EXCEDE星光抑制系统在1.2 $λ$ /D及更大值下的宽带对比度演示
Demonstration of broadband contrast at 1.2 $λ$/D and greater for the EXCEDE Starlight Suppression System
摘要:
行外行星星周环境和磁盘探测器科学飞行任务概念使用可见光波长相位诱导振幅切趾日冕仪,以便能够对星周碎片系统和一些角距达到一些最近恒星的宜居带的巨型行星进行高对比度成像。我们报告的实验结果,在洛克希德·马丁先进技术中心的真空室中获得的10%的宽带光中心约650 nm,与$1 \times 10^{-5}$的中位数对比度之间的1.2和2.0 $λ$ /D同时与$3 \times 10^{-7}$对比度之间的2和11 $λ/D$使用变形镜(DM)的PIAA日冕上游的单面黑洞。这些结果是稳定和可重复的,如三次测量运行所证明的,DM设置从头开始设置,并保持在1000个收集帧中的最佳90%。我们比较减少的实验数据与模拟结果从建模观察到的实验限制,观察到的性能是一致的未校正的低阶模式不估计的低阶波前传感器(LOWFS)。模拟的灵敏度带宽和剩余的小费/倾斜模式是很好地匹配的实验。
英文摘要:
The EXoplanetary Circumstellar Environments and Disk Explorer (EXCEDE) science mission concept uses a visible-wavelength Phase-Induced Amplitude Apodization (PIAA) coronagraph to enable high-contrast imaging of circumstellar debris systems and some giant planets at angular separations reaching into the habitable zones of some of the nearest stars. We report on the experimental results obtained in the vacuum chamber at the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center in 10% broadband light centered about 650 nm, with a median contrast of $1 \times 10^{-5}$ between 1.2 and 2.0 $λ$/D simultaneously with $3 \times 10^{-7}$ contrast between 2 and 11 $λ/D$ for a single-sided dark hole using a deformable mirror (DM) upstream of the PIAA coronagraph. These results are stable and repeatable as demonstrated by three measurements runs with DM settings set from scratch and maintained on the best 90% out of the 1000 collected frames. We compare the reduced experimental data with simulation results from modeling observed experimental limits; observed performance is consistent with uncorrected low-order modes not estimated by the Low Order Wavefront Sensor (LOWFS). Modeled sensitivity to bandwidth and residual tip/tilt modes is well-matched to the experiment.
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