Mr. Lynn N. Allen Profile

Lynn N. Allen

President at Arling Consulting LLC

SPIE Involvement:

Author

Area of Expertise:

Optical Components , Optical Imaging Systems , Optics Manufacturing and Test , Lightweight Mirrors

Websites:

Company Website

Over 30 years of leadership, business development and optical component manufacturing and testing experience.

SPIE Journal Paper | 13 March 2021 Open Access

Origins Space Telescope: trades and decisions leading to the baseline mission concept

David Leisawitz, Edward Amatucci, Lynn Allen, Jonathan Arenberg, Lee Armus, Cara Battersby, James Bauer, Ray Bell, Dominic Benford, Edwin Bergin, Jeffrey Booth, Charles Bradford, Damon Bradley, Sean Carey, Ruth Carter, Asantha Cooray, James Corsetti, Larry Dewell, Michael DiPirro, Bret Drake, Matthew East, Kimberly Ennico, Greg Feller, Angel Flores, Jonathan Fortney, Zachary Granger, Thomas Greene, Joseph Howard, Tiffany Kataria, John Knight, Charles Lawrence, Paul Lightsey, John Mather, Margaret Meixner, Gary Melnick, Craig McMurtry, Stefanie Milam, Samuel Moseley, Desika Narayanan, Alison Nordt, Deborah Padgett, Klaus Pontoppidan, Alexandra Pope, Gerard Rafanelli, David Redding, George Rieke, Thomas Roellig, Itsuki Sakon, Carly Sandin, Karin Sandstrom, Anita Sengupta, Kartik Sheth, Lawrence Sokolsky, Johannes Staguhn, John Steeves, Kevin Stevenson, Kate Su, Joaquin Vieira, Cassandra Webster, Martina Wiedner, Edward Wright, Chi Wu, David Yanatsis, Jonas Zmuidzinas, the Origins Space Telescope Mission Concept Study Team

JATIS, Vol. 7, Issue 01, 011014, (March 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011014

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Telescopes, James Webb Space Telescope, Mirrors, Optical instrument design, Astronomy, Space operations, Cryogenics, Aerospace engineering, Cryocoolers

Read Abstract +

DOWNLOAD PAPER

SPIE Journal Paper | 10 February 2021 Open Access

Materials evaluation for the Origins Space Telescope

Carly Sandin, Lynn Allen, Edward Amatucci, Jonathan Arenberg, Ruth Carter, James Corsetti, Michael DiPirro, Matthew East, Louis Fantano, Anel Flores, J. Scott Knight, David Leisawitz, Paul Lightsey, Gregory Martins, Ted Mooney, Alison Nordt, John Steeves

JATIS, Vol. 7, Issue 01, 011011, (February 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011011

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Beryllium, Silicon carbide, Manufacturing, Aluminum, Space telescopes, Silica, Metals, James Webb Space Telescope, Composites

Read Abstract +

DOWNLOAD PAPER

SPIE Journal Paper | 6 January 2021 Open Access

Origins Space Telescope: baseline mission concept

Edward Amatucci, Lynn Allen, Jonathan Arenberg, Lee Armus, Cara Battersby, James Bauer, Porfirio Beltran, Dominic Benford, Denis Burgarella, Ruth Carter, Danny Chi, Asantha Cooray, James Corsetti, Elvire De Beck, Larry Dewell, Michael DiPirro, Matthew East, Samantha Edgington, Kimberly Ennico, Louis Fantano, David Folta, Joseph Generie, Zachary Granger, Thomas Greene, Alex Griffiths, George Harpole, Frank Helmich, Joseph Howard, Tracee Jamison, Lisa Kaltenegger, Tiffany Kataria, Charles Lawrence, Margaret Meixner, Ted Mooney, Samuel Moseley, Susan Neff, Thanh Nguyen, Alison Nordt, Michael Petach, Susanna Petro, Alexandra Pope, Daniel Ramspacker, Alison Rao, Itsuki Sakon, Karin Sandstrom, Douglas Scott, Lenward Seals, Kartik Sheth, Steven Tompkins, Cassandra Webster, Martina Wiedner, Edward Wright, Chi Wu, Jonas Zmuidzinas, David Leisawitz, Bob Beaman, Raymond Bell, Edward Bergin, Jeffrey Bolognese, Charles Bradford, Damon Bradley, Sean Carey, Tom D'Asto, Kevin Denis, Christopher Derkacz, C. Paul Earle, Gregory Feller, Jonathan Fortney, Benjamin Gavares, Maryvonne Gerin, Keith Harvey, Lawrence Hilliard, Michael Jacoby, Anisa Jamil, J. Scott Knight, Perry Knollenberg, Paul Lightsey, Sarah Lipscy, Eric Mamajek, Gregory Martins, John Mather, Gary Melnick, Stefanie Milam, Desika Narayanan, Jeffrey Olson, Deborah Padgett, John Pohner, Klaus Pontoppidan, Thomas Roellig, Carly Sandin, Larry Sokolsky, Johannes Staguhn, John Steeves, Kevin Stevenson, Eric Stoneking, Kate Su, Kiarash Tajdaran, Joaquin Vieira

