Phase-retrieval-based wavefront metrology for high-contrast coronography: 2. Reconstructions through a shaped pupil apodizer

Gregory R. Brady; Peter Petrone III; Iva Laginja; Keira Brooks; Manxuan (Rebecca) Zhang; Mamadou N'Diaye; Christopher Moriarty; John Hagopian; Rémi Soummer

doi:10.1117/12.2530482

9 September 2019 Phase-retrieval-based wavefront metrology for high-contrast coronography: 2. Reconstructions through a shaped pupil apodizer

Gregory R. Brady, Peter Petrone III, Iva Laginja, Keira Brooks, Manxuan (Rebecca) Zhang, Mamadou N'Diaye, Christopher Moriarty, John Hagopian, Rémi Soummer

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Proceedings Volume 11117, Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets IX; 1111712 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530482
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2019, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We discuss the use of parametric phase-diverse phase retrieval to characterize and optimize the transmitted wavefront of a high-contrast apodized pupil coronagraph with and without an apodizer. We apply our method to correct the transmitted wavefront of the HiCAT (High contrast imager for Complex Aperture Telescopes) coronagraphic testbed. This correction requires a series of calibration steps, which we describe. The correction improves the system wavefront from 16 nm RMS to 3.0 nm RMS for the case where a uniform circular aperture is in place. We further measure the wavefront with the apodizer in place to be 11.7 nm RMS. Improvement to the apodized pupil phase retrieval process is necessary before a correction based on this measurement can be applied.

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Gregory R. Brady, Peter Petrone III, Iva Laginja, Keira Brooks, Manxuan (Rebecca) Zhang, Mamadou N'Diaye, Christopher Moriarty, John Hagopian, and Rémi Soummer "Phase-retrieval-based wavefront metrology for high-contrast coronography: 2. Reconstructions through a shaped pupil apodizer", Proc. SPIE 11117, Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets IX, 1111712 (9 September 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530482

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