Optical design of the Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph starlight suppression system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5874, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-11

  Mouroulis, Pantazis ^a   Shaklan, Stuart B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronagraph; Exoplanet detection; Optical Design

Indexed keywords

CORONOGRAPH; EXOPLANET DETECTION; OPTICAL PATHS; STARLIGHT SUPPRESSION SYSTEM (SSS);

LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PLANETS;

OPTICAL DESIGN;

EID: 29144439333     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.613794     Document Type: Conference Paper

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