Hybrid Lyot coronagraph masks and wavefront control for improved spectral bandwidth and throughput

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6693, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Moody, D C ^a   Trauger, J T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active optics; Coronagraphs; High contrast; Space astronomy

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; PLANETS; STARS; THIN FILMS;

ACTIVE OPTICS; CORONAGRAPHS; SPACE ASTRONOMY;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 40749141473     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.735070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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