Abstract Space-based high-contrast imaging mission concepts for studying rocky exoplanets
in reflected light are currently under community study. We develop an inverse modeling …

Coronagraphs of the apodized pupil and shaped pupil varieties use the Fraunhofer
diffraction properties of amplitude masks to create regions of high contrast in the vicinity of a …

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 …

Hybrid Lyot Coronagraph (HLC) is one of the two operating modes of the Wide-Field
InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST) coronagraph instrument. Since being selected by …

To maintain the required Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) coronagraph
performance in a realistic space environment, a low-order wavefront sensing and control …

Detection and characterization of Earth-like planets around nearby stars using the direct
imaging technique is a key scientific objective of future NASA astrophysics flagship …

To maintain the required performance of WFIRST Coronagraph in a realistic space
environment, a Low Order Wavefront Sensing and Control (LOWFS/C) subsystem is …

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, planned to launch in the mid-2020s, will be the
first space-based observatory to demonstrate active wavefront correction at high contrast …

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument (CGI) will be capable
of characterizing exoplanets in reflected light and will demonstrate space technologies …

Abstract Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST)-CGI is a NASA technology
demonstration mission that is charged with demonstrating key technologies for future exo …