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  1. Special Section Guest Editorial: Lessons Learned from the James Webb Space Telescope Program

    Article • Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems, March 2024, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  2. What is the main lesson we learned from our work on designing and building the Webb Space Telescope.

    Article • Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems, March 2024, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  3. Constructing Highly Accurate Inflatable Parabolic Dish Reflector Antennas and Solar Concentrators

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jonathan Arenberg, Gerard Pardoen

  4. Very Large-diameter, Ultralight Space Telescopes to Enable Large-scale Survey of Candidate Earth-like Planets for Signatures of Life

    Article • November 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jonathan Arenberg

  5. Laser damage, a new US standard: What is in it for me?

    Article • February 2020, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  6. Disruptive space telescope concepts, designs, and developments: OASIS and Nautilus -INVITED

    Article • EPJ Web of Conferences, January 2020, EDP Sciences

    Jonathan Arenberg

  7. Analysis of the cost, schedule, and risk for Lynx mirror assembly production

    Article • October 2019, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  8. Large ultra-stable telescope system study

    Article • September 2019, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  9. Nautilus Observatory: a space telescope array based on very large aperture ultralight diffractive optical elements

    Article • September 2019, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  10. The Origins Space Telescope

    Article • September 2019, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  11. Twenty years of Chandra operations: telescope thermal performance and application of lessons learned to the Lynx mission

    Article • September 2019, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  12. A Thousand Earths: A Very Large Aperture, Ultralight Space Telescope Array for Atmospheric Biosignature Surveys

    Article • The Astronomical Journal, July 2019, American Astronomical Society

    Jonathan Arenberg

  13. Lynx X-Ray Observatory: an overview

    Article • Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems, May 2019, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  14. Formulation of the production time and cost of the Lynx x-ray mirror assembly based on queuing theory

    Article • Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems, May 2019, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  15. Special Section Guest Editorial: Laser Damage IV

    Article • Optical Engineering, January 2019, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  16. Optics technology for large-aperture space telescopes: from fabrication to final acceptance tests

    Article • Advances in Optics and Photonics, August 2018, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Jonathan Arenberg

  17. The Origins Space Telescope: mission concept overview

    Article • July 2018, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  18. Breaking the cost curve: applying lessons learned from the James Webb space telescope development

    Article • July 2018, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  19. Stray light overview for the Origins Space telescope

    Article • July 2018, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

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

    Article • July 2018, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  21. U.S. National Committee proposed revision to the ISO Laser Damage Standard

    Article • November 2017, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  22. A method for the determination of defect density from standard damage frequency measurements

    Article • November 2017, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  23. An empirical investigation of the laser survivability curve: VIII-summary

    Article • November 2017, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  24. Uncertainty on areal defect density measurements

    Article • November 2017, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  25. SYNERGY: an Explorer mission concept for a next-generation ultraviolet survey

    Article • September 2017, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  26. A semi-empirical method for the prediction of molecular contaminant film accumulation (Conference Presentation)

    Article • November 2016, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  27. A performance budget for the x-ray surveyor telescope

    Article • August 2016, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  28. Status of the JWST sunshield and spacecraft

    Article • August 2016, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  29. Radiance from an ice contaminated surface

    Article • August 2016, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  30. Ensuring the enduring viability of the space science enterprise: new questions, new thinking, new paradigms

    Article • August 2016, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  31. End-to-end assessment of a large aperture segmented ultraviolet optical infrared (UVOIR) telescope architecture

    Article • July 2016, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  32. Laser damage threshold: useful idea or dangerous misconception?

    Article • November 2015, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  33. They never told me about this in engineering school: lessons from the front line

    Article • September 2015, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  34. Sensitivity test method for the characterization of laser damage behavior

    Article • Optical Engineering, December 2014, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  35. Statistics of Laser Damage Threshold Measurements

    Article • November 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Jonathan Arenberg

  36. A maximum likelihood method for the measurement of laser damage behavior

    Article • October 2014, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  37. An empirical investigation of the laser survivability curve: V

    Article • October 2014, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  38. Analysis of the laser damage characteristics of a production lot

    Article • October 2014, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  39. Contamination control requirements implementation for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), part 1: optics, instruments and thermal vacuum testing

    Article • September 2014, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  40. Stray light performance for the James Webb Space Telescope

    Article • August 2014, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  41. Determination of emissivities of key thermo-optical surfaces on the James Webb Space Telescope

