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Fast linearized coronagraph optimizer (FALCO) I: a software toolbox for rapid coronagraphic design and wavefront correction

Riggs, A. J. Eldorado and Ruane, Garreth and Sidick, Erkin and Coker, Carl and Kern, Brian D. and Shaklan, Stuart B. (2018) Fast linearized coronagraph optimizer (FALCO) I: a software toolbox for rapid coronagraphic design and wavefront correction. In: Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave. Proceedings of SPIE. No.10698. Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) , Bellingham, WA, Art. No. 106982V. ISBN 9781510619494. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20181207-083715924

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Abstract

The Fast Linearized Coronagraph Optimizer (FALCO) is an open-source toolbox of routines for coronagraphic focal plane wavefront correction. The goal of FALCO is to provide a free, modular framework for the simulation or testbed operation of several common types of coronagraphs. FALCO includes routines for pair-wise probing estimation of the complex electric field and Electric Field Conjugation (EFC) control, and we ask the community to contribute other wavefront correction algorithms. FALCO utilizes and builds upon PROPER, an established optical propagation library. The key innovation in FALCO is the rapid computation of the linearized response matrix for each deformable mirror (DM), which facilitates re-linearization after each control step for faster DM-integrated coronagraph design and wavefront correction experiments. FALCO is freely available as source code in MATLAB at github.com/ajeldorado/falco-matlab and will be available later this year in Python 3 at github.com/ajeldorado/falco-python.


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Riggs, A. J. Eldorado0000-0002-0863-6228
Ruane, Garreth0000-0003-4769-1665
Coker, Carl0000-0002-9954-7887
Additional Information:© 2018 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). This work was performed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. FALCO’s development was funded by the WFIRST Coronagraph Instrument (CGI) project and the NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program’s (ExEP’s) Segmented Coronagraph Design and Analysis (SCDA) study. The authors thank Dan Sirbu and Jorge Domingo Llop-Sayson for early testing and troubleshooting of FALCO.
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Subject Keywords:wavefront control, wavefront estimation, coronagraph, high-contrast imaging, PROPER, modeling
Series Name:Proceedings of SPIE
Issue or Number:10698
DOI:10.1117/12.2313812
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Official Citation:A J Eldorado Riggs, Garreth Ruane, Erkin Sidick, Carl Coker, Brian D. Kern, Stuart B. Shaklan, "Fast linearized coronagraph optimizer (FALCO) I: a software toolbox for rapid coronagraphic design and wavefront correction," Proc. SPIE 10698, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 106982V (9 August 2018); doi: 10.1117/12.2313812
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