Dr. Scott Ellis Profile

Dr. Scott Ellis

Senior Optical Engineer at Photon Engineering LLC

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 2021 Presentation + Paper

Catching the rays: modeling the stray light background of a starshade

Stefan Martin, Scott Ellis, Stuart Shaklan, P. Douglas Lisman, Manan Arya, Matthew Stegman

Proceedings Volume 11823, 1182313 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2597428

KEYWORDS: Stray light, Scattering, Light scattering

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Paper

Recent advances in stray light modeling for large telescope/observatory systems

Richard Pfisterer, Stephen Pompea, Scott Ellis

Proceedings Volume 10705, 1070528 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314370

KEYWORDS: Stray light, Software development, Sensors, Systems modeling, Stars, Ray tracing, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Telescopes, Stray light analysis, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

Stray light assessment and mitigation for the DESI front-end optical system

Timothy Miller, Michael Lampton, Robert Besuner, Michael Sholl, Ming Liang, Scott Ellis

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99088O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232845

KEYWORDS: Astronomy, Stray light, Telescopes, Observatories, Spectrographs, Light, Light scattering, Bidirectional reflectance transmission function, Scattering, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 29 July 2016 Paper

Results of edge scatter testing for a starshade mission

Suzanne Casement, Steve Warwick, Daniel Smith, Scott Ellis, John Stover

Proceedings Volume 9904, 99043H (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231808

KEYWORDS: Light scattering, Exoplanets, Telescopes, Statistical modeling, Coating, Light scattering, Titanium, Planets, Solid modeling, Scatter measurement, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2010 Paper

Swept conics: single mirror transformers

Paul Manhart, K. Scott Ellis

Proceedings Volume 7652, 76521Y (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.870957

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Transformers, Diffraction, Image segmentation, Acoustics, Surface finishing, Reflectivity, Collimation, Point spread functions, Solids

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2010 Paper

The role of stray light modeling and analysis in telescope system engineering, performance assessment, and risk abatement

Richard Pfisterer, K. Scott Ellis, Stephen Pompea

Proceedings Volume 7738, 773811 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858207

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stray light analysis, Stray light, Systems modeling, Space telescopes, Mirrors, Planets, Stars, Systems engineering, Astronomical telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2010 Paper

Optical and system engineering in the development of a high-quality student telescope kit

Stephen Pompea, Richard Pfisterer, Scott Ellis, Douglas Arion, Richard Tresch Fienberg, Thomas Smith

Proceedings Volume 7738, 773803 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858216

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astronomy, Space telescopes, Objectives, Image quality, Stray light, Astronomical telescopes, Optical instrument design, Stars, Eye

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Proceedings Article | 21 July 2010 Paper

Conceptual design phase stray light analysis of the MOBIE imaging spectrograph for TMT

K. Scott Ellis, Rebecca Bernstein, Bruce Bigelow

Proceedings Volume 7735, 77355T (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858175

KEYWORDS: Stray light, Domes, Telescopes, Mirrors, Sensors, Cameras, Ray tracing, Stray light analysis, Spectrographs, Thirty Meter Telescope

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Proceedings Article | 1 October 2009 Paper

Stray light characteristics of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)

K. Scott Ellis

Proceedings Volume 7427, 742708 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.830599

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stray light, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Mirrors, Cameras, Sensors, Domes, Stray light control, Reflectivity, Contamination

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Proceedings Article | 8 September 2006 Paper

Second-generation PVCC design with a dielectric light injector and polyhedron interior cavity

Ugur Ortabasi, Roland Winston, Scott Ellis

Proceedings Volume 6339, 63390C (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.680077

KEYWORDS: Reflectivity, Solar concentrators, Dielectrics, Prototyping, Absorption, Beam splitters, Optical coatings, Computer simulations, Diffusers, Computer aided design

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Proceedings Article | 21 September 1998 Paper

Compact three-mirror anastigmat with reflective lens

Paul Manhart, K. Ellis, James Michalski, Richard Pfisterer

Proceedings Volume 3482, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.322016

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Sensors, Reflectivity, Tolerancing, Optical alignment, Stray light, Light scattering, Telescopes, Combined lens-mirror systems, Optical fabrication

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Proceedings Article | 31 October 1997 Paper

Advanced detectors, optics, and waveform digitizers for aircraft DIAL water vapor measurements

Russell De Young, Gary Halama, William Luck, K. Ellis, Stephen Sandford, Edward Browell, Tamer Refaat

Proceedings Volume 3127, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279067

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Avalanche photodetectors, Information operations, LIDAR, Receivers, Signal to noise ratio, Telescopes, Signal detection, Analog electronics, Optical design

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 January 1991

Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE): NASA's first in-space lidar system for atmospheric research

Richard Couch, Carroll Rowland, K. Ellis, Michael Blythe, Curtis Regan, Michael Koch, Charles Antill, Wayne Kitchen, John Cox, Joseph DeLorme, Sharon Crockett, Rubin Remus, Joseph Casas, William Hunt

OE, Vol. 30, Issue 01, (January 1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/12.55775

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Electronics, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Sensors, Space operations, Aerospace engineering, Signal processing, Transmitters, Control systems

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