The MKID exoplanet camera for Subaru SCEXAO

Alexander B. Walter; Neelay Fruitwala; Sarah Steiger; John I. Bailey; Nicholas Zobrist; Noah Swimmer; Isabel Lipartito; Jennifer Pearl Smith; Seth R. Meeker; Clint Bockstiegel; Gregoire Coiffard; Rupert Dodkins; Paul Szypryt; Kristina K. Davis; Miguel Daal; Bruce Bumble; Giulia Collura; Olivier Guyon; Julien Lozi; Sebastien Vievard; Nemanja Jovanovic; Frantz Martinache; Thayne Currie; Benjamin A. Mazin

doi:10.1088/1538-3873/abc60f

The MKID exoplanet camera for Subaru SCEXAO

Alexander B. Walter, Neelay Fruitwala, Sarah Steiger, John I. Bailey, Nicholas Zobrist, Noah Swimmer, Isabel Lipartito, Jennifer Pearl Smith, Seth R. Meeker, Clint Bockstiegel, Gregoire Coiffard, Rupert Dodkins, Paul Szypryt, Kristina K. Davis, Miguel Daal, Bruce Bumble, Giulia Collura, Olivier Guyon, Julien Lozi, Sebastien VievardNemanja Jovanovic, Frantz Martinache, Thayne Currie, Benjamin A. Mazin

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

53 Scopus citations

Abstract

We present the MKID Exoplanet Camera (MEC), a z through J band (800–1400 nm) integral field spectrograph located behind The Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics (SCExAO) at the Subaru Telescope on Maunakea that utilizes Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) as the enabling technology for high contrast imaging. MEC is the first permanently deployed near-infrared MKID instrument and is designed to operate both as an IFU, and as a focal plane wavefront sensor in a multi-kHz feedback loop with SCExAO. The read noise free, fast time domain information attainable by MKIDs allows for the direct probing of fast speckle fluctuations that currently limit the performance of most high contrast imaging systems on the ground and will help MEC achieve its ultimate goal of reaching contrasts of 10⁻⁷ at 2λ/D. Here we outline the instrument details of MEC including the hardware, firmware, and data reduction and analysis pipeline. We then discuss MEC’s current on-sky performance and end with future upgrades and plans.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	125005
Pages (from-to)	1-13
Number of pages	13
Journal	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Volume	132
Issue number	1018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/abc60f
State	Published - 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Astronomical detectors (84)
Astronomical instrumentation (799)
Unified Astronomy Thesaurus concepts: Direct imaging (387)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

Access to Document

10.1088/1538-3873/abc60f

Cite this

Walter, A. B., Fruitwala, N., Steiger, S., Bailey, J. I., Zobrist, N., Swimmer, N., Lipartito, I., Smith, J. P., Meeker, S. R., Bockstiegel, C., Coiffard, G., Dodkins, R., Szypryt, P., Davis, K. K., Daal, M., Bumble, B., Collura, G., Guyon, O., Lozi, J., ... Mazin, B. A. (2020). The MKID exoplanet camera for Subaru SCEXAO. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 132(1018), 1-13. Article 125005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/abc60f

Walter, AB, Fruitwala, N, Steiger, S, Bailey, JI, Zobrist, N, Swimmer, N, Lipartito, I, Smith, JP, Meeker, SR, Bockstiegel, C, Coiffard, G, Dodkins, R, Szypryt, P, Davis, KK, Daal, M, Bumble, B, Collura, G, Guyon, O, Lozi, J, Vievard, S, Jovanovic, N, Martinache, F, Currie, T & Mazin, BA 2020, 'The MKID exoplanet camera for Subaru SCEXAO', Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 132, no. 1018, 125005, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/abc60f

@article{f511a4d86e564d778afeb5fdc69f4499,

title = "The MKID exoplanet camera for Subaru SCEXAO",

abstract = "We present the MKID Exoplanet Camera (MEC), a z through J band (800–1400 nm) integral field spectrograph located behind The Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics (SCExAO) at the Subaru Telescope on Maunakea that utilizes Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) as the enabling technology for high contrast imaging. MEC is the first permanently deployed near-infrared MKID instrument and is designed to operate both as an IFU, and as a focal plane wavefront sensor in a multi-kHz feedback loop with SCExAO. The read noise free, fast time domain information attainable by MKIDs allows for the direct probing of fast speckle fluctuations that currently limit the performance of most high contrast imaging systems on the ground and will help MEC achieve its ultimate goal of reaching contrasts of 10−7 at 2λ/D. Here we outline the instrument details of MEC including the hardware, firmware, and data reduction and analysis pipeline. We then discuss MEC{\textquoteright}s current on-sky performance and end with future upgrades and plans.",

