Mr. Rocco Samuele Profile

Rocco Samuele

at Northrop Grumman Corp

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Publications (10)

Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

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

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

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

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

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Proceedings Article | 21 September 2012 Paper

PICTURE: a sounding rocket experiment for direct imaging of an extrasolar planetary environment

Christopher Mendillo, Brian Hicks, Timothy Cook, Thomas Bifano, David Content, Benjamin Lane, B. Martin Levine, Douglas Rabin, Shanti Rao, Rocco Samuele, Edouard Schmidtlin, Michael Shao, J. Kent Wallace, Supriya Chakrabarti

Proceedings Volume 8442, 84420E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926408

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Nulling interferometry, Mirrors, Calibration, Cameras, Space telescopes, National Ignition Facility, Interferometers, Rockets, Ferroelectric materials

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Proceedings Article | 11 August 2010 Paper

Progress at the starshade testbed at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems: comparisons with computer simulations

Rocco Samuele, Rupal Varshneya, Tim Johnson, Adam M. F. Johnson, Tiffany Glassman

Proceedings Volume 7731, 773151 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856334

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Space telescopes, Computer simulations, Mirrors, Gaussian beams, Stray light, Aerospace engineering, Microscopes, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2009 Paper

The New Worlds Observer: the astrophysics strategic mission concept study

Webster Cash, Stephen Kendrick, Charley Noecker, John Bally, Julia DeMarines, James Green, Phillip Oakley, Ann Shipley, Scott Benson, Steve Oleson, David Content, Dave Folta, Sharon Garrison, Keith Gendreau, Kate Hartman, Joseph Howard, Tupper Hyde, Darryl Lakins, Jesse Leitner, Douglas Leviton, Rich Luquette, Bill Oegerley, Karen Richon, Aki Roberge, Steve Tompkins, June Tveekrem, Bruce Woodgate, Margaret Turnbull, Dean Dailey, Kent Decker, Reza Dehmohseni, Brian Gaugh, Tiffany Glassman, Mickey Haney, Reem Hejal, Charles Lillie, Amy Lo, David O'Conner, Gina Oleas, Ronald Polidan, Rocco Samuele, Stephen Shields, James Shirvanian, David SooHoo, Giovanna Tinetti, Bryan Dorland, Rachel Dudik, Ralph Gaume, Brian Mason

Proceedings Volume 7436, 743606 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.827486

KEYWORDS: Planets, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Stars, Space operations, Exoplanets, Astrophysics, Edge roughness, Sensors, Planetary systems

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 2009 Paper

Starlight suppression from the starshade testbed at NGAS

Rocco Samuele, Tiffany Glassman, Adam M. Johnson, Rupal Varshneya, Ann Shipley

Proceedings Volume 7440, 744004 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.824889

KEYWORDS: Stars, Telescopes, Sensors, Space telescopes, Device simulation, Mirrors, Aerospace engineering, Optical benches, Optical simulations, Photography

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2008 Paper

DAVINCI, a diluter aperture visible nulling coronagraphic instrument

M. Shao, S. Bairstow, B. Martin Levine, Gautam Vasisht, Benjamin Lane, Gopal Vasudevan, Robert Woodruff, Rocco Samuele, Jeffrey Wynn, Mark Clampin, Richard Lyon, Olivier Guyon

Proceedings Volume 7013, 70132T (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789767

KEYWORDS: Stars, Telescopes, Planets, Coronagraphy, Space telescopes, Interferometers, Nulling interferometry, Space operations, Oxygen, Jupiter

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Proceedings Article | 8 February 2008 Paper

Path length control in a nulling coronagraph with a MEMS deformable mirror and a calibration interferometer

Shanti Rao, J. Kent Wallace, Rocco Samuele, Supriya Chakrabarti, Timothy Cook, Brian Hicks, Paul Jung, Benjamin Lane, B. Martin Levine, Chris Mendillo, Edouard Schmidtlin, Mike Shao, Jason Stewart

Proceedings Volume 6888, 68880B (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.763652

KEYWORDS: Nulling interferometry, Calibration, Targeting Task Performance metric, Interferometers, Mirrors, Actuators, Coronagraphy, Deformable mirrors, Cameras, Microelectromechanical systems

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Proceedings Article | 28 June 2006 Paper

A laboratory experiment for demonstrating post-coronagraph wavefront sensing and control for extreme adaptive optics

J. Kent Wallace, Randall Bartos, Shanti Rao, Rocco Samuele, Edouard Schmidtlin

Proceedings Volume 6272, 62722L (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672516

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Coronagraphy, Wavefronts, Beam splitters, Nulling interferometry, Gemini Planet Imager, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Interferometers, Wavefront sensors

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Proceedings Article | 14 June 2006 Paper

The visible nulling coronagraph: architecture definition and technology development status

B. Levine, Francisco Aguayo, Thomas Bifano, S. Fregoso, Joseph Green, Benjamin Lane, Duncan Liu, Bertrand Mennesson, Shanti Rao, Rocco Samuele, Michael Shao, Edouard Schmidtlin, Eugene Serabyn, Jason Stewart, J. Wallace

Proceedings Volume 6265, 62651A (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672736

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Actuators, Prisms, Interferometers, Coronagraphy, Planets, Nulling interferometry, Telescopes, Deformable mirrors, Wavefronts

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Proceedings Article | 13 June 2006 Paper

A nulling coronagraph for TPF-C

Michael Shao, Bruce Levine, James Wallace, Glenn Orton, Edouard Schmidtlin, Benjamin Lane, Sara Seager, Volker Tolls, Richard Lyon, Rocco Samuele, Domenick Tenerelli, Robert Woodruff, Jian Ge

Proceedings Volume 6265, 626517 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671934

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Planets, Interferometers, Stars, Nulling interferometry, Optical fibers, Calibration, Wavefronts, Telescopes, Mirrors

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