The Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC) is a cost-effective upgrade path to the W.M. Keck observatory (WMKO) adaptive optics (AO) system, building on the lessons learned from first and second-generation extreme AO (ExA0) coronagraphs. KPIC will explore new scientific niches in exoplanet science, while maturing critical technologies and systems for future ground-based (TMT, FELT, GMT) and space-based planet imagers (HabEx, LUVOIR). The advent of fast low-noise IR cameras (IR-APD, MKIDS, electron injectors), the rapid maturing of efficient wavefront sensing (WFS) techniques (Pyramid, Zernike), small inner working angle (IWA) coronagraphs (e.g., vortex) and associated low-order wavefront sensors (LOWFS), as well as recent breakthroughs in high contrast high resolution spectroscopy, open new direct exoplanet exploration avenues that are complementary to planet imagers such as VLT-SPHERE and the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI). For instance, the search and detailed characterization of planetary systems on solar-system scales around late-type stars, mostly beyond SPHERE and GPI's reaches, can be initiated now at WMKO.

Une description des différentes configurations d’interaction ayant lieu dans les matériaux usuellement employés dans le domaine acousto-optique est proposée. Un exemple d’application illustre les caractéristiques déterminantes propres à chaque fonction que permet l’interaction acousto-optique, à savoir la modulation, la déviation, le décalage en fréquence et le filtrage d’un faisceau optique. Cette thèse est plus particulièrement consacrée aux interactions acousto-optiques anisotropes dans le cristal de Paratellurite, matériau majoritairement employé pour les applications de déflexion et de filtrage de par ses qualités photo-élastiques remarquables et son large domaine de transparence optique. Ces propriétés optiques, acoustiques et acousto-optiques sont décrites en détail. Nous nous intéressons plus particulièrement aux caractéristiques de l’interaction NPM (Narrow Phase Mismatch) et TPM (Tangent Phase Mismatch), respectivement employées pour le filtrage et la déflexion. Ceci nous conduit à l’étude de la bande passante spectrale d’un déflecteur et de sa potentielle application en tant que réseau de diffraction à bande passante et périodicité spatiale modulable. Ensuite nous proposons la mise en cascade d’un déflecteur et d’un filtre dans le but de concevoir un décaleur de fréquence variable à faible décalage. Enfin, nous proposons une configuration originale pour répondre aux contraintes d’utilisation rencontrées avec l’interaction NPM pour les applications de filtrage. La conception et la réalisation d’un composant multiélectrodes à interaction double est alors présentée dans la gamme spectrale [400; 650 nm]. La configuration proposée permet à la fois de réduire de 50% l’intensité des lobes secondaires tout en homogénéisant la bande passante optique du filtre sur sa bande spectrale de travail. / The different configurations of acousto-optic interactions taking place in usual employed materials are presented. For each function (modulation, deflection, shifting and filtering), an exemple of application highlights the decisive characteristics of the component. This thesis is particularly devoted to the anisotropic interactions occuring in Paratellurite crystal. Such material is widely used for filtering and deflection applications due to its high figure of merit and also for its large optical transparency domain, from Ultra-Violet to Infra-Red. Optical, acoustical and acoustooptical properties of Paratellurite cristal are detailed. More precisely, we are interested in anisotropic interactions, in particular NPM (Narrow Phase Mismatch) and TPM (Tangent Phase Mismatch), respectively employed for Acousto-Optic Tunable Filters (AOTF) and Acousto-Optic Deflectors (AOD). This leads to the study of the optical bandwidth of a deflector with a potential application as a tunable transmissive grating beam splitter for multiple laser line separation. Then, we propose to cascade an AOTF with an AOD in order to get a wide bandwidth tunable optical low frequency shifter. Finally, we present the design and fabrication of a multi-transducer component based on dual anisotropic interaction in the visble spectral range, from 400 to 650 nm. A significative reduction of sides lobes is observed (-50%) with an homogenisation of the optical bandwidth of the filter on its spectral working range.

[pt] Este trabalho apresenta a geração de pulsos de microondas linearmente e não-linearmente modulados em frequência (LFM e NLFM) através da técnica fotônica de auto-heterodinagem. Ao utilizar eletrônica de baixa frequência para modular um diodo laser de feedback distribuído, a variação da portadora óptica no tempo (chirp) é observada, o que é causado predominantemente por efeito térmico. Este efeito, combinado com batimento auto-heteródino, foi capaz de produzir pulsos LFM com alto produto largura de banda-tempo (TBWP). Uma outra abordagem é necessária para geração de pulsos NLFM. Primeiro, é introduzida a técnica Espectroscopia Óptica Resolvida no Tempo para caracterização do chirp de um diodo laser. Em seguida, um estímulo de corrente em formato de função degrau é aplicado ao diodo laser para aquisição da função de transferência de seu chirp, H(s). Com a posse de H(s), uma simulação numérica foi usada para descobrir o estímulo necessário de corrente i(t) para obtenção de pulsos de microondas NLFM através da técnica de auto-heterodinagem. Os resultados experimentais coincidem com a simulação. / [en] This work reports the photonic generation of both linear and non-linear frequency modulation (LFM and NLFM) microwave pulses through a self-heterodyne scheme. By using low-frequency electronics to drive a distributed feedback laser diode, optical chirping is generated predominantly by thermal effect. Combining laser chirping and self-heterodyning, LFM pulses with high time-bandwidth product (TBWP) were achieved. A different approach is required for generation of NLFM microwave pulses. First, for characterization of the laser diode chirp, it is introduced a technique named Time- Resolved Optical Spectroscopy. Then, by using a step-shaped current stimulus, the laser chirp transfer function H(s) was obtained. With knowledge on H(s), a numerical simulation produced the suitable current stimulus i(t) needed to generate NLFM microwave pulses through self-heterodyning. Experimental results agreed with the numerical simulations.