SP-436 Project Orion: A Design Study of a System for Detecting Extrasolar Planets

Figure 63. Schematic representation of the form of the one dimensional Sonine masks used in the Orion apodization test; µ = 0 corresponds to a clear aperture; increasing µ values block out progressively more light. A complementary Sonine mask for a given µ value is one that is opaque where the corresponding Sonine mask transmits and transmitting where the Sonine mask is opaque.

Figure 63. Schematic representation of the form of the one dimensional Sonine masks used in the Orion apodization test; µ = 0 corresponds to a clear aperture; increasing µ values block out progressively more light. A complementary Sonine mask for a given µ value is one that is opaque where the corresponding Sonine mask transmits and transmitting where the Sonine mask is opaque.

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