Darwin nulling interferometer breadboard I: System engineering and measurements

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 539, 2003, Pages 283-291

  Flatscher, Reinhold ^a   Sodnik, Zoran ^b   Ergenzinger, Klaus ^a   Johann, Ulrich ^a   Vink, Rob ^c  

^a AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; INTERFEROMETERS; PHASE SHIFT; PLANETS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPACE TELESCOPES;

ESA; EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE; FREE-FLYING TELESCOPES; INTERFEROMETRIC NULLING DEVICES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 3142696467     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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