Benefits of adding radial phase dimples on scalar coronagraph phase masks

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Main Authors: Desai, Niyati, Mawet, Dimitri, Serabyn, Eugene, Ruane, Garreth, Bertrou-Cantou, Arielle, Llop-Sayson, Jorge, Riggs, A J Eldorado
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author Desai, Niyati
Mawet, Dimitri
Serabyn, Eugene
Ruane, Garreth
Bertrou-Cantou, Arielle
Llop-Sayson, Jorge
Riggs, A J Eldorado
author_facet Desai, Niyati
Mawet, Dimitri
Serabyn, Eugene
Ruane, Garreth
Bertrou-Cantou, Arielle
Llop-Sayson, Jorge
Riggs, A J Eldorado
contents Current scalar coronagraph focal plane mask designs are performance-limited by chromaticity. We investigate the effects of adding central Roddier and dual zone phase dimples to scalar vortex masks to improve broadband performance by suppressing the chromatic stellar leakage. We present hybrid designs with radial phase dimples integrated with the sawtooth vortex, wrapped vortex, and cosine phase mask. We show that using these dimples, it is possible to substantially improve the broadband contrast performance of scalar phase masks. We also show that although adding a phase dimple does not increase the sensitivity to low-order aberrations, suppressing the central leakage of scalar vortex coronagraphs does not restore the aberrations sensitivities to their notional state.
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spellingShingle Benefits of adding radial phase dimples on scalar coronagraph phase masks
Desai, Niyati
Mawet, Dimitri
Serabyn, Eugene
Ruane, Garreth
Bertrou-Cantou, Arielle
Llop-Sayson, Jorge
Riggs, A J Eldorado
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Current scalar coronagraph focal plane mask designs are performance-limited by chromaticity. We investigate the effects of adding central Roddier and dual zone phase dimples to scalar vortex masks to improve broadband performance by suppressing the chromatic stellar leakage. We present hybrid designs with radial phase dimples integrated with the sawtooth vortex, wrapped vortex, and cosine phase mask. We show that using these dimples, it is possible to substantially improve the broadband contrast performance of scalar phase masks. We also show that although adding a phase dimple does not increase the sensitivity to low-order aberrations, suppressing the central leakage of scalar vortex coronagraphs does not restore the aberrations sensitivities to their notional state.
title Benefits of adding radial phase dimples on scalar coronagraph phase masks
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05146