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Comparison of Single-Aperture Nullers Designed for Space

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Nulling Interferometers for Space-based High-Contrast Visible Imaging and Measurement of Exoplanetary Environments

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A large number of designs for space-based high-contrast coronagraphy-enabled Explorers have been laboratory proven and proposed. Their complexity and costliness along with a need to raise the Technological Readiness Level (TRL) of many key components and concepts have kept most at the breadboard stage of development, however. In this chapter I provide a detailed comparison of two nulling techniques that have been used in instrumentation that have been designed and built for space-based operation, one of which has flown.

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Hicks, B. (2014). Comparison of Single-Aperture Nullers Designed for Space. In: Nulling Interferometers for Space-based High-Contrast Visible Imaging and Measurement of Exoplanetary Environments. Springer Theses. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8211-6_5

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