Requirements on optical density and phase dispersion of imperfect band-limited occulting masks in a broadband coronagraph

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 30, 2007, Pages 7485-7493

  Sidick, Erkin ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); IMAGING SYSTEMS; TELESCOPES; WAVELENGTH;

BROADBAND CORONAGRAPH; OCCULTING MASKS; PHASE DISPERSION;

DENSITY (OPTICAL);

EID: 37549059946     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.007485     Document Type: Article

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