JATIS, Vol. 7, Issue 01, 011002, (January 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011002

Read Abstract +

DOWNLOAD PAPER

Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Open Access

The Origins Space Telescope

D. Leisawitz, E. Amatucci, L. Allen, J. Arenberg, L. Armus, C. Battersby, B. Beaman, J. Bauer, R. Bell, P. Beltran, D. Benford, E. Bergin, J. Bolognese, C. Bradford, D. Bradley, D. Burgarella, S. Carey, R. Carter, J. Chi, A. Cooray, J. Corsetti, T. D'Asto, E. De Beck, K. Denis, C. Derkacz, L. Dewell, M. DiPirro, C. P. Earle, M. East, S. Edgington, K. Ennico, L. Fantano, G. Feller, A. Flores, D. Folta, J. Fortney, B. Gavares, J. Generie, M. Gerin, Z. Granger, T. Greene, A. Griffiths, G. Harpole, K. Harvey, F. Helmich, G. Helou, L. Hilliard, J. Howard, M. Jacoby, A. Jamil, T. Jamison, L. Kaltenegger, T. Kataria, J. S. Knight, P. Knollenberg, C. Lawrence, P. Lightsey, S. Lipscy, C. Lynch, E. Mamajek, G. Martins, J. Mather, M. Meixner, G. Melnick, S. Milam, T. Mooney, S. Moseley, D. Narayanan, S. Neff, T. Nguyen, A. Nordt, J. Olson, D. Padgett, M. Petach, S. Petro, J. Pohner, K. Pontoppidan, A. Pope, D. Ramspacher, A. Rao, G. Rieke, M. Rieke, T. Roellig, I. Sakon, C. Sandin, K. Sandstrom, D. Scott, L. Seals, K. Sheth, J. Staguhn, J. Steeves, K. Stevenson, L. Stokowski, E. Stoneking, K. Su, K. Tajdaran, S. Tompkins, J. Turner, J. Vieira, C. Webster, M. Wiedner, E. Wright, C. Wu, J. Zmuidzinas

Proceedings Volume 11115, 111150Q (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530514

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Planets, Stars, Telescopes, Astronomy, James Webb Space Telescope, Sensors, Space telescopes, Exoplanets, Observatories

Read Abstract +

DOWNLOAD PAPER

Proceedings Article | 24 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

The Origins Space Telescope: mission concept overview

D. Leisawitz, E. Amatucci, R. Carter, M. DiPirro, A. Flores, J. Staguhn, C. Wu, L. Allen, J. Arenberg, L. Armus, C. Battersby, J. Bauer, R. Bell, P. Beltran, D. Benford, E. Bergin, C. Bradford, D. Bradley, D. Burgarella, S. Carey, D. Chi, A. Cooray, J. Corsetti, E. De Beck, K. Denis, L. Dewell, M. East, S. Edgington, K. Ennico, L. Fantano, G. Feller, D. Folta, J. Fortney, J. Generie, M. Gerin, Z. Granger, G. Harpole, K. Harvey, F. Helmich, L. Hilliard, J. Howard, M. Jacoby, A. Jamil, T. Kataria, S. Knight, P. Knollenberg, P. Lightsey, S. Lipscy, E. Mamajek, G. Martins, M. Meixner, G. Melnick, S. Milam, T. Mooney, S. Moseley, D. Narayanan, S. Neff, T. Nguyen, A. Nordt, J. Olson, D. Padgett, M. Petach, S. Petro, J. Pohner, K. Pontoppidan, A. Pope, D. Ramspacher, T. Roellig, I. Sakon, C. Sandin, K. Sandstrom, D. Scott, K. Sheth, J. Steeves, K. Stevenson, L. Stokowski, E. Stoneking, K. Su, K. Tajdaran, S. Tompkins, J. Vieira, C. Webster, M. Wiedner, E. Wright, J. Zmuidzinas

