Starshade starlight-suppression performance with a deployable structure

Tiffany Glassman; Steven Warwick; Amy Lo; Suzanne Casement

doi:10.1117/12.2234323

29 July 2016 Starshade starlight-suppression performance with a deployable structure

Tiffany Glassman, Steven Warwick, Amy Lo, Suzanne Casement

Proceedings Volume 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 990425 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234323
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

Starshades are an exoplanet direct-imaging architecture that uses a precisely-shaped screen to block the light from a star in order to achieve high-contrast imaging of exoplanets. The shape of the deployable starshade structure must precisely match the design shape in order to maintain the high level of starlight suppression. In this paper, we discuss analysis of error sources from the starshade structure including manufacturing, dynamics, and thermal distortion to show that the starshade can achieve the needed optical performance.

Citation Download Citation

Tiffany Glassman, Steven Warwick, Amy Lo, and Suzanne Casement "Starshade starlight-suppression performance with a deployable structure", Proc. SPIE 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 990425 (29 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234323

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available