keywords = "Astronomical detectors (84), Astronomical instrumentation (799), Unified Astronomy Thesaurus concepts: Direct imaging (387)",

author = "Walter, {Alexander B.} and Neelay Fruitwala and Sarah Steiger and Bailey, {John I.} and Nicholas Zobrist and Noah Swimmer and Isabel Lipartito and Smith, {Jennifer Pearl} and Meeker, {Seth R.} and Clint Bockstiegel and Gregoire Coiffard and Rupert Dodkins and Paul Szypryt and Davis, {Kristina K.} and Miguel Daal and Bruce Bumble and Giulia Collura and Olivier Guyon and Julien Lozi and Sebastien Vievard and Nemanja Jovanovic and Frantz Martinache and Thayne Currie and Mazin, {Benjamin A.}",

year = "2020",

doi = "10.1088/1538-3873/abc60f",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "132",

pages = "1--13",

journal = "Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific",

issn = "0004-6280",

publisher = "Institute of Physics Publishing",

number = "1018",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - The MKID exoplanet camera for Subaru SCEXAO

AU - Walter, Alexander B.

AU - Fruitwala, Neelay

AU - Steiger, Sarah

AU - Bailey, John I.

AU - Zobrist, Nicholas

AU - Swimmer, Noah

AU - Lipartito, Isabel

AU - Smith, Jennifer Pearl

AU - Meeker, Seth R.

AU - Bockstiegel, Clint

AU - Coiffard, Gregoire

AU - Dodkins, Rupert

AU - Szypryt, Paul

AU - Davis, Kristina K.

AU - Daal, Miguel

AU - Bumble, Bruce

AU - Collura, Giulia

AU - Guyon, Olivier

AU - Lozi, Julien

AU - Vievard, Sebastien

AU - Jovanovic, Nemanja

AU - Martinache, Frantz

AU - Currie, Thayne

AU - Mazin, Benjamin A.

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - We present the MKID Exoplanet Camera (MEC), a z through J band (800–1400 nm) integral field spectrograph located behind The Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics (SCExAO) at the Subaru Telescope on Maunakea that utilizes Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) as the enabling technology for high contrast imaging. MEC is the first permanently deployed near-infrared MKID instrument and is designed to operate both as an IFU, and as a focal plane wavefront sensor in a multi-kHz feedback loop with SCExAO. The read noise free, fast time domain information attainable by MKIDs allows for the direct probing of fast speckle fluctuations that currently limit the performance of most high contrast imaging systems on the ground and will help MEC achieve its ultimate goal of reaching contrasts of 10−7 at 2λ/D. Here we outline the instrument details of MEC including the hardware, firmware, and data reduction and analysis pipeline. We then discuss MEC’s current on-sky performance and end with future upgrades and plans.

AB - We present the MKID Exoplanet Camera (MEC), a z through J band (800–1400 nm) integral field spectrograph located behind The Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics (SCExAO) at the Subaru Telescope on Maunakea that utilizes Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) as the enabling technology for high contrast imaging. MEC is the first permanently deployed near-infrared MKID instrument and is designed to operate both as an IFU, and as a focal plane wavefront sensor in a multi-kHz feedback loop with SCExAO. The read noise free, fast time domain information attainable by MKIDs allows for the direct probing of fast speckle fluctuations that currently limit the performance of most high contrast imaging systems on the ground and will help MEC achieve its ultimate goal of reaching contrasts of 10−7 at 2λ/D. Here we outline the instrument details of MEC including the hardware, firmware, and data reduction and analysis pipeline. We then discuss MEC’s current on-sky performance and end with future upgrades and plans.

KW - Astronomical detectors (84)

KW - Astronomical instrumentation (799)

KW - Unified Astronomy Thesaurus concepts: Direct imaging (387)

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097400563&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85097400563&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1088/1538-3873/abc60f

DO - 10.1088/1538-3873/abc60f

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85097400563

SN - 0004-6280

VL - 132

SP - 1

EP - 13

JO - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

JF - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

IS - 1018

M1 - 125005

ER -

The MKID exoplanet camera for Subaru SCEXAO

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this