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The MAII project: preparation to the IRSI/Darwin mission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2003

Claude Aime ,
Rémi Soummer ,
V. Weber ,
M. Barillot ,
P. Haguenauer ,
E. Thomas ,
A. Poupinet ,
I. Schanen ,
P. Labeye  and
Z. Sodnick
V. Weber
Affiliation:
Alcatel Space, Cannes, France
M. Barillot
Affiliation:
Alcatel Space, Cannes, France
P. Haguenauer
Affiliation:
Alcatel Space, Cannes, France
E. Thomas
Affiliation:
Alcatel Space, Cannes, France
A. Poupinet
Affiliation:
SAGEIS-CSO, Grenoble, France
I. Schanen
Affiliation:
IMEP, Grenoble, France
P. Labeye
Affiliation:
LETI, Grenoble, France
Z. Sodnick
Affiliation:
ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
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Abstract

In the frame of ESA's DARWIN mission technological studies, Alcatel Space, supported by ESA, is designing and manufacturing a nulling interferometer whose aim is to demonstrate in laboratory the extinction of a point source with a stable nulling ratio of 10-6. This breadboard is presented with emphasis on the integrated optics beam combiner.

Type
Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 8: Astronomy with High Contrast Imaging , 2003 , pp. 319 - 325
Copyright
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2003

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