Implementation and Characterization of the Vector Vortex Coronagraph on the SEAL Testbed
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| author | Moreno, Ashai Chambouleyron, Vincent Jensen-Clem, Rebecca M. Dillon, Daren Hinz, Philip M. Macintosh, Bruce |
| author_facet | Moreno, Ashai Chambouleyron, Vincent Jensen-Clem, Rebecca M. Dillon, Daren Hinz, Philip M. Macintosh, Bruce |
| contents | The Santa Cruz Extreme AO Lab (SEAL) testbed is an optical bench meant to design and develop new wavefront control techniques for high-contrast imaging for segmented telescopes. These techniques allow for astronomical efficiency in exoplanet imaging and characterization. SEAL consists of several wavefront sensors (WFS) and deformable mirrors (DM) that are currently performing techniques like predictive control or non-linear reconstruction. In this paper, we present the implementation and characterization of a new coronagraphic branch on SEAL and assess the contrast limitations in the testbed. For our coronagraphic branch, we used a vector vortex coronagraph which has high contrast performance. The W. M. Keck Observatory also uses a vortex coronagraph, allowing us to compare the limitations with our own coronagraph. We relied on the testbed and simulations of the vortex coronagraph to compare performance with expected ones. To create a more reliable simulation, we also injected in our numerical model data collected by a Zernike Wavefront sensor (ZWFS) used to perform fine wavefront sensing on the bench. Now that the coronagraphic branch is aligned on SEAL, we will be able to use contrast as a metric for the performance of wavefront control methods on the bench. |
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| spellingShingle | Implementation and Characterization of the Vector Vortex Coronagraph on the SEAL Testbed Moreno, Ashai Chambouleyron, Vincent Jensen-Clem, Rebecca M. Dillon, Daren Hinz, Philip M. Macintosh, Bruce Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics The Santa Cruz Extreme AO Lab (SEAL) testbed is an optical bench meant to design and develop new wavefront control techniques for high-contrast imaging for segmented telescopes. These techniques allow for astronomical efficiency in exoplanet imaging and characterization. SEAL consists of several wavefront sensors (WFS) and deformable mirrors (DM) that are currently performing techniques like predictive control or non-linear reconstruction. In this paper, we present the implementation and characterization of a new coronagraphic branch on SEAL and assess the contrast limitations in the testbed. For our coronagraphic branch, we used a vector vortex coronagraph which has high contrast performance. The W. M. Keck Observatory also uses a vortex coronagraph, allowing us to compare the limitations with our own coronagraph. We relied on the testbed and simulations of the vortex coronagraph to compare performance with expected ones. To create a more reliable simulation, we also injected in our numerical model data collected by a Zernike Wavefront sensor (ZWFS) used to perform fine wavefront sensing on the bench. Now that the coronagraphic branch is aligned on SEAL, we will be able to use contrast as a metric for the performance of wavefront control methods on the bench. |
| title | Implementation and Characterization of the Vector Vortex Coronagraph on the SEAL Testbed |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06487 |