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6 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

The Space Coronagraph Optical Bench (SCoOB): 11. Modeling and correction of chromatic aberrations

Kyle Van Gorkom, Ramya M. Anche, Saraswathi Kalyani Subramanian +12

The space coronagraph optical bench (SCoOB) is a high contrast imaging testbed designed to demonstrate starlight suppression techniques at visible wavelengths in a space-like vacuu…

astro-ph.IM2026

The Space Coronagraph Optical Bench (SCoOB): X. Dark zone maintenance

Saraswathi Kalyani Subramanian, Kyle Van Gorkom, Ramya Anche +12

The Space Coronagraph Optical Bench (SCoOB) is a vacuum high contrast imaging testbed designed to demonstrate starlight suppression at optical wavelengths and obtain contrasts bett…

astro-ph.IM2026

The Lazuli Space Observatory: Architecture & Capabilities

Arpita Roy, Stuart Feldman, Pete Klupar +51

The Lazuli Space Observatory is a 3-meter aperture astronomical facility designed for rapid-response observations and precision astrophysics across visible to near-infrared wavelen…

astro-ph.IM2025

The Space Coronagraph Optical Bench (SCoOB): 8. end-to-end numerical modeling of the testbed to estimate the contrast limits

Ramya M Anche, Kyle Van Gorkom, Kian Milani +9

The space coronagraph optical bench (SCoOB) at the University of Arizona is a high-contrast imaging testbed designed to operate in a vacuum to obtain a contrast better than 1e-8 in…

astro-ph.IM2025

The Space Coronagraph Optical Bench (SCoOB): 7. design, fabrication, and first light for a self-coherent camera

Kevin Derby, Kian Milani, Grace C. Hathaway +10

The 2020 Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics tasked future space observatories with the goal of detecting and characterizing a large sample of Earth-like exoplanets. To ac…

physics.optics2025

The Space Coronagraph Optical Bench (SCoOB): 6. demonstration of Lyot low order wavefront control combined with high order wavefront control using a vortex coronagraph

Kian Milani, Kyle Van Gorkom, Chris B. Mendillo +6

To reach and maintain high contrast levels, coronagraph instruments will require a combination of low-order and high-order wavefront control techniques to correct for dynamic wavef…