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A Space Coronagraph Mission for Exoplanet Imaging and ...

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The demonstrated state of exoplanet coronagraphyShaped pupil coronagraph experiments with HCITShaped pupil maskFocal plane maskHigh contrast fieldAt left, the transmittance profile of a representative shaped pupil apodization(black indicates opaque, white indicates clear). At center, the corresponding“bowtie” image plane mask. This “Ripple 3” design achieved 2.4e-9 contrast in10% b<strong>and</strong>width averaged over the 4-10 λ/D dark field (outlined) on the HCIT.(Belikov et al. 2007)

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