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SAXO+, the second-stage adaptive optics for SPHERE: NCPA compensation and dark-hole loop with a pyramid wavefront sensor
Johan Mazoyer, Charles Goulas, Raphaël Galicher +21
The SAXO+ upgrade of the VLT/SPHERE adaptive optics system introduces a second-stage near-infrared pyramid wavefront sensor to improve high-contrast imaging, making accurate calibr…
Advancing European High-Contrast Imaging R&D Towards the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Iva Laginja, Óscar Carrión-González, Romain Laugier +31
The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) will enable a transformative leap in the direct imaging and characterization of Earth-like exoplanets. For this, NASA is focusing on early in…
Upgrading SPHERE with the second stage AO system SAXO+: non-common path aberrations estimation and correction
Johan Mazoyer, Charles Goulas, Fabrice Vidal +16
SAXO+ is a planned enhancement of the existing SAXO, the VLT/ SPHERE adaptive optics system, deployed on ESO's Very Large Telescope. This upgrade is designed to significantly enhan…
Numerical simulations for the SAXO+ upgrade: Performance analysis of the adaptive optics system
Charles Goulas, Raphaël Galicher, Fabrice Vidal +16
SPHERE, operating at the VLT since 2014, is currently one of the high-contrast instruments with a higher performance. Its adaptive optics system, known as SAXO, will be upgraded to…
SAXO+ upgrade : second stage AO system end-to-end numerical simulations
Charles Goulas, Fabrice Vidal, Raphaël Galicher +14
SAXO+ is a proposed upgrade to SAXO, the AO system of the SPHERE instrument on the ESO Very Large Telescope. It will improve the capabilities of the instrument for the detection an…
Empirical Contrast Model for High-Contrast Imaging -- A VLT/SPHERE Case Study
Benjamin Courtney-Barre, Robert De Rosa, Rosita Kokotanekova +4
The ability to accurately predict the contrast achieved from high contrast imagers is important for efficient scheduling and quality control measures in modern observatories. We ai…