Print Email Facebook Twitter Nulling interferometry for exoplanet detection using polarization properties Title Nulling interferometry for exoplanet detection using polarization properties Author Spronck, J. Pereira, S.F. Braat, J.J.M. Faculty Applied Sciences Department Optics Research Groep Date 2006-06-23 Abstract We present a new type of nulling interferometer that makes use of polarization properties to have on-axis destructive interference. The proposed design, which only involves commercial components and no achromatic device, is also suitable for internal modulation. This type of interferometer should enable a high rejection ratio in a theoretically unlimited spectral band. We implemented that concept on a two-beam white-light interferometer and we present here the first experimental results Subject interferometrypolarizationastronomical opticsnulling To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8a0a0986-5322-4c6d-a865-79893bfcda7d Publisher SPIE ISSN 0277-786X Source Proceedings of SPIE, 2006 vol. 6268 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c)2006 Spronck, J., Pereira, S.F., Braat, J.J.M. Files PDF Nulling2Spronck.pdf 1.24 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:8a0a0986-5322-4c6d-a865-79893bfcda7d/datastream/OBJ/view