Eclipse apodization: Realization of occulting spots and Lyot masks

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4860, Issue , 2002, Pages 361-370

  Wilson, Daniel W ^a   Maker, Paul D ^a   Trauger, John T ^a   Hull, Tony B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronagraphs; Electron beam lithography; High energy beam sensitive glass; Occulting spots

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DENSITY (OPTICAL); ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; FABRICATION; GALAXIES; GLASS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PLANETS;

CORONAGRAPHS; EXOPLANET DETECTION; HIGH ENERGY BEAM SENSITIVE GLASS; OCCULTING SPOTS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0038025372     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457886     Document Type: Conference Paper

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