Publications (8)
MagAO-X: project status and first laboratory results
Jared R. Males, Laird M. Close, Kelsey Miller +32
MagAO-X is an entirely new "extreme" adaptive optics system for the Magellan Clay 6.5 m telescope, funded by the NSF MRI program starting in Sep 2016. The key science goal of MagAO…
TDEM final report: Enhanced direct imaging exoplanet detection with astrometry mass determination
Eduardo Bendek, Ruslan Belikov, Olivier Guyon +6
This Final Report (FR) presents the results of the Enhanced direct imaging exoplanet detection with astrometry mass determination project, which was executed in support of NASA's E…
Review of high-contrast imaging systems for current and future ground-based and space-based telescopes III. Technology opportunities and pathways
Frans Snik, Olivier Absil, Pierre Baudoz +30
The Optimal Optical CoronagraphWorkshop at the Lorentz Center in September 2017 in Leiden, the Netherlands gathered a diverse group of 25 researchers working on exoplanet instrumen…
Review of high-contrast imaging systems for current and future ground-based and space-based telescopes II. Common path wavefront sensing/control and Coherent Differential Imaging
Nemanja Jovanovic, Olivier Absil, Pierre Baudoz +28
The Optimal Optical Coronagraph (OOC) Workshop held at the Lorentz Center in September 2017 in Leiden, the Netherlands, gathered a diverse group of 25 researchers working on exopla…
SCExAO, an instrument with a dual purpose: perform cutting-edge science and develop new technologies
Julien Lozi, Olivier Guyon, Nemanja Jovanovic +31
The Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics (SCExAO) instrument is an extremely modular high-contrast instrument installed on the Subaru telescope in Hawaii. SCExAO has a dual…
Modeling coronagraphic extreme wavefront control systems for high contrast imaging in ground and space telescope missions
Jennifer Lumbres, Jared Males, Ewan Douglas +17
The challenges of high contrast imaging (HCI) for detecting exoplanets for both ground and space applications can be met with extreme adaptive optics (ExAO), a high-order adaptive…
Focal plane wavefront sensing and control strategies for high-contrast imaging on the MagAO-X instrument
Kelsey Miller, Jared R. Males, Olivier Guyon +14
The Magellan extreme adaptive optics (MagAO-X) instrument is a new extreme adaptive optics (ExAO) system designed for operation in the visible to near-IR which will deliver high co…
Design of the MagAO-X Pyramid Wavefront Sensor
Lauren H. Schatz, Jared R. Males, Laird M. Close +11
Adaptive optics systems correct atmospheric turbulence in real time. Most adaptive optics systems used routinely correct in the near infrared, at wavelengths greater than 1 micron.…