Dr. Michael J. Eisenhower Profile

Dr. Michael J. Eisenhower

at Ctr. for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

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Publications (14)

Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

Design and fabrication of composite structures in the GMT-Consortium Large Earth Finder (G-CLEF)

Mark Mueller, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Sagi Ben-Ami, Daniel Baldwin, Patricia Brennan, Daniel Catropa, Michael Eisenhower, Colby Jurgenson, Kenneth McCracken, William Podgorski, Matthew Smith

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130964O (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020429

KEYWORDS: Design, Optical benches, Composites, Spectrographs, Optical gratings, Optical fabrication, Telescopes, Mirrors, Interfaces, Fabrication

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SPIE Journal Paper | 15 November 2023 Open Access

James Webb Space Telescope optical stability lessons learned for future great observatories

Lee Feinberg, Michael McElwain, Charles Bowers, John Johnston, Gary Mosier, Randy Kimble, Joshua Levi, Lightsey, Ball Aerospace, Boulder, Colorado, United States, J. Knight, Marcel Bluth, Alden Jurling, Marie Levine, D. Scott Acton, Charles Atkinson, Allison Barto, Matthew Bergkoetter, Gregory Brady, Larkin Carey, Lester Cohen, Laura Coyle, Bruce Dean, Michael Eisenhower, Nicolas Flagey, George Hartig, Keith Havey, Brian Hicks, Joseph Howard, Ritva Keski-Kuha, Charles-Philippe Lajoie, Matthew Lallo, Gary Matthews, Marcio Meléndez, Michael Menzel, Sang Park, Marshall Perrin, Laurent Pueyo, Lisbeth Quesnel, Paul Reynolds, Jane Rigby, Babak Saif, Christopher Stark, Randal Telfer, Scott Texter, Julie Van Campen, Begona Vila, Garrett West, Erin Wolf, Tony Whitman, Thomas Zielinski

JATIS, Vol. 10, Issue 01, 011204, (November 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.10.1.011204

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Telescopes, Inspection, Online learning, Observatories, Thermal stability, Temperature metrology, Design, Cryogenics, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Presentation

Continued maturation of enabling component-level technologies for large, segmented ultra-stable telescopes

Laura Coyle, John Knight, Laurent Pueyo, Matthew East, Bob Hellekson, Jonathan Arenberg, Marcel Bluth, Sang Park, James Tucker, Brian Hicks, Benjamin Cromey, Jeremy Shugrue, Rémi Soummer, Ananya Sahoo, Sean Brennan, Todd Lawton, Michael Eisenhower

Proceedings Volume 12676, 1267602 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676053

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Sensors, Analytical research, Actuators, Wavefronts, Simulations, Observatories, Mirror structures, Metrology, Large telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Achieved technology maturation of key component-level technologies for ultra-stable optical systems

Laura Coyle, J. Scott Knight, Laurent Pueyo, Matthew East, Robert Hellekson, Marcel Bluth, Sang Park, James Tucker, Brian Hicks, Benjamin Cromey, Ananya Sahoo, Remi Soummer, Sean Brennan, Todd Lawton, Jonathan Arenberg, Michael Eisenhower

Proceedings Volume 12180, 121802K (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627057

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Mirrors, Telescopes, Sensors, Coronagraphy, Metrology, Composites, Actuators, Active sensors

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

Technology maturation of key component-level technologies for ultra-stable optical systems

Laura Coyle, J. Scott Knight, Laurent Pueyo, Matthew East, Robert Hellekson, Marcel Bluth, Sang Park, Brian Hicks, Benjamin Cromey, Ananya Sahoo, Sean Brennan, Todd Lawton, Michael Eisenhower, James Tucker, Jonathan Arenberg

Proceedings Volume 11820, 118200C (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594643

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Sensors, Control systems, Metrology, Coronagraphy, Distortion, Actuators, Composites, Thermal sensing, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation

Progress towards hardware demonstrations of critical component-level technologies for ultra-stable optical systems

Laura Coyle, J. Scott Knight, Brian Hicks, Benjamin Cromey, Laurent Pueyo, Matthew East, Sean Brennan, Todd Lawton, Jonathan Arenberg, Robert Hellekson, Marcel Bluth, James Tucker, Sang Park, Michael Eisenhower

Proceedings Volume 11443, 1144323 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560185

