Band-limited masks for TPF coronagraph

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 288-297

  Balasubramanian, Kunjithapatham ^a   Sidick, Erkin ^a   Wilson, Daniel W ^a   Hoppe, Daniel J ^a   Shaklan, Stuart B ^a   Trauger, John T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Band limited mask; HCIT; Occulting mask; TPF coronagraph

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447107217     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2007.03.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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