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

Figure 32. Schematic representation showing the effect of varying the fringe spacing relative to the angular extent of a planet's orbit. Spacing is adjusted to obtain a modulated signal optimized at a frequency equal to four times the rotation frequency interferometer.

Figure 32. Schematic representation showing the effect of varying the fringe spacing relative to the angular extent of a planet's orbit. Spacing is adjusted to obtain a modulated signal optimized at a frequency equal to four times the rotation frequency interferometer.

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