High-frequency wavefront structure and its effects on the detection of faint companions using adaptive optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3353, Issue , 1998, Pages 189-200

  Langlois, Maud P ^a   Sandler, David G ^a,c   Ryan, Patrick T ^b   McCarthy Jr , Donald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Kirtland Base   (United States)

^c ThermoTrex Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Companions; Coronograph; PSF; Scattered light

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ARCTIC ENGINEERING; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; WAVEFRONTS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; BROWN DWARFS; COMPANIONS; CORONOGRAPH; DETECTION LIMITS; EXO-PLANETS; EXPOSURE-TIME; HIGH FREQUENCIES; K BANDS; NOISE LEVELS; PSF; SCATTERED LIGHT; SHARP EDGES; SYSTEM EFFICIENCIES; TIME CORRELATIONS; WAVE-FRONT ERRORS;

LIGHT;

EID: 0041162347     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321676     Document Type: Conference Paper

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