Error analysis for a compound nulling interferometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4852, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 412-422

  Noecker, Charley ^a   Linfield, Roger ^a  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Extra solar planets; Interferometer; Nulling interferometer; Planet detection; Planet finder

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT EMISSION; ORBITS; SPACE RESEARCH;

BRACEWELL INTERFEROMETER; NULLING INTERFEROMETER; TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0037950595     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.460934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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