperature distributions in droplets and sprays. In the light of these results the practice of calibrating a droplets spectrum by use of a bulk liquid sample needs to be critically reviewed.}, language = {en} } @misc{Braun2001, author = {Braun, Alexander}, title = {Laserspektroskopische Messverfahren zur Temperaturbestimmung in Sprays}, publisher = {Georg-August-Universit{\"a}t G{\"o}ttingen}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, organization = {Georg-August-Universit{\"a}t G{\"o}ttingen}, year = {2001}, language = {de} } @article{BalzerBraunHannemannetal.2006, author = {Balzer, Chr. and Braun, Alexander and Hannemann, T. and Paape, Chr. and Ettler, M. and Neuhauser, W. and Wunderlich, Chr.}, title = {Electrodynamically trapped Yb+ ions for quantum information processing}, series = {Physical Review A}, volume = {73}, journal = {Physical Review A}, number = {4}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, issn = {2469-9934}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.73.041407}, year = {2006}, language = {en} }