A high-contrast coronagraph for direct imaging of Earth-like exoplanets: design and test | |
Cheng-Chao Liu1,2,4; De-Qing Ren1,2,3; Jian-Pei Dou1,2; Yong-Tian Zhu1,2; Xi Zhang1,2; Gang Zhao1,2; Zhen Wu1,2; Rui Chen1,2 | |
2015-03 | |
发表期刊 | Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics |
卷号 | 15期号:3页码:453–460 |
摘要 |
A high-contrast coronagraph for direct imaging of an Earth-like exoplanetat the visible band needs a contrast of 10E-10 at a small angular separation of 4λ/D or less. Here we report our recent laboratory experiment that approaches these limits.
Our test of a high-contrast imaging coronagraph is based on our step-transmissionapodized filter. To achieve this goal, we use a liquid crystal array as a phase correctorto create a dark hole based on our dedicated algorithm. We have suppressed thediffraction and speckle noise near the point image of a star to a level of 1.68E-9 at 4λ/D, which can be used for direct imaging of Jupiter-like exoplanets. This demonstrates that a telescope incorporating a high-contrast coronagraph in space has the potential to detect and characterize Earth-like planets. |
关键词 | Coronagraph Liquid Crystal Array Apodization Laboratory |
学科领域 | 天文技术与方法 |
DOI | 10.1088/1674–4527/15/3/012 |
语种 | 英语 |
项目资助者 | National Natural Science Foundation of China |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://ir.niaot.ac.cn/handle/114a32/1173 |
专题 | 期刊论文 |
作者单位 | 1.Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology 2.Key Laboratory of Astronomical Optics & Technology,Chinese Academy of Sciences 3.Physics & Astronomy Department, California State University Northridge 4.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Cheng-Chao Liu,De-Qing Ren,Jian-Pei Dou,et al. A high-contrast coronagraph for direct imaging of Earth-like exoplanets: design and test[J]. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics,2015,15(3):453–460. |
APA | Cheng-Chao Liu.,De-Qing Ren.,Jian-Pei Dou.,Yong-Tian Zhu.,Xi Zhang.,...&Rui Chen.(2015).A high-contrast coronagraph for direct imaging of Earth-like exoplanets: design and test.Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics,15(3),453–460. |
MLA | Cheng-Chao Liu,et al."A high-contrast coronagraph for direct imaging of Earth-like exoplanets: design and test".Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics 15.3(2015):453–460. |
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