Dr. Dwight C. Moody Profile

Dr. Dwight C. Moody

Senior Technical Staff at Jet Propulsion Lab

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Publications (50)

SPIE Journal Paper | 26 February 2022

Coronagraph design with the electric field conjugation algorithm

Jorge Llop-Sayson, A. J. Eldorado Riggs, Dimitri Mawet, Dwight Moody, Brian Kern, Erkin Sidick

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 01, 015003, (February 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.1.015003

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Dielectrics, Actuators, Point spread functions, Planets, Wavefronts, Metals, Optical instrument design, Optical components, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 2021 Poster + Paper

Flight mask designs of the Roman Space Telescope coronagraph instrument

A. J. Eldorado Riggs, Vanessa Bailey, Dwight Moody, Erkin Sidick, Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian, Douglas Moore, Daniel Wilson, Garreth Ruane, Dan Sirbu, Jessica Gersh-Range, John Trauger, Bertrand Mennesson, Nicholas Siegler, Eduardo Bendek, Scott Basinger, N. Jeremy Kasdin, Tyler Groff, Neil Zimmerman, John Debes

Proceedings Volume 11823, 118231Y (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2598599

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Polarimetry, Coronagraphy, Exoplanets, Space telescopes, Photomasks

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

Testbed demonstration of high-contrast coronagraph imaging in search for Earth-like exoplanets

Byoung-Joon Seo, Keith Patterson, Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian, Brendan Crill, Talso Chui, Brian Kern, David Marx, Dwight Moody, Camilo Mejia Prada, Garreth Ruane, Fang Shi, John Shaw, Nick Siegler, Hong Tang, John Trauger, Daniel Wilson, Robert Zimmer, Daniel Echeverri

Proceedings Volume 11117, 111171V (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530033

KEYWORDS: Near infrared, Telescopes, Visible radiation, Aerospace engineering, Coronagraphy, Exoplanets, Space telescopes, Space operations, Infrared telescopes, James Webb Space Telescope

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

Design description and commissioning performance of a stable coronagraph technology development testbed for direct imaging of Earth-like exoplanets

Keith Patterson, Byoung-Joon Seo, Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian, Brendan Crill, Talso Chui, Brian Kern, Ray Lam, David Marx, Dwight Moody, Camilo Mejia Prada, Garreth Ruane, Fang Shi, John Shaw, Nicholas Siegler, Hong Tang, John Trauger, Daniel Wilson, Robert Zimmer, John Gill, Victor White, Karl Yee, Jordan Rupp

Proceedings Volume 11117, 111171U (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530401

KEYWORDS: Visible radiation, Electronics, Composites, Wavefront sensors, Deformable mirrors, Coronagraphy, Exoplanets, Turbulence, Convection, Vibration isolation

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2019 Paper

Critical characteristics of coronagraph masks influencing high contrast performance

Daniel Wilson, Frank Greer, Pierre Echternach, Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian, Eric Cady, Dwight Moody, Richard Muller, Keith Patterson, A.J. Eldorado Riggs, Byoung-Joon Seo, Victor White, Karl Yee, Hanying Zhou, Camilo Mejia Prada

Proceedings Volume 11117, 111171H (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530825

KEYWORDS: Dispersion, Coronagraphy, Tolerancing

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

WFIRST Phase B HLC occulter mask baselining and testbed WFC performance validation

Hanying Zhou, John Krist, Brian Kern, Byoung-Joon Seo, Dwight Moody, David Marx, Bijan Nemati, Ilya Poberezhskiy, Daniel Wilson, A.J. Eldorado Riggs, Scott Basinger, Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian, Eric Cady

Proceedings Volume 11117, 111170H (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530672

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Aerospace engineering, Wavefronts, Control systems, Coronagraphy, Mask making, Space operations, Optical instrument design, Tolerancing, Performance modeling

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Proceedings Article | 22 August 2018 Presentation + Paper

Hybrid lyot coronagraph for WFIRST: high contrast testbed demonstration in flight-like low flux environment

Byoung-Joon Seo, Bala Balasubramanian, Eric Cady, Brian Gordon, Raymond Lam, David Marx, Dwight Moody, Richard Muller, Keith Patterson, Ilya Poberezhskiy, Camilo Mejia Prada, A.J. Eldorado Riggs, Fang Shi, John Trauger, Daniel Wilson, Brian Kern

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106982P (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314358

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Wavefronts, Coronagraphy, Space telescopes, Low light level imaging

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Proceedings Article | 16 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

WFIRST coronagraph flight performance modeling

Robert Effinger, Brian Kern, Milan Mandic, James McGuire, Dwight Moody, Patrick Morrissey, Ilya Poberezhskiy, A. J. Riggs, Navtej Saini, Erkin Sidick, Hong Tang, John Trauger, John Krist

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106982K (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2310043

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Thermal modeling

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Fast linearized coronagraph optimizer (FALCO) II: optical model validation and time savings over other methods

Dwight Moody, Erkin Sidick, A. J. Eldorado Riggs, Garreth Ruane, John Krist, Carl Coker

