Laboratory experiment of checkerboard pupil mask coronagraph

2006/09/23 by K. Enya, Keigo Enya, S. Tanaka +5 · 2 citations
Engineering · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing #Astronomy #Calibration and Measurement Techniques #Checkerboard #Context (archaeology) #Coronagraph #Exoplanet #Geology #Geometry #Mathematics #Optics #Physics #Pupil #Spica #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Telescope #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066351

6 pages, 6 figures

arxiv created 2006/09/23 · openalex publication_date 2006/09/26 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context.We present the results of the first laboratory experiment of checkerboard shaped pupil binary mask coronagraphs using visible light, in the context of the R&D activities for future mid-infrared space missions such as the 3.5 m SPICA telescope.

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