A high-contrast coronagraph for the MMT using phase apodization: Design and observations at 5 microns and 2 λ/D radius

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6269 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Codona, J L ^a   Kenworthy, M A ^a   Hinz, P M ^a   Angel, J R P ^a   Woolf, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrasolar Planets; Phase Apodization; Phase Masks; Stellar Coronagraphs

Indexed keywords

EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; PHASE APODIZATION; PHASE MASKS; STELLAR CORONAGRAPHS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ATMOSPHERICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MASKS; PLANETS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33749010462     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672727     Document Type: Conference Paper

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