Prof. James P. Hamilton Profile

Prof. James P. Hamilton

CEO at Photonic Cleaning Technologies

SPIE Involvement:

Corporate and Exhibitor Committee | Conference Program Committee | Author

Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Presentation

Progress towards zero defect coatings: evaluation of first contact polymer cleaning before sputtered aluminum mirror coating on BK7 glass

James Hamilton, Noah Milder, Nick Baker, Mary Ellen Moran

Proceedings Volume PC12677, PC126770A (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2670354

KEYWORDS: Polymers, Mirror surfaces, Optical coatings, Aluminum mirrors, Vacuum chambers, Polymer thin films, Aluminum, Statistical analysis, Polishing, Optical surfaces

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Proceedings Article | 2 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

Variable-angle, spectroscopic ellipsometry study on the repeated application of first contact polymer on silicon-based surfaces

Joshua Vawdrey, James Hamilton, David Allred

Proceedings Volume 12666, 1266609 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2692390

KEYWORDS: Silicon, Oxides, Contamination, Silicon nitride, Optical surfaces, Silica, Statistical analysis, Linear regression, Spectroscopic ellipsometry, Ellipsometry

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Proceedings Article | 3 October 2022 Presentation

Polymer coating-based contaminant control/elimination for NASA's Exo-S starshade probe and space telescopes (Conference Presentation)

James Hamilton, Kyle Horne, Mark Levenstein, Brandon Robinson, Alana Wakefield, Katie Lameyer, Austin Rickertsen, Madison Meuth, Noah Milder, Adam Wildman, Mary Ellen Moran, Ethan Taylor

Proceedings Volume 12221, 1222106 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2646368

KEYWORDS: Polymers, Space telescopes, Stars, Spectroscopy, New and emerging technologies, Nanoimprint lithography, Light scattering, LIGO

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Open Access

Photonic Cleaning Technologies: First Contact Polymer and World-Class Telescopes

David Giesen, James Hamilton, Sherri Sherman

Proceedings Volume AS20EX, AS20EX0C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2588661

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation

Elimination of Mirror Recoating and Realignment: Optical Contamination Control Using First Contact Polymers on GTC, Keck, LIGO and Starshade Telescopes (Conference Presentation)

James Hamilton, Austin Rickertsen, Daniel Hamilton, David Giesen

Proceedings Volume 10706, 107061V (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314736

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Mirrors, Polymers, Telescopes, Contamination control, LIGO, Space mirrors, Astronomical telescopes, Coating, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation

A study of ultrathin fluoride and removable barrier films on aluminum for space-observatories with far UV observations. (Conference Presentation)

David Allred, Yhoshua Wug-Jerez, R. Steven Turley, J. Gabriel Richardson, James Hamilton

Proceedings Volume 10699, 1069903 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314382

KEYWORDS: Aluminum, Ultraviolet radiation, Mirrors, Amorphous silicon, Earth's atmosphere, Reflectivity, Space mirrors, Magnesium fluoride, Lithium, Mirror pointing

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Proceedings Article | 30 December 2008 Paper

Increased laser damage threshold by protecting and cleaning optics using first contact polymer stripcoatings: preliminary data

Eric Bailey, Nicholas Confer, Vanessa Lutzke, Dana Drochner, Kyle Vircks, James Hamilton

Proceedings Volume 7132, 71321M (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.804018

KEYWORDS: Polymers, Laser damage threshold, Optical coatings, Semiconducting wafers, Contamination, YAG lasers, Laser optics, Optics manufacturing, Laser induced damage, Silicon

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2008 Paper

Surface cleaning of CCD imagers using an electrostatic dissipative formulation of First Contact polymer

G. Derylo, J. Estrada, B. Flaugher, J. Hamilton, D. Kubik, K. Kuk, V. Scarpine

Proceedings Volume 7018, 701858 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789654

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Sensors, Polymers, CCD image sensors, Quantum efficiency, Contamination, Imaging systems, Antireflective coatings, Astronomy, Carbon nanotubes

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2008 Paper

Experiments using First Contact polymer as a final cleaning step for aluminizing

Gregory Barrick, Marc Baril, Tom Benedict, Philip Jackson, James Hamilton

Proceedings Volume 7018, 70185B (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787642

KEYWORDS: Coating, Mirrors, Reflectivity, Contamination, Polymers, Nitrogen, Photography, Back illuminated sensors, Plasma, Carbon dioxide

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Conference Committee Involvement (8)

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

3 August 2025 | San Diego, California, United States

Optical Manufacturing and Testing 2024

20 August 2024 | 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

Optical Manufacturing and Testing XIV

22 August 2022 | San Diego, California, United States

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

4 August 2021 | San Diego, California, United States

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