Architecture trade study for the Terrestrial Planet Finder Interferometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5905, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-13

  Lay, Oliver P ^a   Gunter, Steven M ^a   Hamlin, Louise A ^a   Henry, Curt A ^a   Li, Ying Yong ^a   Martin, Stefan R ^a   Purcell Jr , George H ^a   Ware, Brent ^a   Wertz, Julie A ^b   Noecker, M Charley ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Nulling; Optical interferometry; Planet detection

Indexed keywords

NULLING; OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY; PLANET DETECTION; TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER INTERFEROMETER;

ARRAYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED RADIATION; PLANETARY LANDERS; SPACE TELESCOPES;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 29844453966     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.618136     Document Type: Conference Paper

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