Requirements for an optical 8-m space telescope with a MEMs deformable mirror to detect earth-like planets around nearby stars

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4854, Issue , 2002, Pages 554-557

  Ford, Holland ^a   Clampin, Mark ^b   Illingworth, Garth ^c   Krist, John ^b   Olivier, Scot ^d   Petro, Larry ^b   Sommagren, Gary ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STScI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronagraph; Deformable mirror; MEMs; Space telescope; Wave front error

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GALAXIES; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PLANETS; ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS; WAVEFRONTS;

CORONAGRAPH; OPTICAL DETECTION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERROR; WAVEFRONT ERROR;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038193541     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.460052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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