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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629076
