Spectral contrast enhancement techniques for extrasolar planet imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4860, Issue , 2002, Pages 381-386

  Hewagama, T ^a   Barclay, R ^b   Chen, T ^b   Deming, D ^b   Goukenleuque, C ^b   Greenhouse, M ^b   Henry, R ^b   Jacobson, M ^b   Mott, B ^b   Satyapal, S ^c   Schwinger, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrasolar planets; Fabry Perot; High contrast imaging; Infrared; MEMS; Planetary systems

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ETALONS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FOCUSING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANETS;

EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; PUPIL PLANE TECHNIQUES; SPECTRAL CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; TUNABLE FILTERS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0038287492     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457834     Document Type: Conference Paper

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