A broadband vector vortex coronagraph for SCExAO/VAMPIRES (Conference Presentation)

David Doelman; Miles Lucas; Yuuki Nishie; Julien Lozi; Tatsuya Hirai; Tomokazu Ishiguro; Frans Snik; Barnaby R. M. Norris; Olivier Guyon; Sebastien Vievard; Vincent Deo

doi:10.1117/12.3019486

26 August 2024 A broadband vector vortex coronagraph for SCExAO/VAMPIRES (Conference Presentation)

David Doelman, Miles Lucas, Yuuki Nishie, Julien Lozi, Tatsuya Hirai, Tomokazu Ishiguro, Frans Snik, Barnaby R. M. Norris, Olivier Guyon, Sebastien Vievard, Vincent Deo

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Proceedings Volume 13100, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation VI; 131002Q (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019486
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

Visible light high-contrast imaging is exciting because of the possibility to detect accretion tracers like Hα at extremely small separations, but this is complicated by high atmospheric turbulence. To overcome this limit, AO188 is being upgraded and SCExAO/VAMPIRES has received more sensitive cameras and a multi-band imaging mode. To take advantage of these upgrades, a high-performance broadband coronagraph is needed. In this paper, we report on the installation of a liquid-crystal double-grating vector-vortex coronagraph with these properties in October 2023. We detail the high-quality manufacturing of the mask by Colorlink Japan, ltd and show its performance characterization with an internal source and on-sky using the multi-band imaging mode, simultaneously imaging four wavelength bands. We describe our efforts to calibrate the mask for polarimetry, review possibilities for an upgrade for simultaneous multi-band focal-plane wavefront sensing, and discuss the performance in the context of the balloon-borne PICTURE-D mission and future space missions.

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David Doelman, Miles Lucas, Yuuki Nishie, Julien Lozi, Tatsuya Hirai, Tomokazu Ishiguro, Frans Snik, Barnaby R. M. Norris, Olivier Guyon, Sebastien Vievard, and Vincent Deo "A broadband vector vortex coronagraph for SCExAO/VAMPIRES (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 13100, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation VI, 131002Q (26 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019486

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