High contrast imaging for the enhanced resolution imager and spectrometer (ERIS)

Matthew A. Kenworthy; Frans Snik; Christoph U. Keller; David Doelman; Emiel H. Por; Olivier Absil; Brunella Carlomagno; Mikael Karlsson; Elsa Huby; Adrian M. Glauser; Sascha P. Quanz; William D. Taylor

doi:10.1117/12.2313964

27 July 2018 High contrast imaging for the enhanced resolution imager and spectrometer (ERIS)

Matthew A. Kenworthy, Frans Snik, Christoph U. Keller, David Doelman, Emiel H. Por, Olivier Absil, Brunella Carlomagno, Mikael Karlsson, Elsa Huby, Adrian M. Glauser, Sascha P. Quanz, William D. Taylor

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Proceedings Volume 10702, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII; 1070246 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313964
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

Abstract

ERIS is a diffraction limited thermal infrared imager and spectrograph for the Very Large Telescope UT4. One of the science cases for ERIS is the detection and characterization of circumstellar structures and exoplanets around bright stars that are typically much fainter than the stellar diffraction halo. Enhanced sensitivity is provided through the combination of (i) suppression of the diffraction halo of the target star using coronagraphs, and (ii) removal of any residual diffraction structure through focal plane wavefront sensing and subsequent active correction. In this paper we present the two coronagraphs used for diffraction suppression and enabling high contrast imaging in ERIS.

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Matthew A. Kenworthy, Frans Snik, Christoph U. Keller, David Doelman, Emiel H. Por, Olivier Absil, Brunella Carlomagno, Mikael Karlsson, Elsa Huby, Adrian M. Glauser, Sascha P. Quanz, and William D. Taylor "High contrast imaging for the enhanced resolution imager and spectrometer (ERIS)", Proc. SPIE 10702, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII, 1070246 (27 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313964

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