Current laboratory performance of starlight suppression systems, and potential pathways to desired Habitable Worlds Observatory exoplanet science capabilities

B Mennesson, R Belikov, E Serabyn, G Ruane… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We summarize the current best polychromatic (10 to 20% bandwidth) contrast performance
demonstrated in the laboratory by different starlight suppression approaches and systems …