Optimal one-dimensional apodizations and shaped pupils for planet finding coronagraphy

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1117-1128

  Kasdin, N Jeremy ^a,b   Vanderbei, Robert J ^a,b   Littman, Michael G ^a,b   Spergel, David N ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; OPTIMIZATION;

APODIZATIONS; CORONAGRAPHY; HIGH-CONTRAST IMAGING; TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDERS (TPF);

PLANETS;

EID: 14844303308     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.001117     Document Type: Article

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