Abstract
SCExAO is the premier high-contrast imaging platform for the Subaru Telescope. It offers high Strehl ratios at near-IR wavelengths (y-K band) with stable pointing and coronagraphs with extremely small inner working angles, optimized for imaging faint companions very close to the host. In the visible, it has several interferometric imagers which offer polarimetric and spectroscopic capabilities. A recent addition is the RHEA spectrograph enabling spatially resolved high resolution spectroscopy of the surfaces of giant stars, for example. New capabilities on the horizon include post-coronagraphic spectroscopy, spectral differential imaging, nulling interferometry as well as an integral field spectrograph and an MKID array. Here we present the new modules of SCExAO, give an overview of the current commissioning status of each of the modules and present preliminary results.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Adaptive Optics Systems V |
Editors | Enrico Marchetti, Laird M. Close, Jean-Pierre Véran |
Place of Publication | Bellingham, WA |
Publisher | SPIE |
Pages | 1-10 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781510601987 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781510601970 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Event | Adaptive Optics Systems V - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 26 Jun 2016 → 1 Jul 2016 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of SPIE |
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Publisher | SPIE |
Volume | 9909 |
ISSN (Print) | 0277-786X |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1996-756X |
Other
Other | Adaptive Optics Systems V |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Edinburgh |
Period | 26/06/16 → 1/07/16 |
Keywords
- Adaptive optics
- Coro-nagraphs
- Exoplanets
- Extreme AO
- Fiber injection
- High contrast imaging
- Imager
- Sparse aperture masking