Abstract
Using an optical vortex coronagraph and simple adaptive optics techniques, we have made the first convincing demonstration of an optical vortex coronagraph that is coupled to a star gazing telescope. We suppressed by 97% the primary star of a resolvable binary system, Cor Caroli. The stars had an angular separation of 1.9λ/D at our imaging camera. The secondary star suffered no suppression from the vortex lens.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 10200-10207 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Optics Express |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 14 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 7 2008 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics