Nulling stellar coronagraph using liquid-crystal device

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4860, Issue , 2002, Pages 343-350

  Murakami, Naoshi ^a   Baba, Naoshi ^a   Ishigaki, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hashimoto, Nobuyuki ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CITIZEN WATCH CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronagraph; Extra solar planet; Interferometry; Liquid crystal device

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FERROELECTRIC DEVICES; GALAXIES; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; PHASE SHIFT; PLANETS;

EXTRASOLAR PLANET; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE; NULLING INTERFEROMETRY; STELLAR CORONAGRAPH;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0037612094     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457651     Document Type: Conference Paper

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