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, Tyler Groff, Neil Zimmerman, John Debes, Scott Basinger, N. Jeremy Kasdin

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

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

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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, Daniel Echeverri, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 2019 Paper

Critical characteristics of coronagraph masks influencing high contrast performance

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

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

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Tolerancing, Dispersion

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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, Eric Cady, Bijan Nemati, Dwight Moody, A.J. Eldorado Riggs, David Marx, Daniel Wilson, Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian, Ilya Poberezhskiy, Scott Basinger

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

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

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

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

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

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Proceedings Article | 16 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

WFIRST coronagraph flight performance modeling

John Krist, 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

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

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

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

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Actuators, Telescopes, Infrared telescopes, Wavefronts, Control systems, Wavefront sensors, Deformable mirrors, Space 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, Eric Cady, Byoung-Joon Seo, Xin An, Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian, Brian Kern, Raymond Lam, David Marx, Dwight Moody, Camilo Mejia Prada, Keith Patterson, Ilya Poberezhskiy, 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: Wavefront sensors, Wavefronts, Mirrors, Deformable mirrors, Environmental sensing, Phase shifting, Optical telescopes, Optical fabrication, Device simulation, Space telescopes

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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, Raymond Lam, David Marx, Dwight Moody, Richard Muller, Keith Patterson, Ilya Poberezhskiy, Camilo Mejia Prada, Erkin Sidick, Fang Shi, John Trauger, Daniel Wilson

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

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

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

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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, Brian Gordon, John Krist, Dwight Moody

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

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

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

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Proceedings Article | 2 August 2014 Paper

Technology development towards WFIRST-AFTA coronagraph

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

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

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

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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 | 26 September 2013 Paper

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

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

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

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

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

High-contrast imaging results with the vortex coronagraph

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

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

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

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

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2013 Paper

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Proceedings Article | 21 September 2012 Paper

Coronagraphic imaging of debris disks from a high altitude balloon platform

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

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

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

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