An eight-octant phase-mask coronagraph for the Subaru coronagraphic extreme AO (SCExAO) system: System design and expected performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7735, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Murakami, Naoshi ^a   Guyon, Olivier ^b   Martinache, Frantz ^b   Matsuo, Taro ^b,c   Yokochi, Kaito ^b,d   Nishikawa, Jun ^b   Tamura, Motohide ^b   Kurokawa, Takashi ^d   Baba, Naoshi ^a   Vogt, Frédéric ^b   Garrel, Vincent ^b   Yoshikawa, Takashi ^e  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

adaptive optics; coronagraph; EOPM; exoplanet; PIAA; SCExAO; Subaru Telescope

Indexed keywords

CORONAGRAPH; EOPM; EXOPLANET; PIAA; SCEXAO; SUBARU TELESCOPES;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ERRORS; INSTRUMENTS; STARS;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 78149236550     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.858116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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