Apodized Lyot Coronagraph for VLT-SPHERE: Laboratory tests and performances of a first prototype in the visible

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7014, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Guerri, Geraldine ^a   Robbe Dubois, S ^a   Daban, Jean Baptiste ^a   Abe, Lyu ^a   Douet, Richard ^a   Bendjoya, Philippe ^a   Vakili, Farrokh ^a   Carbillet, Marcel ^a   Beuzit, Jean Luc ^b   Puget, Pascal ^b   Dohlen, Kjetil ^c   Mouillet, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Astronomical instrumentation : Coronagraphy; High contrast imaging

Indexed keywords

APODIZER; APODIZING FILTERS; ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTATION : CORONAGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HIGH CONTRAST IMAGING; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING; LABORATORY TEST; LYOT CORONAGRAPHS; NULLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RADIAL PROFILES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS; TEST-BENCH; TRANSMITTIVITY;

ASTROPHYSICS; TESTING;

INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 66249145437     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789688     Document Type: Conference Paper

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