Erkin Sidick's Publications List

(1) Journal Papers:  

1.       Erkin Sidick, Ben Nowack, and Tristan Semmelhack, "Night sky brightness caused by orbital reflectors," Proc. SmallSat 2025 (Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug 2025), paperSSC25-P2-61, to be published.

2.       A. J. Eldorado Riggs, others, Erkin Sidick, others, “Flight masks of the Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument,” J. Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, vol. 11, pp.021403, (March 2025). 

3.       Brandon Dube, Hani Nejadriahi, Erkin Sidick, others, “Absolute and differential complex E field reconstruction by phase shifting interferometry,” Proc. SPIE  vol. 13092, pp.130926F (2024).

  1. Stewart Sherrit, others, Erkin Sidick, others, "Characterization of surface parallel mirror actuation using preloaded commercial lead zirconate titanate (PZT) stacks," Proc. SPIE Vol. 12949, pp. 1294908-1 (2024).
  2. David Redding, others, Erkin Sidick,others, “Wavefront sensing and control for a future Habitable Worlds Observatory,” Proc. SPIE vol. 13092, pp.130921P-1 (2024).

6.       David Redding, Erkin Sidick, John Z Lou, Brandon Dube and Scott Basinger, "Integrated active control of coronagraph and telescope for high contrast imaging," Proc. SPIE Vol. 12680, pp. 126801M-1 (2023).

7.       Erkin Sidick, Brandon D Dube, and others, “Design of vector-vortex coronagraphs for exoplanet science using a Six Meter Space Telescope,” 2023 IEEE Aerospace Conference, IEEE Xplore: 15 May 2023.

8.       Erkin Sidick, Lewis Roberts, Victor Vilnrotter, Luis Marchen, “Simulations of uplink pre-compensation for laser communications,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 12237, pp. 1223709, Aug 2022.

