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Occulting focal plane masks for Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph: design, fabrication, simulations and test resultsOcculting focal plane masks for the Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph (TPF-C) could be designed with continuous gray scale profile of the occulting pattern such as 1-sinc2 on a suitable material or with micron-scale binary transparent and opaque structures of metallic pattern on glass. We have designed, fabricated and tested both kinds of masks. The fundamental characteristics of such masks and initial test results from the High Contrast Imaging Test bed (HCIT) at JPL are presented.
Document ID
20060043670
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
hdl:2014/38746
Authors
Balasubramanian, Kunjithapatham
Hoppe, Daniel J.
Halverson, Peter G.
Wilson, Daniel W.
Echternach, Pierre M.
Shi, Fang
Lowman, Andrew E.
Niessner, Albert F.
Trauger, John T.
Shaklan, Stuart B.
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
October 3, 2005
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Meeting Information
Meeting: IAUC200 Direct Imaging of Exoplanets : Science and Techniques
Location: Nice
Country: France
Start Date: October 3, 2005
End Date: October 7, 2005
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
adaptive optics
High Contrast Imaging Test (HCIT)
high angular resolution
occulting masks
Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) Coronagraph

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