Terrestrial Planet Finder Interferometer technology status and plans

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6268 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lawson, P R ^a   Ahmed, A ^a   Gappinger, R O ^a   Ksendzov, A ^a   Lay, O P ^a   Martin, S R ^a   Peters, R D ^a   Scharf, D P ^a   Wallace, J K ^a   Ware, B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Extrasolar planets; Formation fzlying; Interferometry; Nulling

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; EARTH (PLANET); INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETRY; PHASE MODULATION; TEST FACILITIES;

EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; FORMATION FLYING; FORMATION-FLYING TESTBEDS; MID-INFRARED SPACE INTERFEROMETERS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 33749259755     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.670318     Document Type: Conference Paper

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