    Article • August 2014, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  42. A new paradigm for space astrophysics mission design

    Article • August 2014, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  43. Lessons we learned designing and building the Chandra telescope

    Article • July 2014, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  44. An empirical investigation of the laser survivability curve: IV

    Article • November 2013, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  45. Laser damage threshold measurements via maximum likelihood estimation

    Article • November 2013, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  46. Direct comparision of the damage frequency method and binary search technique

    Article • Optical Engineering, December 2012, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  47. An empirical investigation of the laser survivability curve: III

    Article • December 2012, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  48. Improving laser damage threshold measurements: an explosive analogy

    Article • December 2012, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  49. An empirical investigation of the laser survivability curve: II

    Article • October 2011, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  50. S on 1 testing of AR and HR designs at 1064nm

    Article • October 2010, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  51. An empirical investigation of the laser survivability curve

    Article • October 2010, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  52. Systems engineering on the James Webb Space Telescope

    Article • July 2010, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  53. Life testing for laser optics: a first look

    Article • October 2009, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  54. Starshade scaling relations

    Article • August 2009, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  55. Calculation of error bars for laser damage observations

    Article • October 2008, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  56. The effect of pseudo-accumulation in the measurement of fatigue laser-induced damage threshold

    Article • October 2008, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  57. Contamination effects and requirements derivation for the James Webb Space Telescope

    Article • August 2008, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  58. Deployment technologies for terrestrial planet finding missions

    Article • July 2008, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  59. Architecting a revised optical test approach for JWST

    Article • July 2008, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  60. Design status of the James Webb Space Telescope

    Article • July 2008, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  61. New Worlds Observer system architecture

    Article • July 2008, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  62. Sensitivity analysis of the New Worlds starshade's shadow

    Article • July 2008, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  63. Toward a sustainable next generation x-ray observatory

    Article • July 2008, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  64. Verification, validation, and testing the New Worlds Observer: first thoughts

    Article • July 2008, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  65. Measurement of large cryogenic structures using a spatially phase-shifted digital speckle pattern interferometer

    Article • Applied Optics, February 2008, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Jonathan Arenberg

  66. The relationship between laser fluence profile and the cumulative probability of damage curve

    Article • October 2007, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  67. Effects of ice on the transmission of the James Webb Space Telescope

    Article • September 2007, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  68. Effects of scattered light on the performance of the New Worlds Starshade

    Article • September 2007, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  69. Measurement of structural damping in the backplane of the James Webb Space Telescope

    Article • September 2007, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  70. New Worlds Observer tolerance overview

    Article • September 2007, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  71. New Worlds Observer: system architecture for terrestrial planet finding

    Article • September 2007, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  72. Technology demonstration of large stable cryogenic composite structures for JWST

    Article • September 2007, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  73. External occulters for direct observation of exoplanets: an overview

    Article • September 2007, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  74. Optical performance of the New Worlds Occulter

    Article • Comptes Rendus Physique, April 2007, Elsevier

    Jonathan Arenberg

  75. A mechanism for erosion of optics exposed to a laser-generated EUV plasma

    Article • October 2006, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  76. Architectures for space astronomical telescopes using Fresnel optics

    Article • June 2006, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  77. New Worlds Occulter performance: a first look

    Article • June 2006, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  78. The JWST backplane stability test article: a critical technology demonstration

    Article • June 2006, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  79. The New Worlds Observer: using occulters to directly observe planets

    Article • June 2006, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  80. A revised method for the fitting function in the damage frequency method

    Article • October 2005, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  81. Benefits from a change in the fitting function in the damage frequency method

    Article • October 2005, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  82. Direct comparision of the damage frequency method and binary search technique

    Article • October 2005, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  83. New Worlds Observer: A Novel Mission Concept for Exoplanetary Studies

    Article • Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, October 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Jonathan Arenberg

  84. Towards an Optimal Observation Strategy for Direct Detection Exoplanet Searches

    Article • Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, October 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Jonathan Arenberg

  85. Applications of Fresnel optics to enable new space-based astronomy

    Article • August 2005, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  86. Direct studies of exo-planets with the New Worlds Observer

    Article • August 2005, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  87. Feasibility studies of laser desorption to study surfaces of Jupiter's icy moons

    Article • August 2005, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  88. Image quality budget for the Generation-X Telescope

    Article • August 2005, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  89. SAFIR architecture concept

    Article • October 2004, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  90. An intermodule alignment budget for the Generation-X Telescope

