Astronomical near-neighbor detection with a four-quadrant phase mask (FQPM) coronagraph

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6265 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Haguenauer, Pierre ^a   Serabyn, Eugene ^a   Mennesson, Bertrand ^a   Wallace, James K ^a   Gappinger, Robert O ^a   Troy, Mitchell ^a   Bloemhof, Eric E ^a   Moore, Jim ^a   Koresko, Chris D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronagraphy; Phase mask

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; FLUXES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MASKS; PLANETS; SPACE TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS;

CORONAGRAPHY; FOUR-QUADRANT PHASE MASK (FQPM); HIGH CONTRAST IMAGING; PALOMAR;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33749011989     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672595     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (17)

1. B. Lyot, "The study of the solar corona and prominences without eclipses", MNRAS, Volume 99, p. 580, (1939).
2. F. Roddier, and C. Roddier, Stellar Coronograph with Phase Mask, The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 109, pp.815-820 (1997).
3. D. Rouan, P. Riaud, A. Boccaletti, Y. Clenet, and A. Labeyrie, The Four-Quadrant Phase-Mask Coronagraph. I. Principle, The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 112, Issue 777, pp. 1479-1486 (2000).
4. P. Baudoz, J. Gay, and Y. Rabbia, Achromatic interfero coronagraphy I. Theoretical capabilities for ground-based observations, Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement, Volume 141, pp.319-329 (2000).
5. C. Aime, R. Soummer, and A. Ferrari, Interferometric apodization of rectangular apertures. Application to stellar coronagraphy, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 379, pp.697-707 (2001).
6. D. Spergel, and J. Kasdin, A Shaped Pupil Coronagraph: A Simpler Path towards TPF, 199th American Astronomical Society Meeting, Bulletin of the AAS, Volume 33, p.1431 (2001).
7. M.J. Kuchner, and W.A. Traub, A Coronagraph with a Band-limited Mask for Finding Terrestrial Planets, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 570, Issue 2, pp. 900-908 (2002).
8. O. Guyon, Phase-induced amplitude apodization of telescope pupils for extrasolar terrestrial planet imaging, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 404, pp.379-387 (2003).
9. R. Soummer, K. Dohlen, and C. Aime, Achromatic dual-zone phase mask stellar coronagraph, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 403, pp.369-381 (2003).
10. N.J. Kasdin, R.J. Vanderbei, M.G. Littman, and D.N. Spergel, Optimal one-dimensional apodizations and shaped pupils for planet finding coronagraphy, Applied Optics, Volume 44, Issue 7, pp.1117-1128 (2005).
11. J.P. Lloyd, D.T. Gavel, J.R Graham, P.E. Hodge, A. Sivaramakrishnan, and G.M. Voit, Four-quadrant phase mask coronagraph: analytical calculation and pupil geometry, Proc. SPIE, Volume 4860, pp. 171-181 (2003).
12. P. Riaud, A. Boccaletti, D. Rouan, F. Lemarquis, and A. Labeyrie, The Four-Quadrant Phase-Mask Coronagraph. II. Simulations, The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 113, Issue 787, pp. 1145-1154 (2001).
13. P. Riaud, A. Boccaletti, J. Baudrand, and D. Rouan, The Four-Quadrant Phase Mask Coronagraph. III. Laboratory Performance, The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 115, Issue 808, pp. 712-719 (2003).
14. A. Boccaletti, P. Riaud, P. Baudoz, J. Baudrand, D. Rouan, D. Gratadour, F. Lacombe, and A.-M. Lagrange, The Four-Quadrant Phase Mask Coronagraph. IV. First Light at the Very Large Telescope, The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 116, Issue 825, pp. 1061-1071 (2004).
15. P. Haguenauer, E. Serabyn, E. E. Bloemhof, J. K. Wallace, R. O. Gappinger, B. P. Mennesson, M. Troy, C. D. Koresko, J. D. Moore, "An off-axis four-quadrant phase-mask coronagraph for Palomar: high contrast near bright stars imager", Proc. SPIE, Volume 5905, pp. 261-271 (2005).
16. G. Serabyn, P. Haguenauer, C. Koresko, An off-axis coronagraph for near neighbor detection, (in preparation).
17. M. Troy, R. Dekany, G. Brack, B. Oppenheimer, E. Bloemhof, T. Trinh, F. Dekens, F. Shi, T. Hayward, and B. Brandl, Palomar adaptive optics project: status and performances, Proc. SPIE, Volume 4007, pp. 31-40 (2000).