  1. Jorge Llop-Sayson, others, and Erkin Sidick, "Coronagraph design with the electric field conjugation algorithm," Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS), vol. 8(1), pp. 015003-1 to 16, Jan-Mar 2022.
  2. Stewart Sherrit, Carey L. Weisberg, Erin Sidick, others, “Characterization of multilayer piezoelectric stacks down to 100K for surface parallel mirror actuation,” Proc. SPIE Vol.12188, 121881N (2022).
  3. Riggs, A. J. Eldorado, others, Sidick, Erkin, others, "Flight mask designs of the Roman Space Telescope coronagraph instrument," Proc. SPIE, vol. 11823, pp. 118231Y-1, Aug 2021.
  4. Erkin Sidick and A. J. Eldorado Riggs, "Optimization of Lyot Coronagraph Focal Plane Masks for Improved Low-Order Wavefront Sensing, " Proc. SPIE, vol. 11117, pp. 111170G-1, Aug 2019.
  5. Erkin Sidick ; John Krist ; Ilya Poberezhskiy, "WFIRST coronagraph: digging dark-holes with partially corrected pupil phase,", Proc. SPIE, vol. 10698, pp. 106986W-1, June 2018.
  6. Erkin Sidick ; A. J. Eldorado Riggs ; Garreth Ruane ; John Krist ; Dwight Moody ; Carl Coker, "Fast linearized coronagraph optimizer (FALCO) II: optical model validation and time savings over other methods, " Proc. SPIE, vol. 10698, pp. 106984S-1, June 2018.
  7. A J Eldorado Riggs, Garreth Ruane, Erkin Sidick, Carl Coker, Brian D. Kern, "Fast Linearized Coronagraph Optimizer (FALCO) I: A software toolbox for rapid coronagraphic design and wavefront correction," Proc. SPIE, vol. 10698, pp. 10698, June 2018.
  8. Carl Coker ; others ; Erkin Sidick ; others, "Fast linearized coronagraph optimizer (FALCO) III: optimization of key coronagraph design parameters," Proc. SPIE, vol. 10698, pp. 1069851-1, June 2018.
  9. G. Ruane, others, E. Sidick, others, "Fast Linearized Coronagraph Optimizer (FALCO) IV. Coronagraph design survey for obstructed and segmented apertures," Proc. SPIE, vol. 10698, pp. 10698, June 2018.
  10. John Krist ; others; Erkin Sidick ; others, "WFIRST coronagraph flight performance modeling," Proc. SPIE, vol. 10698, pp. 106982K-1, June 2018.
  11. Joseph Green ; Samuel Case Bradford ; Thomas Gautier ; Michael Rodgers ; Erkin Sidick ; Gautam Vasisht, "Architecture for space-based exoplanet spectroscopy in the mid-infrared," Proc. SPIE, vol. 10698, pp. 106981C-1, June 2018.
  12. Erkin Sidick, Byoung-Joon Seo, Brian Kern, Ilya Poberezhskiy ,Bijan Nemati, and John Trauger, "Sensitivity of WFIRST coronagraph broadband contrast performance to DM actuator errors," Proc. SPIE, vol. 10400, vol. pp.1040006-1, August 2017.
  13. Erkin Sidick, Byoung-Joon Seo, Brian Kern, David Marx, Ilya Poberezhskiy, and Bijan Nemati, "Optimizing the Regularization in Broadband Wavefront Control Algorithm for WFIRST Coronagraph," Proc. SPIE, vol. 10400, vol. pp.1040022-1, August 2017.
  14. Marco Quadrelli, Erkin Sidick, Scott Basinger, "Unconventional imaging with contained granular media," Proc. SPIE, vol. 10410, vol. pp.104100W-1, August 2017.
  15. F. Shi, others, Erkin Sidick, others, "Dynamic testbed demonstration of WFIRST coronagraph low order wavefront sensing and control (LOWFS/C)," Proc. SPIE, vol. 10400, vol. pp.104000D-1, August 2017.
  16. Byoung-Joon Seo, others, Erkin Sidick, others, "Hybrid Lyot coronagraph for WFIRST: high-contrast broadband testbed demonstration," Proc. SPIE, vol. 10400, vol. pp.104000E-1, August 2017.
  17. John Krist, others, Erkin Sidick, others, "WFIRST coronagraph optical modeling," Proc. SPIE, vol. 10400, vol. pp.1040004-1, August 2017.
  18. David Marx, Byoung-Joon Seo, Erkin Sidick, Brian Kern ,Bijan Nemati ,Ilya Poberezhskiy, "Electric field conjugation in the presence of model uncertainty," Proc. SPIE, vol. 10400, vol. pp.104000P-1, August 2017.
  19. Erkin Sidick, and others, “WFIRST/AFTA Coronagraph Contrast Performance Sensitivity Studies: Simulation versus Experiment,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 9912, pp. 9912-6M, July 2016.
  20. Fang Shi, others, Erkin Sidick, and others, “Low Order Wavefront Sensing and Control for WFIRST Coronagraph,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 9912, pp. 9912-18, July 2016.
  21. Brian Kern, others, Erkin Sidick, others, “Phase-induced amplitude apodization complex mask coronagraph mask fabrication, characterization, and modeling for WFIRST-AFTA,” Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS), vol. 2(1), pp. 011014-1 to 8, Jan-Mar 2016.
  22. F. Shi, others, Erkin Sidick, others, "Low order wavefront sensing and control for WFIRST-AFTA coronagraph," Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS), vol. 2(1), pp. 011021-1 to 19, Jan-Mar 2016.
  23. Erkin Sidick, Stuart Shaklan, and Eric Cady, "High-contrast coronagraph performance in the presence of DM actuator defects," Proc. SPIE, vol. 9605, pp. 9605-68, August  2015.
  24. Erkin Sidick, Stuart Shaklan, K. Balasubramanian, and Eric Cady, "Studies of the effects of control bandwidth and dark-hole size on the HCIT contrast performance," Proc. SPIE, vol. 9605, pp. 9605-16, August  2015.
  25.  Erkin Sidick, and Fang Shi, " Effect of DM Actuator Errors on the WFIRST/AFTA Coronagraph Contrast Performance," Proc. SPIE, vol. 9605, pp. 9605-06, August  2015.
  26. John Krist, others, Erkin Sidick, others, "An overview of WFIRST-AFTA coronagraph modeling," Proc. SPIE, vol. 9605, pp. 9605-4, August  2015.
