Notch Filter Masks: Practical Image Masks for Planet-Finding Coronagraphs

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2002-09-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0209271v2

Astrophys.J. 594 (2003) 617-626

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

27 pages, including 8 figures, to appear in ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/375836

An ideal coronagraph with a band-limited image mask can efficiently image off-axis sources while removing identically all of the light from an on-axis source. However, strict mask construction tolerances limit the utility of this technique for directly imaging extrasolar terrestrial planets. We present a variation on the basic band-limited mask design--a family of ``notch filter'' masks--that mitigates this problem. These robust and trivially achromatic masks can be easily manufactured by cutting holes in opaque material.

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