8 papers
Design and simulation of a photonic lantern-inspired astrophotonic chip for spectral sensing
Avi Patel, Kevin A. Bundy, Aditya Sengupta +10
Compact astrophotonic sensors can trade general-purpose spectral coverage for task-specific wavelength discrimination in a small integrated footprint. Developed with the Mazin Lab…
Demonstrating the integration of a photonic lantern with an all-fiber-based nulling interferometer
Jordan Diaz, Rebecca Jensen-Clem, Philip M. Hinz +12
High-contrast imaging of Solar System scale exoplanets and protoplanets demands advancements in instrumentation to access deeper starlight suppression at smaller angular separation…
PEEPSS: Photonic-Enabled ExoPlanet Spectroscopic Sensor for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Genevieve Markees, Stephen S. Eikenberry, Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa +5
The next few years will be critical for technology development for Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) in its mission to search for and characterize extrasolar planets. To achieve i…
Wavelength-Dependent Evolution of Full-Field Transfer Matrices in Photonic Lanterns
Caleb Dobias, Miguel Römer, Swati Bhargava +10
A fiber-based photonic lantern can couple an array of single-mode optical fibers to the guided modes of a multimode fiber, with the mapping between the single-mode fibers and guide…
On-sky demonstration of second-stage wavefront control with a photonic lantern
Aditya R. Sengupta, Jordan Diaz, Matthew DeMartino +14
Ground-based direct imaging of exoplanets at high contrast requires precise correction of atmospheric turbulence using adaptive optics (AO). The planet-to-star contrast ratio at sm…
The Santa Cruz Extreme AO Lab (SEAL) 2.0: A reflective, multi-wavelength rebuild
Rebecca Jensen-Clem, Vincent Chambouleyron, Prince Javier +20
The Santa cruz Extreme Adaptive optics Lab (SEAL) is a visible/near-infrared wavelength testbed designed to support technology development for high contrast imaging on large, segme…