Dr. James T. Mooney Profile

Dr. James T. Mooney

President at Advanced Glass Industries, Inc.

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Publications (15)

SPIE Journal Paper | 10 February 2021 Open Access

Open Access

Materials evaluation for the Origins Space Telescope

Carly Sandin, Lynn Allen, Edward Amatucci, Jonathan Arenberg, Ruth Carter, James Corsetti, Michael DiPirro, Matthew East, Louis Fantano, Anel Flores, J. Scott Knight, David Leisawitz, Paul Lightsey, Gregory Martins, Ted Mooney, Alison Nordt, John Steeves

JATIS, Vol. 7, Issue 01, 011011, (February 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011011

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Beryllium, Silicon carbide, Manufacturing, Aluminum, Space telescopes, Silica, Metals, James Webb Space Telescope, Composites

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SPIE Journal Paper | 6 January 2021 Open Access

Open Access

Origins Space Telescope: baseline mission concept

Edward Amatucci, Lynn Allen, Jonathan Arenberg, Lee Armus, Cara Battersby, James Bauer, Porfirio Beltran, Dominic Benford, Denis Burgarella, Ruth Carter, Danny Chi, Asantha Cooray, James Corsetti, Elvire De Beck, Larry Dewell, Michael DiPirro, Matthew East, Samantha Edgington, Kimberly Ennico, Louis Fantano, David Folta, Joseph Generie, Zachary Granger, Thomas Greene, Alex Griffiths, George Harpole, Frank Helmich, Joseph Howard, Tracee Jamison, Lisa Kaltenegger, Tiffany Kataria, Charles Lawrence, Margaret Meixner, Ted Mooney, Samuel Moseley, Susan Neff, Thanh Nguyen, Alison Nordt, Michael Petach, Susanna Petro, Alexandra Pope, Daniel Ramspacker, Alison Rao, Itsuki Sakon, Karin Sandstrom, Douglas Scott, Lenward Seals, Kartik Sheth, Steven Tompkins, Cassandra Webster, Martina Wiedner, Edward Wright, Chi Wu, Jonas Zmuidzinas, David Leisawitz, Bob Beaman, Raymond Bell, Edward Bergin, Jeffrey Bolognese, Charles Bradford, Damon Bradley, Sean Carey, Tom D'Asto, Kevin Denis, Christopher Derkacz, C. Paul Earle, Gregory Feller, Jonathan Fortney, Benjamin Gavares, Maryvonne Gerin, Keith Harvey, Lawrence Hilliard, Michael Jacoby, Anisa Jamil, J. Scott Knight, Perry Knollenberg, Paul Lightsey, Sarah Lipscy, Eric Mamajek, Gregory Martins, John Mather, Gary Melnick, Stefanie Milam, Desika Narayanan, Jeffrey Olson, Deborah Padgett, John Pohner, Klaus Pontoppidan, Thomas Roellig, Carly Sandin, Larry Sokolsky, Johannes Staguhn, John Steeves, Kevin Stevenson, Eric Stoneking, Kate Su, Kiarash Tajdaran, Joaquin Vieira

JATIS, Vol. 7, Issue 01, 011002, (January 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011002

