Broadband phase and intensity compensation with a deformable mirror for an interferometric nuller

doi:10.1364/AO.47.003920

Broadband phase and intensity compensation with a deformable mirror for an interferometric nuller

Robert D. Peters, Oliver. P. Lay, and Muthu Jeganathan »View Author Affiliations

Applied Optics, Vol. 47, Issue 21, pp. 3920-3926 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.47.003920

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Abstract

Nulling interferometry has been proposed for the direct detection of Earth-like planets. Deep stable nulls require careful control of the relative intensity and phase of the beams that are being combined. We present a novel compensator, the Adaptive Nuller, that corrects the intensity and phase as a function of wavelength from 8 to $12 μm$ using a deformable mirror. This compensator has been used to produce rejection ratios of $82000 ∶ 1$ over a bandwidth of $3.2 μm$ centered around $10 μm$ .

OCIS Codes
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(120.4570) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Optical design of instruments

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Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology

History
Original Manuscript: March 26, 2008
Revised Manuscript: June 9, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: June 13, 2008
Published: July 17, 2008

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Robert D. Peters, Oliver. P. Lay, and Muthu Jeganathan, "Broadband phase and intensity compensation with a deformable mirror for an interferometric nuller," Appl. Opt. 47, 3920-3926 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-47-21-3920

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C. V. M. Fridlund and P. Gondoin, “The Darwin mission,” Proc. SPIE 4852, 394-404 (2003). [CrossRef]
C. A. Beichman, N. J. Woolf, and C. A. Lindensmith, eds. Terrestrial Planet Finder (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1999).
P. R. Lawson, A. Ahmed, R. O. Gappinger, A. Ksendzov, O. P. Lay, S. R. Martin, R. D. Peters, D. P. Scharf, J. K. Wallace, and B. Ware, “Terrestrial planet finder technology status and plans,” Proc. SPIE 6268, 626828-626835 (2006). [CrossRef]
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O. P. Lay, “Removing instability noise in nulling interferometers,” Proc. SPIE 6268, 62681A1-62681A3 (2006).
R. D. Peters, A. Hirai, M. Jeganathan, and O. P. Lay, “Adaptive nulling with a deformable mirror in the near-IR,” Proc. SPIE 5905, 590507-1-590507-8 (2005).
A. Ksendzov, O. Lay, S. Martin, J. S. Sanghera, L. E. Busse, W. H. Kim, P. C. Pureza, V. Q. Nguyen, and I. D. Aggarwal, “Characterization of mid-infrared single mode fibers as modal filters,” Appl. Opt. 46, 7957-7962 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
R. N. Bracewell, The Fourier Transform and Its Applications (McGraw-Hill, 1986).

Appl. Opt.

A. Ksendzov, O. Lay, S. Martin, J. S. Sanghera, L. E. Busse, W. H. Kim, P. C. Pureza, V. Q. Nguyen, and I. D. Aggarwal, “Characterization of mid-infrared single mode fibers as modal filters,” Appl. Opt. 46, 7957-7962 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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E. Serabyn, “Nulling interferometry progress,” Proc. SPIE 4838, 594-608 (2003). [CrossRef]
C. V. M. Fridlund and P. Gondoin, “The Darwin mission,” Proc. SPIE 4852, 394-404 (2003). [CrossRef]
P. R. Lawson, A. Ahmed, R. O. Gappinger, A. Ksendzov, O. P. Lay, S. R. Martin, R. D. Peters, D. P. Scharf, J. K. Wallace, and B. Ware, “Terrestrial planet finder technology status and plans,” Proc. SPIE 6268, 626828-626835 (2006). [CrossRef]
J. K. Wallace, V. Babtiwale, R. Bartos, K. Brown, R. Gappinger, F. Loya, D. MacDonald, S. Martin, J. Negron, T. Troung, and G. Vasisht, “Mid-IR interferometric nulling for TPF,” Proc. SPIE 5491, 862-873 (2004). [CrossRef]
O. P. Lay, “Removing instability noise in nulling interferometers,” Proc. SPIE 6268, 62681A1-62681A3 (2006).
R. D. Peters, A. Hirai, M. Jeganathan, and O. P. Lay, “Adaptive nulling with a deformable mirror in the near-IR,” Proc. SPIE 5905, 590507-1-590507-8 (2005).

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C. A. Beichman, N. J. Woolf, and C. A. Lindensmith, eds. Terrestrial Planet Finder (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1999).
R. N. Bracewell, The Fourier Transform and Its Applications (McGraw-Hill, 1986).

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