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High-contrast imager for complex aperture telescopes (HiCAT): 8. Dark zone demonstration with simultaneous closed-loop low-order wavefront sensing and control
Rémi Soummer, Emiel H. Por, Raphaël Pourcelot +27
We present recent laboratory results demonstrating high-contrast coronagraphy for the future space-based large IR/Optical/Ultraviolet telescope recommended by the Decadal Survey. T…
Low-order wavefront control using a Zernike sensor through Lyot coronagraphs for exoplanet imaging: II. Concurrent operation with stroke minimization
R. Pourcelot, E. H. Por, M. N'Diaye +16
Wavefront sensing and control (WFSC) will play a key role in improving the stability of future large segmented space telescopes while relaxing the thermo-mechanical constraints on…
APLC-Optimization: an apodized pupil Lyot coronagraph design survey toolkit
Bryony F. Nickson, Emiel H. Por, Meiji M. Nguyen +9
We present a publicly available software package developed for exploring apodized pupil Lyot coronagraph (APLC) solutions for various telescope architectures. In particular, the pa…
Low-order wavefront control using a Zernike sensor through Lyot coronagraphs for exoplanet imaging
R. Pourcelot, M. N'Diaye, E. H. Por +19
Combining large segmented space telescopes, coronagraphy and wavefront control methods is a promising solution to produce a dark hole (DH) region in the coronagraphic image of an o…
Wavefront tolerances of space-based segmented telescopes at very high contrast: Experimental validation
Iva Laginja, Jean-François Sauvage, Laurent M. Mugnier +8
Context: The detection and characterization of Earth-like exoplanets (exoEarths) from space requires exquisite wavefront stability at contrast levels of . On segmented te…
Experimental validation of active control of low-order aberrations with a Zernike sensor through a Lyot coronagraph
Raphaël Pourcelot, Mamadou N'Diaye, Emiel H. Por +11
Future large segmented space telescopes and their coronagraphic instruments are expected to provide the resolution and sensitivity to observe Earth-like planets with a 10^10 contra…
Dark zone maintenance results for segmented aperture wavefront error drift in a high contrast space coronagraph
Susan F. Redmond, Laurent Pueyo, Leonid Pogorelyuk +8
Due to the limited number of photons, directly imaging planets requires long integration times with a coronagraphic instrument. The wavefront must be stable on the same time scale,…
Implementation of a broadband focal plane estimator for high-contrast dark zones
Susan F. Redmond, Laurent Pueyo, Leonid Pogorelyuk +6
The characterization of exoplanet atmospheres using direct imaging spectroscopy requires high-contrast over a wide wavelength range. We study a recently proposed focal plane wavefr…
Exploiting symmetries and progressive refinement for apodized pupil Lyot coronagraph design
Emiel H. Por, Rémi Soummer, James Noss +1
Modern coronagraph design relies on advanced, large-scale optimization processes that require an ever increasing amount of computational resources. In this paper, we restrict ourse…
Estimating low-order aberrations through a Lyot coronagraph with a Zernike wavefront sensor for exoplanet imaging
Raphaël Pourcelot, Mamadou N'Diaye, Greg Brady +13
Imaging exo-Earths is an exciting but challenging task because of the 10^-10 contrast ratio between these planets and their host star at separations narrower than 100 mas. Large se…
Predicting contrast sensitivity to segmented aperture misalignment modes for the HiCAT testbed
Iva Laginja, Remi Soummer, Laurent M. Mugnier +10
This paper presents the setup for empirical validations of the Pair-based Analytical model for Segmented Telescope Imaging from Space (PASTIS) tolerancing model for segmented coron…
Wavefront error tolerancing for direct imaging of exo-Earths with a large segmented telescope in space
Iva Laginja, Lucie Leboulleux, Laurent Pueyo +8
Direct imaging of exo-Earths and search for life is one of the most exciting and challenging objectives for future space observatories. Segmented apertures in space will be require…