    Article • October 2004, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  91. A 12-m Telescope Concept for SAFIR

    Article • September 2004, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jonathan Arenberg

  92. A System Feasibility Study for Satellite Based Laser Doppler Seismometry

    Article • September 2004, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jonathan Arenberg

  93. Feasibility Study of Laser Desorption to Study Surfaces of Jupiter's Icy Moons

    Article • September 2004, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jonathan Arenberg

  94. MISSE Next: In Space Testing of Optics, A Vital Engineering Research Need

    Article • September 2004, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jonathan Arenberg

  95. Calculation of the electric field magnitude at total internal reflection surfaces

    Article • June 2004, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  96. Interpretation of the result of a laser damage measurement

    Article • June 2004, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  97. Accuracy and repeatability of laser damage threshold measurements made via order statistics

    Article • May 2003, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  98. Calculation of electric field intensity at dielectric interfaces (Abstract Only)

    Article • May 2003, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  99. Characterization of particulate contamination of optics

    Article • May 2003, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  100. Tunable Cr:ZnSe Laser for HF Laser Diagnostics

    Article • May 2002, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jonathan Arenberg

  101. Tunable solid state laser for HF mirror metrology

    Article • May 2002, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  102. Calculation of relative damage thresholds for coated or contaminated total internal reflection surfaces

    Article • March 2002, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  103. Measurement of relative damage thresholds at total internal reflection surfaces

    Article • March 2002, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  104. Use of order statistics in the determination of laser damage threshold

    Article • March 2002, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  105. Plans for ensuring survival of SBL optics in the low earth orbit environment

    Article • June 2001, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jonathan Arenberg

  106. Uncooled resonator technology

    Article • June 2001, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jonathan Arenberg

  107. Calculation of relative damage thresholds for total internal reflection surfaces

    Article • April 2001, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  108. Extrapolation of the probability of survival of a large-area optic based on a small sample

    Article • April 2001, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  109. Error analysis of ISO 11551

    Article • March 2000, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  110. National round-robin test on laser induced damage at 1.064 μm: revised data reduction and correlation analysis

    Article • April 1999, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  111. Area budgeting in the damage frequency method

    Article • April 1998, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  112. Error sources in the damage frequency method

    Article • April 1998, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  113. Absolute calibration of the AXAF telescope effective area

    Article • July 1997, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  114. Comparison of the damage frequency method and the binary search technique

    Article • May 1997, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  115. Spatial fluence profile for certification test of laser damage resistance: call for comments

    Article • May 1997, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  116. Accuracy and precision of laser damage measurements made via binary search techniques

    Article • May 1996, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  117. Design of a certification test for laser damage resistance

    Article • May 1996, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  118. Uncertainty in damage-frequency threshold measurements

    Article • May 1996, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  119. Calculation of uncertainty in laser-damage thresholds determined by use of the damage-frequency method

    Article • July 1995, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  120. Determination of minimal test sample size for high-accuracy laser damage testing

    Article • July 1995, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  121. Monte-Carlo-based calculation of measurement quality for three variants of the damage frequency method

    Article • July 1994, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  122. Requirements for the detection of damage events and measurement of laser fluence for high-quality damage threshold measurements

    Article • July 1994, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  123. Revised damage frequency method for the determination of laser damage threshold

    Article • July 1994, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  124. Investigation of the accuracy and precision of the damage-frequency method of measuring laser damage threshold

    Article • June 1993, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  125. Motion detection system for AXAF x-ray ground testing

    Article • January 1993, SPIE

    Jonathan Arenberg

  126. Correlating laser damage tests

    Article • Applied Optics, January 1989, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Jonathan Arenberg

  127. Temporary laser damage threshold enhancement by laser conditioning of antireflection‐coated glass

    Article • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, August 1987, American Institute of Physics

    Jonathan Arenberg

  128. A Set of Standard Definitions for Laser Damage Parameters and Procedures

    Article • ASTM International

    Jonathan Arenberg

  129. Production Oriented Laser Damage Testing at Hughes Aircraft Company

    Article • ASTM International

    Jonathan Arenberg

  130. A Sensor for Production Oriented Damage Testing at 1.06μm

    Article • ASTM International

    Jonathan Arenberg

  131. On the Role of Water in the Laser Conditioning Effect

    Article • ASTM International

    Jonathan Arenberg

  132. Architectures for Space Astronomical Telescopes Using Fresnel Optics

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Jonathan Arenberg