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106984S (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312950

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Telescopes, Wavefront sensors, Wavefronts, Control systems, Deformable mirrors, Coronagraphy, Space telescopes, Infrared telescopes, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 2017 Presentation + Paper

Dynamic testbed demonstration of WFIRST coronagraph low order wavefront sensing and control (LOWFS/C)

Fang Shi, Xin An, Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian, Eric Cady, Brian Kern, Raymond Lam, David Marx, Camilo Mejia Prada, Dwight Moody, Keith Patterson, Ilya Poberezhskiy, Byoung-Joon Seo, Joel Shields, Erkin Sidick, Hong Tang, John Trauger, Tuan Truong, Victor White, Daniel Wilson, Hanying Zhou

Proceedings Volume 10400, 104000D (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2274887

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Phase shifting, Wavefront sensors, Wavefronts, Deformable mirrors, Optical fabrication, Space telescopes, Optical telescopes, Environmental sensing, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 2017 Presentation + Paper

Hybrid Lyot coronagraph for WFIRST: high-contrast broadband testbed demonstration

Byoung-Joon Seo, Eric Cady, Brian Gordon, Brian Kern, David Marx, Dwight Moody, Richard Muller, Keith Patterson, Ilya Poberezhskiy, Fang Shi, Erkin Sidick, John Trauger, Daniel Wilson, Camilo Mejia Prada, Raymond Lam

Proceedings Volume 10400, 104000F (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2274687

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Metals, Dielectrics, Wavefront sensors, Wavefronts, Deformable mirrors, Exoplanets, Space telescopes, Infrared radiation, Infrared telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 2017 Paper

Shaped pupil coronagraphy for WFIRST: high-contrast broadband testbed demonstration

Eric Cady, Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian, Jessica Gersh-Range, Jeremy Kasdin, Brian Kern, Raymond Lam, Camilo Mejia Prada, Dwight Moody, Keith Patterson, Ilya Poberezhskiy, A. J. Eldorado Riggs, Byoung-Joon Seo, Fang Shi, Hong Tang, John Trauger, Hanying Zhou, Neil Zimmerman

Proceedings Volume 10400, 104000E (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2272834

KEYWORDS: Wavefront sensors, Wavefronts, Control systems, Coronagraphy, Exoplanets, Performance modeling, Systems modeling

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SPIE Journal Paper | 8 March 2016

Hybrid Lyot coronagraph for wide-field infrared survey telescope-astrophysics focused telescope assets: occulter fabrication and high contrast narrowband testbed demonstration

Byoung-Joon Seo, Brian Gordon, Brian Kern, Andreas Kuhnert, Dwight Moody, Richard Muller, Ilya Poberezhskiy, John Trauger, Daniel Wilson

JATIS, Vol. 2, Issue 01, 011019, (March 2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.2.1.011019

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Telescopes, Infrared telescopes, Space telescopes, Nickel, Astronomical telescopes, Infrared radiation, Dielectrics, Actuators, Photomasks

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SPIE Journal Paper | 14 January 2016 Open Access

Hybrid Lyot coronagraph for WFIRST-AFTA: coronagraph design and performance metrics

John Trauger, Dwight Moody, John Krist, Brian Gordon

JATIS, Vol. 2, Issue 01, 011013, (January 2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.2.1.011013

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Telescopes, Wavefronts, Exoplanets, Stars, Space telescopes, Optical instrument design, Mirrors, Imaging spectroscopy, Dielectrics

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2015 Paper

Hybrid Lyot coronagraph for WFIRST-AFTA: coronagraph design and performance metrics

John Trauger, Dwight Moody, John Krist, Brian Gordon

Proceedings Volume 9605, 96050N (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2190625

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Telescopes, Mirrors, Stars, Wavefronts, Deformable mirrors, Coronagraphy, Exoplanets, Space telescopes, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2014 Paper

Recent progress on phase-mask coronagraphy based on photonic-crystal technology

Naoshi Murakami, Jun Nishikawa, Motohide Tamura, Eugene Serabyn, Wesley Traub, Kurt Liewer, Dwight Moody, John Trauger, Olivier Guyon, Frantz Martinache, Nemanja Jovanovic, Garima Singh, Fumika Oshiyama, Hayato Shoji, Moritsugu Sakamoto, Shoki Hamaguchi, Kazuhiko Oka, Naoshi Baba

Proceedings Volume 9143, 914334 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054790

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Light sources, Polarization, Manufacturing, Polarizers, Adaptive optics, Coronagraphy, Space telescopes, Photomasks, Spiral phase plates

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Proceedings Article | 2 August 2014 Paper

