New Pupil Masks for High-Contrast Imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5170, Issue , 2003, Pages 49-56

  Vanderbei, Robert J ^a,c   Kasdin, N Jeremy ^a,c   Spergel, David N ^a,c   Kuchner, Marc ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c Dept of Operations Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOSOLAR PLANETS; PUPIL APODIZATION; PUPIL MASK;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PLANETS; SPACE TELESCOPES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 2342526663     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.505307     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. D. Slepian, "Analytic solution of two apodization problems," Journal of the Optical Society of America 55(9), pp. 1110-1115, 1965.
2. R. Vanderbei, D. Spergel, and N. Kasdin, "Spiderweb Masks for High Contrast Imaging," Astrophysical Journal, 2003. To appear.
3. R. Vanderbei, D. Spergel, and N. Kasdin, "Circularly Symmetric Apodization via Starshaped Masks," Astrophysical Journal, 2003. Submitted.
4. N. J. Kasdin, D. N. Spergel, and M. G. Littman, "An optimal shaped pupil coronagraph for high contrast imaging, planet finding, and spectroscopy," submitted to Applied Optics, 2002.