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

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 language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	561-563
Number of pages	3
Journal	European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
Issue number	539
State	Published - Apr 2003
Event	Proceedings of the Conference - Towards Other Earths: DARWIN/TPF and the Search for Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets - Heidelberg, Germany Duration: Apr 22 2003 → Apr 25 2003

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Aerospace Engineering
Space and Planetary Science

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Comparison of several coronagraphic approaches to the terrestrial planet finder

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