Wavefront amplitude errors for a TPF coronagraph: Their effects and possible correction

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5487, Issue PART 3, 2004, Pages 1255-1263

  Linfield, Roger P ^a  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronagraph; Deformable mirrors; Planet search; Terrestrial Planet Finder

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MIRRORS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

CORONAGRAPH; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; PLANET SEARCH; TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER (TPF);

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 10044261160     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.549290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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