Dr. Peter L. Kurczynski Profile

Dr. Peter L. Kurczynski

Astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr

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Publications (20)

Proceedings Article | 26 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Ultra-low-noise laser and optical frequency comb-based timing system for the Black Hole Explorer (BHEX) mission

Hannah Tomio, Guangning Yang, Holly Leopardi, Kenji Numata, Anthony Yu, Andrew Attar, Xiaozhen Xu, Wei Lu, Cheryl Gramling, T. Sridharan, Peter Kurczynski

Proceedings Volume 13100, 131000O (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020732

KEYWORDS: Laser frequency, Laser stabilization, Frequency combs, Laser optics, Microwave radiation, Laser development, Telescopes, Astronomical telescopes, Astronomical interferometers

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

The Black Hole Explorer: operating a hybrid observatory

Sara Issaoun, Kim Alonso, Kazunori Akiyama, Lindy Blackburn, Don Boroson, Peter Galison, Kari Haworth, Janice Houston, Michael Johnson, Yuri Kovalev, Peter Kurczynski, Robert Lafon, Daniel Marrone, Daniel Palumbo, Eliad Peretz, Dominic Pesce, Leonid Petrov, Alexander Plavin, Jade Wang

Proceedings Volume 13092, 130926P (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020041

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Observatories, Telescopes, Laser communication terminals, Satellites, Radio optics, Laser communications, Receivers, Atmospheric optics

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

The Black Hole Explorer: motivation and vision

Michael Johnson, Kazunori Akiyama, Rebecca Baturin, Bryan Bilyeu, Lindy Blackburn, Don Boroson, Alejandro Cárdenas-Avendaño, Andrew Chael, Chi-kwan Chan, Dominic Chang, Peter Cheimets, Cathy Chou, Sheperd Doeleman, Joseph Farah, Peter Galison, Ronald Gamble, Charles Gammie, Zachary Gelles, José Gómez, Samuel Gralla, Paul Grimes, Leonid Gurvits, Shahar Hadar, Kari Haworth, Kazuhiro Hada, Michael Hecht, Mareki Honma, Janice Houston, Ben Hudson, Sara Issaoun, He Jia, Svetlana Jorstad, Jens Kauffman, Yuri Kovalev, Peter Kurczynski, Robert Lafon, Alexandru Lupsasca, Robert Lehmensiek, Chung-Pei Ma, Daniel Marrone, Alan Marscher, Gary Melnick, Ramesh Narayan, Kotaro Niinuma, Scott Noble, Eric Palmer, Daniel C. Palumbo, Lenny Paritsky, Eliad Peretz, Dominic Pesce, Alexander Plavin, Eliot Quataert, Hannah Rana, Angelo Ricarte, Freek Roelofs, Katia Shtyrkova, Laura Sinclair, Jeffrey Small, Sridharan Tirupati Kumara, Ranjani Srinivasan, Andrew Strominger, Paul Tiede, Edward Tong, Jade Wang, Jonathan Weintroub, Maciek Wielgus, George Wong

Proceedings Volume 13092, 130922D (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019835

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Spatial resolution, Shadows

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

The Black Hole Explorer: astrophysics mission concept engineering study report

Eliad Peretz, Peter Kurczynski, Michael Johnson, Janice Houston, Tirupati Kumara Sridharan, Jade Wang, Peter Galison, Ronald Gamble, Daniel Marrone, Scott Noble, Gary Melnick, Leonid Petrov, Hannah Rana, Kari Haworth, Sheperd Doeleman, Sara Issaoun, Shahar Hadar, Alexandru Lupsasca, Edward Tong, Kazunori Akiyama, Ranjani Srinivasan, Dan Boroson, Guangning Yang, Tiffany Hoerbelt, Jeffrey Small, Mareki Honma, Bryan Bilyeu, Ed Canavan, Katia Shtyrkova, Robert Lafon, Lenny Paritsky, Laura Sinclair, Mark Silver, Leonid Gurvits, Yuri Kovalev, Robert Lehmensiek, Hua Jiao, Lindy Blackburn, Alexandra Brosius, Rick Butler, Andrew Chael, Dominic Chang, Koushik Chatterjee, Peter Cheimets, Daniel D'Orazio, Thomas Essinger-Hileman, Vincent Fish, Garret Fitzpatrick, Charles Gammie, Zachary Gelles, Michael Hecht, Jens Kauffmann, Jared Lucey, Chung-Pei Ma, Mark Matsumura, Daniel Palumbo, Dominic Pesce, Jeff Piepmeier, Christopher Roberts, Freek Roelofs, Paul Tiede, Jaye Verniero, Maciek Wielgus, Ed Wollack, George Wong, Kelsey Gilchrist, Kayla Carmical, Andrew Lewis, Maya Wertheim, Keshet Shavit

Proceedings Volume 13092, 130922F (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019010

