8 papers
The Roman Coronagraph Community Participation Program: early calibration plan and pilot observation of a companion
Julien H. Girard, Eric Cady, Neil T. Zimmerman +42
Roman is set to launch in weeks! The Coronagraph Instrument - technology pathfinder for future direct imaging missions - is ready to fly too. According to predictions, laboratory t…
The Roman Coronagraph Community Participation Program: trials and triumphs of designing an observing program for a technology demonstration instrument
Schuyler G. Wolff, Vanessa P. Bailey, Justin Hom +19
The Coronagraph Instrument onboard the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope serves as a crucial technology pathfinder for the Habitable Worlds Observatory, with on-sky verification of…
Laboratory demonstration of low order wavefront control using light reflected off the vortex coronagraph
Clarissa R. Do Ã, Kane Sjoberg, Luke Lamitina +4
The paper reports the first laboratory demonstration of a low‑order wavefront sensing and tip‑tilt control loop using light reflected from a vector vortex coronagraph, achieving su…
CATKit2-HCI: a collaborative framework for advancing high-contrast coronagraph testbeds
Rémi Soummer, Iva Laginja, Emiel H. Por +19
High-contrast exoplanet imaging requires dedicated laboratory testbeds for the development and validation of coronagraph architectures, wavefront sensing and control methods, calib…
Enhanced wavefront sensing for the Roman Coronagraph Instrument: Gaussian probes and compact model validation
Lukas Delaye, Iva Laginja, Pierre Baudoz +10
The paper evaluates the use of Gaussian probe patterns for focal‑plane wavefront sensing in the Roman Space Telescope's Coronagraph Instrument, showing via simulations that they ca…
Impact of segmented deformable mirrors on high-contrast testbeds for exoplanet imaging with future large space telescopes: contrast stability assessment on the HiCAT bench
Benjamin Buralli, Mamadou N'Diaye, Raphaël Pourcelot +13
We investigate the stability of a segmented deformable mirror (DM) on high-contrast testbeds and its impact on the images produced with coronagraphs. Segmented apertures are promis…