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

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.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/622801
Date09 August 2016
CreatorsAbsil, 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
ContributorsUniv 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)
PublisherSPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeProceedings
Rights© 2016 SPIE
Relationhttp://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?doi=10.1117/12.2233289

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