Astronomical demonstration of an optical vortex coronagraph

Grover A. Swartzlander, Erin L. Ford, Rukiah S. Abdul-Malik, Laird M. Close, Mary Anne Peters, David M. Palacios, Daniel W. Wilson

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)10200-10207
Number of pages8
JournalOptics Express
Volume16
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 7 2008

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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