N'Diaye, Mamadou and Choquet, Élodie and Pueyo, Laurent and Elliot, Erin and Perrin, Marshall D. and Wallace, J. Kent and Groff, Tyler and Carlotti, Alexis and Mawet, Dimitri and Sheckells, Matt and Shaklan, Stuart and Macintosh, Bruce and Kasdin, N. Jeremy and Soummer, Rémi (2013) High-contrast imager for Complex Aperture Telescopes (HiCAT): 1. Testbed design. In: Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets VI. Proceedings of SPIE. No.8864. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) , Bellingham, WA, Art. No. 88641K . ISBN 9780819497147. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150521-130036036
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Abstract
Searching for nearby habitable worlds with direct imaging and spectroscopy will require a telescope large enough to provide angular resolution and sensitivity to planets around a significant sample of stars. Segmented telescopes are a compelling option to obtain such large apertures. However, these telescope designs have a complex geometry (central obstruction, support structures, segmentation) that makes high-contrast imaging more challenging. We are developing a new high-contrast imaging testbed at STScI to provide an integrated solution for wavefront control and starlight suppression on complex aperture geometries. We present our approach for the testbed optical design, which defines the surface requirements for each mirror to minimize the amplitude-induced errors from the propagation of out-of-pupil surfaces. Our approach guarantees that the testbed will not be limited by these Fresnel propagation effects, but only by the aperture geometry. This approach involves iterations between classical ray-tracing optical design optimization, and end-to-end Fresnel propagation with wavefront control (e.g. Electric Field Conjugation / Stroke Minimization). The construction of the testbed is planned to start in late Fall 2013.
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Additional Information: | © 2013 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Paper Date Published: 26 September 2013. This work is supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant NNX12AG05G issued through the Astrophysics Research and Analysis (APRA) program (Soummer, PI). The authors acknowledge all the people involved during the process of the testbed design. In particular, they warmly thank Matt Kenworthy, Emmanuel Hugot and Marc Ferrari for fruitful discussions. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Subject Keywords: | high angular resolution, coronagraphy, wavefront sensing, wavefront control | ||||||||||||||||||
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Issue or Number: | 8864 | ||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1117/12.2023718 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Official Citation: | Mamadou N'Diaye ; Elodie Choquet ; Laurent Pueyo ; Erin Elliot ; Marshall D. Perrin, et al. " High-contrast imager for complex aperture telescopes (HiCAT): 1. testbed design ", Proc. SPIE 8864, Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets VI, 88641K (September 26, 2013); doi:10.1117/12.2023718; http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2023718 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Deposited By: | Ruth Sustaita | ||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 21 May 2015 20:30 | ||||||||||||||||||
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