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Kernel-phase is a recently developed paradigm that tackles the classical problem of image deconvolution, based on an interferometric point of view of image formation. Kernel-phase inherits and borrows from the notion of closure-phase,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Frantz Martinache

The James Webb Space Telescope will offer high-angular resolution observing capability in the near-infrared with masking interferometry on NIRISS, and coronagraphic imaging on NIRCam & MIRI. Full aperture kernel-phase based interferometry…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-02 Alban Ceau , David Mary , Alexandra Greenbaum , Frantz Martinache , Anand Sivaramakrishnan , Romain Laugier , Mamadou N'Diaye

Directly imaging exoplanets is challenging because quasi-static phase aberrations in the pupil plane (speckles) can mimic the signal of a companion at small angular separations. Kernel phase, which is a generalization of closure phase…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-10 Jens Kammerer , Michael J. Ireland , Frantz Martinache , Julien H. Girard

Kernel phase is a method to interpret stellar point source images by considering their formation as the analytical result of an interferometric process. Using Fourier formalism, this method allows for observing planetary companions around…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-02 Mamadou N'Diaye , David Mary , Frantz Martinache , Roxanne Ligi , Nick Cvetojevic , Peter Chingaipe , Romain Laugier

We solve the general problem of determining, through imaging, the three-dimensional positions of $N$ weak incoherent point-like emitters in an arbitrary spatial configuration. We show that a structured measurement strategy in which a linear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-25 Cosmo Lupo , Zixin Huang , Pieter Kok

Recent advances in optical imaging and communication increasingly involve high-dimensional, partially coherent light, creating a growing need for scalable tools to measure and manipulate coherence. Here, we demonstrate the automatic…

In this communication we present the first experimental results obtained on the Crossed-cubes nuller (CCN), that is a new type of Achromatic phase shifter (APS) based on a pair of crossed beamsplitter cubes. We review the general principle…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 Francois Henault , Brahim Arezki , Guillaume Bourdarot , Alain Spang

The accumulation of aberrations along the optical path in a telescope produces distortions and speckles in the resulting images, limiting the performance of cameras at high angular resolution. It is important to achieve the highest possible…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 Benjamin J. S. Pope , Laurent Pueyo , Yinzi Xin , Peter G. Tuthill

Nonlinear interferometers with correlated photons hold a promise to advance optical characterization and metrology techniques by improving their performance and affordability. Nonlinear interferometers offer the sub-shot noise phase…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-13 Anna V. Paterova , Leonid A. Krivitsky

Observations of 21cm line from neutral hydrogen promise to be an exciting new probe of astrophysics and cosmology during the Cosmic Dawn and through the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) to when dark energy accelerates the expansion of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-24 Tyler A. Cox , Aaron R. Parsons , Joshua S. Dillon , Aaron Ewall-Wice , Robert Pascua

The Fresnel Interferometric Imager is a space-based astronomical telescope project yielding milli-arc second angular resolution and high contrast images with loose manufacturing constraints. This optical concept involves diffractive…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Denis Serre , Paul Deba , Laurent Koechlin

We present the first demonstration of an inertially sensitive atomic interferometer based on a continuous, rather than pulsed, atomic beam at sub-Doppler temperatures in three dimensions. We demonstrate 30\% fringe contrast in continuous,…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-02-24 J. M. Kwolek , A. T. Black

In this paper are discussed the nulling and imaging properties of monolithic pupil telescopes equipped with a focal plane waveguide array, which could be envisaged as precursor space missions for future nulling interferometers or…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Francois Henault

Nulling interferometry is an astronomical technique that combines equal wavefronts to achieve a deep rejection ratio of an on-axis star, and that could permit to detect Earth-like planets in the mid-infrared band 5 -- 20 microns. Similarly…

To reach its optimal performance, Fizeau interferometry requires that we work to resolve instrumental biases through calibration. One common technique used in high contrast imaging is angular differential imaging, which calibrates the point…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-08 Romain Laugier , Frantz Martinache , Nick Cvetojevic , David Mary , Alban Ceau , Mamadou N'Diaye , Jens Kammerer , Julien Lozi , Olivier Guyon , Coline Lopez

The Photonic Lantern Nuller (PLN) is an instrument concept designed to characterize exoplanets within a single beam-width from its host star. The PLN leverages the spatial symmetry of a mode-selective photonic lantern (MSPL) to create…

Vortex fiber nulling (VFN) is a new interferometric technique with the potential to unlock the ability to detect and spectroscopically characterize exoplanets at angular separations smaller than the conventional diffraction limit of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-29 Sofia Hillman , Daniel Echeverri , Maxwell A. Millar-Blanchaer , Jerry Xuan , Garreth Ruane , Dimitri Mawet

We propose a novel quantum nonlinear interferometer design that incorporates a passive PT symmetric coupler sandwiched between two nonlinear sections where signal-idler photon pairs are generated. The PT-symmetry enables efficient coupling…

Vortex Fiber Nulling (VFN) is an interferometric method for suppressing starlight to detect and spectroscopically characterize exoplanets. It relies on a vortex phase mask and single-mode fiber to reject starlight while simultaneously…

Interferometers provide a highly sensitive means to investigate and exploit the coherence properties of light in metrology applications. However, interferometers come in various forms and exploit different properties of the optical states…