Practical numerical propagation of arbitrary wavefronts through PIAA optics

John E. Krist; Laurent Pueyo; Stuart B. Shaklan

doi:10.1117/12.856490

9 August 2010 Practical numerical propagation of arbitrary wavefronts through PIAA optics

John E. Krist, Laurent Pueyo, Stuart B. Shaklan

Proceedings Volume 7731, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 77314N (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856490
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The phase-induced amplitude apodization (PIAA) coronagraph utilizes highly aspheric optics to produce a strongly apodized beam without the large loss of light that would result from using a graded transmission mask. The rapid variations in surface curvature at the edge of the PIAA apodizing optic creates large wavefront phase changes that cannot be adequately represented in conventional Fourier-based diffraction propagation algorithms. A rapid technique is required for propagating arbitrarily-aberrated wavefronts through the system. An alternative numerical method has been proposed that combines a high-accuracy algorithm to compute edge diffraction effects with a quick modified angular spectrum propagator that handles wavefront errors. We present the results of applying this method to realistically aberrated wavefronts as compared to more complex and time consuming techniques.

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John E. Krist, Laurent Pueyo, and Stuart B. Shaklan "Practical numerical propagation of arbitrary wavefronts through PIAA optics", Proc. SPIE 7731, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 77314N (9 August 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856490

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