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Design and test of a high-contrast imaging coronagraph based on two 50-step transmission filters

Jiangpei Dou, Deqing Ren, Yongtian Zhu, Xi Zhang, Xue Wang

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We propose a high-contrast coronagraph based on the step transmission filters for the direct imaging of an Earth-like exoplanets. To demonstrate the performance of the coronagraph, two 50-step transmission filters were manufactured and several experiments have been performed. At present, the coronagraph can reach a high contrast around 10-7 at an inner angular distance of ~2λ/D in the visible wavelength. Such a coronagraph should be installed on an off-axis space telescope which will be promising for the direct imaging of an Earth-like exoplanet in the future.

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We propose a high-contrast coronagraph based on the step transmission filters for the direct imaging of an Earth-like exoplanets. To demonstrate the performance of the coronagraph, two 50-step transmission filters were manufactured and several experiments have been performed. At present, the coronagraph can reach a high contrast around 10-7 at an inner angular distance of ~2λ/D in the visible wavelength. Such a coronagraph should be installed on an off-axis space telescope which will be promising for the direct imaging of an Earth-like exoplanet in the future.

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We propose a high-contrast coronagraph based on the step transmission filters for the direct imaging of an Earth-like exoplanets. To demonstrate the performance of the coronagraph, two 50-step transmission filters were manufactured and several experiments have been performed. At present, the coronagraph can reach a high contrast around 10-7 at an inner angular distance of ~2λ/D in the visible wavelength. Such a coronagraph should be installed on an off-axis space telescope which will be promising for the direct imaging of an Earth-like exoplanet in the future.

Key concepts: Coronagraph, Exoplanet, Apodization, Optics, Physics, Telescope, Transmission (telecommunications), Contrast (vision)

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