TPF interferometer planet detection algorithms

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5170, Issue , 2003, Pages 95-102

  Elias II, Nicholas M ^a   Noecker, M Charles ^a  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Nulling interferometry; Planet detection

Indexed keywords

DATA-REDUCTION ALGORITHMS; NULLING INTERFEROMETERS; TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER (TPF);

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; EARTH (PLANET); IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETRY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PHOTONS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 2342469472     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.508076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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