Outline of an optical design for Terrestrial Planet Finder
Abstract
A nulling interferometer for direct detection and spectral studies of the light from extra-solar planets would face daunting technical challenges. We outline a candidate optical architecture, discussing the major challenges in handling the starlight and controlling the optics to produce a deep on-axis null with high transmission a fraction of an arcsecond away.
- Publication:
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Space Telescopes and Instruments V
- Pub Date:
- August 1998
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.324459
- Bibcode:
- 1998SPIE.3356..641N