  27. F. Shi, others, Erkin Sidick, others, "Low order wavefront sensing and control for WFIRST/AFTA coronagraph," Proc. SPIE, vol. 9605, pp. 9605-8, August  2015.
  28. Ilya Poberezhskiy, others, Erkin Sidick, others, "Technology development towards WFIRST-AFTA coronagraph ,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 9143, pp. 91430P, August 2, 2014.
  29. Erkin Sidick, S. Shaklan, K. Bala, E. Cady, and J. Krist , " High-Contrast Coronagraph Performance in the Presence of Focal Plane Mask Defects ,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 9143, pp. 9143-107, June 20, 2014.
  30. Erkin Sidick, B. Kern, R. Belikov, A. Kuhnert, and S. Shaklan, " Simulated Contrast Performance of Phase Induced Amplitude Apodization (PIAA) Coronagraph Testbed ,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 9143, pp. 9143-29, June 20, 2014.
  31. Erkin Sidick, Brian Kern, Andreas Kuhnert and Stuart Shaklan, " Comparison of simulated contrast performance of different phase induced amplitude apodization (PIAA) coronagraph configurations ,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 8864, pp. 88641Y, September 26, 2013.
  32. Erkin Sidick, Stuart Shaklan, John Krist, Eric J. Cady, and Brian Kern, " HCIT contrast performance sensitivity studies: Simulation versus experiment ,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 8864, pp. 88640Q, September 26, 2013.
  33. E. Sidick , "Extended scene SH wavefront sensor algorithm: Minimization of scene content dependent shift estimation errors,” Applied Optics, Vol. 52, pp. 6487-6496, September 2013.
  34. Erkin Sidick, Stuart Shaklan, and Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian, " HCIT broadband contrast performance sensitivity studies ,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 8520, pp.85200M-1, August 2012.
  35. Erkin Sidick, Stuart Shaklan, Amir Give’on, and Brian Kern, " Studies of the effects of optical system errors on the HCIT contrast performance ,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 8151, pp.8151-06, August 2011.
  36. E. Sidick, " Adaptive periodic-correlation algorithm for extended scene shack-hartmann wavefront sensing ,” in Imaging and Applied Optics Technical Digest (OSA, Washington, DC, 2011), post-deadline paper CPDP1. 10-14 July 2011.
  37. E. Sidick, S. Shaklan, A. Give’on, and B. Kern, " Studies of the effects of actuator errors on the HCIT/PIAA contrast performance ,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 7731, pp.7731-4T, June 2010.
  38. F. Shi, S. Basinger, R. Diaz, H. Tang, R. Lam, E. Sidick, R. Hein, M. Rud, and M. Troy, " Advanced Wavefront Sensing & Control Testbed (AWCT) ,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 7739, pp.7739-2W, June 2010.
  39. E. Sidick, " New Variance-Reducing Methods for the PSD Analysis of Large Optical Surfaces ,” in Optical Fabrication & Testing CD-ROM (OSA, Washington, DC, 2010), paper JMB1.
  40. E. Sidick, J. Z. Lou, S. Shaklan, and M. Levine, " Performance sensitivity studies on the PIAA implementation of the High-Contrast Imaging Testbed ,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 7440, pp. 7440-17, August 2009.
  41. E. Sidick, " Power spectral density specification and analysis of large optical surfaces ,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 7390, pp. 73900L, June 2009.
  42. E. Sidick, " Dependence of adaptive cross-correlation algorithm performance on the extended scene image quality ,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 7093, pp. 70930G, August 2008.
  43. E. Sidick, Scott A. Basinger, and David C. Redding, " An improved wavefront control algorithm for large space telescopes ,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 7015, pp. 70154P, June 2008.
  44. E. Sidick, Joseph J. Green, Rhonda M. Morgan, Catherine M. Ohara, David C. Redding, "Adaptive cross-correlation algorithm for extended scene Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing,” Optics Letters, vol. 33, pp. 213-215. Feb. 2008.
  45. E. Sidick , "Requirements on optical-density and phase dispersion of imperfect band-limited occulting masks in a broadband coronagraph,” Applied Optics, vol. 26, pp. 7485-7493, Oct. 20, 2007.
  46. E. Sidick, Joseph J. Green, Catherine M. Ohara, and David C. Redding, "An adaptive cross-correlation algorithm for extended scene Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing," in Adaptive Optics CD-ROM (OSA, Washington, DC, 2007), paper JTuA7.
  47. E. Sidick, Rhonda M. Morgan, Joseph J. Green, Catherine M. Ohara, David C. Redding, , "Adaptive cross-correlation algorithm and experiment of extended scene Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing," Proc. SPIE vol. 6687, pp. 668710, August 2007.
  48. E. Sidick, Brian D. Kern, Anreas C. Kuhnet, "Optimizing the broadband performance of TPF's high-contrast imaging testbed through modeling and simulations," Proc. SPIE vol. 6693, paper 66931B, August 2007.
  49. E. Sidick and Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian, "Effects of optical-density and phase dispersion of an imperfect band-limited occulting mask on the broadband performance of a TPF coronagraph," Proc. SPIE vol. 6693, pp. 66931C, August 2007.
