Architecture selection and optimization for planet-finding interferometers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5491, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 284-295

  Dubovitsky, Serge ^a   Lay, Oliver P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nulling; Planet detection; Stellar interferometry

Indexed keywords

LIGHT DETECTION; NULLING; PLANET DETECTION; STELLAR INTERFEROMETRY;

INTERFEROMETRY; MODULATION; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTONS; PLANETS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 11144301897     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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