TPF interferometer performance requirements

Martin Charley Noecker; Oliver P. Lay; Brent Ware; Serge Dubovitsky

doi:10.1117/12.508060

19 November 2003 TPF interferometer performance requirements

Martin Charley Noecker, Oliver P. Lay, Brent Ware, Serge Dubovitsky

Proceedings Volume 5170, Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.508060
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The TPF interferometer family suppresses the stellar glare using a deep interferometric null, which for the planet can become constructive interference because of its angular offset. The null depth need not be as great as the star-planet contrast, but its systematic fluctuations must be perhaps 5 times better than the variations which constitute the planet's signature. We present an allocation of errors which meet these needs, and identify areas which need better definition.

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Martin Charley Noecker, Oliver P. Lay, Brent Ware, and Serge Dubovitsky "TPF interferometer performance requirements", Proc. SPIE 5170, Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets, (19 November 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.508060

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