Adaptive nulling for the terrestrial planet finder interferometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6268 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Peters, Robert D ^a   Lay, Oliver P ^a   Hirai, Akiko ^a   Jeganathan, Muthu ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive nuller; Amplitude and phase correction; Deformable mirror; Dispersion compensator; Nulling; Nulling interferometry; Planet detection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE NULLER; AMPLITUDE AND PHASE CORRECTION; DEFORMABLE MIRROR; DISPERSION COMPENSATOR; NULLING INTERFEROMETRY; PLANET DETECTION;

BANDWIDTH; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; LIGHT; MIRRORS; PHASE CONTROL; PLANETS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 33749033075     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672170     Document Type: Conference Paper

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