System design and technology development for the Terrestrial Planet Finder infrared interferometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5170, Issue , 2003, Pages 129-143

  Blackwood, Gary ^a   Serabyn, Eugene ^a   Dubovitsky, Serge ^a   Aung, MiMi ^a   Gunter, Steven M ^a   Henry, Curt ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenic structures; Formation flying; Interferometry; Nulling; Terrestrial planets

Indexed keywords

TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER (TPF); VISIBLE CORONAGRAPHS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); LABORATORIES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 2342469475     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.521311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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