Two-channel polarization interferometric coronagraph to improve the detectability of extrasolar planets

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5487, Issue PART 3, 2004, Pages 1368-1375

  Murakami, Naoshi ^a   Maeda, Tasuku ^a   Baba, Naoshi ^a   Ishigaki, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hashimoto, Nobuyuki ^b   Tamura, Motohide ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CITIZEN WATCH CO LTD   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronagraphy; Extrasolar planet; Instrumentation; Polarization

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHASE SHIFT; PLANETS;

CORONAGRAPHY; EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; FOUR-QUADRANT PHASE MASKS (FQ-PM); INSTRUMENTATION;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 10044234168     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.549548     Document Type: Conference Paper

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