Pupil configurations for an interferoinetric tpf mission

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 5, Issue , 2003, Pages 2259-2265

  Serabyn, Eugene ^a   Mennesson, Bertrand ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX OPTICAL SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETRIC ARCHITECTURE; LABORATORY DEMONSTRATIONS; NULLING INTERFEROMETRY; SINGLE APERTURE TELESCOPE; TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT; TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER MISSIONS; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS;

INTERFEROMETRY; TELESCOPES;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 84879359179     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2003.1235149     Document Type: Conference Paper

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