Symmetric nulling coronagraph based on a rotational shearing interferometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 33, 2005, Pages 7070-7073

  Ren, Deqing ^a   Serabyn, Eugene ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

CORONAGRAPH; DUAL-POLARIZATION; ROTATIONAL SHEARING INTERFEROMETERS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 29144488925     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.007070     Document Type: Article

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