Laboratory demonstration of a focal plane coronagraphic interferometer designed for anti-halo apodization of starlight

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6272 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Putnam, Nicole ^a   Codona, Johanan L ^a   Angel, J Roger P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronagraph; Extreme Adaptive Optics; Focal Plane; Interferometer

Indexed keywords

CORONAGRAPHY; EXOPLANET IMAGING; EXTREME ADAPTIVE OPTICS; FOCAL PLANES;

FORMABILITY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GALAXIES; INTERFEROMETERS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MIRRORS; PHASE SHIFT; SPECKLE;

LIGHT REFLECTION;

EID: 33749414852     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672723     Document Type: Conference Paper

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