  50. Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian, Daniel W. Wilson, Brian D. Kern, Erkin Sidick, "Thickness-dependent optical properties of metals and alloys applicable to TPF coronagraph image masks," Proc. SPIE vol. 6693, pp. 66930Z, August 2007.
  51. Rhonda M. Morgan, William K. Wilkie, Xiaoqi Bao, Erkin Sidick, "Actuator fault detection via electrical impedance testing," Proc. SPIE vol. 6711, pp. 67110A, August 2007.
  52. K. Balasubramanian, E. Sidick, D. W. Wilson, D. J. Hoppe, S. B. Shaklan, and J. T. Trauger, "Band-limited masks for TPF coronagraph," C. R. Physique vol. 8, pp. 288-297 (2007).
  53. Erkin Sidick and Daniel W. Wilson, "Behavior of imperfect band-limited coronagraphic masks in a high-contrast imaging system ," Applied Optics vol. 46, No. 9, pp. 1397-1407, 20 March 2007.
  54. Erkin Sidick , A. C. Kuhnert, and J. T. Trauger, "Broadband performance of TPF's High-Contrast Imaging Testbed: Modeling and simulations ," Proc. SPIE vol. 6306, pp. 63060U, August 2006.
  55. Erkin Sidick , F. Shi, S. Basinger, D. Moody, A. E. Lowman, A. C. Kuhnert, and J. T. Trauger, "Performance of TPF's High-Contrast Imaging Testbed: Modeling and simulations ," Proc. SPIE vol. 6265, pp. 62653L, May 2006.
  56. R. M. Morgan, K. ShCheglov, J. J. Green, C. M. Ohara,  J. Roberts, and  E. Sidick, "Testbed for extended-scene Shack-Hartmann and phase retrival wavefront sensing," Proc. SPIE vol. 5903, pp.59030I, August 2005.
  57. E. Sidick , P. Peters, J.Chon, and B. Kurdi, "Highly Integrated and Scalable PLC Interleaver Modules ," Proc. SPIE vol. 4904, pp.80-87, October 2002.
  58. B. A. Richman, S. E. Bisson, R. Trebino, E. Sidick, A. Jacobson, "All-prism achromatic phase-matching for tunable second-harmonic generation," Applied Optics, Vol. 38, pp. 3316-3323, May 20, 1999.
  59. B. A. Richman, S. E. Bisson, R. Trebino, E. Sidick, A. Jacobson, "Efficient broadband second-harmonic generation by dispersive achromatic nonlinear conversion using only prisms," Optics Letters, Vol. 23, pp. 497-499, April 1998.
  60. B. A. Richman, S. E. Bisson, R. Trebino, E. Sidick, A. Jacobson, "Achromatic phase-matching for tunable second-harmonic generation by use of a grism," Optics Letters, Vol. 22, pp. 1223-1225, August 1997.
  61. E. Sidick, S. D. Collins, and A. Knoesen, "Trapping forces in a multiple-beam fiber-optic trap," Applied Optics, Vol. 36, pp. 6423-6433, September 1997.
  62. P. Pretre, E. Sidick, A. Knoesen, D. J. Dyer, and R. J. Twieg, "Optical Dispersion Properties of Tricyanovinylanaline Polymer Thin Films for Ultrashort Optical Pulse Diagnositics," Polymer Preprints, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 969-970, 1997.
  63. E. Sidick, S. D. Collins, A. Knoesen, and R. J. Baskin, "Micromachined optical trap for use as a microcytology workstation." Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol.2978, 1997. p.69-74, February 1997.
  64. E. Sidick, A. Knoesen, and A. Dienes, "Ultrashort pulse second harmonic generation in quasi-phase-matched structures," Pure and Applied Optics 5, 709-722, September 1996.
  65. E. Sidick, A. Dienes, and A. Knoesen, "Ultrashort pulse second harmonic generation, Part I: Transform-limited fundamental pulses," Journal of Optical Society of America B 12, 1704-1712, September 1995.
  66. E. Sidick, A. Dienes, and A. Knoesen, "Ultrashort pulse second harmonic generation, Part II: Non-transform-limited fundamental pulses," Journal of Optical Society of America B 12, 1713-1722, September 1995.
  67. E. Sidick and A. Knoesen, and A. Dienes, "Ultrashort pulse second harmonic generation in optimized nonlinear polymer thin film structures," International Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics, vol. 3, 543-563, October 1994.
  68. E. Sidick , R. J. Baskin, Y. Yeh, and A. Knoesen, "Rigorous analysis of diffraction ellipsometry of light by a striated muscle fiber," Biophysical Journal 66, 2051-2061, June 1994.
  69. E. Sidick , A. Knoesen, and A. Dienes, "Ultrashort pulse second harmonic generation in quasi-phase-matched dispersive media," Optics Letters 19, 266-268, February 1994.
  70. E. Sidick , A. Knoesen and J. N. Mait, "Design and rigorous analysis of high efficiency array generators," Applied Optics 32, 2599-2605, May 1993.
  71. E. Sidick , J. K. Xian, A. Knoesen, Y. Yeh, and R. J. Baskin, "Rigorous analysis of light diffraction by striated muscle fibers," Proceedings of Royal Society London B 249, 247-257, September 1992.
  72. E. Sidick and R. Seki, "An improved layered ferrite slab waveguide with a corrugated interface," Journal of Applied Physics 72, 1595-1598, August 1992.
  73. E. Sidick and N. S. Chang, "Theoretical analysis of a leaky mm-wave antenna consisting of a layered magnetic slab image line with periodic corrugation," Trans. IEICE Japan J73-B-II, 197-204, April 1990.
  74. E. Sidick , N. S. Chang, H. Maheri, and M. Tsutsumi, "Characteristics of millimeter-wave radiation in a corrugated ferrite slab structure," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. MTT-36, 568-575, March 1988.
  75. N. S. Chang and E. Sidick , "Characteristics of a high Q filter composed of a magnetic thin-film layered structure with periodic corrugation," IEEE Trans. Magnetics MAG-23, 3337-3339, September 1987.
  76. N. S. Chang and E. Sidick , "A rigorous analysis of a magnetic thin-film layered structure with a sinusoidal surface corrugation," J. Appl. Physics 61, 4124-4126, April 1987.

