Simultaneous spectral differential imaging with a focal plane holographic diffuser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6269 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lafrenière, David ^a   Doyon, René ^a   Artigau, Étienne ^a   Marois, Christian ^b   Beaulieu, Mathilde ^a   Nadeau, Daniel ^a   Racine, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomical instrumentation; Exoplanets; High contrast imaging; Speckle suppression

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); HOLOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; NOISE ABATEMENT; SPECKLE;

ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTATION; EXOPLANETS; HIGH-CONTRAST IMAGING; SPECKLE SUPPRESSION;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33749354741     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.671968     Document Type: Conference Paper

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