Visible-light high-contrast imaging polarimetry at Subaru

Miles Lucas; Barnaby Norris; Olivier Guyon; Michael Bottom; Vincent Deo; Sébastien Vievard; Julien Lozi; Kyohoon Ahn; Jaren Ashcraft; Thayne Currie; David Doelman; Tomoyuki Kudo; Lucie Leboulleux; Lucinda Lilley; Maxwell Millar-Blanchaer; Boris Safonov; Peter Tuthill; Taichi Uyama; Aidan Walk; Manxuan Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.3016188

Visible-light high-contrast imaging polarimetry at Subaru

Miles Lucas, Barnaby Norris, Olivier Guyon, Michael Bottom, Vincent Deo, Sébastien Vievard, Julien Lozi, Kyohoon Ahn, Jaren Ashcraft, Thayne Currie, David Doelman, Tomoyuki Kudo, Lucie Leboulleux, Lucinda Lilley, Maxwell Millar-Blanchaer, Boris Safonov, Peter Tuthill, Taichi Uyama, Aidan Walk, Manxuan Zhang

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Abstract

We present upgrades to the visible-light (600 nm to 800 nm) high-contrast imaging polarimeter, VAMPIRES, installed on the Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics instrument (SCExAO). These upgrades included low read noise, high dynamic range qCMOS detectors, a novel dichroic-based multiband imaging optic for spectral differential imaging, a suite of classic Lyot coronagraphs, and an achromatic fast polarization modulator. VAMPIRES is capable of diffraction-limited imaging (17 mas to 22 mas angular resolution) and achieves Strehl ratios up to ∼60% with 5σ coronagraphic contrast of 10^-4 at 0.1^′′ and 10^-6 at >0.4^′′. We highlight commissioning results from HD 169142, R Aqr, Neptune, and HD 1160B.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X
Editors	Julia J. Bryant, Kentaro Motohara, Joel R. Vernet
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510675155
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3016188
State	Published - 2024
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X 2024 - Yokohama, Japan Duration: Jun 16 2024 → Jun 21 2024

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	13096
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X 2024
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Yokohama
Period	6/16/24 → 6/21/24

Keywords

adaptive optics
detectors
high-contrast
imaging
polarimetry
visible-light

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Lucas, M., Norris, B., Guyon, O., Bottom, M., Deo, V., Vievard, S., Lozi, J., Ahn, K., Ashcraft, J., Currie, T., Doelman, D., Kudo, T., Leboulleux, L., Lilley, L., Millar-Blanchaer, M., Safonov, B., Tuthill, P., Uyama, T., Walk, A., & Zhang, M. (2024). Visible-light high-contrast imaging polarimetry at Subaru. In J. J. Bryant, K. Motohara, & J. R. Vernet (Eds.), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X Article 130962Z (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 13096). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3016188

Visible-light high-contrast imaging polarimetry at Subaru. / Lucas, Miles; Norris, Barnaby; Guyon, Olivier et al.
Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X. ed. / Julia J. Bryant; Kentaro Motohara; Joel R. Vernet. SPIE, 2024. 130962Z (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 13096).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Lucas, M, Norris, B, Guyon, O, Bottom, M, Deo, V, Vievard, S, Lozi, J, Ahn, K, Ashcraft, J, Currie, T, Doelman, D, Kudo, T, Leboulleux, L, Lilley, L, Millar-Blanchaer, M, Safonov, B, Tuthill, P, Uyama, T, Walk, A & Zhang, M 2024, Visible-light high-contrast imaging polarimetry at Subaru. in JJ Bryant, K Motohara & JR Vernet (eds), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X., 130962Z, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 13096, SPIE, Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X 2024, Yokohama, Japan, 6/16/24. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3016188

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