Derivation of stability requirements and control effort analysis for space nulling interferometers

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 797-808

  Liu, Kuo Chia ^a   Miller, David W ^a   Mallory, Gregory J W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL APERTURE; NULLING INTERFEROMETER; OPEN-LOOP STABILITY; OPTICAL PATHLENGTH DIFFERENCES; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PRELIMINARY DESIGN PHASE; STABILITY REQUIREMENTS; TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER MISSIONS;

NASA; SHEAR FLOW;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 10444269730     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2002.1035635     Document Type: Conference Paper

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