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Design, performance, and potential scientific applications of the evanescent wave coronagraph with an adjustable inner working angle

Michel Tallon

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The Center for Optics and Photonics of the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, together with the Institut d'Optique Graduate School and the Centre de Recherche Astrohpysique de Lyon (CRAL), is currently developing the Evanescent Wave Coronagraph (EvWaCo). The coronagraph relies on the tunneling effect to produce a fully achromatic focal plane mask (FPM) with an adjustable size. The full instrument comprises a coronagraph and adaptive optics system that will be mounted on the Thai National Telescope and is specified to reach a raw contrast of 10−4 at an inner working angle of 3 Airy radii. The coronagraph will be used to perform high contrast observations of stellar systems during on-sky observations over the spectral domain [600 nm, 900 nm]. In this paper, we present the opto-mechanical design of the EvWaCo prototype and the performance measured in laboratory conditions. We also discuss the potential applications for space-based observations and the development plan under this project in the next five years.

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hal-03453935 , version 1 (29-11-2021)

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Mary Angelie Alagao, Christophe Buisset, Adithep Kawinkij, Apirat Prasit, Thierry Lepine, et al.. Design, performance, and potential scientific applications of the evanescent wave coronagraph with an adjustable inner working angle. International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2021, Mar 2021, Online Only, United States. pp.118523W, ⟨10.1117/12.2599626⟩. ⟨hal-03453935⟩
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