Proceedings Volume 10698, 1069815 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313823

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Sensors, Mirrors, Astrophysics, Astronomy, James Webb Space Telescope, Aerospace engineering, Cryocoolers

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation

Considerations for the development of Lynx (Conference Presentation)

Jonathan Arenberg, Lynn Allen, James Mooney, Bill Purcell, Steven Jordan

Proceedings Volume 10699, 1069916 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312369

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Observatories, Calibration

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

The Lynx X-ray Observatory: concept study overview and status

Jessica Gaskin, Alexandra Dominguez, Karen Gelmis, John (Jack) Mulqueen, Douglas Swartz, Kevin McCarley, Feryal Özel, Alexey Vikhlinin, Daniel Schwartz, Harvey Tananbaum, Gary Blackwood, Jonathan Arenberg, William Purcell, Lynn Allen

Proceedings Volume 10699, 106990N (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314149

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Mirrors, Observatories, Galactic astronomy, Space operations, Spatial resolution, X-ray technology, Sensors, Calibration, Astrophysics

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Material selection for far Infrared telescope mirrors

Matthew East, J. Scott Knight, Lynn Allen, Ted Mooney, Keith Havey

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106981N (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314310

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Beryllium, Cryogenics, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Silicon carbide, James Webb Space Telescope, Aluminum, Infrared telescopes, Glasses

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Picometer level stability of a mounted mirror assembly

Matthew East, David Redding, Chistopher Sullivan, Ted Mooney, Lynn Allen

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106980Y (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314332

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Adhesives, Wavefronts, 3D modeling, Control systems, Systems modeling, Thermal modeling, Temperature metrology, Coronagraphy, Metrology

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 14 July 1995 Paper

Progress in ion figuring large optics

Lynn Allen

Proceedings Volume 2428, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.213776

KEYWORDS: Ions, Surface finishing, Polishing, Ion beams, Argon, Zerodur, Silica, Silicon carbide, Mirrors, Telescopes

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 13 January 1992 Paper

Final surface error correction of an off-axis aspheric petal by ion figuring

Lynn Allen, John Hannon, Richard Wambach

Proceedings Volume 1543, (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.51181

KEYWORDS: Ions, Surface finishing, Ion beams, Optical components, Polishing, Aspheric lenses, Mirrors, Optical testing, Interferometers, Optical fabrication

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 1 January 1992 Paper

Surface error correction of a Keck 10-m telescope primary mirror segment by ion figuring

Lynn Allen, Robert Keim, Timothy Lewis, James Ullom

Proceedings Volume 1531, (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.134862

KEYWORDS: Ions, Mirrors, Optical testing, Optics manufacturing, Surface finishing, Ion beams, Telescopes, Zerodur, Phase modulation, Iterated function systems

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 1 November 1990 Paper

Demonstration of an ion-figuring process

Lynn Allen, Henry Romig

Proceedings Volume 1333, (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22786

KEYWORDS: Ions, Ion beams, Optics manufacturing, Optical testing, Surface finishing, Iterated function systems, Thermography, Sensors, Thermal effects, Polishing

Read Abstract +

Showing 5 of 13 publications

SPIE Conference Volume | 13 January 2004

Advances in Mirror Technology for X-Ray, EUV Lithography, Laser, and Other Applications

Conference Committee Involvement (1)

Advances in Mirror Technology for X-Ray, EUV Lithography, Laser, and Other Applications

7 August 2003 | San Diego, California, United States

Keywords/Phrases

Search In:

Publication Years