Three years of harvest with the vector vortex coronagraph in the thermal infrared

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For several years, we have been developing vortex phase masks based on sub-wavelength gratings, known as Annular Groove Phase Masks. Etched onto diamond substrates, these AGPMs are currently designed to be used in the thermal infrared (ranging from 3 to 13 pm). Our AGPMs were first installed on VLT/NACO and VLT/VISIR in 2012, followed by LBT/LMIRCam in 2013 and Keck/NIRC2 in 2015. In this paper, we review the development, commissioning, on-sky performance, and early scientific results of these new coronagraphic modes and report on the lessons learned. We conclude with perspectives for future developments and applications.

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1. Olivier Absil ; Dimitri Mawet ; Mikael Karlsson ; Brunella Carlomagno ; Valentin Christiaens ; Denis Defrère ; Christian Delacroix ; Bruno Femenía Castella ; Pontus Forsberg ; Julien Girard ; Carlos A. Gómez González ; Serge Habraken ; Philip M. Hinz ; Elsa Huby ; Aïssa Jolivet ; Keith Matthews ; Julien Milli ; Gilles Orban de Xivry ; Eric Pantin ; Pierre Piron ; Maddalena Reggiani ; Garreth J. Ruane ; Gene Serabyn ; Jean Surdej ; Konrad R. W. Tristram ; Ernesto Vargas Catalán ; Olivier Wertz and Peter Wizinowich " Three years of harvest with the vector vortex coronagraph in the thermal infrared ", Proc. SPIE 9908, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, 99080Q (August 9, 2016); doi:10.1117/12.2233289; http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2233289
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6. GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY VI

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High contrast imaging

coronagraphy

vortex phase mask

thermal infrared

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/622801
Date	09 August 2016
Creators	Absil, Olivier, Mawet, Dimitri, Karlsson, Mikael, Carlomagno, Brunella, Christiaens, Valentin, Defrère, Denis, Delacroix, Christian, Femenía Castella, Bruno, Forsberg, Pontus, Girard, Julien, Gómez González, Carlos A., Habraken, Serge, Hinz, Philip M., Huby, Elsa, Jolivet, Aïssa, Matthews, Keith, Milli, Julien, Orban de Xivry, Gilles, Pantin, Eric, Piron, Pierre, Reggiani, Maddalena, Ruane, Garreth J., Serabyn, Gene, Surdej, Jean, Tristram, Konrad R. W., Vargas Catalán, Ernesto, Wertz, Olivier, Wizinowich, Peter
Contributors	Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Univ. de Liège (Belgium), California Institute of Technology (United States), Uppsala Univ. (Sweden), Univ. de Liège (Belgium), Univ. de Liège (Belgium), Univ. de Liège (Belgium), Cornell Univ. (United States), W. M. Keck Observatory (United States), Uppsala Univ. (Sweden), European Southern Observatory (Chile), Univ. de Liège (Belgium), Univ. de Liège (Belgium), Steward Observatory, The Univ. of Arizona (United States), Univ. de Liège (Belgium), Univ. de Liège (Belgium), California Institute of Technology (United States), European Southern Observatory (Chile), Univ. de Liège (Belgium), Lab. AIM, CEA, Univ. Paris Diderot, IRFU (France), Uppsala Univ. (Sweden), Univ. de Liège (Belgium), California Institute of Technology (United States), Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States), Univ. de Liège (Belgium), European Southern Observatory (Chile), Uppsala Univ. (Sweden), Univ. de Liège (Belgium), W. M. Keck Observatory (United States)
Publisher	SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
Source Sets	University of Arizona
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Proceedings
Rights	© 2016 SPIE
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