KEYWORDS: Analytical research, Sensing systems, Thermal sensing, Coronagraphy, Astronomical telescopes, Wavefronts, Large telescopes, Active remote sensing, Control systems, Distortion

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

Fast steering mirror disturbance effects on overall system optical performance for the Large Ultraviolet/Optical/Infrared Surveyor (LUVOIR) concept using a non-contact vibration isolation and precision pointing system

Lia Sacks, Christine Collins, Gregory Walsh, Michael Eisenhower, James Corsetti, Garrett West, Joseph Howard, Sang Park, Matthew Bolcar, Jason Hylan, Julie Crooke

Proceedings Volume 11115, 1111512 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530647

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Wavefronts, Finite element methods, Performance modeling, Space operations, Motion models, Optical components, Telescopes, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Optical budgeting for LUVOIR

Paul Lightsey, J. Scott Knight, Matthew Bolcar, Lee Feinberg, William Hayden, Michael Eisenhower, Sang Park

Proceedings Volume 10698, 1069813 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312256

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Telescopes, Control systems, Mirrors, Coronagraphy, Space telescopes, Wavefronts, Spatial frequencies, Diffraction, Optical alignment

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Proceedings Article | 6 September 2017 Presentation + Paper

Augmented method to improve thermal data for the figure drift thermal distortion predictions of the JWST OTIS cryogenic vacuum test

Sang Park, Timothy Carnahan, Lester Cohen, Cherie Congedo, Michael Eisenhower, Wes Ousley, Andrew Weaver, Kan Yang

Proceedings Volume 10374, 1037406 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2277116

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Distortion, Optical components, Optics manufacturing, Thermal modeling, Cryogenics, Finite element methods, Optical telescopes, Optical fabrication equipment, Infrared telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 5 September 2017 Presentation + Paper

LUVOIR backplane thermal architecture development through the composite CTE sensitivity study

Sang Park, Michael Eisenhower, Marcel Bluth, Matthew Bolcar, Lee Feinberg, J. Scott Knight, David Redding

Proceedings Volume 10398, 103980D (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2274632

KEYWORDS: Composites, Mirrors, Distortion, Wavefronts, Mirror structures, James Webb Space Telescope, Optical telescopes, Image segmentation, Finite element methods

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Proceedings Article | 22 September 2015 Paper

ATLAST ULE mirror segment performance analytical predictions based on thermally induced distortions

Michael Eisenhower, Lester Cohen, Lee Feinberg, Gary Matthews, Joel Nissen, Sang Park, Hume Peabody

Proceedings Volume 9602, 96020A (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188008

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Space telescopes, James Webb Space Telescope, Finite element methods, Thermography, Thermal modeling, Aerospace engineering, Space mirrors, Telescopes, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2012 Paper

The GMT-CfA, Carnegie, Catolica, Chicago Large Earth Finder (G-CLEF): a general purpose optical echelle spectrograph for the GMT with precision radial velocity capability

A. Szentgyorgyi, A. Frebel, G. Furesz, E. Hertz, T. Norton, J. Bean, H. Bergner, J. Crane, J. Evans, I. Evans, T. Gauron, A. Jordán, S. Park, A. Uomoto, S. Barnes, W. Davis, M. Eisenhower, H. Epps, D. Guzman, K. McCracken, M. Ordway, D. Plummer, W. Podgorski, D. Weaver

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84461H (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924957

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Cameras, Telescopes, Calibration, Optical design, Interfaces, Molybdenum, Lenses, Charge-coupled devices, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2009 Paper

Generation-X mirror technology development plan and the development of adjustable x-ray optics

Paul Reid, William Davis, Stephen O'Dell, Daniel Schwartz, Susan Tolier-McKinstry, Rudeger H. Wilke, William Zhang

Proceedings Volume 7437, 74371F (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.830858

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Ferroelectric materials, X-rays, Crystals, Finite element methods, Glasses, X-ray optics, Grazing incidence, Thin films, X-ray imaging

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2006 Paper

Active x-ray optics for Generation-X: the next high resolution x-ray observatory

Martin Elvis, R. Brissenden, G. Fabbiano, D. Schwartz, P. Reid, W. Podgorski, M. Eisenhower, M. Juda, J. Phillips, L. Cohen, S. Wolk

Proceedings Volume 6266, 62661K (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672072

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, X-ray optics, X-rays, Sensors, Actuators, Spatial resolution, Space operations, X-ray astronomy, Active optics, Galactic astronomy

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