Imaging exoplanets with coronagraphic instruments

R Galicher, J Mazoyer - Comptes …, 2023 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
L'exoplanétologie est un domaine très actif de l'astronomie moderne avec des questions
encore ouvertes: comment les systèmes planétaires se forment-ils et évoluent-ils; pourquoi …

High performance PIAA coronagraphy with complex amplitude focal plane masks

O Guyon, F Martinache, R Belikov… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe a coronagraph approach where the performance of a Phase-Induced
Amplitude Apodization (PIAA) coronagraph is improved by using a partially transmissive …

End-to-end numerical modeling of the Roman Space Telescope coronagraph

JE Krist, JB Steeves, BD Dube… - Journal of …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Roman Space Telescope will have the first advanced coronagraph in space, with
deformable mirrors (DMs) for wavefront control (WFC), low-order wavefront sensing and …

Lyot-based low order wavefront sensor for phase-mask coronagraphs: principle, simulations and laboratory experiments

G Singh, F Martinache, P Baudoz… - Publications of the …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
High performance coronagraphic imaging of faint structures around bright stars at small
angular separations requires fine control of tip, tilt, and other low order aberrations. When …

Coronagraphic low-order wave-front sensor: principle and application to a phase-induced amplitude coronagraph

O Guyon, T Matsuo, R Angel - The Astrophysical Journal, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
High-contrast coronagraphic imaging of the immediate surrounding of stars requires
exquisite control of low-order wave-front aberrations, such as tip–tilt (pointing) and focus. We …

High-contrast imaging and wavefront control with a PIAA coronagraph: laboratory system validation

O Guyon, E Pluzhnik, F Martinache… - Publications of the …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Phase-Induced Amplitude Apodization (PIAA) coronagraph is a high-
performance coronagraph concept able to work at small angular separation with little loss in …

How ELTs will acquire the first spectra of rocky habitable planets

O Guyon, F Martinache, EJ Cady… - … Optics Systems III, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
ELTs will offer angular resolution around 10mas in the near-IR and unprecedented
sensitivity. While direct imaging of Earth-like exoplanets around Sun-like stars will stay out of …

Optical phase retrieval with the image of intensity in the focal plane based on the convolutional neural networks

AP Dzyuba - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
One of the most important factors for improving the resolution of optical systems is to
compensate for the aberrations (distortions) of the wave front. As a rule, whether special …

ACCESS: a concept study for the direct imaging and spectroscopy of exoplanetary systems

J Trauger, K Stapelfeldt, W Traub, J Krist… - Space Telescopes …, 2010 - spiedigitallibrary.org
ACCESS is one of four medium-class mission concepts selected for study in 2008-9 by
NASA's Astrophysics Strategic Mission Concepts Study program. ACCESS evaluates a …

Design and performance analysis of a PIAACMC coronagraph on a segmented aperture

R Belikov, S Bryson, D Sirbu, O Guyon… - Space Telescopes …, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
To directly image and characterize exoplanets, starlight suppression systems rely on
coronagraphs to optically remove starlight while preserving planet light for spectroscopy …