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most citedThe James Webb Space Telescope Mission: Optical Telescope Element Design, Development, and Performance

122 citations · 222 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.IM2023★ 122 cited

The James Webb Space Telescope Mission: Optical Telescope Element Design, Development, and Performance

Michael W. McElwain, Lee D. Feinberg, Marshall D. Perrin +126

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared space telescope that has recently started its science program which will enable breakthroughs in astrophysics and planeta…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 56 cited

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument (CGI) Technology Demonstration

N. Jeremy Kasdin, Vanessa P. Bailey, Bertrand Mennesson +18

The Coronagraph Instrument (CGI) on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will demonstrate the high-contrast technology necessary for visible-light exoplanet imaging and spectrosco…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 25 cited

Wavefront sensing and control in space-based coronagraph instruments using Zernike's phase-contrast method

Garreth Ruane, J. Kent Wallace, John Steeves +14

Future space telescopes with coronagraph instruments will use a wavefront sensor (WFS) to measure and correct for phase errors and stabilize the stellar intensity in high-contrast…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 17 cited

Microelectromechanical deformable mirror development for high-contrast imaging, part 2: the impact of quantization errors on coronagraph image contrast

Garreth Ruane, Daniel Echeverri, Eduardo Bendek +8

Stellar coronagraphs rely on deformable mirrors (DMs) to correct wavefront errors and create high contrast images. Imperfect control of the DM limits the achievable contrast and, t…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 2 cited

Key Technologies for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope Coronagraph Instrument

Vanessa P. Bailey, Lee Armus, Bala Balasubramanian +84

The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Coronagraph Instrument (CGI) is a high-contrast imager and integral field spectrograph that will enable the study of exoplanets an…