Optical planet discoverer: How to turn a 1.5 m telescope into a powerful exo-planetary systems imager

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4860, Issue , 2002, Pages 32-44

  Mennesson, Bertrand ^a   Shao, Mike ^a   Levine, Bruce M ^a   Wallace, James K ^a   Liu, Duncan T ^a   Serabyn, Eugene ^a   Unwin, Stephen C ^a   Beichman, Charles A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Extrasolar planets; High dynamic range imaging; Interferometry; Nulling; Single mode fibers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ATTENUATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL DESIGN; PLANETS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EXO-PLANETARY SYSTEMS IMAGER; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING; OPTICAL PLANET DISCOVERER; STELLAR LIGHT ATTENUATION; VISIBLE NULLING INTERFEROMETER; VISIBLE TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINER;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0037737908     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457646     Document Type: Conference Paper

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