KEYWORDS: Antennas, Engineering, Telescopes, Laser frequency, Design, Oscillators, Optical clocks, Data transmission, Optical communications, Clocks

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Optical design of multi-field integral field unit spectrograph for the ORCAS Keck Instrument Development II (ORKID II) instrument

Bert Pasquale, Eliad Peretz, Guangjun Gao, Peter Kurczynski, Victor Chambers, Lenward Seals, Max Millar-Blanchaer, Peter Wizinowich, Marc Kassis, Peter Plavchan, Molly Adams

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309660 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019837

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Design, Spectrographs, Optical design, Spectral resolution, Optical surfaces, Optical components, Manufacturing, Iterated function systems, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

ORCAS Keck mission and instrument development

Eliad Peretz, Peter Wizinowich, Eduardo Marin, Richard Butler, Bert Pasquale, Maxwell Millar-Blanchaer, Scott Lilley, Luke Gers, Shui Hung Kwok, Jason Chin, Sam Ragland, Ed Wetherell, Brett Smith, John O'Meara, Marc Kassis, Greg Aldering, Susana Deustua, Rogier Windhorst, Christian Marois, Saul Perlmutter, Sara Seager, Breann Sitarski, Guillaume Filion, Jean Thomas Landry, Étienne Gauvin, J. Fowler, Rebecca Jensen-Clem, Eric Nielsen, Imke de Pater, Peter Plavchan, Steph Sallum, Shobita Satyapal, John Mather, Peter Kurczynski, Kayla Carmical, Jack Grossman, Andrew Lewis, Maya Wertheim, Vivian Palmer, Keshet Shavit, Kevin Hall

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130960M (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018920

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Stars, Telescopes, Image segmentation, Equipment, Asteroids, Calibration, Space operations, Exoplanets, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

The Event Horizon Explorer mission concept

Peter Kurczynski, Michael Johnson, Sheperd Doeleman, Kari Haworth, Eliad Peretz, Tirupati Kumara Sridharan, Byran Bilyeu, Lindy Blackburn, Don Boroson, Alexandra Brosius, Richard Butler, Dave Caplan, Koushik Chatterjee, Peter Cheimets, Daniel D'Orazio, Thomas Essinger-Hileman, Peter Galison, Ronald Gamble, Shahar Hadar, Tiffany Hoerbelt, Hua Jiao, Jens Kauffmann, Robert Lafon, Chung-Pei Ma, Gary Melnick, Nathan Newbury, Scott Noble, Daniel Palumbo, Lenny Paritsky, Dominic Pesce, Leonid Petrov, Jeff Piepmeier, Christopher Roberts, Bryan Robinson, Curt Shieler, Jeffrey Small, Neal Spellmeyer, Paul Tiede, Jaye Verniero, Jade Wang, Maciek Wielgus, Ed Wollack, George Wong, Guangning Yang

Proceedings Volume 12180, 121800M (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630313

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Antennas, Spatial resolution, Astrophysics, Astronomical telescopes, Telescopes, Optical communications, Laser communications, Physics, Interferometry

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SPIE Journal Paper | 21 September 2020 Open Access

Open Access

Enabling discoveries: a review of 30 years of advanced technologies and instrumentation at the National Science Foundation

Peter Kurczynski, Stasa Milojevic

JATIS, Vol. 6, Issue 03, 030901, (September 2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.6.3.030901

KEYWORDS: Astronomy, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Observatories, Stars, Astronomical imaging, Frequency combs, Exoplanets, Bolometers

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Advanced technologies and instrumentation and the National Science Foundation

Peter Kurczynski, James Neff

Proceedings Volume 10706, 1070603 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312058

KEYWORDS: Astronomy, Adaptive optics, Sensors, Astronomical imaging, Spectrographs, Exoplanets, Telescopes, Mercury cadmium telluride, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 6 August 2014 Paper

Paper

Improving the LSST dithering pattern and cadence for dark energy studies

Christopher Carroll, Eric Gawiser, Peter Kurczynski, Rachel Bailey, Rahul Biswas, David Cinabro, Saurabh Jha, R. Lynne Jones, K. Simon Krughoff, Aneesa Sonawalla, W. Michael Wood-Vasey

Proceedings Volume 9149, 91490C (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057267

KEYWORDS: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Galactic astronomy, Baryon acoustic oscillations, Astronomy, Telescopes, Physics, Calibration, Acoustics, Stellar astronomy, Astrophysics

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Proceedings Article | 22 January 2005 Paper

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A membrane mirror with transparent electrode for adaptive optics

Peter Kurczynski, Harold Dyson, Bernard Sadoulet, J. Eric Bower, Warren Lai, William Mansfield, J. Ashley Taylor

Proceedings Volume 5719, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.593234

KEYWORDS: Electrodes, Semiconducting wafers, Etching, Silicon, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Oxides, Actuators, Electronics, Deformable mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 24 January 2004 Paper

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Low-voltage 256-electrode membrane mirror system for adaptive optics

