Amplitude and Phase Control of Pupil Coronagraph for Exo-planet Detection Using Spatial Light Modulators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5170, Issue , 2003, Pages 241-249

  Pueyo, Laurent ^a   Littman, Michael G ^a   Carr, Michael ^b   Kasdin, Jeremy ^a   Spergel, David ^a   Vanderbei, Robert ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude correction; Closed loop; Michelson interferometer; Spatial light modulator; White light

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE CORRECTION; CHROMATICITY; CORONAGRAPH; EXO-PLANET DETECTION; WHITE LIGHT;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT MODULATION; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; MONOCHROMATORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHASE CONTROL; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

PLANETS;

EID: 2342522775     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.505612     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. D. Spergel, "A new pupil for detecting extra solar planets," Astro Ph/010111142, 2000.
2. N. J. K. Robert Vanderbei, David Spergel, "Circularly symmetric apodization via starshaped masks," Astrophysical Journal, 2003. Submited.
3. Littman, Carr, Leigthon, Burke, and K. Spergel, "Phase and amplitude control ability using spatial light modulators and zero path length difference michelson interferometer," Proceedings of SPIE conference on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 4860, 2002.