@inproceedings{3cbcc988f6b44f4594911b5783d5d694,
title = "Telescope to Observe Planetary Systems (TOPS): A high throughput 1.2-m visible telescope with a small inner working angle",
abstract = "The Telescope to Observe Planetary Systems (TOPS) is a proposed space mission to image in the visible (0.4-0.9μzm) planetary systems of nearby stars simultaneously in 16 spectral bands (resolution R≈20). For the ≈10 most favorable stars, it will have the sensitivity to discover 2RE rocky planets within habitable zones and characterize their surfaces or atmospheres through spectrophotometry. Many more massive planets and debris discs will be imaged and characterized for the first time. With a 1.2m visible telescope, the proposed mission achieves its power by exploiting the most efficient and robust coronagraphic and wavefront control techniques. The Phase-Induced Amplitude Apodization (PIAA) coronagraph used by TOPS allows planet detection at 2λ/d with nearly 100% throughput and preserves the telescope angular resolution. An efficient focal plane wavefront sensing scheme accurately measures wavefront aberrations which are fed back to the telescope active primary mirror. Fine wavefront control is also performed independently in each of 4 spectral channels, resulting in a system that is robust to wavefront chromaticity.",
keywords = "Adaptive Optics, Coronagraphy, Exoplanets, Space Telescopes",
author = "Olivier Guyon and Angel, {James R.P.} and Charles Bowers and James Burge and Burrows, {Adam S.} and Johanan Codona and Thomas Greene and Masanori Iye and James Kasting and Hubert Martin and McCarthy, {Donald W.} and Victoria Meadows and Michael Meyer and Pluzhnik, {Eugene A.} and Norman Sleep and Tony Spears and Motohide Tamura and Domenick Tenerelli and Vanderbei, {Robert Joseph} and Bruce Woodgate and Woodruff, {Robert A.} and Woolf, {Neville J.}",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1117/12.672498",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "0819463302",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Space Telescopes and Instrumentation I",
note = "Space Telescopes and Instrumentation I: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter ; Conference date: 24-05-2006 Through 31-05-2006",
}