Utilizing active single-mode fiber injection for speckle nulling in exoplanet characterization

N. Klimovich; Y. Xin; D. Mawet; G. Ruane; J. R. Delorme; W. Xuan; D. Echeverri; M. Randolph; J. Fucik; J. K. Wallace; J. Wang; G. Vasisht; R. Dekany; B. Mennesson; E. Choquet; E. Serabyn

doi:10.1117/12.2275173

Utilizing active single-mode fiber injection for speckle nulling in exoplanet characterization

N. Klimovich, Y. Xin, D. Mawet, G. Ruane, J. R. Delorme, W. Xuan, D. Echeverri, M. Randolph, J. Fucik, J. K. Wallace, J. Wang, G. Vasisht, R. Dekany, B. Mennesson, E. Choquet, E. Serabyn

Physics and Astronomy

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Abstract

Despite recent advances in high-contrast imaging techniques, high resolution spectroscopy for characterization of exoplanet atmospheres is still limited by our ability to suppress residual starlight speckles at the planet's location. We have demonstrated a new concept for speckle nulling by injecting directly imaged planet light into a single-mode fiber, linking a high-contrast adaptively-corrected coronagraph to a high-resolution spectrograph (diffraction-limited or not). The restrictions on the incident electric field that will couple into the single-mode fiber give the adaptive optics system additional degrees of freedom to suppress the speckle noise on top of destructive interference. We are able to achieve a starlight suppression gains that are an order of magnitude better than conventional techniques in broadband light with minimal planet throughput losses.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets VIII
Editors	Stuart Shaklan
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510612570
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2275173
State	Published - 2017
Event	Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets VIII 2017 - San Diego, United States Duration: Aug 8 2017 → Aug 10 2017

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	10400
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets VIII 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego
Period	8/8/17 → 8/10/17

Funding

The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Heising-Simons foundation.

Keywords

broadband
exoplanet char-acterization
fiber injection unit
instrumentation
speckle nulling
spectrograph
vortex coronagraph

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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Klimovich, N., Xin, Y., Mawet, D., Ruane, G., Delorme, J. R., Xuan, W., Echeverri, D., Randolph, M., Fucik, J., Wallace, J. K., Wang, J., Vasisht, G., Dekany, R., Mennesson, B., Choquet, E., & Serabyn, E. (2017). Utilizing active single-mode fiber injection for speckle nulling in exoplanet characterization. In S. Shaklan (Ed.), Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets VIII Article 104000Y (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10400). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2275173

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Utilizing active single-mode fiber injection for speckle nulling in exoplanet characterization. / Klimovich, N.; Xin, Y.; Mawet, D. et al.
Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets VIII. ed. / Stuart Shaklan. SPIE, 2017. 104000Y (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10400).

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