Common-path achromatic interferometer-coronagraph: images from a breadboard demonstrator
Applied Optics, Vol. 46, Issue 28, pp. 6885-6895 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.46.006885
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Abstract
A three-dimensional common-path interferometer is proposed, which can achromatically null out an on-axis source while maintaining the detectability of an off-axis source. A geometric phase in the three-dimensional interferometer introduces an achromatic π-phase shift to the light from the on-axis source, such that destructive interference nulls out the axial light at one of the ports of the interferometer. Light from the off-axis source, which is exempt from destructive interference,
comes out from both ports with equal intensity. The common-path scheme makes the system highly immune to environmental disturbances. In the described experiment, a
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OCIS Codes
(050.5080) Diffraction and gratings : Phase shift
(260.3160) Physical optics : Interference
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
ToC Category:
Physical Optics
History
Original Manuscript: May 24, 2007
Revised Manuscript: July 27, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: July 28, 2007
Published: September 21, 2007
Citation
Alexander V. Tavrov, Jun Nishikawa, Motohide Tamura, Lyu Abe, Kaito Yokochi, Takashi Kurokawa, and Mitsuo Takeda, "Common-path achromatic interferometer-coronagraph: images from a breadboard demonstrator," Appl. Opt. 46, 6885-6895 (2007)
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