(2) Book Chapters:

1.       Ph. Pretre, E. Sidick, L. M. Wu, A. Knoesen, D. J. Dyer, and R. J. Twieg, "Optical dispersion properties of tricyanovinylaniline polymer thin films for utrashort optical pulse diagnostics, " in Organic Thin Films, C. W. Frank eds. (American Chemical Society, Washington, DC 1998), Chp. 24, pp. 328-341.

2.       Knoesen, E. Sidick, and A. Dienes, "Ultrashort pulse second harmonic generation," in Novel Optical Materials and Applicaitons, I. C. Khoo, F. Simoni and C. Umeton eds. (John Wiley & Sons, 1997), Chp. 4, pp. 95-127.

3.       Dienes, E. Sidick, R. A. Hill, and A. Knoesen, "Second harmonic femtosecond pulse generation in nonlinear polymer thin film structures," in Polymers for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics, G. A. Lindsay and K. D. Singer eds. (American Chemical Society, Washington, DC 1995), Chp. 35, pg. 484-497.

4.       Abduweli Ayup, Shungqar Tekin, and Erkin Sidick, “Linguistic, Cultural, and Ethnic Genocide of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China”, in The Handbook of Linguistic Human Rights, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Robert Phillipson eds. (John Wiley & Sons, 2022), Chp. 24, pp. 341-355. 

(3) Patents:

1.       E. Sidick, "Cascaded Fourier Filter Interleaver having enhanced performance," US Patent 6,768,843. July 27, 2004.

2.       E. Sidick, "Wide Pass-Band Interferometric Optical Device Utilizing an Optical Ring-Resonator, " US Patent 6,834,141. December 21, 2004.

3.       B. A. Richman, R. Trebino, S. E. Bisson, and E. Sidick, "Apparatus and methods for using achromatic phase-matching at high orders of dispersion," US Patent 6,288,832. September 11, 2001.

(4)  Corporate White Papers:

1.       Erkin Sidick, Ben Nowack, and Tristan Semmelhack, "Sunlight attenuation by the atmosphere and clouds," Reflect Orbital, Hawthorne, CA (2025).

2.       Erkin Sidick, Ben Nowack, and Tristan Semmelhack, "Night sky brightness caused by orbital reflectors. Part 1: Clear sky," Reflect Orbital, Hawthorne, CA (2025).

3.       Erkin Sidick, Ben Nowack, and Tristan Semmelhack, " Night sky brightness caused by orbital reflectors. Part 2: Cloudy sky," Reflect Orbital, Hawthorne, CA (2025).

