Multiple-stage apodized pupil Lyot coronagraph for high contrast imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5490, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 456-461

  Aime, C ^a   Soummer, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b STScI   (United States)

Author keywords

Apodization; Coronagraphy; Exoplanet detection; High contrast imaging

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONS; LIGHT; WAVEFRONTS;

APERTURE APODIZATION; APODIZED WAVEFRONT; CONTRAST IMAGING; CORONAGRAPH; SMALL-SIZE CORONAGRAPHIC MASKS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 11144256158     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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