Peter Kurczynski, Harold Dyson, Bernard Sadoulet, J. Bower, Warren Lai, William Mansfield, J. Taylor

Proceedings Volume 5346, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.524486

KEYWORDS: Electrodes, Mirrors, Actuators, Adaptive optics, Wavefronts, Wavefront sensors, Deformable mirrors, Electronics, Control systems, Microelectromechanical systems

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Proceedings Article | 20 January 2003 Paper

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MOEMS spatial light modulator development at the Center for Adaptive Optics

Peter A. Krulevitch, Paul Bierden, Thomas Bifano, Emily Carr, Clara Dimas, Harold Dyson, Michael Helmbrecht, Peter Kurczynski, Richard Muller, Scot Olivier, Yves-Alain Peter, Bernard Sadoulet, Olav Solgaard, Eui-Hyeok Yang

Proceedings Volume 4983, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.478562

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Actuators, Microelectromechanical systems, Mirrors, Deformable mirrors, Electronics, Astronomy, Microopto electromechanical systems, Electrodes, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 20 January 2003 Paper

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Electrostatically actuated membrane mirrors for adaptive optics

Peter Kurczynski, Gregory Bogart, Warren Lai, Victor Lifton, William Mansfield, J. Anthony Tyson, Bernard Sadoulet, David Williams

Proceedings Volume 4983, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.473642

KEYWORDS: Electrodes, Mirrors, Silicon, Adaptive optics, Semiconducting wafers, Etching, Crystals, Actuators, Lithography, Microelectromechanical systems

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Proceedings Article | 2 October 2001 Paper

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Membrane mirrors for vision science adaptive optics

Peter Kurczynski, J. Anthony Tyson, Bernard Sadoulet, David Bishop, David Williams

Proceedings Volume 4561, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.443108

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Electrodes, Actuators, Adaptive optics, Deformable mirrors, Wavefronts, Spatial frequencies, Monochromatic aberrations, Wavefront sensors, Diffraction

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Proceedings Article | 15 October 1997 Paper

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Position resolution performance of prototype segmented CdZnTe arrays

Ann Parsons, David Palmer, Peter Kurczynski, Louis Barbier, Scott Barthelmy, Lyle Bartlett, Neil Gehrels, John Krizmanic, Carl Stahle, Jack Tueller, Bonnard Teegarden

Proceedings Volume 3114, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.283778

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Prototyping, Detector arrays, Gamma radiation, Imaging systems, Photomasks, Image segmentation, Imaging arrays, Space telescopes, Electronics

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Proceedings Article | 15 October 1997 Paper

Paper

Arc-second source positions with a prototype BASIS imaging system

David Palmer, Ann Parsons, Peter Kurczynski, Louis Barbier, Scott Barthelmy, Lyle Bartlett, Edward Fenimore, Neil Gehrels, John Krizmanic, Derrick Mancini, Carl Stahle, Jack Tueller, Bonnard Teegarden

Proceedings Volume 3114, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.283784

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Gamma radiation, Imaging systems, Prototyping, Photomasks, Space operations, Coded apertures, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Image resolution

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Proceedings Article | 18 October 1996 Paper

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CdZnTe strip detectors for astrophysical arc second imaging and spectroscopy: detector performance and radiation effects

Lyle Bartlett, Carl Stahle, David Palmer, Louis Barbier, Scott Barthelmy, F. Birsa, Neil Gehrels, John Krizmanic, Peter Kurczynski, James Odom, Ann Parsons, Carol Sappington, Peter Shu, Bonnard Teegarden, Jack Tueller

Proceedings Volume 2806, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.254023

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Imaging spectroscopy, Electronics, Radiation effects, Spectroscopy, Gamma radiation, Sensor performance, Electrons, Resistance, Image sensors

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 1996 Paper

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Radiation damage and activation of CdZnTe by intermediate energy neutrons

Lyle Bartlett, Carl Stahle, Peter Shu, Louis Barbier, Scott Barthelmy, Neil Gehrels, John Krizmanic, Peter Kurczynski, David Palmer, Ann Parsons, Bonnard Teegarden, Jack Tueller

Proceedings Volume 2859, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.245137

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Annealing, Calibration, Space operations, Cadmium, Environmental sensing, Spectral resolution, Particles, Sensor performance, Error analysis

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 1996 Paper

Paper

CdZnTe strip detector for arcsecond imaging and spectroscopy

Carl Stahle, Ann Parsons, Lyle Bartlett, Peter Kurczynski, John Krizmanic, Louis Barbier, Scott Barthelmy, F. Birsa, Neil Gehrels, James Odom, David Palmer, Carol Sappington, Peter Shu, Bonnard Teegarden, Jack Tueller

Proceedings Volume 2859, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.245125

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Imaging spectroscopy, Capacitance, Electronics, Gamma radiation, Photons, Spectroscopy, Detector arrays, Resistance, Aerospace engineering

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