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- Title
Occulting Focal Plane Masks for Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph: Design, Fabrication, Simulations and Test Results.
- 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.
- Abstract
Occulting 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 $1-{\rm sinc}^2$ 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.
- Publication
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2005, Vol 1, Issue C200, p405
- ISSN
1743-9213
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1743921306009665