Optimal shaped pupil coronagraphs for extrasolar planet finding

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4860, Issue , 2002, Pages 240-250

  Kasdin, N Jeremy ^a   Vanderbei, Robert J ^a   Spergel, David N ^b   Littman, Michael G ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS; PLANETS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPACE TELESCOPES;

APODIZED PUPILS; EXTRASOLAR PLANET; HIGH CONTRAST IMAGING; SHAPED PUPIL CORONAGRAPHS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0037612126     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457675     Document Type: Conference Paper

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