Design and demonstration of hybrid Lyot coronagraph masks for improved spectral bandwidth and throughput

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7010, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Moody, D C ^a   Gordon, B L ^a   Trauger, J T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active optics; Coronagraphs; High contrast; Space astronomy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE OPTICS; CORONAGRAPHS; CORONAGRAPHY; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; DIELECTRIC LAYER; DIELECTRIC THIN FILMS; DIRECT IMAGING; EXOPLANET; FOCAL PLANES; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HIGH CONTRAST; IMAGINARY PARTS; LYOT CORONAGRAPHS; SPACE ASTRONOMY; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; THROUGHPUT EFFICIENCY; WAVE-FRONT PHASE;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; BANDWIDTH; FUSED SILICA; LIGHT; METALLIC GLASS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHASE SHIFT; SILICA; SPACE TELESCOPES;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 70349513923     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.790133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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