Inherent modulation: A fast chopping method for nulling interferometry

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4852, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 431-442

  Absil, Olivier ^a   Karlsson, Anders ^b   Kaltenegger, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Direct planet detection; Infrared; Internal modulation; Nulling space interferometer; Thermal background

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPECTROSCOPY;

FAST CHOPPING METHOD; INHERENT MODULATION; NULLING INTERFEROMETRY;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0038287944     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.460691     Document Type: Conference Paper

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