Prototyping coronagraphs for exoplanet characterization with SPHERE

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7015, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Boccaletti, Anthony ^a   Abe, Lyu ^b   Baudrand, Jacques ^a   Daban, Jean Baptiste ^b   Douet, Richard ^b   Guerri, Geraldine ^b   Robbe Dubois, Sylvie ^b   Bendjoya, Philippe ^b   Dohlen, Kjetil ^c   Mawet, Dimitri ^d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronagraphy; Exoplanets; High Contrast Imaging

Indexed keywords

EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPHERES;

CORONAGRAPHY; EXO-PLANETS; FOUR-QUADRANT PHASE MASKS; HALF WAVEPLATE; HIGH CONTRAST IMAGING; LYOT CORONAGRAPHS; MEASUREMENTS OF; TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 56249140964     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789341     Document Type: Conference Paper

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