DocumentCode
2885272
Title
Exposing extra-solar planets
Author
Swartzlander, Grover A., Jr. ; Lee, Jae-Hoon ; Paleta-Toxqui, Flor Del Carmen ; Palacios, David M.
Author_Institution
Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
A significantly large and exceptionally dark ldquoblind spotrdquo is required to directly detect planets around distant stars without the blinding glare of the parent star. Experimental results are reported for an optical vortex coronagraph.
Keywords
astronomical techniques; coronagraphs; extrasolar planets; optical vortices; distant stars; extrasolar planets; optical vortex coronagraph; Apertures; Diffraction; Educational institutions; Extrasolar planet; Filtering; Laboratories; Lenses; Optical design; Optical filters; Optical vortices; (070.6110) Spatial Filtering; (350.1260) Astronomical Optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629076
Filename
4629076
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