TPF coronagraph wavefront changes due to beam walk

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5905, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-6

  Noecker, Charley ^a  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam shear; Beam walk; Coronagraph; Terrestrial Planet Finder; Wavefront

Indexed keywords

BEAM SHEAR; BEAM WALK; CORONAGRAPH; TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER;

DEMODULATION; MIRRORS; PLANETS; SPACE TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 29844437296     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.620325     Document Type: Conference Paper

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