4.       Erkin Sidick, Ben Nowack, and Tristan Semmelhack, "Comprehensive description of the optical performance of orbital reflectors," Reflect Orbital, Hawthorne, CA (2025).

(5)  NASA New Technology Reports (NTR, 13):

1.       NTR-52583: Erkin Sidick, Lewis C. Roberts Jr., Victor A. Vilnrotter, and Luis Marchen, "Software Tool for Simulations of Uplink Precompensation in Laser Communications", Jan 19, 2023.

2.       NTR-49177: E. Sidick, "A Novel Technique for Finding the Center of an Image of a Rising or Setting Sun based-on Simulated Images," July 18, 2013.

3.       NTR-49176: E. Sidick , "A Software Tool for Simulating the Images of a Rising or Setting Sun: A Simple Approach with High Accuracy," July 18, 2013.

4.       NTR-49175: E. Sidick , "Analytical Expression of Elevation-Dependent Relative Air-mass for Atmospheric Extinction Simulations," July 18, 2013.

5.       NTR-49156: E. Sidick , "Tracking a scene on Earth from space using the Adaptive Cross-Correlation Algorithm," July 18, 2013.

6.       NTR-48003: E. Sidick , "Adaptive Periodic-Correlation Algorithm for Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensing Using Extended Scenes," January 11, 2011.

7.       NTR-48469: David C Redding, E. Sidick , et. al., "Seismic Imager Space Telescope," October 25, 2011.

8.       NTR-47785: E. Sidick and Mok Fai, "An Algorithm for Estimating the Wavefront to be Measured by a Phase Retrieval Camera from an Image Captured by a Shack-Hatmann Camera," August 18, 2010.

9.       NTR-47711: E. Sidick , "New Techniques for Down-Sampling a Measured Surface Height Map for Model Validation," July 20, 2010.

10.   NTR-47593: E. Sidick , "A Novel Method for Pre-Conditioning a Measured Surface Height Map for Model Validation," March 29, 2010.

11.   NTR-46582: E. Sidick , "A Technique for Guaranteeing Failsafe Operation of Extended-Scene Shack- Hatmann Wavefront Sensor Algorithm," September 19, 2008.

12.   NTR-44958: R. M. Morgan, K. Wilkie, X. Bao, and E. Sidick , "Actuator fault detection via electrical impedance testing," September 10, 2009.

13.   NTR-44770: E. Sidick and Joseph Green, "An Algorithm for Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensing Using Extended Scenes," December 6, 2006.

 

(6) NASA Tech Briefs (8):

1.       E. Sidick and F. H. Mok, "Algorithm for estimating PRC wavefront errors from Shack-Hartmann camera images,” NASA Tech Briefs, vol. 39, February 2015.

2.       E. Sidick, " Analytical expression of elevation-dependent relative air mass for atmospheric extinction simulations ,” NASA Tech Briefs, vol. 38, September 2014.

3.       E. Sidick, " Technique for finding the center of an image of a rising or setting sun based on simulated images ,” NASA Tech Briefs, vol. 38, July 2014.

4.       E. Sidick, “Adaptive periodic-correlation algorithm for Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing,” NASA Tech Briefs, vol. 38, April 2014.

5.       E. Sidick and 14 others, " Seismic imager space telescope ,” NASA Tech Briefs, vol. 36, November 2012.

6.       E. Sidick, " Method for pre-conditioning a measured surface height map for model validation ,” NASA Tech Briefs, vol. 36, pp. 71, June 2012.

7.       E. Sidick, " Guaranteeing Failsafe Operation of Extended-Scene Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor Algorithm ,” NASA Tech Briefs, vol. 33, pp. 22, October 2009.

8.       E. Sidick, Joseph Green, Catherine Ohara, and David Redding, " Algorithm for Wavefront Sensing Using an Extended Scene ,” NASA Tech Briefs, vol. 32, pp. 46, October 2008.

(7) Conference Papers:

1.       Erkin Sidick, Ben Nowack, and Tristan Semmelhack, "Night sky brightness caused by orbital reflectors," SmallSat 2025 Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, to be published (Aug 2025).

2.       Erkin Sidick, Ben Nowack, and Tristan Semmelhack, " Night sky brightness caused by orbital reflectors. Part 2: Cloudy sky," ALAN 2025 Conference, Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, to be published (Oct 2025).

