Future exoplanet direct imaging instruments: Simulating spatial light modulator-based pixelated focal-plane coronagraphy

Liurong Lin, Axel Potier, Ruben Tandon +1

The programmable Liquid-crystal Active Coronagraphic Imager for the DAG Telescope (PLACID) instrument will be installed on the Turkish 4-m Telescope by the fall of 2024 and is expe…