Dr. Yalan Mao Profile

Dr. Yalan Mao

Senior Optical Engineer at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co

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Proceedings Article | 19 September 2013 Paper

Determination of technical readiness for an atmospheric carbon imaging spectrometer

Joseph Mobilia, John Kumer, Alice Palmer, Kevin Sawyer, Yalan Mao, Noah Katz, Jack Mix, Ted Nast, Charles Clark, Roel Vanbezooijen, Antonio Magoncelli, Ronald Baraze, David Chenette

Proceedings Volume 8867, 88670L (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2029634

KEYWORDS: IRIS Consortium, Electronics, Cryocoolers, Spectroscopy, Staring arrays, Space operations, Mirrors, Stars, Sensors, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 29 September 2011 Paper

NIRCam coronagraphic Lyot stop: design, fabrication, and testing

Yalan Mao, Torben Andersen, Tracy Kubo, Miguel Virgen, Henry Chan, Greg Feller, Lynn Huff, Eric Smith, Gopal Vasudevan, Steve Somerstein, Tom Jamieson, Scott Horner, John Krist, Charles Beichman, Carmen Barone, Ron Schmidt, Donna Levin, Steve Seymour, Douglas Kelly, Marcia Rieke

Proceedings Volume 8150, 81500E (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.896451

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Point spread functions, James Webb Space Telescope, Absorbance, Optical filters, Image filtering, Ferroelectric LCDs, Staring arrays, Coating, Silicon

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Proceedings Article | 11 August 2010 Paper

The JWST/NIRCam coronagraph flight occulters

John Krist, Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian, Richard Muller, Stuart Shaklan, Douglas Kelly, Daniel Wilson, Charles Beichman, Eugene Serabyn, Yalan Mao, Pierre Echternach, John Trauger, Kurt Liewer

Proceedings Volume 7731, 77313J (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856488

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, James Webb Space Telescope, Coating, Aluminum, Antireflective coatings, Photomasks, Microscopes, Absorbance, Neodymium, Image transmission

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Proceedings Article | 18 September 2009 Paper

Cryogenic spectral performance of bandpass filters for the NIRCam instrument

Yalan Mao, David Harrison, Todd Richardson, Bailey Schulz, Dale Taylor, Lynn Huff, Scott Horner, Douglas Kelly, Marcia Rieke

Proceedings Volume 7439, 74391D (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.826358

KEYWORDS: Bandpass filters, Cryogenics, Optical filters, Reflectivity, Shortwaves, James Webb Space Telescope, Coating, Transmittance, Sensors, Dental caries

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 2009 Paper

The JWST/NIRCam coronagraph: mask design and fabrication

John Krist, Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian, Charles Beichman, Pierre Echternach, Joseph Green, Kurt Liewer, Richard Muller, Eugene Serabyn, Stuart Shaklan, John Trauger, Daniel Wilson, Scott Horner, Yalan Mao, Stephen Somerstein, Gopal Vasudevan, Douglas Kelly, Marcia Rieke

Proceedings Volume 7440, 74400W (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.826448

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, James Webb Space Telescope, Stars, Halftones, Telescopes, Diffraction, Coating, Photomasks, Sapphire, Light scattering

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Proceedings Article | 19 September 2007 Paper

Observing exoplanets with the JWST NIRCam grisms

Thomas Greene, Charles Beichman, Daniel Eisenstein, Scott Horner, Douglas Kelly, Yalan Mao, Michael Meyer, Marcia Rieke, Fang Shi

Proceedings Volume 6693, 66930G (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.732506

KEYWORDS: Stars, James Webb Space Telescope, Exoplanets, Sensors, Signal to noise ratio, Planets, Spectroscopy, Optical filters, Jupiter, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2007 Paper

Cryogenic measurements of the dichroic beam splitter for the NIRCam instrument

Yalan Mao, Lynn Huff, Warren Hendricks, Charles Kennemore

Proceedings Volume 6692, 66920H (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.742096

KEYWORDS: Cryogenics, Temperature metrology, Wavefronts, Reflectivity, Antireflective coatings, Transmittance, Coating, Beam splitters, Sapphire, James Webb Space Telescope

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 2005 Paper

NIRCam optical analysis

Yalan Mao, Lynn Huff, Zachary Granger

Proceedings Volume 5904, 590405 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.613968

KEYWORDS: Reflectivity, Shortwaves, James Webb Space Telescope, Reflection, Staring arrays, Cameras, Image analysis, Tolerancing, Vignetting, Optical alignment

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Proceedings Article | 7 July 1997 Paper

Characterization of an 18-channel TIR modulator for printing applications

Yalan Mao, Ferdynand Dabkowski, Hong Po, Aland Chin

Proceedings Volume 3131, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.277761

KEYWORDS: Modulators, Semiconductor lasers, Modulation, Nonimpact printing, Crystals, Photorefraction, Printing, Optical modulators, Sapphire lasers, Light sources

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