Technology development towards WFIRST-AFTA coronagraph

Frank Greer, Daniel Wilson, Ilya Poberezhskiy, Feng Zhao, Xin An, Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian, Ruslan Belikov, Eric Cady, Richard Demers, Rosemary Diaz, Brian Gordon, Renaud Goullioud, Olivier Guyon, Michael Hoenk, N. Jeremy Kasdin, Brian Kern, John Krist, Andreas Kuhnert, Michael McElwain, Bertrand Mennesson, Dwight Moody, Bijan Nemati, Keith Patterson, A. J. Riggs, Daniel Ryan, Byoung-Joon Seo, Stuart Shaklan, Erkin Sidick, Fang Shi, Rémi Soummer, Hong Tang, John Trauger, J. Kent Wallace, Xu Wang, Victor White, Karl Yee, Hanying Zhou, Neil Zimmerman, Nicholas Siegler, Qian Gong, Richard Muller

Proceedings Volume 9143, 91430P (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2060320

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Wavefront sensors, Wavefronts, Deformable mirrors, Coronagraphy, Exoplanets, Space telescopes, Photomasks, Planets, Iterated function systems

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

Survey of experimental results in high-contrast imaging for future exoplanet missions

D. Moody, D. Mawet, R. Samuele, P. Lawson, R. Belikov, W. Cash, M. Clampin, T. Glassman, O. Guyon, N. J. Kasdin, B. Kern, R. Lyon, E. Serabyn, D. Sirbu, J. Trauger

Proceedings Volume 8864, 88641F (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2021302

KEYWORDS: Stars, Imaging systems, Image segmentation, Manufacturing, Polarizers, Deformable mirrors, Coronagraphy, Exoplanets, Planets, Optics manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

PISCES: an integral field spectrograph to advance high contrast imaging technologies

Ashlee Wilkins, Timothy Brandt, Jeffrey Kruk, Dwight Moody, John Trauger, Michael McElwain, Qian Gong, Karl Stapelfeldt, Marshall Perrin, Bruce Woodgate, Sara Heap, George Hilton

Proceedings Volume 8864, 88641O (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024385

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Spectrographs, Sensors, Wavefronts, Imaging spectroscopy, Coronagraphy, Exoplanets, Planets, Electroluminescent displays, Iterated function systems

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

High-contrast imaging results with the vortex coronagraph

E. Serabyn, D. Mawet, J. Trauger, D. Moody, K. Liewer, J. Krist, B. Kern

Proceedings Volume 8864, 88640Y (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024660

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Stars, Polarization, Speckle, Cameras, Polarizers, Wave plates, Coronagraphy, Space telescopes, Light

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

Complex apodized Lyot coronagraph for exoplanet imaging with partially obscured telescope apertures

John Trauger, Dwight Moody, Brian Gordon

Proceedings Volume 8864, 886412 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024795

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Telescopes, Stars, Wavefronts, Imaging spectroscopy, Deformable mirrors, Coronagraphy, Exoplanets, Space telescopes, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

Assessing the performance limits of internal coronagraphs through end-to-end modeling

John Krist, Stuart Shaklan, Dwight Moody, Ruslan Belikov, John Trauger, Dimitri Mawet, Laurent Pueyo

Proceedings Volume 8864, 88640P (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024954

KEYWORDS: Diffraction, Mirrors, Stars, Polarization, Coating, Wavefronts, Control systems, Deformable mirrors, Coronagraphy, Wave propagation

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Proceedings Article | 21 September 2012 Paper

Coronagraph focal-plane phase masks based on photonic crystal technology: recent progress and observational strategy

Moritsugu Sakamoto, Jun Nishikawa, Dwight Moody, John Trauger, Naoshi Baba, Dimitri Mawet, Eugene Serabyn, Shoki Hamaguchi, Wesley Traub, Brian Kern, Kazuhiko Oka, Motohide Tamura, Fumika Oshiyama, Naoshi Murakami, Akitoshi Ise, Hiroshi Murakami

Proceedings Volume 8442, 844205 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925613

KEYWORDS: Stars, Polarization, Manufacturing, Photonic crystals, Phase shift keying, Polarimetry, Coronagraphy, Photomasks, Planets, Spiral phase plates

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Proceedings Article | 21 September 2012 Paper

Complex apodization Lyot coronagraphy for the direct imaging of exoplanet systems: design, fabrication, and laboratory demonstration

John Krist, Dimitri Mawet, Brian Gordon, Dwight Moody, John Trauger

Proceedings Volume 8442, 84424Q (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926663

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Stars, Imaging systems, Calibration, Metals, Dielectrics, Imaging spectroscopy, Deformable mirrors, Coronagraphy, Exoplanets

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Proceedings Article | 21 September 2012 Paper

Coronagraphic imaging of debris disks from a high altitude balloon platform

David Stuchlik, Gautam Vasisht, Paul Brugarolas, Pin Chen, Olivier Guyon, Lynn Hillenbrand, John Krist, Bruce Macintosh, Dimitri Mawet, Bertrand Mennesson, Dwight Moody, Lewis Roberts, Stephen Unwin, John Trauger, Wesley Traub, Karl Stapelfeldt, Geoffrey Bryden

Proceedings Volume 8442, 84420G (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924175

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Sensors, Wavefront sensors, Wavefronts, Coronagraphy, Space telescopes, Solar system, Planets, Planetary systems

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