Broadband phase and intensity compensation with a deformable mirror for an interferometric nuller.
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چکیده
Nulling interferometry has been proposed for the direct detection of Earth-like planets. Deep stable nulls require careful control of the relative intensity and phase of the beams that are being combined. We present a novel compensator, the Adaptive Nuller, that corrects the intensity and phase as a function of wavelength from 8 to 12 microm using a deformable mirror. This compensator has been used to produce rejection ratios of 82,000:1 over a bandwidth of 3.2 microm centered around 10 microm.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Applied optics
دوره 47 21 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008