Experimental results from the optical planet detector interferometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5170, Issue , 2003, Pages 209-216

  Wallace, J Kent ^a   Shao, M ^a   Lane, B ^a   Levine, B M ^a   Loya, F ^a   Azizi, A ^a   Holmes, Buck ^a   Aguayo, F ^a   Negron, J ^a   Sanchez, G ^a   Gappinger, Robert ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronography; Extrasolar planets; Nulling interferometry; Space based stellar interferometry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; BROADBAND NETWORKS; INTERFEROMETERS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL COATINGS; OPTICAL DEVICES; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

CORONOGRAPHY; EXTRASLAR PLANETS; PLANET DETECTOR; SPACE-BASED STELLAR INTERFEROMETRY;

PLANETS;

EID: 20244371116     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.506356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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