3.       Ilya Poberezhskiy, others, Erkin Sidick, others, " WFIRST-AFTA Coronagraph Starlight Suppression Technology Progress," SPIE Conference 9904, August  2016. 

4.       Brian Kern, others, Erkin Sidick, others, "PIAACMC coronagraphic occulting mask fabrication, characterization, and modeling," Proc. SPIE, vol. 9605, pp. 9505-11, August  2015.

5.       Ilya Poberezhskiy, others, Erkin Sidick, others, "An overview of WFIRST-AFTA coronagraph modeling," Proc. SPIE, vol. 9605, pp. 9505-2, August  2015 (The names of other authors were not included in the SPIE conference program, but were included in the conference presentation). 

6.       F. Shi, Others, E. Sidick, Others, "Low-order wavefront sensing and control (LOWFSC) for WFIRST/AFTA Coronagraph,"American Astronomical Society 227th Meeting, (Kissimmee, Florida, 4-8 January 2015).

7.       F. Shi, J. C. Carson, J. J.  Green, B. Gordon, A. E. Lowman, D.  Moody, A. F. Niessner, D. M. Palacios, E. Sidick, J. T. Trauger, "Wavefont amplitude variation of TPF's high-contrast imaging testbed: modeling and experiment," SPIE Conference 5905, paper 5905-56 (San Diego, California, 2005)

8.       E. Sidick, and J. Chon, "Highly Integrated and Scalable PLC Interleaver Modules , " (Invited), APOC, Paper 4904-17, Shanghai, China, October 2002.

9.       X. Liu, E. Sidick,T. Brewer, J. Chon, and F. Liang, "Novel laser fusion processes of fabricating   low-loss S-band WDM narrowband coupler devices overcome H2O resonant absorption, " OFC 2002 Technical Digest (Anaheim, California, March 17-2002), paper TuQ6, pp. 113-115.

10.   C. H. Huang, Y. Li, J. Chen, E. Sidick, J. Chon, K. G. Sullivan, "Low-loss, flat-top 50-GHz DWDM and add/drop modules using all-fiber Fourier filters, " NFOEC 2000 (Telcordia Technologies), Aug. 27-31, 2000, Denver, Colorado, pp. 311-316.

11.   B. A. Richman, S. E. Bisson, R. Trebino, E. Sidick , and A. Jacobson, "Recent advances in achromatic phase matching for tunable and ultrashort second-harmonic generation," Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 98),  San Francisco, California, paper CTuJ1.

12.   B. A. Richman, S. E. Bisson, R. Trebino, E. Sidick , and A. Jacobson, "Achromatic phase matching for tunable second harmonic generation,", OSA Annual Meeting (Optical Society of America), Oct. 12-17, 1997, Long Beach, California, paper MP3.

13.   E. Sidick, A. Jacobson, B. A. Richman, S. E. Bisson, and R. Trebino, "Design of grism and all prism achromatic phase matching second harmonic generator," OSA Annual Meeting (Optical Society of America), Oct. 12-17, 1997, Long Beach, California, paper MP4.

14.   E. Sidick, A. Jacobson, B. A. Richman, S. E. Bisson, and R. Trebino, "Achromatic phase matching with prisms for femtosecond pulse second harmonic generation," Ultrafast Optics 1997 Conference, Monterey, California, Aug. 4-7, 1997, paper ThA-8.

15.   Ph. Pretre, E. Sidick, A. Knoesen, D. J. Dyer, and R. J. Twieg, "Optical dispersion properties of Tricyanovinylaniline polymer thin films for ultrashort optical pulse diagnostics," Simposium on Organic Optical Materials, the 213th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, California, April 13-17, 1997.

16.   B. A. Richman, S. E. Bisson, R. Trebino, M. MItchell, E. Sidick , and A. Jacobson, "Achromatic phase matching for tunable second harmonic generation," Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 97), Baltimore, Maryland, May 1997.

17.   B. A. Richman, S. E. Bisson, R. Trebino, M. MItchell, K. W. Delong, E. Sidick, and A. Jacobson, "A compact, robust, instantaneously tunable harmonic generator for lidar applications," Optical Sensing for Environmental Process Monitoring 96 (Air and Waste Management Association), Dallas, Texas, Nov. 6-8, 1996.

18.   R. Trebino, S. E. Bisson, M. Mitchell, E. Sidick, K. W. Delong, and A. Jacobson, "A compact, robust, instantaneously tunable harmonic generator for lidar applications," 18th International Laser Remote Sensing Conference (ILRC), Berlin, Germany, July 22-27, 1996.

