Vector vortex coronagraph: First results in the visible

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7440, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mawet, Dimitri ^a   Trauger, John T ^a   Serabyn, Eugene ^a   Moody Jr , Dwight C ^a   Liewer, Kurt M ^a   Krist, John E ^a   Shemo, David M ^b   O'Brien, Nada A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

Author keywords

exoplanets; High contrast imaging; optical vortex; phase mask coronagraphy; polarization manipulation; wavefront control

Indexed keywords

EXO-PLANETS; HIGH CONTRAST IMAGING; OPTICAL VORTICES; PHASE-MASK CORONAGRAPHY; WAVEFRONT CONTROL;

INSTRUMENTS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION; TOPOLOGY; WAVEFRONTS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 77956763482     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.826569     Document Type: Conference Paper

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