3 papers
astro-ph.IM2024
STARI: STarlight Acquisition and Reflection toward Interferometry
John D. Monnier, Prachet Jain, Shashank Kalluri +7
We present the concept for STARI: STarlight Acquisition and Reflection toward Interferometry. If launched, STARI will be the first mission to control a 3-D CubeSat formation to the…
astro-ph.IM2024
Optical modeling for the evaluation of HOWFSC on embedded processors
Kian Milani, Ewan Douglas, Leonid Pogorelyuk +5
The correction of quasi-static wavefront errors within a coronagraphic optical system will be a key challenge to overcome in order to directly image exoplanets in reflected light.…
astro-ph.IM2024
Current laboratory performance of starlight suppression systems, and potential pathways to desired Habitable Worlds Observatory exoplanet science capabilities
Bertrand Mennesson, Ruslan Belikov, Emiel Por +34
We summarize the current best polychromatic (10 to 20 % bandwidth) contrast performance demonstrated in the laboratory by different starlight suppression approaches and systems des…