Wavefront amplitude variation of TPF's high contrast imaging testbed: Modeling and experiment

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5905, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-11

  Shi, Fang ^a   Lowman, Andrew E ^a   Moody, Dwight C ^a   Niessner, Albert F ^a   Trauger, John T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronagraph; High contrast imaging; TPF; Wavefront sensing and control

Indexed keywords

CORONAGRAPH; HIGH CONTRAST IMAGING; TPF; WAVEFRONT SENSING AND CONTROL;

ELECTRIC LIGHTING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MIRRORS; OPTICS; PLANETS; SPACE RESEARCH;

WAVEFRONTS;

EID: 29844440760     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.618574     Document Type: Conference Paper

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