Description

Direct imaging of extrasolar planets around nearby stars requires suppression of light from the parent star by up to ten orders of magnitude at visible wavelengths. We are creating and testing various optical designs to suppressing scattered and diffracted starlight to enable the discovery and characterization of extrasolar planets with space-borne instrumentation on future missions, such as WFIRST and LUVOIR.

Location:
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
Field of Science:Astrophysics
Advisors:
Marc Kuchner
Marc.J.Kuchner@nasa.gov
301-286-5165
Mike McElwain
Michael.W.McElwain@nasa.gov
301-286-6094
Neil T Zimmerman
neil.t.zimmerman@nasa.gov
301.286.3328
Tyler D. Groff
Tyler.D.Groff@nasa.gov
301.286.1210
Christopher Stark
christopher.c.stark@nasa.gov
(240) 441-1896

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