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dc.contributor.authorMiller, Kelsey
dc.contributor.authorMales, Jared R.
dc.contributor.authorGuyon, Olivier
dc.contributor.authorClose, Laird M.
dc.contributor.authorDoelman, David
dc.contributor.authorSnik, Frans
dc.contributor.authorPor, Emiel
dc.contributor.authorWilby, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorKeller, Christoph
dc.contributor.authorBohlman, Chris
dc.contributor.authorVan Gorkom, Kyle
dc.contributor.authorRodack, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorKnight, Justin
dc.contributor.authorLumbres, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorBos, Steven
dc.contributor.authorJovanovic, Nemanja
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-22T00:36:26Z
dc.date.available2020-10-22T00:36:26Z
dc.date.issued2019-12-05
dc.identifier.citationMiller, K. L., Males, J. R., Guyon, O., Close, L. M., Doelman, D. S., Snik, F., ... & Jovanovic, N. (2019). Spatial linear dark field control and holographic modal wavefront sensing with a vAPP coronagraph on MagAO-X. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 5(4), 049004.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2329-4124
dc.identifier.doi10.1117/1.jatis.5.4.049004
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/647721
dc.description.abstractThe Magellan Extreme Adaptive Optics (MagAO-X) Instrument is an extreme AO system coming online at the end of 2019 that will be operating within the visible and near-IR. With state-of-the-art wavefront sensing and coronagraphy, MagAO-X will be optimized for high-contrast direct exoplanet imaging at challenging visible wavelengths, particularly Ha. To enable high-contrast imaging, the instrument hosts a vector apodizing phase plate (vAPP) coronagraph. The vAPP creates a static region of high contrast next to the star that is referred to as a dark hole; on MagAO-X, the expected dark hole raw contrast is similar to 4 x 10(-6). The ability to maintain this contrast during observations, however, is limited by the presence of non-common path aberrations (NCPA) and the resulting quasi-static speckles that remain unsensed and uncorrected by the primary AO system. These quasi-static speckles within the dark hole degrade the high contrast achieved by the vAPP and dominate the light from an exoplanet. The aim of our efforts here is to demonstrate two focal plane wavefront sensing (FPWFS) techniques for sensing NCPA and suppressing quasi-static speckles in the final focal plane. To sense NCPA to which the primary AO system is blind, the science image is used as a secondary wavefront sensor. With the vAPP, a static high-contrast dark hole is created on one side of the PSF, leaving the opposite side of the PSF unocculted. In this unobscured region, referred to as the bright field, the relationship between modulations in intensity and low-amplitude pupil plane phase aberrations can be approximated as linear. The bright field can therefore be used as a linear wavefront sensor to detect small NCPA and suppress quasi-static speckles. This technique, known as spatial linear dark field control (LDFC), can monitor the bright field for aberrations that will degrade the high-contrast dark hole. A second form of FPWFS, known as holographic modal wavefront sensing (hMWFS), is also employed with the vAPP. This technique uses hologram-generated PSFs in the science image to monitor the presence of low-order aberrations. With LDFC and the hMWFS, high contrast across the dark hole can be maintained over long observations, thereby allowing planet light to remain visible above the stellar noise over the course of observations on MagAO-X. Here, we present simulations and laboratory demonstrations of both spatial LDFC and the hMWFS with a vAPP coronagraph at the University of Arizona Extreme Wavefront Control Laboratory. We show both in simulation and in the lab that the hMWFS can be used to sense low-order aberrations and reduce the wavefront error (WFE) by a factor of 3 - 4x. We also show in simulation that, in the presence of a temporally evolving pupil plane phase aberration with 27-nm root-mean-square (RMS) WFE, LDFC can reduce the WFE to 18-nm RMS, resulting in factor of 6 to 10 gain in contrast that is kept stable over time. This performance is also verified in the lab, showing that LDFC is capable of returning the dark hole to the average contrast expected under ideal lab conditions. These results demonstrate the power of the hMWFS and spatial LDFC to improve MagAO-X's high-contrast imaging capabilities for direct exoplanet imaging. (C) The Authors. Published by SPIE under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSPIE-SOC PHOTO-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERSen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © The Authors. Published by SPIE under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License.en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectdirect exoplanet imagingen_US
dc.subjecthigh-contrast imagingen_US
dc.subjectholographic modal wavefront sensingen_US
dc.subjectwavefront controlen_US
dc.subjectcoronagraphic low-order wavefront sensingen_US
dc.subjectspatial linear dark-field controlen_US
dc.subjectvector apodizing phase plateen_US
dc.subjectMagellan Extreme Adaptive Opticsen_US
dc.titleSpatial linear dark field control and holographic modal wavefront sensing with a vAPP coronagraph on MagAO-Xen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniv Arizona, Steward Observen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniv Arizona, Coll Opt Scien_US
dc.identifier.journalJOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMSen_US
dc.description.noteOpen access articleen_US
dc.description.collectioninformationThis item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.en_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.source.journaltitleJournal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems
dc.source.volume5
dc.source.issue04
dc.source.beginpage1
refterms.dateFOA2020-10-22T00:36:27Z


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