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Open Access

Open Access

Paper

The Origins Space Telescope

D. Leisawitz, E. Amatucci, L. Allen, J. Arenberg, L. Armus, C. Battersby, B. Beaman, J. Bauer, R. Bell, P. Beltran, D. Benford, E. Bergin, J. Bolognese, C. Bradford, D. Bradley, D. Burgarella, S. Carey, R. Carter, J. Chi, A. Cooray, J. Corsetti, T. D'Asto, E. De Beck, K. Denis, C. Derkacz, L. Dewell, M. DiPirro, C. P. Earle, M. East, S. Edgington, K. Ennico, L. Fantano, G. Feller, A. Flores, D. Folta, J. Fortney, B. Gavares, J. Generie, M. Gerin, Z. Granger, T. Greene, A. Griffiths, G. Harpole, K. Harvey, F. Helmich, G. Helou, L. Hilliard, J. Howard, M. Jacoby, A. Jamil, T. Jamison, L. Kaltenegger, T. Kataria, J. S. Knight, P. Knollenberg, C. Lawrence, P. Lightsey, S. Lipscy, C. Lynch, E. Mamajek, G. Martins, J. Mather, M. Meixner, G. Melnick, S. Milam, T. Mooney, S. Moseley, D. Narayanan, S. Neff, T. Nguyen, A. Nordt, J. Olson, D. Padgett, M. Petach, S. Petro, J. Pohner, K. Pontoppidan, A. Pope, D. Ramspacher, A. Rao, G. Rieke, M. Rieke, T. Roellig, I. Sakon, C. Sandin, K. Sandstrom, D. Scott, L. Seals, K. Sheth, J. Staguhn, J. Steeves, K. Stevenson, L. Stokowski, E. Stoneking, K. Su, K. Tajdaran, S. Tompkins, J. Turner, J. Vieira, C. Webster, M. Wiedner, E. Wright, C. Wu, J. Zmuidzinas

Proceedings Volume 11115, 111150Q (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530514

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Planets, Stars, Telescopes, Astronomy, James Webb Space Telescope, Sensors, Space telescopes, Exoplanets, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

The Origins Space Telescope: mission concept overview

D. Leisawitz, E. Amatucci, R. Carter, M. DiPirro, A. Flores, J. Staguhn, C. Wu, L. Allen, J. Arenberg, L. Armus, C. Battersby, J. Bauer, R. Bell, P. Beltran, D. Benford, E. Bergin, C. Bradford, D. Bradley, D. Burgarella, S. Carey, D. Chi, A. Cooray, J. Corsetti, E. De Beck, K. Denis, L. Dewell, M. East, S. Edgington, K. Ennico, L. Fantano, G. Feller, D. Folta, J. Fortney, J. Generie, M. Gerin, Z. Granger, G. Harpole, K. Harvey, F. Helmich, L. Hilliard, J. Howard, M. Jacoby, A. Jamil, T. Kataria, S. Knight, P. Knollenberg, P. Lightsey, S. Lipscy, E. Mamajek, G. Martins, M. Meixner, G. Melnick, S. Milam, T. Mooney, S. Moseley, D. Narayanan, S. Neff, T. Nguyen, A. Nordt, J. Olson, D. Padgett, M. Petach, S. Petro, J. Pohner, K. Pontoppidan, A. Pope, D. Ramspacher, T. Roellig, I. Sakon, C. Sandin, K. Sandstrom, D. Scott, K. Sheth, J. Steeves, K. Stevenson, L. Stokowski, E. Stoneking, K. Su, K. Tajdaran, S. Tompkins, J. Vieira, C. Webster, M. Wiedner, E. Wright, J. Zmuidzinas

Proceedings Volume 10698, 1069815 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313823

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Sensors, Mirrors, Astrophysics, Astronomy, James Webb Space Telescope, Aerospace engineering, Cryocoolers

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2018 Paper

Paper

Mirror design study for a segmented HabEx system

James Mooney, Matthew East, Bruce Rottner, Chistopher Sullivan, David Wideman, David Redding, Kevin Schulz

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106983I (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314279

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Advanced mirror construction: ULE replication

James Mooney, Steven Desmitt, James Bolton, Stephen Oliver

Proceedings Volume 10706, 1070608 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314306

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Lightweight mirrors, Optical components, Additive manufacturing, Optics manufacturing, Magnetorheological finishing, Manufacturing, Composites, Ions, Polishing

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation

Presentation

Considerations for the development of Lynx (Conference Presentation)

Jonathan Arenberg, Lynn Allen, James Mooney, Bill Purcell, Steven Jordan

Proceedings Volume 10699, 1069916 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312369

