Mid-IR interferometric nulling for TPF

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5491, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 862-873

  Wallace, J Kent ^a   Babtiwale, Vivek ^a   Bartos, Randy ^a   Brown, Ken ^a   Gappinger, Robert ^a   Loya, Frank ^a   MacDonald, Dan ^a   Martin, Stefan ^a   Negron, John ^a   Truong, Tuan ^a   Vasisjit, Gautam ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Nulling; Planet detection; Stellar interferometry

Indexed keywords

NULLING; PHOTON FLUXES; PLANET DETECTION; STELLAR INTERFEROMETRY;

BROADBAND NETWORKS; COOLING; CRYOGENICS; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MOTION CONTROL; PHOTONS; PLANETS;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 19944365044     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.551558     Document Type: Conference Paper

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