Behavior of imperfect band-limited coronagraphic masks in a high-contrast imaging system

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1397-1407

  Sidick, Erkin ^a   Wilson, Daniel W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; MASKS; WAVE TRANSMISSION; WAVELENGTH;

HIGH CONTRAST IMAGING TESTBED (HCIT); OCCULTING MASK; PARASITIC PHASE; PHASE PROFILES;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 34247513139     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.001397     Document Type: Article

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