19.  A Knoesen, E. Sidick, R. Hill, and A. Dienes, "Nonlinear optical materials and applications," in Nonlinear Optics Topical Meeting (NOMA), Cetroro, Italy, June 1995 (Invited).

20.  A Knoesen, E. Sidick, and A. Dienes, "Distortion and shaping of ultrashort pulses produced by harmonic generation," in Lasers and Electro-Optics Society '94 Annual Meeting, (Optical Society of America, Boston, Massachusetts, 1994), paper NO5.1 (Invited) .

21.  A Knoesen, R. Hill, E. Sidick, and A. Dienes, "Femtosecond optical applications of second-order nonlinear polymeric thin films," in Washington, D.C. Meeting, Vol. 35 of 1994 P olymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, 1994), pp. 210 (Invited).

22.  E. Sidick, R. Hill, A. Dienes, and A. Knoesen, "Enhanced second harmonic femtosecond pulse generation in quasi-phase-matched thin film structures," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Vol. 8 of 1994 OSA Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, Anaheim, California, 1994), pp. 421.

23.  A Knoesen, E. Sidick, A. Dienes, D. R. Yankelevich, and R. Hill, "Phase distortions of femtosecond pulses generated in multilayer second-order nonlinear media," in Lasers and Electro-Optics Society '93 Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings (Optical Society of Am erica, San Jose, California, 1993), pp. 302-303.

24.   E. Sidick and A. Knoesen, "Design of diffractive optical elements with rigorous diffraction theory," in Optical Design for Photonics Topical Meeting, Vol. 9 of 1993 Technical D igest Series (Optical Society of America, Palm Springs, California), pp. 57-60.

25.   N. S. Chang and E. Sidick, "Theoretical investigation of microwave amplification by using semiconductor-YIG composite system with periodic corrugation," 8th Notional Microwave Conference, Gdansk, Poland, Aug. 1988.

26.   N. S. Chang and E. Sidick, "On the coupling between electron stream and magnetic wave in a GaAs-YIG composite structure with corrugation," IEICE Annual Conference, C-659, Tokyo, Japan, March 1988.

27.   E. Sidick and N. S. Chang, "Radiation of mm-wave from a layered magnetic slab waveguide with double-corrugation," IEICE Annual Conference, S7-5, Kumamoto, Japan, Nov. 1987.

28.   N. S. Chang and E. Sidick, "Theoretical investigation of a beam-steering leaky mm-wave antenna consisting of a magnetic layered structure with a metalized sinusoidal corrugation," Sino-Japanese Joint Meeting on Optical Fiber Science and Electromagnetic Theory, Nanjing, China, May 1987.

29.   E. Sidick and N. S. Chang, "Theoretical analysis of a leaky mm-wave antenna consisting of a layered magnetic slab image line with periodic corrugation," Antenna and Propagation Topical Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, Apr. 1987.

30.   N. S. Chang and E. Sidick, "Characteristics of a high Q filter composed of a magnetic thin-film layered structure with periodic corrugation," INTERMAG ß87 Conference, FG-12, Tokyo, Japan, Apr. 14-17, 1987.

31.   E. Sidick and N. S. Chang, "Radiation characteristics of an image line consisting of a magnetic layered slab with metalized periodic corrugation," IEICE Annual Conference, 679, Tokyo, Japan, Mar. 1987.

32.   N. S. Chang and E. Sidick, "Characteristics of a magnetic layered waveguide with periodic corrugation," IEICE Annual Conference, 774, Tokyo, Japan, Mar. 1987.

33.   N. S. Chang and E. Sidick, "Rigorous analysis of a magnetic thin-film layered structure with a sinusoidal surface corrugation," MMM International Conference, FP-10, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Nov. 12-20, 1986.

34.   N. S. Chang and E. Sidick, "Perturbation analysis of an image line consisting of magnetic layered thin film with periodic corrugation," IEICE Conference on Optic and Electronic Waves, 65, Tokyo, Japan, Sep. 1986.

35.   N. S. Chang and E. Sidick, "Rigorous analysis of a thin-film layered waveguide with periodic corrugation," IEICE Conference on Optic and Electronic Waves, 156, Tokyo, Japan, Sep. 1986.

36.   N. S. Chang and E. Sidick, "Magnetostatic wave propagation in a slot waveguide consisting of layered magnetic films," IEICE Annual Conference, 768, Nigata, Japan, Mar. 1986.