Comparison of several coronagraphic approaches to the terrestrial planet finder

Stephen T. Ridgway, Christopher J. Burrows, Edward J. Friedman, Daniel Y. Gezari, Martin O. Harwit, Michael H. Kaplan, Larry Kaylor, Richard G. Lyon, Gary J. Melnick, Peter Nisenson, Lee D. Peterson, David N. Spergel, Robert A. Woodruff

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Abstract

A detailed comparison of several approaches to the terrestrial planet finder, was presented. The focus was on three concepts namely an apodized square aperture, a Gaussian Spergel/Kasdin aperture, and a classical Lyot coronagraph with graded field mask. The techniques used were physical optics modeling including Fraunhofer and Fresnel propagations, signal-to-noise analysis, and ray tracing. The results of the comparison show that with a fixed maximum aperture dimension of 4m, the soft edged Lyot coronagraph offers higher performance than other two concepts.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)561-563
Number of pages3
JournalEuropean Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
Issue number539
StatePublished - Apr 2003
EventProceedings of the Conference - Towards Other Earths: DARWIN/TPF and the Search for Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets - Heidelberg, Germany
Duration: Apr 22 2003Apr 25 2003

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Space and Planetary Science

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