3 papers
astro-ph.IM2024
Revisiting the Borde-Traub focal plane wavefront estimation technique for exoplanet direct imaging
Axel Potier, A J Eldorado Riggs, Garreth Ruane +8
Direct imaging of exoplanets relies on complex wavefront sensing and control architectures. In addition to fast adaptive optics systems, most of the future high-contrast imaging in…
astro-ph.IM2024
Comparative laboratory study of electric field conjugation algorithms
Niyati Desai, Axel Potier, Susan F. Redmond +5
Future space telescope coronagraph instruments hinge on the integration of high-performance masks and precise wavefront sensing and control techniques to create dark holes essentia…
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…