Peter Lawson - Exoplanet Exploration Program - NASA
Peter Lawson - Exoplanet Exploration Program - NASA
Peter Lawson - Exoplanet Exploration Program - NASA
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ExoPlanet <strong>Exploration</strong> <strong>Program</strong><br />
Mark Clampin (<strong>NASA</strong> GSFC)<br />
Visible Nulling Coronagraph<br />
Coronagraph Technology Milestone:<br />
Demonstration of ≤ 10 -8 monochromatic contrast through visible nulling.<br />
Facility: Visible Nulling Coronagraph Testbed, <strong>NASA</strong> GSFC.<br />
Current Status: 1.5 x 10 -6 @ 2λ/D contrast monochromatic. New DM<br />
installed in Dec. 2011.<br />
Challenges: State of the art in segmented DMs.<br />
Future Work: Complete milestone in 2012, follow-on with R. Lyon TDEM.<br />
Focal Plane Image thru Spatial Filter Array<br />
Image is<br />
coherent<br />
sidelobes<br />
@ 15 λ/D<br />
Focal Plane image<br />
Results shown<br />
with previous DM<br />
New DM has 100% of<br />
segments working (163)<br />
New DM now installed<br />
Results shortly.<br />
Suppression at ~2 λ/D<br />
of 1.50 x 10 -6<br />
Can move dark hole<br />
around at will via DM<br />
Dark hole at 2 λ/D<br />
Trauger Guyon Krist Kendrick Clampin Kasdin Figer<br />
7 January 2012 <strong>Peter</strong> <strong>Lawson</strong> & Marie Levine<br />
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