High performance 3D waveguide architecture for astronomical pupil-remapping interferometry

Simon Gross; Barnaby R. Norris; Nick Cvetojevic; Nemanja Jovanovic; Alexander Arriola Martiarena; Paul N. Stewart; Jon S. Lawrence; Michael J. Withford; Peter G. Tuthill

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High performance 3D waveguide architecture for astronomical pupil-remapping interferometry

Simon Gross, Barnaby R. Norris, Nick Cvetojevic, Nemanja Jovanovic, Alexander Arriola Martiarena, Paul N. Stewart, Jon S. Lawrence, Michael J. Withford, Peter G. Tuthill

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Here we demonstrate a new generation of photonic pupil-remapping devices which build upon the interferometric framework developed for the Dragonfly instrument: a high contrast waveguide-based device which recovers robust complex visibility observables. New generation Dragonfly devices overcome problems caused by interference from unguided light and low throughput, promising unprecedented on-sky performance. Closure phase measurement scatter of only ~0.2° has been achieved, with waveguide throughputs of > 70%. This translates to a maximum contrast-ratio sensitivity (between the host star and its orbiting planet) at 1λ/D (1σ detection) of 5.3×10^-4 (when a conventional adaptive-optics (AO) system is used) or 1.8×10^-4 (for typical 'extreme-AO' performance), improving even further when random error is minimised by averaging over multiple exposures. This is an order of magnitude beyond conventional pupil-segmenting interferometry techniques (such as aperture masking), allowing a previously inaccessible part of the star to planet contrast-separation parameter space to be explored.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Optical and infrared interferometry IV
Editors	Jayadev K. Rajagopal, Michelle J. Creech-Eakman, Fabien Malbet
Place of Publication	Washington, DC
Publisher	SPIE
Pages	91461B-1-91461B-12
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9780819496140
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057282
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	Optical and Infrared Interferometry IV - Montreal, Canada Duration: 23 Jun 2014 → 27 Jun 2014

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	9146
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Optical and Infrared Interferometry IV
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	23/06/14 → 27/06/14

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Gross, S., Norris, B. R., Cvetojevic, N., Jovanovic, N., Arriola Martiarena, A., Stewart, P. N., Lawrence, J. S., Withford, M. J., & Tuthill, P. G. (2014). High performance 3D waveguide architecture for astronomical pupil-remapping interferometry. In J. K. Rajagopal, M. J. Creech-Eakman, & F. Malbet (Eds.), Optical and infrared interferometry IV (pp. 91461B-1-91461B-12). [91461B] (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 9146). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057282

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Gross, S, Norris, BR, Cvetojevic, N, Jovanovic, N, Arriola Martiarena, A, Stewart, PN, Lawrence, JS , Withford, MJ & Tuthill, PG 2014, High performance 3D waveguide architecture for astronomical pupil-remapping interferometry. in JK Rajagopal, MJ Creech-Eakman & F Malbet (eds), Optical and infrared interferometry IV., 91461B, Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 9146, SPIE, Washington, DC, pp. 91461B-1-91461B-12, Optical and Infrared Interferometry IV, Montreal, Canada, 23/06/14. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057282

High performance 3D waveguide architecture for astronomical pupil-remapping interferometry. / Gross, Simon; Norris, Barnaby R.; Cvetojevic, Nick et al.

Optical and infrared interferometry IV. ed. / Jayadev K. Rajagopal; Michelle J. Creech-Eakman; Fabien Malbet. Washington, DC : SPIE, 2014. p. 91461B-1-91461B-12 91461B (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 9146).

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Gross S, Norris BR, Cvetojevic N, Jovanovic N, Arriola Martiarena A, Stewart PN et al. High performance 3D waveguide architecture for astronomical pupil-remapping interferometry. In Rajagopal JK, Creech-Eakman MJ, Malbet F, editors, Optical and infrared interferometry IV. Washington, DC: SPIE. 2014. p. 91461B-1-91461B-12. 91461B. (Proceedings of SPIE). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057282

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