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Observatories, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Picometer level stability of a mounted mirror assembly

Matthew East, David Redding, Chistopher Sullivan, Ted Mooney, Lynn Allen

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106980Y (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314332

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Adhesives, Wavefronts, 3D modeling, Control systems, Systems modeling, Thermal modeling, Temperature metrology, Coronagraphy, Metrology

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Material selection for far Infrared telescope mirrors

Matthew East, J. Scott Knight, Lynn Allen, Ted Mooney, Keith Havey

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106981N (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314310

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Beryllium, Cryogenics, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Silicon carbide, James Webb Space Telescope, Aluminum, Infrared telescopes, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

HabEx Lite: a starshade-only habitable exoplanet imager alternative

David Redding, Keith Coste, Otto Polanco, Claudia Pineda, Kevin Hurd, Howard Tseng, Jose Quezada, Stefan Martin, Joel Nissen, Kevin Schulz, Jonathan Tesch, Eric Cady, Michael Rodgers, Matthew East, James Mooney, Chris Stark

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106980X (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2310058

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Coronagraphy, Space telescopes, Imaging spectroscopy, Telescopes, Ultraviolet radiation, Exoplanets, Control systems, Observatories, Planets

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2015 Paper

Paper

Lightweight mirror construction optimization

J. Mooney, M. Allen, J. Bolton, R. Dahl, E. Lintz

Proceedings Volume 9633, 96330Z (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2195898

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Lightweight mirrors, Polishing, Adhesives, Surface finishing, Space mirrors, Manufacturing, Raw materials, Optical fabrication, Precision optics

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2006 Paper

Paper

Novel in-space manufacturing concepts for the development of large space telescopes

J. Mooney, P. Reardon, D. Gregory, A. Manning, J. Blackmon, T. Howsman, P. Williams, W. Brantley, J. Rakoczy, K. Herren, D. Tucker, A. Sharma

Proceedings Volume 6265, 62652W (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672255

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Mirrors, Glasses, Telescopes, Monochromatic aberrations, Spherical lenses, Optics manufacturing, Optical design, Optical components, Modulation transfer functions

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2005 Paper

Paper

Sub-pixel spatial resolution micro-roughness measurements with interlaced stitching

James Mooney, H. Philip Stahl

Proceedings Volume 5878, 587801 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.617651

KEYWORDS: Spatial frequencies, Image resolution, Spatial resolution, Charge-coupled devices, Point spread functions, Interferometry, Interferometers, Fourier transforms, Optical testing, Metrology

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Proceedings Article | 19 August 2005 Paper

Paper

Sub-pixel spatial resolution interferometry with interlaced stitching

James Mooney, H. Philip Stahl

Proceedings Volume 5869, 58690Z (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.613446

KEYWORDS: Spatial resolution, Image resolution, Spatial frequencies, Interferometry, Surface finishing, Polishing, Charge-coupled devices, Interferometers, Optical testing, Point spread functions

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Proceedings Article | 13 January 2004 Paper

Paper

Fabrication of EUV components with MRF

Paul Murphy, James Mooney, Thomas Courtney

Proceedings Volume 5193, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.506274

KEYWORDS: Magnetorheological finishing, Polishing, Photomasks, EUV optics, Semiconducting wafers, Surface finishing, Extreme ultraviolet, Lithography, Silicon, Photovoltaics

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Conference Committee Involvement (15)

Astronomical Optics: Design, Manufacture, and Test of Space and Ground Systems V

3 August 2025 | San Diego, California, United States

Astronomical Optics: Design, Manufacture, and Test of Space and Ground Systems IV

21 August 2023 | San Diego, California, United States

Window and Dome Technologies and Materials XVII

4 May 2023 | Orlando, Florida, United States

Material Technologies and Applications to Optics, Structures, Components, and Sub-Systems IV

12 August 2019 | San Diego, California, United States

Optifab 2017

16 October 2017 | Rochester, New York, United States

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