3 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
A NICE (Nulling Interferometry Cryogenic Experiment) update: Beyond 1e-5 and towards cryogenic operation
Jonah T. Hansen, Thomas Birbacher, Germain Garreau +10
The Nulling Interferometry Cryogenic Experiment (NICE) is a mid-infrared laboratory testbed at ETH Zürich that aims to not only reproduce the deep () broadband nul…
astro-ph.IM2026
Cryogenic characterisation for the Nulling Interferometry Cryogenic Experiment (NICE)
Jonah T. Hansen, Emilie Bouzerand, Adrian M. Glauser +11
The Nulling Interferometry Cryogenic Experiment (NICE) is an experimental testbed for the beam combiner of the Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) space mission. Until now,…
astro-ph.IM2026
Achieving efficient broadband spatial filtering for LIFE: status and plan
G. Garreau, T. Birbacher, L. Desdoigts +8
Nulling interferometry is one of the most promising techniques that is envisioned for the imaging and characterization of exoplanets in the mid-infrared for ground-based and space-…