Shaped pupil coronagraphs for planet finding: Optimization, manufacturing, and experimental results

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5905, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-9

  Kasdin, N Jeremy ^a   Belikov, Ruslan ^a   Beall, James ^b   Vanderbei, Robert J ^a   Littman, Michael G ^a   Carr, Michael ^c   Give'on, Amir ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONAGRAPHS; PLANET DETECTION; WAVEFRONT CONTROL; WAVEFRONT CORRECTION;

DEMODULATION; ETCHING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTIMIZATION; PLANETS; WAVEFRONTS;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 29844445104     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.617768     Document Type: Conference Paper

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